Ford’s Jari-Matti Latvala held a 12.9-second lead at the end of an action-packed opening day of the Wales Rally GB, as hail, sleet, ice and torrential rain caused major problems for the World Rally Championship fraternity.

Leading from start to finish. Paul Harris and his co-driver, Eugene O’Donnell (Subaru Impreza), the reigning national champions, won the six-stage Clonmel