Jari-Matti Latvala, Ford, Sweden 2012Ford's Jari-Matti Latvala continues to lead Rally Sweden, although he cannot shake off Mikko Hirvonen's Citroen.

The gap between the duo was 18.6 seconds after the first loop of Saturday stages, as they shared most of the stage wins and set times mostly just a few fractions apart.

Hirvonen was able to pull away from third-placed Petter Solberg in the second works Ford, who is 39.9sec off the lead and under pressure from Mads Ostberg, despite the Adapta Ford being a handful this morning as a puncture leaving service meant Ostberg had to run a right-side tire on his left rear.

Sebastien Loeb has yet to make any further progress above seventh as he tries to recover from yesterday's slip off the road. The Citroen team leader lost a little more time with a spin on SS12 and continues to chase Evgeny Novikov (M-Sport Ford) and Henning Solberg (Go Fast Energy).

Leading positions after SS14:

Pos  Driver              Team/Car        Time/Gap
 1.  Jari-Matti Latvala  Ford          1h57m11.7s
 2.  Mikko Hirvonen      Citroen          + 18.6s
 3.  Petter Solberg      Ford             + 39.9s
 4.  Mads Ostberg        Adapta Ford      + 47.1s
 5.  Evgeny Novikov      M-Sport Ford   + 1m46.4s
 6.  Henning Solberg     Go Fast Ford   + 2m31.4s
 7.  Sebastien Loeb      Citroen        + 2m43.5s
 8.  Patrik Sandell      Mini           + 3m14.3s
 9.  Martin Prokop       Czech Ford     + 3m37.3s
10.  Eyvind Brynildsen   Adapta Ford    + 4m09.4s