Rallying-Neuville leads in Sardinia after Ogier crashes out

FILE PHOTO: Rallying - World Rally Championship - Rally Sweden 2023 - Umea, Sweden - February 11, 2023 Thierry Neuville and co-driver Martijn Wydaeghe of Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT in action Micke Fransson/TT News Agency via REUTERS

(Reuters) - Belgian Thierry Neuville will lead a Hyundai one-two into the final day of the Rally of Italy in Sardinia after Toyota's Sebastien Ogier crashed out on Saturday.

Neuville, who has yet to win this season, ended the penultimate day 36.4 seconds ahead of Finnish team mate Esapekka Lappi, who had started Saturday leading eight-times world champion Ogier by a mere tenth of a second.