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Latvala is excited, are you? "It's very exciting going into the last stage - we need to keep pushing."
He picked up 6.7s on Mikkelsen through the stage.
Latvala is now fastest! He goes into the final stage just 1.4s behind Mikkelsen. Game on for the final stage of the day now.
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"I had a spin just at the start line more or less," said Mikkelsen.
Mikkelsen had a very poor opening split. He is only sixth fastest, lets find out why.
Sordo is third fastest, we will wait to see if Latvala can hold onto third place, or if Sordo can take a memorable podium.
Meeke is now 2.8s behind Ostberg overall going into the power stage.
Meeke comes through fastest so far.
Neuville is now behind Prokop overall
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Here's Neuville, he didn't miss the braking point the transmission broke. I'm sure he will enjoy hearing Paddon's comments then.
"Transmission broke on the braking and I tried my best to avoid the ditch. Hopefully we can get to the end."
"Transmission broke on the braking and I tried my best to avoid the ditch. Hopefully we can get to the end."
Neuville has completed the stage now.
Ostberg third fastest. He is 12.6s ahead of Paddon going into the final stage.
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An angry Paddon is very vocal about Neuville's off. "He's cocked up the braking. I don't know how he has done that there was no need to push. Now we're going to lose points to Citroen."
Paddon goes quickest by 1.7s
Oh, just as I said that Neuville is back on the move.
Not sure why yet but when we find out we will let you know
Crash
Neuville has stopped.
Prokop fifth fastest.
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More woe for Kubica. He just can't catch a break can he? "We have a problem with the gearbox, we practically lost second gear."
Kubica makes it through incident free, 8.9s slower than Tanak.
Evans is 8.3s slower than Tanak
As expected Tanak tops Lefebvre, he's 9.2s quicker.
Lefebvre is in with a time of 11m03.2s
So, Latvala is now only 8.7s ahead of Sordo with two stages to run.
SS22 is up and running already, no time to take a breath after that dramatic stage!
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Overall standings after SS21:
1 Ogier 3h1m26.8s
2 Mikkelsen +48.3s
3 Latvala +56.4s
4 Sordo +1m05.1s
5 Ostberg +1m51.5s
6 Meeke +1m57.2s
7 Paddon +2m06.6s
8 Neuville +2m16.4s
9 Prokop +4m48.3s
10 Tidemand +8m48.2s
1 Ogier 3h1m26.8s
2 Mikkelsen +48.3s
3 Latvala +56.4s
4 Sordo +1m05.1s
5 Ostberg +1m51.5s
6 Meeke +1m57.2s
7 Paddon +2m06.6s
8 Neuville +2m16.4s
9 Prokop +4m48.3s
10 Tidemand +8m48.2s
Checkered flag
SS21 results:
1 Mikkelsen 3m47.8s
2 Ogier +1.6s
3 Meeke +1.9s
4 Sordo +1.9s
5 Tanak +2.5s
6 Ostberg +3s
7 Paddon +3.3s
8 Neuville +3.7s
1 Mikkelsen 3m47.8s
2 Ogier +1.6s
3 Meeke +1.9s
4 Sordo +1.9s
5 Tanak +2.5s
6 Ostberg +3s
7 Paddon +3.3s
8 Neuville +3.7s
Leader Ogier has no problems and comes through second fastest.
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There's still a bit of air in the tyre, possibly a slow puncture for Latvala.
"I have no idea [how it happened], suddenly towards the end of the stage I was understeering heavily and we picked up a puncture. I can't fight anymore, the gap is to big - I'm now 10-seconds behind [Mikkelsen] I can't make that up."
"I have no idea [how it happened], suddenly towards the end of the stage I was understeering heavily and we picked up a puncture. I can't fight anymore, the gap is to big - I'm now 10-seconds behind [Mikkelsen] I can't make that up."
He has picked up a front right puncture.
MotoGP
We'll of course bring you any further developments and reaction from a crazy race in Sepang as it happens throughout the day, but for the time being enjoy uninterrupted coverage of the final stages of Rally Catalunya.
He has lost a lot of time through the stage and is now 8.1s behind his team-mate overall!
Latvala is only 12th fastest!
MotoGP
Bike-wise, that's where we're going to leave things for now.
The Norwegian is 1.9s faster than Meeke. We now wait for his team-mate Latvala, remember the gap between the two was 0.9s.
Mikkelsen demotes Meeke at the top of the stage times.
MotoGP
Here's what Lorenzo had to say in full about his team-mate - no love lost, it's fair to say 
Hello Dani Sordo where have you been? He goes second fastest.
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Once again Meeke says his "team-mate is not the objective." He says that, but it's hard to believe it.
The gap between Meeke and Paddon is now 9.4s overall.
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