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WRC - Australia: Ostberg makes it through the Powerstage too after some road section repairs on his Citroen.
"This time the Viking fix worked, but it took far too much time," he says.
"This time the Viking fix worked, but it took far too much time," he says.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Ninth-placed Scott Pye is now the top Ford. Winterbottom is now in the top 10, recovering after Owen's spin earlier on.
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WRC - Australia: Latvala comes straight over to congratulate a jubilant Ogier, with Mikkelsen and Meeke following too.
"Fantastic, it's just amazing to be one-two-three," says Ogier. "We are here for Volkswagen first and it was very frustrating for us to do such a bad result at their home."
"Fantastic, it's just amazing to be one-two-three," says Ogier. "We are here for Volkswagen first and it was very frustrating for us to do such a bad result at their home."
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Mostert pits from third on lap 98, meaning he'll have to do another stop later on in the race. What that also means is that Holden drivers currently occupy the top seven places!
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WRC - Australia: Ogier is only second to Latvala on the Powerstage, but he wins Rally Australia by 6.8s overall.
That's Ogier's sixth win of 2014, brings his championship lead over Latvala up to 50 points with three rallies to go, gives VW its first one-two-three, and wins the manufacturers' championship for his team again too.
That's Ogier's sixth win of 2014, brings his championship lead over Latvala up to 50 points with three rallies to go, gives VW its first one-two-three, and wins the manufacturers' championship for his team again too.
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WRC - Australia: Latvala's more satisfied than he was last night, that's for sure.
"It's been a great fight, a really, really great fight. I've enjoyed it, I've really enjoyed it. I know I did a wrong tyre choice and that's where I lost it, but overall it's been a really positive weekend.
"It's this kind of fight that I need to do if I want to fight for the world championship one day."
One day... Jari! Amazing to think that after being so quick for so many years, he still hasn't really, really put together a title campaign.
"It's been a great fight, a really, really great fight. I've enjoyed it, I've really enjoyed it. I know I did a wrong tyre choice and that's where I lost it, but overall it's been a really positive weekend.
"It's this kind of fight that I need to do if I want to fight for the world championship one day."
One day... Jari! Amazing to think that after being so quick for so many years, he still hasn't really, really put together a title campaign.
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WRC - Australia: Latvala blows away Meeke's Powerstage time, but he needs a mini-miracle to overhaul Ogier's 8.0s overall lead.
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WRC - Australia: It's been an eventful, but impressive, few months for Meeke, and although it's only fourth place this weekend, he's happy.
"To be honest, I think this is my strongest performance to date. Finland was great, Germany was great, but here is where I've really felt closest to the top guys."
"To be honest, I think this is my strongest performance to date. Finland was great, Germany was great, but here is where I've really felt closest to the top guys."
V8 Supercars - Sandown: There's currently an 8.6s gap between leaders Whincup and Courtney. And out-of-sequence Chaz Mostert is third, while Craig Lowndes is fourth.
Garth Tander has just taken fifth from Fabian Coulthard on lap 95 of 161.
Garth Tander has just taken fifth from Fabian Coulthard on lap 95 of 161.
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WRC - Australia: The Powerstage allows us to go beyond the usual one decimal place timing, and it's Hirvonen who is actually a few fractions faster than Mikkelsen.
But that becomes irrelevant now as Meeke outpaces them both.
But that becomes irrelevant now as Meeke outpaces them both.
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WRC - Australia: Andreas Mikkelsen equals Hirvonen for Powerstage honours for now, and clinches third overall, which continues to set up VW's first WRC one-two-three.
Though Kris Meeke is further back in the results, the running order was set before last night's superspecials and Meeke's penalty, so the Citroen is still to come through.
Though Kris Meeke is further back in the results, the running order was set before last night's superspecials and Meeke's penalty, so the Citroen is still to come through.
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WRC - Australia: "We didn't get all the way up the podium like we wanted, but a good fight," says the three-time Australia winner, who gave the Powerstage a good go as well.
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WRC - Australia: Mikko Hirvonen now deposes Neuville from the Powerstage top spot.
This has been an encouraging weekend for Hirvonen - probably his first of the year - and he clinches fifth place overall having been in the podium fight on Friday.
Amid plenty of rumours over whether he'll still be in the field in 2015, that's well-timed.
