Loeb extends lead in Monte Carlo

Loeb, bidding for a record fifth win in the principality, is also 1min 22.8secs ahead of third-placed Finn Mikko Hirvonen, in a Ford Focus.

"It's been a good day," said Loeb who won four of the day's six stages.

"I knew I had to push harder this morning to get a bit of a cushion, but now I'm satisfied with where I am."

Sordo, the young Spaniard, took one stage win on Friday but his challenge was curtailed on the sixth stage when he suffered a gearbox problem.

That allowed Hirvonen to make inroads and the Finn will begin Saturday's action just 26 seconds behind Sordo.

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