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Not much to report from the stage...
SS12 Pantperthog summary:
- Tanak fastest of all by 2.9s
- Leader Ogier second on stage
SS12 Pantperthog summary:
- Tanak fastest of all by 2.9s
- Leader Ogier second on stage
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Meeke is in next and is 7.6s slower than Tanak.
Ostberg and Floene have, incidentally, made it through the stage without troubles - looks as though the snake bite is not priving to be too problematic at the moment.
Great stage time from Tanak, who goes fastest of all by 2.9s on the stage.
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It was slippier, more shiny - but I was expecting that," says Latvala.
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Latvala is in and third-quickest, 2.4s down on Ogier.
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Sordo comes in and is fourth-fastest so far, 0.5s faster than Mikkelsen. He seems happier than he was earlier.
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"The feeling from the car is much better, we made some changes, but we have absolutely no traction and the wheels are spinning everywhere," says Paddon.
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Paddon is in and 3.2s off the benchmark set by Ogier. There's now 10s between himself and Neuville overall.
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Just quickly, there's a bit of an extended loop now. We have a repeat of this morning's three stages at the moment - starting with the current Pantperthog run - before the rally heads for Aberhirnant and Cholmondeley castle.
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"Again, a perfect stage for me. I did really well, even though it was much more slippery," says Neuville.
Neuville comes through the stage 0.3s slower than Ogier. Paddon, Sordo and Latvala will be through next.
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Ogier is through the first split in 3m01s.
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There was a lot of fog in the middle stage, Dyfi, in particular earlier. The cars are being covered in mud, sothe crews have ice scrapes to get rid of it all between stages - off windscreens, under wheel arches, you name it. They're even banging wheels on the floor. The weight makes that much of a difference.
It has stopped raining, but there's still plenty of fog about.
It has stopped raining, but there's still plenty of fog about.
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Ogier is up and running on the second run on Pantperthog, so let's check in with another stage guide from DAVID EVANS:
SS12 Pantperthog (5.99 miles)
Back in the World Rally Championship for the first time since 1995, this stage, while geographically next door to Dyfi and Garth, is quite different in its make-up. A more slatey base makes it one of the event’s most abrasive stages when dry and one of the slipperiest when wet. Slightly shortened from its originally planned form, this one runs up and down a valley winding its way to and from the A487.
SS12 Pantperthog (5.99 miles)
Back in the World Rally Championship for the first time since 1995, this stage, while geographically next door to Dyfi and Garth, is quite different in its make-up. A more slatey base makes it one of the event’s most abrasive stages when dry and one of the slipperiest when wet. Slightly shortened from its originally planned form, this one runs up and down a valley winding its way to and from the A487.
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Not too much more to report from the regroup. DAVID EVANS reports that Ogier appears to be the only man who's saved the two new tyres he took out this morning - remember, there's no tyre fitting zone like yesterday at all today.
Ogier's not sure how much difference that will make as the stages are still humid - i.e. have plenty of water on them - but he's still trying to push as much as he can, aware that he and Tanak will be in the same place on the road tomorrow.
Ogier's not sure how much difference that will make as the stages are still humid - i.e. have plenty of water on them - but he's still trying to push as much as he can, aware that he and Tanak will be in the same place on the road tomorrow.
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We start our recap with a peculiar story from the Corris regroup, concerning Ola Floene, Mads Ostberg's co-driver. Everything should be normal in regroup, you'd think, but Floene has been bitten on the hand by an adder in the Snowdonia woods.
It was all a bit of fun at first, but with two puncture marks on Floene's right hand our man DAVID EVANS reports there are now people desperately searching for signal to find out what to do if bitten by an adder.
We'll update you on this if and when we have more.
It was all a bit of fun at first, but with two puncture marks on Floene's right hand our man DAVID EVANS reports there are now people desperately searching for signal to find out what to do if bitten by an adder.
