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Mikkelsen's had an issue between the second and third split.
Latvala and Ogier are keeping it smooth, not pushing at all it seems.
Latvala and Ogier are keeping it smooth, not pushing at all it seems.
Ah, great end to the stage from Ostberg! Tremendous effort.
He outpaces Sordo and gets ahead of Neuville as well!
"Good stage, good rhythm," he says. That was a fine end to the stage, he clawed back five seconds on Neuville.
That all but confirms fourth place on this rally for the Citroen man.
He outpaces Sordo and gets ahead of Neuville as well!
"Good stage, good rhythm," he says. That was a fine end to the stage, he clawed back five seconds on Neuville.
That all but confirms fourth place on this rally for the Citroen man.
Right, everyone but Ogier in now.
Latvala is in at 23m00.8s, that's only sixth quickest - but 6.5s faster than Mikkelsen in seventh.
Latvala is in at 23m00.8s, that's only sixth quickest - but 6.5s faster than Mikkelsen in seventh.
There's Ogier, in in 22m49.5s - he goes fifth.
Checkered flag
So, that's victory on SS14 for Sebastien Loeb, with Mads Ostberg making it a Citroen one-two.
Leading SS14 times:
1 Loeb 22m27.3s
2 Ostberg +8.8s
3 Neuville +11.8s
4 Sordo +18.3s
5 Ogier +22.2s
6 Kubica +28.1s (CRASHED AFTER THE FINISH)
Leading SS14 times:
1 Loeb 22m27.3s
2 Ostberg +8.8s
3 Neuville +11.8s
4 Sordo +18.3s
5 Ogier +22.2s
6 Kubica +28.1s (CRASHED AFTER THE FINISH)
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Leading times after SS14:
1 Ogier 3h30m07.0s
2 Latvala +58.8s
3 Mikkelsen +2m10.6s
4 Ostberg +2m31.5s
5 Sordo +3m10.1s
6 Neuville +3m10.3s
7 Evans +5m18.1s
8 Loeb +8m37.2s
9 Prokop +9m36.8s
10 Meeke +10m58.3s
1 Ogier 3h30m07.0s
2 Latvala +58.8s
3 Mikkelsen +2m10.6s
4 Ostberg +2m31.5s
5 Sordo +3m10.1s
6 Neuville +3m10.3s
7 Evans +5m18.1s
8 Loeb +8m37.2s
9 Prokop +9m36.8s
10 Meeke +10m58.3s
No prizes for guessing which battle is the most interesting on SS15!
Crash
Drama in WRC2!
Camilli and Koci have not come through...
Has this just settled that fantastic scrap for second?
Camilli comes through now and has lost two minutes.
Camilli and Koci have not come through...
Has this just settled that fantastic scrap for second?
Camilli comes through now and has lost two minutes.
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Delight for Craig Breen then! He comes through with a good time and reports: "Koci hit a tree after some black ice and Camilli came in from behind and hit the car."
Crash
Camilli confirms that he "arrived at a fast corner" and ploughed into the back of Koci's car.
So Breen, who passed Koci on the last stage, sets the quickest WRC2 time of the stage which means he not only passes the luckless Camilli, but overturns the deficit to Kramer to move into second in WRC2!
Fantastic stuff. Lefebvre still leads by a mile though.
So Breen, who passed Koci on the last stage, sets the quickest WRC2 time of the stage which means he not only passes the luckless Camilli, but overturns the deficit to Kramer to move into second in WRC2!
Fantastic stuff. Lefebvre still leads by a mile though.
So we've had a couple of days this morning on start times but the power stage is due to begin at 11.08am UK time.
We're just waiting for that now.
We're just waiting for that now.
The powerstage begins! Lorenzo Bertelli kicks things off.
Chardonnet's started his run now as well.
Just a reminder, we're repeating this morning's six-mile run from Col St Jean to St Laurent.
Tanak flies off the start line in his M-Sport Ford.
Tanak's A LOT neater through the left-right at the start of the stage that so nearly cost him last time.
Chardonnet's 7.4s quicker than Bertelli at the first split.
Protasov and his poorly gearbox get under way on the powerstage.
Just. It's so, so sluggish off the line.
Just. It's so, so sluggish off the line.
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Bertelli is the first to set a time, it's 6m46.1s.
The benchmark on SS13 was Meeke's 6m33.7s.
The benchmark on SS13 was Meeke's 6m33.7s.
Tanak's 2.5s slower than Chardonnet at the first split.
Chardonnet is in beautiful form. He threads it through the final through turns and stops the clock at 6m35.9s - fastest by 10.2s.
Unsurprisingly it's quicker, because the majority will go all out here to try and bag extra points.
Unsurprisingly it's quicker, because the majority will go all out here to try and bag extra points.
Protasov's rotten day is concluding with a slow run, but that's to nobody's surprise. He's 17.1s down on Chardonnet at the first split.
Meeke, the fastest man through this run on SS13, starts the powerstage.
Here comes Tanak, and the M-Sport man's time is 6m37.8s. That's second.
Remember, Meeke sacrificed a good time on the long SS14 to save his tyres for the powerstage. Let's see what he can do.
Loeb starts his run now.
Ah, fair play Protasov. He makes it to the end of the rally and completes the power stage.
Meeke goes quicker than Chardonnet by 1.8s at the first split.
Prokop's up. Protasov was running in fourth, fifth and sixth gear only on that run!
Solberg slipped under our radar, he crosses the line now to go third fastest, 5.3s behind Chardonnet.
Loeb crosses the first split, and he's 0.8s slower than Meeke.
Stopwatch
Evans starts the stage.
As one Brit begins, the other ends.
Meeke is through in 6m30.5s. It's a very good time.
As one Brit begins, the other ends.
Meeke is through in 6m30.5s. It's a very good time.
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That strategic call on SS14 looks like it may well have paid off for Meeke.
"A little more dry, it was still tricky. I had a good stage."
He says he's looking out for Loeb as his main challenger.
"There only is one Seb," he laughs.
"A little more dry, it was still tricky. I had a good stage."
He says he's looking out for Loeb as his main challenger.
"There only is one Seb," he laughs.
Here comes Loeb...
...he's 0.2s slower than Meeke!
...he's 0.2s slower than Meeke!
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"No plan at the moment," says Loeb of future WRC outings.
"It was great," he smiles.
"It was great," he smiles.
Prokop's nearing the stage end and as he does so Neuville gets under way.
There's a mega battle between Neuville and team-mate Sordo remember, just 0.2s between them going into this decider for fifth!
There's a mega battle between Neuville and team-mate Sordo remember, just 0.2s between them going into this decider for fifth!
Prokop comes through seventh fastest, not a great run but he's made it to the end.
Now Sordo starts the stage...Spain versus Belgium for fifth.
Evans is in, and that's (run to service permitting) the rally done and seventh earned for the Welshman.
Solid effort. The M-Sport man is fifth, 8.3s slower than Meeke.
Solid effort. The M-Sport man is fifth, 8.3s slower than Meeke.
Neuville's dropped 2.3s to Meeke at the first split. Sordo won't be too far off that mark.
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Scott Mitchell
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