Overview
- Sebastien Ogier leads Elfyn Evans by 6.5 seconds after Saturday to set up a final-day decider.
- Hyundai’s Adrien Fourmaux sits third at 23.6 seconds back after winning stages 8 and 9 despite difficult handling.
- Local contender Takamoto Katsuta struck water-filled barriers, damaged power steering, and incurred a 5:40 late check-in penalty that dropped him to 20th.
- Thierry Neuville retired with a driveshaft failure on a liaison section, saying the issue resembled a defect from shakedown.
- After losing more than five minutes to rear-left suspension damage from a guardrail hit, Kalle Rovanperä recovered to seventh by day’s end.