Josh McErlean put in a stellar performance on the first full day of competitive action at the WRC2 Rally Poland to sit in third position.
In his third World Rally Championship appearance of the season and co-driven by James Fulton, McErlean is 13.3 seconds behind Kajetan Kajetanowicz in second place, and Sami Pajari, who is leading the way.
The Toksport World Rally Team crew are well placed going into Saturday's 124km loop across seven stages after an impressive showing on Friday.
Although two stages were cancelled over spectator safety issues, of the five that did run McErlean and Fulton were always very close to the front-running pace.
"It has been a long day, with a lot of miles and a lot of fast stages," he said on Friday evening.
"The pace has been good but the second pass in the afternoon has been tricky with the ruts."
It is all to play for on Saturday which is the longest day of the rally.
Sunday concludes the weekend with four stages.
