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Rally Catalunya, Formula E opener, MotoGP Sepang

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WRC: Ostberg is in and he is 1.3s slower than Paddon, the gap between the pair is now 12.5s overall. If Paddon keeps his pace up this may be a tasty battle to watch later on.
MotoGP
Marquez is back in the pits. Confirmation that the incident will be investigated after the race
MotoGP
Marquez had brilliantly got by Rossi through Turn 13, before the Yamaha rider came straight back through. Marquez held his line on the outside, but Rossi appears to run him pretty wide, before the Spaniard drops it.
WRC: Paddon is ahead of Neuville now overall by 8.7s and the Kiwi is only 0.8s slower than Tanak through the stage.
Crash

Oh no! The scrap had been so clean but the pair have come to blows, with Marquez off just before they head onto the back straight.
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WRC: Neuville comes in way down on current stage leader Tanak following a spin, that won't help the Belgian catch the Citroen's.

"I spun the car and I lost time. After that maybe I didn't commit enough. I put new tyre on the front and I locked the wheel, maybe the tyre wasn't warm."
MotoGP
Last weekend's race at Phillip Island was pretty intense, but while the main fight here isn't for the overall lead, it's probably outdoing that race in terms of entertainment! Still Marquez in third, but that's by no means safe.
MotoGP
Their squabbling has allowed the front two to break away at the front, with Pedrosa and Lorenzo now a couple of seconds clear of Marquez.
WRC: Prokop goes third fastest, 8.6s slower than Tanak but 2.6s up on Evans.
More on that in a second, as the pair - with no exaggeration - continue to swap places every corner. It's Marquez who holds the position now onto lap six.
MotoGP
A great dice, this, and just what the Doctor ordered (if you'll pardon the pun) after the pair's words earlier this week.
MotoGP
...but there is now! The roar of the crowd was almost palpable back in Blighty as Rossi dived up the inside into Turn 4
WRC: Kubica is in and he is 4.5s slower than Tanak.
MotoGP
Rossi harasses the rear of Marquez, knowing he needs to stay with his Yamaha team-mate. He gets alongside the Honda on the exit of the final corner, but there's no way through
WRC: Tanak and Evans are back out today under Rally2, Tanak is faster than his M-Sport team-mate through the opening two stages.
MotoGP
And Lorenzo now grabs second - this time, though, it's as a result of a mistake from Marquez, who runs wide aboard his Honda
MotoGP
Lorenzo confirms his pace with the fastest lap of the race - a 2m00.606s
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WRC: Kris Meeke's co-driver Paul Nagle is on hand this morning with stage guides, here is his brief summary of SS19:

"Pratdip, is a bit of a classic in Catalunya. This year it will be run in the opposite direction, but it's still a very fast stage - especially the downhill section towards the finish."
MotoGP
A problem for Andrea Iannone, who has slowed his Ducati
MotoGP
'Man on a mission' would appear an accurate description of Lorenzo so far.
MotoGP
Over the line for the first time it's Pedrosa leading from Marquez and Rossi - but make that Lorenzo in third as the SPaniard muscles his way past Rossi at Turn 1!
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WRC:
Overall standings after SS18:

1 Ogier 2m38.46.5s
2 Latvala +53.8s
3 Mikkelsen +55.1s
4 Sordo +1m01.4s
5 Meeke +1m42.9s
6 Ostberg +1m45.1s
7 Neuville +1m56.6s
8 Paddon +1m58.9s
Lights green
We're underway in Sepnag, where Pedorsa holds his lead from pole ahead of Marquez and Rossi. Lorenzo makes a vital leap back past the pair of Ducatis to reclaim fourth at Turn 4!
Checkered flag
WRC:
SS18 results:

1 Mikkelsen 3m48.3s
2 Latvala +1.6s
3 Ogier +1.8s
4 Sordo +1.8s
5 Neuville +1.9s
6 Meeke +2.5s
7 Ostberg +3.2s
8 Paddon +4.2s
WRC: Good morning from Spain. SS19 is underway already with Lefebvre the first man out on the road, here’s a brief recap of what happened on this morning’s opening stage, SS18.
MotoGP
Before the start of this one, here's a quick chance to catch up on how Rossi secured that front-row start, with yesterday's qualifying report beta.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/121475/pedrosa-scores-dominant-sepang-pole
MotoGP
Plenty still to play for, then, but it's Rossi who starts further ahead on the grid - from third, a place ahead of his rival
MotoGP
It's Rossi who leads the standings on 296 points ahead of this one, with Lorenzo 11 points behind on 285
MotoGP
We're well set for an exciting race here, with the battle between Yamaha team-mates Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo for championship honours taking centre stage
MotoGP
We've two main events for you this morning, with the conclusion of Rally Catalunya as well as the penultimate MotoGP race of the year from Sepang, which starts in five minutes or so
MotoGP
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live
AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live will resume tomorrow at 7am with coverage of the final day of Rally Catalunya and MotoGP action from Malaysia. See you all tomorrow!
Well, we have a lot of battles throughout the order to keep a close eye on tomorrow. Barring an incident it would appear to be Ogier's rally to lose, but strange things can happen!
A full report of what was another dramatic few stages will follow shortly.
In WRC Tidemand tops the final stage and maintains his lead. The gap to Kopecky in second is 30.1s.
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Overall standings after SS17:

1 Ogier 2h34m56.4s
2 Latvala +54s
3 Mikkelsen +56.9s
4 Sordo +1m01.4s
5 Meeke +1m42.2s
6 Ostberg +1m43.7s
7 Paddon +1m56.5s
8 Neuville +1m56.5s
9 Prokop +4m22.9s
10 Tidemand +7m12.6s
Checkered flag
SS17 results:

1 Ogier 2m33.4s
2 Neuville +0.0s
3 Meeke +0.1s
4 Sordo +0.6s
5 Mikkelsen +0.8s
6 Latvala +0.8s
7 Paddon +2.6s
8 Prokop +2.6s
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Tricky day for Kubica and now his handbrake has gone as well. "Again, we were driving with three brakes and we arrived at the stage with no handbrake, so I struggled to turn the car."
Kubica is 9.6s slower than Al Qassimi.
Al Qassimi ends the stage 5.6s slower than Ostberg, 8.6s off the pace of Ogier/Neuville.

By: Matt Beer

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