SYDNEY: Sebastien Ogier was in pole position to take a sixth consecutive world rally championship title after finishing the second day of Rally Australia with a lead of more than 50 seconds over his main challenger Thierry Neuville on Saturday. The M-Sport Ford driver was in sixth place one minute and 44.8 seconds behind Toyota’s rally leader Ott Tanak with Sunday’s six stages remaining but another disappointing day for Neuville was a huge boost to the Frenchman’s title chances. Belgian Neuville, who was just three points behind Ogier coming into the final round of the championship, was forced to play roadsweeper as an early starter after stalling and suffering a puncture on day one. Published in Daily Times, November 18th 2018.