Triple world champion Sebastien Ogier won the Rally of Sweden on Sunday for a third time to consolidate his place atop the drivers' championship.

The French Volkswagen driver won six of the 12 programmed special stages to finish 29.8sec ahead of New Zealand's Hayden Paddon in a Hyundai.

Norway's Mads Ostberg took third in a Ford Fiesta, a further 25.8sec off the pace