Volkswagen drivers dominated Thursday’s short second stage, with Ogier the winner by a massive 5.7sec and Mikkelsen and Latvala second and third fastest.
Latvala arrived at the finish control shaking his head, extremely frustrated at being 6.6sec slower than Ogier over the 7.6km stage.
“My driving is bad,” he said. “I don’t like the gearbox in the car, it is very difficult to change gears here. But that doesn’t explain Ogier’s time. It’s incredible.”