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WRC - Germany: Michal Kosciuszko is still struggling on after hurting his back in a compression this pain. He reports a lot of pain in his back and neck, and might have an x-ray at service.
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WRC - Germany: Ostberg drops another 17s to the leaders.
"I'm not friends with my car at the moment," he admits.
"I'm not friends with my car at the moment," he admits.
WRC - Germany: The Citroens have come through safely, Sordo 2s off Neuville's time and Hirvonen 4s down as the rain increases.
Stopwatch
WRC - Germany: Neuville is on fire - he takes another two seconds off Latvala and halves the Finn's lead.
WRC - Germany: Latvala comes through SS5 just as some rain starts arriving. He pre-empted that and is running two hard and two soft tyres.
Now let's see what Neuville can do. He only has hard tyres.
Now let's see what Neuville can do. He only has hard tyres.
GP2 - Spa: That's it for GP2 until 15:50 local time, when qualifying promises to be a huge duel. Coletti goes into it well placed, while title rival Nasr slipped to 12th by the end of that tricky session.
Checkered flag
GP2 - Spa: Coletti leads the way then after that late-ish lap, 0.059s ahead of Calado, Leimer, Dillmann and Frijns. Quaife-Hobbs is sixth-fastest, but has pulled off the track at Stavelot.
GP2 - Spa: Time has run out on the clock, so the final laps are coming in now. Points leader Coletti leads the way, as Stephane Richelmi spins at the Bus Stop.
GP2 - Spa: Signs of promise from Coletti at last - he's fastest in the first sector, but runs into traffic in the final one after an average S2. But he still goes quickest - remarkable, as he almost pushed an Addax car over the finish line!
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GP2 - Spa: A cracking lap from Calado puts him P1, 0.136s faster than Leimer.
GP2 - Spa: It's fair to say that series leader Stefano Coletti has been off-form recently. Again, he's languishing towards the bottom of the timesheets in P16. 1.4s off the pace.
Nearest title rival is Felipe Nasr, he is 10th.
Nearest title rival is Felipe Nasr, he is 10th.
Checkered flag
WRC - Germany - SS4 results:
Stage: 1 Neuville 14m10.9s; 2 Sordo +0.2s; 3 Latvala +1.4s; 4 Hirvonen +3.3s; 5 Ostberg +24.7s; 6 Prokop +50.3s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +4.4s; 3 Sordo +14.2s; 4 Hirvonen +25.6s; 5 Ostberg +1m04.8s; 6 Prokop +2m13.4s.
Stage: 1 Neuville 14m10.9s; 2 Sordo +0.2s; 3 Latvala +1.4s; 4 Hirvonen +3.3s; 5 Ostberg +24.7s; 6 Prokop +50.3s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +4.4s; 3 Sordo +14.2s; 4 Hirvonen +25.6s; 5 Ostberg +1m04.8s; 6 Prokop +2m13.4s.
GP2 - Spa: Calado improves to go P2, still over half a second off that mega time from Leimer.
GP2 - Spa: Fabio Leimer goes quickest, half a second faster than Frijns's best. It's a Racing Engineering 1-3.
GP2 - Spa: Julian Leal has popped up into second, not a bad effort for Racing Engineering's Colombian. Sam Bird has risen to sixth.
WRC - Germany: Home hero Sepp Wiegand is now 50s adrift in WRC2. He says every tyre choice he's made so far this morning has been wrong, and his intercom hasn't been working properly either. Luckily he's pretty familar with German roads.
GP2 - Spa: James Calado is up to second now, closely followed by fellow Brit Adrian Quaife-Hobbs. Lots of improvements flooding in now.
GP2 - Spa: Frijns has stayed at the top of the times, working down to 1m59.126s, and has now pitted. Tom Dillmann is up to second, ahead of Johnny Cecotto Jr.
WRC - Germany: Evans reveals he had a spin at the start and then cooked his Ford's brakes.
"I need to calm down a bit," he admits.
"I need to calm down a bit," he admits.
WRC - Germany: Trouble for WRC2 leaderKubica...
"I have some liquid on my pedals and under braking it was difficult because my feet were sliding."
He reckons he lost quite a lot of time with that issue, but Evans comes through 0.1s slower.
"I have some liquid on my pedals and under braking it was difficult because my feet were sliding."
He reckons he lost quite a lot of time with that issue, but Evans comes through 0.1s slower.
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Brno MotoGP practice one report
Brno MotoGP practice one report
GP2 - Spa: Puddles on the F1 motorhome roofs inform us that it has ceased raining. Cars looking mega as they streak through Eau Rouge, a fair degree of plank dust being hurled into the air through the famous compression.
GP2 - Spa: Reigning Formula Renault 3.5 champion Robin Frijns is back in the series with Hilmer, this time partnering Adrian Quaife-Hobbs, as Jon Lancaster makes way. Frijns is currently fastest, but expect times to tumble.
Green flag
GP2 - Spa: The cars are unleashed. All appear to be on slick tyres. Johnny Cecotto having a few problems getting going in the pitlane.