This has been an encouraging weekend for Hirvonen - probably his first of the year - and he clinches fifth place overall having been in the podium fight on Friday.
Amid plenty of rumours over whether he'll still be in the field in 2015, that's well-timed.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Dumbrell pits from the lead after 85 laps and Whincup gets into the car. He resumes running at the front of the field. He's 8.5s clear of James Courtney.
WRC - Australia: Neuville isn't the only rising star in Hyundai's line-up this year.
Hayden Paddon has had an increasingly impressive season in his first proper year in the top class, and sixth place on the nearest thing the Kiwi has to a home rally (please note Antipodean readers, we're definitely not saying Australians and New Zealanders are the same, just that Rally New Zealand isn't around anymore and there are a lot of Kiwi fans here) is a great result.
He's second to Neuville on the Powerstage at present, but in the top six overall.
Hayden Paddon has had an increasingly impressive season in his first proper year in the top class, and sixth place on the nearest thing the Kiwi has to a home rally (please note Antipodean readers, we're definitely not saying Australians and New Zealanders are the same, just that Rally New Zealand isn't around anymore and there are a lot of Kiwi fans here) is a great result.
He's second to Neuville on the Powerstage at present, but in the top six overall.
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WRC - Australia: Thierry Neuville takes over from Kubica as the Powerstage leader with a time 5s quicker.
So no repeat of Neuville's Germany win, but he did knock himself back when he hit a postbox earlier in the weekend.
With so little attrition this weekend (which hasn't always been the case historically in Australia), seventh has ended up being Neuville's limit.
So no repeat of Neuville's Germany win, but he did knock himself back when he hit a postbox earlier in the weekend.
With so little attrition this weekend (which hasn't always been the case historically in Australia), seventh has ended up being Neuville's limit.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Lots of driver changes going on at the moment, with the primary drivers taking control of their cars. Reynolds has just received a drive-through penalty as the wheels were spinning during their stop. Co-driver Canto was running in the top five up until that point.
WRC - Australia: Until that excursion, Kubica had been beating M-Sport team-mate Elfyn Evans, but the mistake swapped the Fords' order round.
Evans completes the Powerstage now, three tenths slower than Kubica to go second in the rankings for the time being, clinching eighth overall.
Evans completes the Powerstage now, three tenths slower than Kubica to go second in the rankings for the time being, clinching eighth overall.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Owen pits on lap 80 and swaps places with Winterbottom.
WRC - Australia: Kubica has had one of his strongest rallies of the year, but did lose a minute with a trip through the scenery yesterday.
That one left him pretty frustrated, as it came when he lost concentration went a yellow light - part of a safety system test by the organisers - started flashing in the cockpit.
"It has been a good weekend - very good driving on difficult stages," he reckons.
"Yesterday there was a kind of mistake, but it was not due to driving."
It's going to be ninth for Kubica.
That one left him pretty frustrated, as it came when he lost concentration went a yellow light - part of a safety system test by the organisers - started flashing in the cockpit.
"It has been a good weekend - very good driving on difficult stages," he reckons.
"Yesterday there was a kind of mistake, but it was not due to driving."
It's going to be ninth for Kubica.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Costly mistake for Steve Owen in the FPR Ford at Turn 4. He locked up and took a brief spin, dropping down from seventh to 15th in the process. He is co-driver to Mark Winterbottom, who is battling against Whincup for the championship.
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WRC - Australia: Kubica beats Atkinson's time by 6.2s and is fastest on the Powerstage for now.
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WRC - Australia: Atkinson completes the stage. It's been a quiet return for his home rally, with the gap since his last appearance in Mexico six months ago perhaps just too long to be on the pace.
"The fans have been amazing even though it's been my worst ever Rally Australia," he says. "It's been great to be back in a World Rally Car at home."
Will we see him in the i20 again this year? Hyundai's line-up for the next two rounds is set, but Rally GB is still open.
Drama ahead permitting, Atkinson will be 10th.
"The fans have been amazing even though it's been my worst ever Rally Australia," he says. "It's been great to be back in a World Rally Car at home."
Will we see him in the i20 again this year? Hyundai's line-up for the next two rounds is set, but Rally GB is still open.
Drama ahead permitting, Atkinson will be 10th.
