Sainz quickest on Day 2, moves into Rally Morocco lead

Peugeot driver Carlos Sainz topped the second day of Rally Morocco to move into the lead of the event's overall classification.

Sébastien Loeb, Daniel Elena, Carlos Sainz and Lucas Cruz with the Peugeot 2008 DKR16

Sainz, driving the new-spec Peugeot 2008DKR16, was quickest at both checkpoints and ended up heading nearest rival and two-time Dakar winner Nasser Al-Attiyah, driving for the X-Raid Mini squad.

Toyota's erstwhile rally leader Yazeed Al-Rajhi was 10 minutes off in fifth and dropped below both Sainz and Al-Attiyah in the overall standings at the end of the 224km stage.

Nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb started the day with a new engine after a mechanical failure had left him stranded near the end of the first stage.

He was sixth quickest on day two, completing the stage within 10m30s of Sainz.

Mikko Hirvonen, winner of 15 WRC rallies, broke into the top 10 overall and now sits 30 minutes off the lead in his X-Raid Mini.

Overall classification after Day 2

Pos.	Driver/Co-driver	Car	Time/Delay
1	Carlos Sainz Lucas Cruz	Peugeot	5h29m27s
2	Nasser Al-Attiyah Matthieu Baumel	MINI	1m24s
3	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Timo Gottschalk	Toyota	8m13s
4	Vladimir Vasilyev Konstantin Zhiltsov	Toyota	9m47s
5	Erik Van Loon Wouter Rosegaar	MINI	17m14s
6	Giniel de Villiers Dirk von Zitzewitz	Toyota	18m20s
7	Leeroy Poulter Robert Howie	Toyota	18m26s
8	Ricardo Porem Jorge Monteiro	Toyota	26m02s
9	Miroslav Zapletal Maciej Marton	Hummer	29m23s
10	Mikko Hirvonen Michel Perin	MINI	30m16s