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Formula E
Sebastien Buemi wins the Beijing ePrix!
Formula E
Great fight! Duval attacks at the first chicane but Heidfeld holds on...
Nice battle shaping up between Paddon and Meeke for fifth overall. The gap is currently just 5.6s. The Kiwi finished the stage fourth fastest with an identical time to Evans.
Formula E
Final lap! Duval all over Heidfeld for third.
Formula E
Buemi leads by 10.8s now, he's got this wrapped up as he sets a new fastest lap of the race.
Evans is in and he goes fourth fastest.
Formula E
Penultimate lap and there's loads of energy on the table. Come on guys, get on with it!
Meeke also made changes to the car. He is currently sixth fastest, 6.5s off leader Ogier. He still trails Ostberg overall but took 3s off him through SS12.
Formula E
Ooh! Damn-brosio. Big lock-up as he lunges Duval, but just about avoids careering into his team-mate. They continue as they were.
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Here's what Neuville thought of the stage:
"We made some changes on the car. We can still improve a bit but I’m much more confident with the car - I’m enjoying driving much more. It wasn’t perfect because I thought I had a puncture late on but it was OK.”
"We made some changes on the car. We can still improve a bit but I’m much more confident with the car - I’m enjoying driving much more. It wasn’t perfect because I thought I had a puncture late on but it was OK.”
Crash
Prost is slowing! Prost is slowing! He's finally heeding to the call and pits.
That's turned the Heidfeld/Duval/d'Ambrosio battle into a fight for the final podium spot.
That's turned the Heidfeld/Duval/d'Ambrosio battle into a fight for the final podium spot.
Formula E
Duval caught Heidfeld for fourth very quickly but has found passing the Mahindra much harder. He'll have team-mate d'Ambrosio for company soon.
Decent time for Neuville. He is currently third fastest, 5.6s off the pace of Ogier.
Neuville, Meeke and Ostberg are all in.
Formula E
Just over four laps to go. Buemi leads by 7.6s and Prost is still running in third behind di Grassi.
Latvala's incident moves Mikkelsen up to second overall.
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It was a puncture that hampered Latvala just 1km into the stage.
“I have been fighting all morning with brakes. I finally got the brakes right. I started to have a big attack and I thought I could make the corner short and cut it but I hit a rock on the inside.”
“I have been fighting all morning with brakes. I finally got the brakes right. I started to have a big attack and I thought I could make the corner short and cut it but I hit a rock on the inside.”
Crash
That's Prost's race ruined - he's being given a mechanical failure flag.
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Prost is running with a broken rear wing, it looks like it has collapsed when he ran over a chicane kerb.
Not that he's slowing down. He's less than a second behind di Grassi in the fight for second. Buemi is 8s up the road.
Not that he's slowing down. He's less than a second behind di Grassi in the fight for second. Buemi is 8s up the road.
Formula E
There's a mega scrap going on for P10 between Abt, Vergne and Frijns. Talented trio scrapping over 10th, nice stuff.
Mikkelsen is also in and he is second fastest just 3.5s down on Ogier.
Latvala is 53.3s slower than Ogier! The Finn has clearly had some issues through the stage.
Formula E
Di Grassi is trying to chip away at Buemi's lead, which was double figures before the stops but has come down to 7.5s now.
Looks like the Swiss may be in energy conservation mode. And expect a charge from Duval (fifth), D'ambrosio (sixth) and Turvey (seventh).
Looks like the Swiss may be in energy conservation mode. And expect a charge from Duval (fifth), D'ambrosio (sixth) and Turvey (seventh).
While we wait for Latvala to come in here's another stage guide courtesy of Chris Patterson.
SS12/15 Poboleda 6.05 miles
After finishing La Figuera, we drive what was the rest of that stage last year as road section before starting the final three miles of the 2014 test. The organisers have bolted on another three miles to make Poboleda and this is all new for everybody. And this whole stage is flowing and very similar in nature to the stage before.
SS12/15 Poboleda 6.05 miles
After finishing La Figuera, we drive what was the rest of that stage last year as road section before starting the final three miles of the 2014 test. The organisers have bolted on another three miles to make Poboleda and this is all new for everybody. And this whole stage is flowing and very similar in nature to the stage before.
Stopwatch
Ogier completes SS12 with a time of 5m36.3s
Green flag
Piquet's moving again. What an odd incident for the reigning champion. That puts Bird up to ninth and Abt into the points in 10th.
Crash
Turvey is well-placed. He has Fanboost and more energy...
But Piquet has stopped!
But Piquet has stopped!
Green flag
We're green again. Buemi has a mammoth lead over di Grassi, while somewhere unseen Prost dropped back behind Heidfeld.
Formula E
Right, quick stock take. The big winners of all that were Turvey, Berthon and Piquet - who launch up to seventh, eighth and ninth respectively.
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SS12 is underway as Ogier is into the stage.
Formula E
Da Costa's car needs retrieving, that's the reason for the second full-course yellow of the race. Villeneuve backed his Venturi out of the wall and continued.
Seemed da Costa put an apologetic hand up after climbing from his car.
Seemed da Costa put an apologetic hand up after climbing from his car.
Yellow flag
Da Costa and Villeneuve have collided at Turn 2 it seems. The remaining five drivers pit to change cars.
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Overall standings after SS11:
1 Ogier 1m44m45.7s
2 Latvala +11s
3 Sordo +45.2s
4 Mikkelsen +49.8s
5 Ostberg +1m02.4s
6 Meeke +1m18.1s
7 Paddon +1m23.8s
8 Neuville +1m29.5s
9 Evans +1m32.9s
10 Prokop +3m0.5s
1 Ogier 1m44m45.7s
2 Latvala +11s
3 Sordo +45.2s
4 Mikkelsen +49.8s
5 Ostberg +1m02.4s
6 Meeke +1m18.1s
7 Paddon +1m23.8s
8 Neuville +1m29.5s
9 Evans +1m32.9s
10 Prokop +3m0.5s
Formula E
...and di Grassi takes second (provisionally) in the stops! Heidfeld gets jumped by Prost as well.
Duval and D'ambrosio lead.
Duval and D'ambrosio lead.
Formula E
Buemi's back out again. A host of drivers stopped then - including the battling Heidfeld, di Grassi and Prost
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Formula E
Problem for Vergne - he's tumbled to 13th. Buemi is first to stop, on lap 13.
Formula E
We're approaching the first pitstops. A few drivers dipping into single figures on energy, though fifth-placed Loic Duval has a whopping 17 per cent. Turvey and Piquet have made little progress (15th and 17th) but they too have preserved energy well.
Checkered flag
SS11 results:
1 Ogier 14m32.4s
2 Kubica +4.2s
3 Latvala +4.6s
4 Mikkelsen +9.8s
5 Meeke +12.6s
6 Sordo +13.6s
7 Evans +16.5s
8 Paddon +18.1s
1 Ogier 14m32.4s
2 Kubica +4.2s
3 Latvala +4.6s
4 Mikkelsen +9.8s
5 Meeke +12.6s
6 Sordo +13.6s
7 Evans +16.5s
8 Paddon +18.1s
Formula E
Here's what's happened so far: Sebastien Buemi led from pole, but Nicolas Prost dropped behind Nick Heidfeld and is now fourth having gone off the road. Lucas di Grassi lies third. We're on lap 12 of 26.
Crash
WRC2 update, Esapekka Lappi has stopped out on stage.
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