Oliver Solberg maintained his Rally Chile lead over Elfyn Evans after a wild Saturday morning that included rolls for Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville and M-Sport-Ford’s Jon Armstrong.
Solberg kicked off the morning with a 10.1s lead over Evans but struggles finding the feeling behind the wheel of his Toyota GR Yaris meant that margin was reduced to 7.2s heading into the final stage of the loop.
The lead came under threat in stage nine (Maria las Cruces 1, 28.31km) as Evans put down a marker that looked set to take the stage win. However, Solberg blitzed the final section of the test to end up 2.9s faster than Evans,