We'll update you on this if and when we have more.
Suitably refreshed? Good. Welcome back to Autosport Race Centre Live as we return to Wales for coverage of the remainder of today's Rally GB stages.
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OK - we're going to take a quick break from live coverage before resuming with the fourth stage of the morning, the second running of Pantperthog. But don't go anywhere - we'll be back in half an hour or so, leaving you about enough time to boil the kettle, make yourself a brew and catch up on this morning's action with our report from the first three stages. Catch you shortly. 
We definitely did not forget to give you some times and standings from SS11. Here you go...
SS11 Gartheiniog leading times:
1 Neuville 7m00.9s
2 Mikkelsen +0.3s
3 Tanak +1s
4 Ogier +2,9s
5 Paddon +4.4s
6 Latvala +5.7s
Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h09m24.8s
2 Tanak +36.3s
3 Neuville +1m18.4s
4 Paddon +1m25.7s
5 Meeke +1m48.4s
6 Sordo +2m45.1s
7 Ostberg +3m22.6s
8 Latvala +4m02.1s
SS11 Gartheiniog leading times:
1 Neuville 7m00.9s
2 Mikkelsen +0.3s
3 Tanak +1s
4 Ogier +2,9s
5 Paddon +4.4s
6 Latvala +5.7s
Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h09m24.8s
2 Tanak +36.3s
3 Neuville +1m18.4s
4 Paddon +1m25.7s
5 Meeke +1m48.4s
6 Sordo +2m45.1s
7 Ostberg +3m22.6s
8 Latvala +4m02.1s
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SCOTT MITCHELL: Here's our unbiased favourite GB livery (courtesy of Mads Ostberg and M Sport) at the opening stage end earlier this morning...
Nice shout out for two of our three men on the ground (where are you, DAVID EVANS?) who are currently just outside the Gartheiniog stage end.
SCOTT MITCHELL: Meeke a frustrated man. Complaining about running order and the quality of the surface once he arrives on the scene...
We have a third man on the ground this weekend, too. Fresh from a couple of days at Silverstone judging this year's McLaren Autosport BRDC Award finalists, Scott Mitchell made the unenviable trek up to Chester late last night, before heading out for his first GB experience this morning. Suddenly he thinks he's an expert...
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Meeke says he's had two slow punctures on the first two stages of the morning, so he and co-driver Paul Nagle have used both of their spares already.
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Meeke is now in and again relatively slow. He's eighth of the nine cars in so far, 9.4s off Neuville's pace.
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Latvala completes the stage 5.7s slower than Neuville.
Latvala will be the next man through, but is slowest of all (until Ostberg trumps that effort) through the first split.
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Sordo in the third i20 goes another 1.5s slower than Paddon.
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Paddon can't keep that pattern going, though, and is 4.4s slower than Neuville on that stage.
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And Neuville now goes fastest on the stage, 0.3s quicker than Mikkelsen.
That means, incidentally, that Ogier will finish a stage slower than more than one driver for the first time this weekend.
That means, incidentally, that Ogier will finish a stage slower than more than one driver for the first time this weekend.
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And Mikkelsen completes the stage faster than Ogier! He's up by 2.6s at the finish.
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Ogier comes through the finish, completing his run in a time of 7m03.8s.
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And as Ogier gets going on SS11, here's a stage guide from Autosport's very own DAVID EVANS:
SS11 Gartheiniog (7.04 miles)
Exactly the same as last year. Like Dyfi, the surface in here is great and in very good condition, but might get a bit muddier second time through. Lovely rhythm in this stage with a fabulous mixture of fast and flowing corners combined with some tighter a more technical sections.
SS11 Gartheiniog (7.04 miles)
Exactly the same as last year. Like Dyfi, the surface in here is great and in very good condition, but might get a bit muddier second time through. Lovely rhythm in this stage with a fabulous mixture of fast and flowing corners combined with some tighter a more technical sections.
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