Sebastien Ogier extended his lead on the second day of the Rally of Germany on Saturday, capitalizing on his mastery of military training roads to leave Volkswagen teammate Jari-Matti Latvala 33.8 seconds behind.
Ogier, the two-time defending world champion, began the day 9.5 seconds ahead of his Finnish teammate but he won the first 45.61-kilometre Panzerplatte stage on tracks normally used for tank training, as well as the two sprints beforehand, to go 18.5 seconds clear.
The Frenchman finished the second long Panzerplatte stage 15.3 seconds ahead of Latvala and claimed nine of the day's stages to his teammate's three.
With four stages remaining Sunday, Ogier — who has five victories this season — is aiming for his second Rally of Germany victory after winning in Trier in 2011.
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