Volkswagen has confirmed that a fuel supply problem was to blame for Sebastien Ogier's early exit from Rally Argentina on Friday. Ogier, who won the short opening super special on Thursday night, stopped 7 km from the end of SS2, the long 51.99km Agua de Oro-Asochinga test, when his engine dropped to three cylinders. The Frenchman, who was bidding to win his sixth event in succession this weekend and extend his 34 point championship lead, was philosophically about the failure. “Everything was running completely as usual until the start of the morning's first stage. Then – after just ten kilometres – we suddenly had a drastic loss of power and the engine did not sound as good as...
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