WRC - Australia: Chris Atkinson and Robert Kubica are on the stage too now. Some minor damage on the left-front of the Australian's Hyundai, with either some bodywork or debris flapping around.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: And Canto demotes Webb to fourth. Webb has been told he needs to push hard for 10 more laps.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: All cars have made two stops so far.
Four stops is compulsory this weekend, while seven will seen at Bathurst, mirroring the rules for the 2013 events when Nissan and Erebus raised concerns that their higher fuel consumption would drastically handicap them in the longer-form races.
Four stops is compulsory this weekend, while seven will seen at Bathurst, mirroring the rules for the 2013 events when Nissan and Erebus raised concerns that their higher fuel consumption would drastically handicap them in the longer-form races.
Nasser Al-Attiyah
WRC - Australia: First onto our Powerstage is WRC2 leader Nasser Al-Attiyah, who is on course for an easy win now, but it's been a hugely dramatic weekend.
Al-Attiyah and Yazeed Al-Rahji had an ultra-competitive fight for most of the rally, with Jari Ketomaa also in the hunt.
Ketomaa dropped himself back when he rolled on last night's superspecial, while Al-Rahji's bid went awry when he broke his suspension this morning.
That leaves Al-Attiyah on course for his third win of 2014, one that will thrust him right into the thick of what is still a six-way title fight.
Tanak was already trailing the leaders due to a first day full of transmission issues even before today's crash.
As this was his last points-scoring round of the year, the Estonian's title bid is over - but has he done enough to earn a full-time return to the World Rally Car ranks in 2015...?
V8 Supercars - Sandown: The current order on lap 72:
1 Dumbrell; 2 Murphy +10.370s; 3 Webb +11.1195s; 4 Dean Canto +12.992s; 5 Steve Richards +15.7216s; 6 Luke Youlden +17.481s.
1 Dumbrell; 2 Murphy +10.370s; 3 Webb +11.1195s; 4 Dean Canto +12.992s; 5 Steve Richards +15.7216s; 6 Luke Youlden +17.481s.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Some action! Greg Murphy has just taken second from Webb at the end of the 69th lap. The four-time Bathurst winner has looked quick all day in the HRT Holden.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Only one safety car period so far, which was on lap 44 to repair the apex cones at Turn 6. That triggered the second round of stops.
A bit awkward that, because the co-drivers have to do a mandatory 54 laps and the crews were ready to throw in the usual mob.
A bit awkward that, because the co-drivers have to do a mandatory 54 laps and the crews were ready to throw in the usual mob.
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WRC - Australia: The other major drama of the final loop so far has been in WRC2, where Ott Tanak had a huge accident.
He and co-driver Raigo Molder have been checked by medical crews and are both OK.
He and co-driver Raigo Molder have been checked by medical crews and are both OK.
WRC - Australia: Spot the missing driver? Yep, Mads Ostberg fell from sixth to 13th when his suspension broke on the event's penultimate stage.
The furious (and quite sweary) Citroen driver was adamant he hadn't hit anything.
The furious (and quite sweary) Citroen driver was adamant he hadn't hit anything.
V8 Supercars - Sandown: It has been a largely uneventful race so far at Sandown, which has now reached lap 66 of 161.
Paul Dumbrell has led from the start in Jamie Whincup's Triple Eight Holden, ahead of Shane van Gisbergen's co-driver Jonathon Webb. The gap at the moment between them is 7.88s.
Only one official retirement so far, which is James Moffat's Nissan. Taz Douglas was at the wheel when he pitted on lap 17 and the fuel hose got stuck.
Paul Dumbrell has led from the start in Jamie Whincup's Triple Eight Holden, ahead of Shane van Gisbergen's co-driver Jonathon Webb. The gap at the moment between them is 7.88s.
Only one official retirement so far, which is James Moffat's Nissan. Taz Douglas was at the wheel when he pitted on lap 17 and the fuel hose got stuck.
