Rally Saudi Arabia - 1st Day: Tanak sets an early pace as Ogier beats Evans in SS1

At the end of Wednesday, Ott Tanak takes an early lead in Jeddah with Sebastien Ogier and Martins Sesks following him.

Ott Tanak grabs the lead at Rally Saudi Arabia as he was the fastest driver in Stage 1.

Sebastien Ogier went head-to-head with Elfyn Evans and won this battle which means that the Frenchman is 1,2 seconds behind Tanak.

Martin Sesks is the highest driver from M-Sport Ford as he completes the top three.

Thierry Neuville comes right behind the Latvian driver for 0,4 seconds.

Only one tenth of a second separated the fifth Evans from the fourth place who will start first on the road tomorrow.

Kalle Rovanpera sits in sixth position overall and left his compatrior Sami Pajari behind for 0,1 seconds.

Adrien Fourmaux, Takamoto Katsuta, Gregoire Munster and Josh McErlean complete the top 11.

Watch below the stage times and the overall classification after Stage 1: