Thierry Neuville ended the first full day of the 2017 Rallye Monte Carlo with a commanding lead over world champion Sébastien Ogier. The Hyundai driver dominated day one, carrying his lead from the previous night and building on it by winning three stages to end the day with a 45 second lead. His performance brings some good news to the Hyundai camp after Hayden Paddon‘s tragic accident the night before which resulted in the death of a spectator and the withdrawal of Paddon. Ogier finds a long way behind partly due to sliding into a ditch on an icy bend on stage 3. The world champion lost 43 seconds as he tried to extricate himself from the snowy bank. Sébastien Ogier finds...
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