Mads Ostberg
WRC - Germany: Ostberg is tumbling away from the top group and is now a minute off the lead. He says his feeling on the rally just isn't right.
The Norwegian started this year as M-Sport's big hope for wins and maybe even a title shot, but Neuville is firmly the main man in that camp now.
Ostberg isn't under any threat from behind, with a decent gap back to the battling Nasser Al-Attiyah and Martin Prokop.
GP2 - Spa: Free practice about to kick off here at Spa, and light drizzle continues to fall on an already damp track surface. Typical Ardennes weather for this half-hour session. Worth remembering that Sergio Canamasas has a 10-place grid penalty this weekend.
WRC - Germany: Here's another one to add to the 'quick but unhappy' list.
Dani Sordo is staying in touch with the leaders as he comes through 0.2s off Neuville, but he's disconcerted by his Citroen's understeer and wants set-up changes.
Dani Sordo is staying in touch with the leaders as he comes through 0.2s off Neuville, but he's disconcerted by his Citroen's understeer and wants set-up changes.
WRC - Germany: Neither of the lead combatants sounds that happy.
Latvala reckons the VW's handling isn't quite right yet and that this Moselland stage has never been a good one for him.
Neuville says he's still figuring these stages out in the Ford compared to his previous Citroen. He also had to dodge around Ogier's stranded car on that stage.
Latvala reckons the VW's handling isn't quite right yet and that this Moselland stage has never been a good one for him.
Neuville says he's still figuring these stages out in the Ford compared to his previous Citroen. He also had to dodge around Ogier's stranded car on that stage.
Stopwatch
WRC - Germany: Neuville takes another 1.4s off Latvala, bringing the gap down to four seconds.
Crash
WRC - Germany: Latvala reckons Ogier has actually gone off again.
"I think the repair broke and he's gone straight on," suggests the Finn as he completes the stage.
"I think the repair broke and he's gone straight on," suggests the Finn as he completes the stage.
WRC - Germany: Ogier stops on the stage to let Latvala past. Will he think it's worth getting going again?
If he can limp to service it will be less costly than a full day of Rally2 penalties.
If he can limp to service it will be less costly than a full day of Rally2 penalties.
WRC - Germany: First splits on SS4 suggest Ogier's ratchet straps aren't allowing the VW to go very quickly. Could be another few minutes dropped on this stage.
WRC - Germany: Ogier update...
He stopped to try and fix the car after the stage; front-left suspension now held together by ratchet straps!
He's reached the start of SS4 with no time loss, but has a 22km and a 19km stage to get through before service.
How tough are those straps going to be?
He stopped to try and fix the car after the stage; front-left suspension now held together by ratchet straps!
He's reached the start of SS4 with no time loss, but has a 22km and a 19km stage to get through before service.
How tough are those straps going to be?
WRC - Germany: And we'll be straight into SS4 in just a moment.
Checkered flag
WRC - Germany - SS3 results:
Stage: 1 Neuville 13m33.9s; 2 Latvala +1.2s; 3 Sordo +1.8s; 4 Hirvonen +4.9s; 5 Ostberg +17.8s; 6 Paddon +44.2s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +5.8s; 3 Sordo +15.4s; 4 Hirvonen +23.7s; 5 Ostberg +41.5s; 6 Al-Attiyah +1m18.9s.
And yes, that's a very, very good time that's just come in from WRC2 man Hayden Paddon, who was delayed by technical problems yesterday.
Stage: 1 Neuville 13m33.9s; 2 Latvala +1.2s; 3 Sordo +1.8s; 4 Hirvonen +4.9s; 5 Ostberg +17.8s; 6 Paddon +44.2s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +5.8s; 3 Sordo +15.4s; 4 Hirvonen +23.7s; 5 Ostberg +41.5s; 6 Al-Attiyah +1m18.9s.
And yes, that's a very, very good time that's just come in from WRC2 man Hayden Paddon, who was delayed by technical problems yesterday.
WRC - Germany: Robert Kubica isn't running away with things in WRC2, as Elfyn Evans goes fastest on SS3.
The Welshman's hard tyres are going to be better than Kubica's softs if conditions stay as they are, but Kubica still holds a 13s lead.
The Welshman's hard tyres are going to be better than Kubica's softs if conditions stay as they are, but Kubica still holds a 13s lead.
WRC - Germany: Ouch, Michal Kosciuszko finishes SS3 in a lot of pain. A heavy landing has hurt his back and left him struggling for breath and unable to pull the handbrake. That doesn't sound good for continuing in this rally.
WRC - Germany: That little incident didn't cost Ostberg too much. He was 17s off his stage-winning team-mate Neuville's pace and lost 8s to Hirvonen, leaving him 17.8s off the fourth-placed Citroen.
Crash
WRC - Germany: Mads Ostberg slid wide on some mud and had an impact that damaged his Ford's wheel, but a vibration aside, all seems well.
WRC - Germany: The Citroens of Dani Sordo and Mikko Hirvonen have come through, losing a small amount of time to Latvala and Neuville.
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