Hayden Paddon. Photo / Vettas Media
Kiwi WRC driver Hayden Paddon has slipped back a spot to ninth following the second day of Rally Germany.
Paddon sits more than four minutes behind Sebastien Ogier who extended his lead overnight, capitalising 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-kilometer 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.
"It was a perfect day," Ogier said. "We made most of the difference in Panzerplatte and that was the key to the rally. We had the right set-up and tire management."
