Ogier recovers in Rally Saudi Arabia to boost title hopes

Sebastien Ogier bounced back from a mediocre first full day at the season-closing Rally Saudi Arabia to share the honours in Thursday's final stage and boost his hopes of landing a ninth World Rally Championship.

The Frenchman, who described the conditions as "terrible", hit the same time as M-Sport Ford driver Martins Sesks in the final stage to close the day in seventh place overall, 44.2 seconds behind leader Adrien Fourmaux.

That in turn left him two places and 41.1sec ahead of the other leading title contender Elfyn Evans who began the rally just three points ahead of........

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