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Evans, again comes in with a less than ideal time. He is 17.6s adrift of Ogier.
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"I'm happy with my loop this afternoon. Ogier's not the target but it's good to be running at that level," says Meeke.
Meeke has lost more time, he completes the stage 5.4s down on Ogier.
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Interesting fact about Ostberg here. He tells the media at the stage end that "I stop between every stage and clean my boots." Hygienic or crazy? You decide.
Ostberg completes the stage 0.1s quicker than Mikkelsen and 6.9s down on Ogier.
"Difficult classic stages," is how Mikkelsen has described his view of the stages after missing shakedown.
Mikkelsen is in and he is 7s off the pace of Ogier.
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Ogier said earlier that he was waiting to be able to push, and push he has on the final stage of the day. "I could push a bit more on this stage than on others. It won't be easy to win this rally, it's always very tricky."
Mikkelsen loses even more time at the fourth split, he is now 6.4s down.
Meeke is 2.7s down at the third split.
Ogier is doing a great job at the moment. No one at the moment is close to him. Through the third split Mikkelsen is 3.5s adrift, Ostberg is 3.9s back.
Paddon hasn't been able to fix the hydraulic issue and will have to complete the stage in 'emergency safe mode', which sounds made up but apparently it means the driver cannot use the handbrake.
Evans isn't having the best outing at his home event so far. The Welshman is through the first split of the final stage of the day and is 3.7s slower than Ogier.
Mikkelsen is 3.2s adrift of Ogier at the second split.
At the first split Meeke is 0.4s quicker than his team-mate but is 1.2s down on Ogier.
First splits are in and Mikkelsen is 2.5s down on Ogier. Ostberg is just 1.6s adrift.
SS6 has only just got underway after a further delay.
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Paddon has a hydraulic issue. He is trying to fix it on the road section between SS5 and SS6.
Checkered flag
Overall standings after SS5:
1 Ogier 58m47.7s
2 Meeke +8.1s
3 Mikkelsen +24.4s
4 Ostberg +36.1s
5 Sordo +1m02.9s
6 Tanak +1m18s
7 Paddon +1m37s
8 Prokop +1m58.4s
9 Evans +2m04s
10 Lefebvre +2m16.7s
1 Ogier 58m47.7s
2 Meeke +8.1s
3 Mikkelsen +24.4s
4 Ostberg +36.1s
5 Sordo +1m02.9s
6 Tanak +1m18s
7 Paddon +1m37s
8 Prokop +1m58.4s
9 Evans +2m04s
10 Lefebvre +2m16.7s
Checkered flag
SS5 results:
1 Ogier 2m09.4s
2 Meeke +0.4s
3 Sordo +0.5s
4 Mikkelsen +1.6s
5 Kubica +1.7s
6 Tanak +2.5s
7 Ostberg +2.9s
8 Prokop +3.3s
1 Ogier 2m09.4s
2 Meeke +0.4s
3 Sordo +0.5s
4 Mikkelsen +1.6s
5 Kubica +1.7s
6 Tanak +2.5s
7 Ostberg +2.9s
8 Prokop +3.3s
Decent run from Kubica, he goes fifth fastest just 1.7s down on Ogier.
SS6 is due to get underway as we await the final WRC cars at SS5.
Prokop is in and he is quicker than both Evans and Paddon. He's 3.3s off the pace of Ogier.
Tanak goes fifth fastest, 2.5s slower than Ogier.
Paddon is 9.2s off the pace at the stage end.
Great run for Sordo through SS5. He was only 0.5s off the pace.
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A little WRC2 update. Eric Camilli now leads following a suspected puncture for Craig Breen, who drops down to sixth overall.
Meeke does a Kubica and blasts straight past the media. He is a man on a mission and wants to keep the momentum going into the final stage of the day.
Evans in fact comes through and is 5.8s off the pace.
Evans and Sordo are up next.
Meeke completes the stage and loses 0.4s to Ogier, taking the overall gap between the two to 8.1s.
Ostberg is in and he is 2.9s slower than Ogier.
Unfortunately because the drivers need to dash off to the next stage we don't get to hear much from them. Some drivers, I'm looking at you Robert Kubica, just drive straight past the media at the stage end without slowing down. Classic Kubica.
Mikkelsen is also in, 1.6s down on Ogier.
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Ogier, like a flash, has finished the stage already with a time of 2m09.4s.
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And just like that SS5 is underway. Sweet Lamb is a very short 2.06 mile blast, here's Elfyn Evans' stage guide.
SS2/5 Sweet Lamb (2.06 miles)
This one formed part of Hafren last year and it was a nice way to end a long stage. This time we’ll stop at the top of the hill then come down. It’s a good stage and a real favoutite with the fans – it’s always packed and coming down the hill into the famous bowl and the watersplash is always a bit of a buzz.
SS2/5 Sweet Lamb (2.06 miles)
This one formed part of Hafren last year and it was a nice way to end a long stage. This time we’ll stop at the top of the hill then come down. It’s a good stage and a real favoutite with the fans – it’s always packed and coming down the hill into the famous bowl and the watersplash is always a bit of a buzz.
Checkered flag
Overall standings after SS4:
1 Ogier 56m38.3s
2 Meeke +7.7s
3 Mikkelsen +22.8s
4 Ostberg +33.2s
5 Sordo +1m02.4s
6 Tanak +1m15.5s
7 Paddon +1m27.8s
8 Prokop +1m55.1s
9 Evans +1m58.2s
10 Lefebvre +2m12.4s
1 Ogier 56m38.3s
2 Meeke +7.7s
3 Mikkelsen +22.8s
4 Ostberg +33.2s
5 Sordo +1m02.4s
6 Tanak +1m15.5s
7 Paddon +1m27.8s
8 Prokop +1m55.1s
9 Evans +1m58.2s
10 Lefebvre +2m12.4s
Checkered flag
SS4 results:
1 Meeke 18m56.8s
2 Ogier +5.2s
3 Mikkelsen +11.2s
4 Ostberg +15.6s
5 Sordo +18.2s
6 Kubica +21.1s
7 Tanak +23.8s
8 Lefebvre +32.8s
1 Meeke 18m56.8s
2 Ogier +5.2s
3 Mikkelsen +11.2s
4 Ostberg +15.6s
5 Sordo +18.2s
6 Kubica +21.1s
7 Tanak +23.8s
8 Lefebvre +32.8s
Lefebvre is in 32.8s slower than Meeke but 5.6s ahead of Prokop.
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Kubica goes sixth fastest, 21.1s off the pace of Meeke. He says the car has "a lot of oversteer." Oh dear.
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