Hyundai's Neuville has taken the lead of the WRC's Rally Croatia after early leader Ogier suffered a puncture.
After suffering a puncture on stage 2, Ogier won three of the four stages but ended the loop seventh overall, 1m27.1s behind.
The eight-time world champion and championship leader delivered a stunning time despite the low grip caused by mud that had been brought onto the surface from rain in the lead-up to the event. "I was losing the boost and then I stalled," said Tanak."After that I really struggled with many things. We got some steering issue already on the road section."The Finn's rally hopes would take a more decisive blow on the next stage as he and Ogier suffered punctures, which appeared to be caused by the same pothole 12km into the 25km test.
"We will keep going but if it's going to be tricky like this and hard to drive the car like this all weekend, it won't be easy," said Neuville, who ended the stage 4.2s faster than second fastest Elfyn Evans, the Welshman recorded only one shakedown run on Thursday due to a turbo issue.
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