Quotes:
Jari-Matti Latvala (Team Principal)
“It has been an incredible fight between Seb and Elfyn today. On one stage Seb was faster, and then on the next one Elfyn was faster. It’s great to see them driving for the championship and at the same time driving for the victory: This is the best possible thing for the sport. From my side I’m also hoping we get the manufacturers’ title secured, but Kalle is doing a great job to focus on this and that’s allowing the other two to have this amazing battle at the front.”

Sébastien Ogier (Driver car 1)
“It’s been super close today between Elfyn and me, with so many swaps for the lead. It’s definitely exciting for the fans. We had a good loop this morning. Those were the last proper stages with this generation of car and I really enjoyed it. Generally on the track I’ve been taking less risks and losing a bit of time, but tonight I managed to drive cleaner, and a slightly different tyre choice maybe helped with the traction on the gravel. Tomorrow I need to keep my focus on the title; if we can win the rally too it will be the cherry on the cake.”

Elfyn Evans (Driver car 33)
“The morning loop was enjoyable but Seb was very strong again in the mountains. I struggled on the first stages both times through, had a good run on the other stage the first time through but I’d lost the tyres a bit by the end of the second pass. I was a bit disappointed to give away that time, but we got it back again in the first one at the circuit this afternoon. Then in the dark I was too careful in a few places where the visibility was quite difficult. But it’s set up very nicely for tomorrow and we’ll keep fighting.”

Kalle Rovanperä (Driver car 69)
“This morning the conditions were really nice and the stages were much cleaner than yesterday, so I could be a bit faster in some sections without having to take any risks and just enjoy the driving the car on those roads. The circuit stages were nice and enjoyable too, even though we were not pushing much. It’s important for the team to do the job that we’re doing, and tomorrow we just need to finish it off.”

End of day two (Saturday):
1 Sébastien Ogier/Julien Ingrassia (Toyota Yaris WRC) 2h13m27.2s
2 Elfyn Evans/Scott Martin (Toyota Yaris WRC) +0.5s
3 Dani Sordo/Cándido Carrera (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +27.4s
4 Thierry Neuville/Martijn Wydaeghe (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +46.6s
5 Oliver Solberg/Elliott Edmondson (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +1m21.2s
6 Takamoto Katsuta/Aaron Johnston (Toyota Yaris WRC) +1m38.8s
7 Teemu Suninen/Mikko Markkula (Hyundai i20 Coupe WRC) +2m17.1s
8 Gus Greensmith/Jonas Andersson (Ford Fiesta WRC) +2m24.8s
9 Kalle Rovanperä/Jonne Halttunen (Toyota Yaris WRC) +3m39.1s
10 Andrea Crugnola/Pietro Ometto (Hyundai i20 N Rally2) +8m07.1s
(Results as of 18:30 on Saturday, for the latest results please visit www.wrc.com)

What's next?
The final day of the rally is based solely at Monza. The day begins with a repeat of the ‘Grand Prix’ test already run on Friday evening, and this is followed by two passes of the Seraglio stage – the second forming the rally-closing Power Stage with bonus championship points on offer.