Loeb leads after day two in Jordan

With Ogier 2nd and Latvala 3rd

By Franck Drui

2 April 2010 - 15:57

Sebastien Loeb will take a 24-second lead into Saturday’s final day of the Jordan Rally after ending Friday’s competition with a fastest time though the repeated Jordan River stage.

Earlier in the day Loeb said he was hoping for a 30-second cushion over Ford rival Jari-Matti Latvala, to counteract the disadvantage of running first on the road through Saturday’s remaining eight stages.

In the event, he accepted a margin of 27.7sec over the Finn who holds third place after Sebastien Ogier unexpectedly moved ahead into second.

The last stage position switch - which Ogier claimed was intentional - is likely to benefit Latvala on Saturday.

Pos.	Driver	Car	Time
01	Sébastien LOEB	Citroën C4 WRC	2h41m06.7s
02	Sébastien OGIER	Citroën C4 WRC	+24.6s
03	Jari-Matti LATVALA	Ford Focus WRC	+27.7s
04	Petter SOLBERG	Citroën C4 WRC	+43.2s
05	Dani SORDO	Citroën C4 WRC	+48.8s
06	Matthew WILSON	Ford Focus WRC	+5m05.7s
07	Federico VILLAGRA	Ford Focus WRC	+6m51.0s
08	Kimi RAIKKÖNEN	Citroën C4 WRC	+8m09.0s
09	Henning SOLBERG	Ford Focus WRC	+10m04.0s
10	Xavier PONS	Ford Fiesta S2000	+10m17.7s
11	Bernardo SOUSA	Ford Fiesta S2000	+10m56.4s
12	Patrik FLODIN	Subaru Impreza Gr N	+11m21.5s
13	Armindo ARAÚJO	Mitsubishi Lancer Gr N	+11m45.4s
14	Yazeed AL RAJHI	Peugeot 207 S2000	+15m44.5s
15	Michal KOSCIUSZKO	Ford Fiesta S2000	+19m21.4s