Thierry Neuville emerged from a career slump to claim his second WRC victory at Rally Italia Sardegna on Sunday. After a difficult end to 2015 and an equally troubled start to this season, all came good for the Belgian on the Mediterranean island as he won the four-day rough road event by 24.8sec in his Hyundai i20. Neuville won nine of the 19 speed tests, moving to the front on Friday afternoon and repelling a determined challenge from Jari-Matti Latvala. The Finn closed to within three seconds on Saturday before Neuville pulled clear and eased through Sunday’s final leg. Sébastien Ogier extended his championship lead by finishing third in another Polo R. Picture shows the airborne car of Estonian driver Ott Tanak during the Italian rally event.

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