Sweden WRC: Paddon closes the gap on Ogier, Camilli rolls

Sebastien Ogier continues to lead Rally Sweden after Saturday morning's two stages, but his cushion has shrunk to 8.8s from the charging Hayden Paddon.

Sébastien Ogier, Julien Ingrassia, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport

Mads Ostberg, Ola Floene, M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC

Jari-Matti Latvala, Miikka Anttila, Volkswagen Polo WRC, Volkswagen Motorsport

Kris Meeke, Paul Nagle, Citroën DS3 WRC, Citroën World Rally Team

Ogier kicked off the day by setting the pace on the opening stage, only to lose most than half of his lead to Paddon in the subsequent run.

The Hyundai driver was 23.7s faster than Ogier in the Vargasen stage, which featured the famous Colin Crest jump, but still ended up behind Jari-Matti Latvala and Kris Meeke.

Andreas Mikkelsen started his recovery from his mistake on Friday with two consistent stages, as the Volkswagen driver took fourth overall behind Ostberg, less than 40 seconds behind Ogier.

Ott Tanak ended up fifth followed by Dani Sordo, who dropped back to sixth after losing a minute due to a puncture in SS10.

The top eight, separated by less than two minutes, was completed by veteran Henning Solberg and debutant Craig Breen.

M-Sport's Eric Camilli was the only victim of the morning, the Frenchman rolling his car and retiring as a result.

Standings after SS12:

Pos.	Driver / Co-Driver	Car	Time/Delay
1	Sebastien Ogier Julien Ingrassia	VW	31m13.2s
2	Hayden Paddon John Kennard	Hyundai	8.8s
3	Mads Ostberg Ola Floene	Ford	28.1s
4	Andreas Mikkelsen Anders Jaeger	VW	38.1s
5	Ott Tanak Raigo Molder	Ford	57.8s
6	Dani Sordo Marc Marti	Hyundai	1m40.5s
7	Henning Solberg Ilka Minor-Petrasko	Ford	1m43.5s
8	Craig Breen Scott Martin	Citroen	1m50.3s
9	Elfyn Evans Craig Parry	Ford	3m36.8s
10	Teemu Suninen Mikko Markkula	Skoda	4m05.6s