Higgins leads Ulster Rally

Mark Higgins heads the Ulster Rally after the first leg by just 12.5seconds from Andrew Nesbitt.

Despite a 10-second penalty, Higgins’ Ford Focus leads the charge going into tomorrow’s final day after the first eight stages.

Nesbitt’s Subaru Impreza is second ahead of Eugene Donnelly’s Toyota Corolla, the Imprezas of Derek McGarrity and Tim McNulty and Austin McHale’s Ford Focus.