31 January 2009
Citroen dominates at end of Day Two
Mikko Hirvonen is stranded in third in his BP Ford Abu Dhabi, a full 2:30 behind. Henning Solberg lies fourth, Chris Atkinson fifth, while in a major move, Monte Carlo Rally winner Sebastien Ogier has pushed his Citroen up into sixth ahead of the Stobart Ford of Matthew Wilson.
There's been a significant development in Group N, as Shaun Gallagher has overtaken long-time leader Alan Ring of Kerry, but only by five seconds - overall, Gallagher is 13th, Ring 15th.
Top Irishman overnight will be Eamonn Boland in ninth, after Gareth MacHale suffered turbo and oil pressure problems on the day's final stage, Stage 14, seeing him drop to twelfth - brother Aaron lies tenth overall.
Niall McShea has gone off again though.