Elfyn Evans is running in second place at the opening round of the World Rally Championship season in Monte Carlo, as Josh McErlean makes his debut.

Defending WRC champion Thierry Neuville led under the stars of Rallye Monte-Carlo on Thursday evening, thrilling the thousands of fans who lined the alpine roads north-west of Monaco as early pacesetter Sébastien Ogier suffered a costly spin.

The lead changed on three occasions during Friday's six stages of this Rally Monte-Carlo as local hero Sebastien Ogier (Toyota Yaris Rally1), who lost the lead on Thursday night's

Ott Tänak finished fourth after the first day's stages at this year's season-opening WRC Monte Carlo rally. Tänak placed 27 seconds behind overall leader, his teammate at Hyundai and reigning world champion Thierry Neuville (Belgium).

World rally champion Thierry Neuville described his Friday at the Monte Carlo Rally as a “day to forget” after a mistake and a puncture resulted in two offs at the same corner. The Hyundai driver ended Friday in eighth position,

Sebastien Ogier capitalised on a mistake from Toyota team-mate Elfyn Evans to end an eventful Friday leading the World Rally Championship opener in Monte Carlo. The eight-time world champion began the day sitting third after a mistake on Thursday night cost him the rally lead.

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