During the second day of the rally, Latvala has not been able to catch Meeke - quite the opposite, in fact, as the Northern Irelander has extended his lead to 41 seconds. Ireland and the UK are well represented in the top-3, anyway, since Craig Breen has crept up to 3rd place. However, Ott Tänak has been on a mighty charge all day and has already plowed his way into 4th, and is now 11,5 seconds behind the final podium position.
Neuville, Paddon and Östberg are not far behind Tänak, meaning that there still plenty of good fighting going on. Somewhat disappointingly, Andreas Mikkelsen is only 8th, and looks to be missing a great opportunity to cut down some of Sébastien Ogiér's championship lead, given that the champion got stuck in a ditch and is out of the points.
Esapekka Lappi has been dominating WRC-2, followed by Teemu Suninen who seems to be competing for 10th place in the overall standings with Kevin Abbring - a bit embarrassing for the WRC driver.
The second time through Ouninpohja took a worrying turn as Lorenzo Bertelli crashed out in spectacular fashion and his unconcious co-driver Simone Scattolin was taken to the hospital in a helicopter. Thankfully, Scattolin is okay. Also Eric Camilli had a crash that forced him to retire.
1. Kris Meeke Citroen 2.22.00,8
2. J-M.Latvala VW +41,0
3. Craig Breen Citroen +1.43,0
4. Ott Tänak Ford +1.54,5
5. Thierry Neuville Hyundai +2.00,9
6. Hayden Paddon Hyundai +2.03,6
7. Mads Östberg Ford +2.06,0
8. Andreas Mikkelsen VW +2.24,0
Highlights stages 11-15:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENXnn7Ib_Zk