WRC - Australia: This is how the World Rally Car field stands going into our finale, the 5.7-mile Wedding Bells Powerstage:
1 Ogier
2 Latvala +8.0s
3 Mikkelsen +1m14.7s
4 Meeke +1m41.4s
5 Hirvonen +1m50.3s
6 Paddon +2m48.5s
7 Neuville +4m24.0s
8 Evans +5m00.0s
9 Kubica +6m30.1s
10 Atkinson +9m13.5s
1 Ogier
2 Latvala +8.0s
3 Mikkelsen +1m14.7s
4 Meeke +1m41.4s
5 Hirvonen +1m50.3s
6 Paddon +2m48.5s
7 Neuville +4m24.0s
8 Evans +5m00.0s
9 Kubica +6m30.1s
10 Atkinson +9m13.5s
Sebastien Ogier
WRC - Australia: It's been an intriguing weekend for the WRC, and we'll be bringing you more details of the off-stage machinations through the morning, as well as our correspondent DAVID EVANS' Australian adventures.
On the stages, it's certainly been close: Sebastien Ogier led despite being first on the road, then Kris Meeke hit the front, before being swamped by Volkswagens, who then battled among themselves: Ogier led again, Jari-Matti Latvala overhauled him, and then Ogier took control again.
Today so far has been all about Lavala trying his utmost to chip away at Ogier's lead:
Rally Australia Sunday am report
Good morning intrepid early risers (for our European readers at least), and welcome back to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live.
We're starting off Down Under for our first few hours - the final stage of Rally Australia is about to begin and V8 Supercars' Sandown 500 is in progress.
We're starting off Down Under for our first few hours - the final stage of Rally Australia is about to begin and V8 Supercars' Sandown 500 is in progress.
That's it for today here on Race Centre Live. We'll be back tomorrow morning bright and early to bring you as-it-happens coverage of the Rally Australia finale and the V8 Supercars endurance race at Sandown.
Can't get up at 06.00am? Don't worry, as this lot will keep you occupied through most of your Sunday:
08.00: ELMS Paul Ricard qualifying
09.00: FR3.5 Hungaroring qualifying
10.00: Moto3 Misano race
11.20: Moto2 Misano race
12.00: ELMS Paul Ricard race
12.30: DTM Lausitzring race
13.00: FR3.5 Hungaroring race two
13.00: MotoGP Misano race
Thanks for joining us today, and we'll see you tomorrow.
Can't get up at 06.00am? Don't worry, as this lot will keep you occupied through most of your Sunday:
08.00: ELMS Paul Ricard qualifying
09.00: FR3.5 Hungaroring qualifying
10.00: Moto3 Misano race
11.20: Moto2 Misano race
12.00: ELMS Paul Ricard race
12.30: DTM Lausitzring race
13.00: FR3.5 Hungaroring race two
13.00: MotoGP Misano race
Thanks for joining us today, and we'll see you tomorrow.
Breaking news
DTM - Lausitzring: Meanwhile, in Germany, the fog we've been reporting on all day has caused the schedule to receive yet another re-shuffle.
Assuming qualifying does indeed go ahead, make sure you check AUTOSPORT.com later for our comprehensive report - otherwise, the grid will be determined by current championship positions, which would leave Wittmann on pole from Ekstrom, Mortara and Rockenfeller.
Assuming qualifying does indeed go ahead, make sure you check AUTOSPORT.com later for our comprehensive report - otherwise, the grid will be determined by current championship positions, which would leave Wittmann on pole from Ekstrom, Mortara and Rockenfeller.
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MotoGP - Misano: Rossi meanwhile was delighted at securing his first front row start of the season, and is feeling bullish about his prospects of a good result.
"I'm happy that my lap time is [so] close to the pole position," the seven-time champion said.
"I feel very good with the bike - I had a good pace in practice and a good set-up, and it looks like the Yamaha will be very competitive here."
"I'm happy that my lap time is [so] close to the pole position," the seven-time champion said.
"I feel very good with the bike - I had a good pace in practice and a good set-up, and it looks like the Yamaha will be very competitive here."
V8 Supercars - Sandown: Defending Sandown 500 champions Jamie Whincup and Paul Dumbrell clinched pole position for tomorrow's race.
Whincup was on the pace from the word go in qualifying, but he couldn't shake off a stubborn Shane van Gisbergen, who held on to second for all 20 laps and pushed the Triple Eight man all the way to the finish.
Championship rival Mark Winterbottom came home third, ahead of Scott McLaughlin and Garth Tander.
Whincup/Dumbrell win qualifying heats
We will be covering most of the second half of the race here on Race Centre Live tomorrow.
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