VW's Sebastien Ogier Wins Rally of Mexico to Extend Championship Lead BigPondNews
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Sebastien Ogier of France and Julien Ingrassia of France celebrate their victory with all the Volkswagen Motorsport WRT members during Day Three of the WRC Mexico on March 10, 2013 in Leon, Mexico. (Massimo Bettiol/Getty Images)

Sebastien Ogier, driving a Volkswagen, won the Rally of Mexico on Sunday, seeing off Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen of Finland and Belgian Thierry Neuville in a Ford Fiesta.

Ogier consolidated his overall season lead, bagging his first success in Mexico on the back of 16 stage wins to land his ninth career victory.

He finished 3min 28sec clear of Hirvonen with Neuville more than a minute further back as the Finn was runner-up for the third straight year.

Ogier took charge from the third special and was never in danger after Norwegian Mads Ostberg of Ford had to withdraw with electrical problems during Saturday's 14th special stage.

Overall reigning champion Sebastien Loeb, who had won in Mexico six times, did not compete in the event as he has reduced his commitments for this season.

March 10 (Infostrada Sports) - Result from the Rally of Mexico on Sunday

1.  Sebastien Ogier (France) - Volkswagen - 4:30:27.000  
2.  Mikko Hirvonen (Finland) - Citroen - +03:28.900   
3.  Thierry Neuville (Belgium) - Ford - 04:23.800    
4.  Daniel Sordo (Spain) - Citroen - 06:06.700    
5.  Nasser Al-Attiyah (Qatar) - Ford - 08:34.500    
6.  Chris Atkinson (Australia) - Citroen - 11:28.000    
7.  Ken Block (U.S.) - Ford - 11:48.300    
8.  Benito Guerra (Mexico) - Citroen - 12:49.800    
9.  Martin Prokop (Czech Republic) Ford - 14:29.000    
10. Evgeny Novikov (Russia) - Ford - 17:15.300

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