Top 15 classification💮 after SS12 from Rally Itali✤a Sardegna

Thierry Neuville’s rampant victory on SS12 Monte Lernoꦐ 1 h🥂as seen him cut Sebastien Ogier’s overall lead at Rally Italia Sardegna to less than five seconds to set up an intense conclusion.

The Hyundai rider had seen Ogier open up the gap to almost 20 seconds at the end of SS11 but a late charge on tಞhe final stage on Saturday morning's loop saw the World Rally Championship leader cut the deficit to just 4.9 seconds.

The front two have also pushed clear of the chasin𒁏g pack ꦍwith Toyota’s Jari-Matti Latvala now a distant third, over half a minute off Ogier in second place.

Latvala’s Toyota teammate Esapekka Lappi sits fourth just seven seconds back while Hyundai’s Hayden꧂ Paddon has jumped ahead of Mads Ostberg in the Citroen to take fifth place at the end of SS12.

Craig Breen continues to hold a distant seventh place for Citroen while Jan Kopecky has i𝄹nherited the WRC2 class lead for Skoda after Stephane Lefebvre was forced ༒to stop on SS11 with suspension damage.

DMACK Ford’s Martin Prokop and WRC2 challenger Nicolas Ciamin (Hyundai) complete the top 10 runners with Ott Tanak fighting back in 11^th for Toyota af🃏ter stopping on Friday’s final stage after suffering cooling damage to his Toyota after a jump.