The lead then switched back and forth in Arena Panzerplatte 1 and 2, before Ogier stormed through Panzerplatte Lang 1 ending the morning loop with a 13.2sec cushion.
Ogier then extended his lead in the afternoon, gaining 6.7secs in SS11, before again acing Panzerplatte Lang to take his seventh stage win of the event. It means he will now go into the overnight halt with over 30-seconds in hand.
“We had a different tyre choice to Andreas [for the final test, Panzerplatte Lang 2] and I think we managed the softs pretty well,” Ogier told the official WRC site.
“A clean stage. I hope this puts us in a comfortable position tomorrow but there are still 60km to go – and another tricky vineyard stage.”
Mikkelsen, who lost a further 13.1secs in SS14, added: “I had to try something different, but in the forest sections it was hard to be confident with the lack of grip [with the hard tyres].
“I couldn’t have done much more.”
Behind, the second best time in Panzerplatte Lang 2 was enough to elevate Dani Sordo to P3, albeit just 0.4secs up on Hyundai team-mate Thierry Neuville. Sordo is also only 3.6secs shy of Mikkelsen in second.
“Okay, [the gap over Neuville is] not by much, but it’s difficult to take time here. I am happy to be third. I’ve enjoyed the fight and the car is perfect,” Sordo stated.
Hayden Paddon is next up in fifth in the Hyundai Motorsport N entry, but almost 3 minutes back after his troubles on Friday.
M-Sport’s Mads Ostberg trails the Kiwi, overhauled in SS12, and losing out further in the final two tests – the gap 32.5secs post-SS14.
In WRC2, Esapekka Lappi is well in control in his Fabia R5 – and seventh overall, his lead up to over a minute, with Jan Kopecky recovering to second and demoting Armin Kremer down to P3 in the last stage.
In terms of retirements, Stephane Lefebvre and DMACK’s Ott Tanak both failed to make it to the end of the leg.
Lefebvre went out in SS10 in his privately entered Citroen DS 3 WRC. The stage was stopped as a result and the Frenchman and co-driver Gabin Moreau were both taken to hospital having suffered fractures and internal injuries. Moreau was also operated on this afternoon to reduce the fracture to his left ankle.
Tanak had to stop on the repeat loop, failing to start SS12 after reporting throttle issues at the end of the previous test.
Jari-Matti Latvala and Eric Camilli re-joined under Rally 2, but after their exits on Friday in SS1 are running well down.
Rallye Deutschland now concludes on Sunday with two stages on the bill, both to be run twice. SS15, the 14.79km Dhrontal 1 test, is due to start tomorrow at 07.13 hours local time [06.13 hours UK time].
2016 Rallye Deutschland standings after SS14 (Top 15):
1. Sebastien Ogier FRA Volkswagen Motorsport Polo R WRC 2hrs 25m 10.5s M
2. Andreas Mikkelsen NOR Volkswagen Motorsport II Polo R WRC +33.4s T
3. Dani Sordo ESP Hyundai Motorsport Next Gen i20 WRC +37.0s M
4. Thierry Neuville BEL Hyundai Motorsport Next Gen i20 WRC +37.4s M
5. Hayden Paddon NZL Hyundai Motorsport N Next Gen i20 WRC +3m 33.9s M
6. Mads Ostberg NOR M-Sport WRT Ford Fiesta RS WRC +4m 06.4s M
7. Esapekka Lappi FIN Skoda Fabia R5 +7m 16.2s WRC2
8. Pontus Tidemand SWE Skoda Fabia R5 +7m 43.2s
9. Jan Kopecky CZE Skoda Fabia R5 +8m 26.1s WRC2
10. Armin Kremer DEU Skoda Fabia R5 +8m 44.5s WRC2
11. Ghislain de Mevius BEL Skoda Fabia R5 +9m 30.5s WRC2
12. Pierre-Louis Loubet FRA Citroen DS 3 R5 +10m 10.0s WRC2
13. Jose Antonio Suarez Miranda ESP Peugeot 208 T16 R5 +11m 45.9s WRC2
14. Bernhard Ten Brinke NDL Skoda Fabia R5 +12m 41.9s WRC2
15. Frigyes Turan HUN Ford Fiesta R5 +14m 49.6s WRC2