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Finland WRC: Meeke concludes Saturday with 41-second lead

Kris Meeke continued to lead Rally Finland with a gap of 41 seconds over local driver Jari-Matti Latvala after the Saturday afternoon loop.After winning both SS17 and SS18, Meeke only lost a second to Latvala in the next two stages, both won by Sebastien Ogier.

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The leading duo is followed by Craig Breen more than a minute adrift.

The Irishman, who got third after his time was corrected because he was forced to stop due to the crashing Eric Camilli in the morning, is 11.5s ahead of Ott Tanak.

The DMACK driver is narrowly ahead of Hyundai duo Thierry Neuville and Hayden Paddon with Mads Ostberg also not far off.

Andreas Mikkelsen has lost some ground but is only half a second behind Tanak in eighth.

Ogier has recovered from 46th into the top 30 during the afternoon loop but continues to be more than 14 minutes away from the top 10.

Story by: Motorsport.com

Top fifteen overall after SS 20 end Saturday ( Provisional)

Pos Car No Driver Co-driver Team Eligibility Group Class Time Diff Prev Diff 1st
1. 7 GBRK. Meeke IRLP. Nagle Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team RC1 2:22:00.8
2. 2 FINJ. Latvala FINM. Anttila Volkswagen Motorsport M RC1 2:22:41.8 +41.0 +41.0
3. 8 IRLC. Breen GBRS. Martin Abu Dhabi Total World Rally Team RC1 2:23:43.8 +1:02.0 +1:43.0
4. 12 ESTO. Tänak ESTR. Molder DMACK World Rally Team T RC1 2:23:55.3 +11.5 +1:54.5
5. 3 BELT. Neuville BELN. Gilsoul Hyundai Motorsport M RC1 2:24:01.7 +6.4 +2:00.9
6. 4 NZLH. Paddon NZLJ. Kennard Hyundai Motorsport M RC1 2:24:04.4 +2.7 +2:03.6
7. 5 NORM. Ostberg NORO. Floene M-Sport World Rally Team M RC1 2:24:06.8 +2.4 +2:06.0
8. 9 NORA. Mikkelsen NORA. Jaeger Volkswagen Motorsport II T RC1 2:24:24.8 +18.0 +2:24.0
9. 35 FINE. Lappi FINJ. Ferm Škoda Motorsport WRC2 RC2 2:26:24.4 +1:59.6 +4:23.6
10. 32 FINT. Suninen FINM. Markkula Team Oreca WRC2 RC2 2:27:11.3 +46.9 +5:10.5
11. 20 NLDK. Abbring GBRS. Marshall Hyundai Motorsport N T RC1 2:27:17.1 +5.8 +5:16.3
12. 33 SWEP. Tidemand SWEJ. Andersson Škoda Motorsport WRC2 RC2 2:27:22.4 +5.3 +5:21.6
13. 31 GBRE. Evans GBRC. Parry M-Sport World Rally Team WRC2 RC2 2:28:32.8 +1:10.4 +6:32.0
14. 39 ESTK. Kruuda ESTM. Jarveoja Drive DMACK Trophy Team WRC2 RC2 2:29:54.6 +1:21.8 +7:53.8
15. 46 NORH. Solberg AUTI. Minor M-Sport World Rally Team WRC2 RC2 2:30:06.3 +11.7 +8:05.5