Latvala carries resurgence into SS15

Arena Panzerplatte proved a decisive battle ground in the preceding leg of todays stages with Ogier pulling on serious pace to add the seconds to his overall lead.

In the repeat stage however the table is turned with Latvala eeking a 0.2 second time advantage. Latvalas 1:45.5 plays Ogiers 1:45.7. Although its a small disparity it all contributes to the overall separation, which thus far has slowly but surely been whittling away in this repeat leg.

20 seconds at the end of Panzerplatte Long 1 is now 17 seconds early into the second leg. Latvala seems to be sustaining this resurgence…

Ostberg in the DS3 and Mikkelsen in another Polo trail behind Thierry Neuville (1:45.8), who divides Latvala in first and Ogier in third by a second and 2.6 seconds respectively.

Kris Meeke has kept momentum with a respectable fourth place positioning equalling Ogiers time. Dani Sordo equals them both in the i20 WRC as well, matching 1:45.9. The Frenchman appears to be in hotter water in this second leg.

Team orders or not, Latvala is going for broke.

Latvala has found some very welcome form in the returning leg. Can he apply it consistently in the long haul Panzerplatte SS16 stage?

1.	1	S. OGIER	2:20:54.9
2.	2	J. LATVALA	2:21:11.9	+17.0	+17.0
3.	9	A. MIKKELSEN	2:22:14.5	+1:02.6	+1:19.6
4.	8	D. SORDO	2:22:41.4	+26.9	+1:46.5
5.	7	T. NEUVILLE	2:22:48.4	+7.0	+1:53.5
6.	5	E. EVANS	2:23:03.4	+15.0	+2:08.5
7.	6	O. TANAK	2:23:17.1	+13.7	+2:22.2
8.	4	M. OSTBERG	2:23:18.8	+1.7	+2:23.9
9.	20	H. PADDON	2:24:04.0	+45.2	+3:09.1
10.	12	S. LEFEBVRE	2:24:46.0	+42.0	+3:51.1