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Tanak's good work on the past few stages in undone, as he comes through the stage end 7s slower than Ogier.
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Deletraz's fourth spot hands the Swiss racer a provisional one point advantage in the drivers' standings over long-time series leader Dillmann. However, an investigation into Deletraz and Dillmann's incident, which resulted in the AVF racer spinning into the gravel, is still to be held.
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"It's been a little up and down today," says Mikkelsen. "We've improved during day, but I'm just looking forward to tomorrow.
"With the weather we've had today, it's been good for the tyre wear. Had it been dry it might have been a different story."
"With the weather we've had today, it's been good for the tyre wear. Had it been dry it might have been a different story."
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"We've tried to go flat out all day," says Ogier. "Our tyres are a little too hard for these conditions, but I can be happy."
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Isaakyan holds off Orudzhev by half a second to win! Top-six order Jerez Race 1: Isaakyan; 2 Orudzhev; 3 Vaxiviere; 4 Deletraz; 5 Panis; 6 Binder.
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And Latvala completes the stage 6.6s slower than Ogier. After his recent progress, Tanak is 3.3s slower than Ogier through the first split.
Sordo is now through, and 17.9s slower than Ogier. Latvala, Ostberg, Tanak and Meeke all on the road as well.
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Egor Orudzhev took 0.3s out of Isaakyan's lead on lap 25 to narrow the deficit to 0.9s. But with one lap remaining, Orudzhev is running out of time to make a passing attempt.
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Paddon now goes second on the stage, 5.8s slower than Ogier.
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Matevos Isaakyan missed the preceding round at Monza owing to GP3 commitments, but is on course for a maiden victory. The Russian showed first signs of making real progress at the Red Bull Ring this season, where he took a shock pole.
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Neuville is the next man through the finish and completes the stage 6.9s slower than Ogier.
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Mikkelsen comes through the finish and is 8s slower than his team-mate.
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Vaxiviere recovers third spot from Deletraz, but has his work cut out in the final five minutes to work his way back into the lead.
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Ogier is through the stage finish in 7m29.3s.
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The race goes green on lap 20. Long time leader Vaxiviere makes an apparent mistake at the final chicane and cuts over the grass. The Frenchman's SMP Racing team-mate Isaakyan grabs first place, Orudzhev moves into second and Deletraz makes an opportunistic move around the outside at the final corner to demote Vaxiviere to fourth.
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Dillmann had been racing in close proximity to rival Louis Deletraz, but at the moment is unclear whether any contact was made with the Swiss Fortec driver. The timing monitor has flashed up, "Incident between cars 1 [Deletraz] and 16 [Dillmann] to be investigated". The safety car is out.
Replays show Deletraz did collide with Dillmann at Turn 8, pushing the championship leader into the gravel and out of the race.
Replays show Deletraz did collide with Dillmann at Turn 8, pushing the championship leader into the gravel and out of the race.
First split time through from Ogier, which is a 3m27.5s.
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In a significant change of events for the championship, points leader Tom Dillmann has spun out of fourth at Turn 8 and abandoned his car in the gravel.
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Off sets Ogier to start the running on Aberhirnant.
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Before the start of the penultimate stage back on Wales Rally GB - set to start in two minutes - here's a stage guide from DAVID EVANS:
SS15 Aberhirnant (8.64 miles)
Off the start, Aberhirnant climbs steeply, but once on top of the hill it becomes one of the fastest stages in the championship – like Finland but without the jumps. Fantastic stage used only once this year as a link from mid-Wales into Cholmondeley. Is there a better way to break up a fairly long road section? Not a chance.
SS15 Aberhirnant (8.64 miles)
Off the start, Aberhirnant climbs steeply, but once on top of the hill it becomes one of the fastest stages in the championship – like Finland but without the jumps. Fantastic stage used only once this year as a link from mid-Wales into Cholmondeley. Is there a better way to break up a fairly long road section? Not a chance.
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Up front, leader Vaxiviere is the fastest man on track and has established a two second breathing margin over team-mate Isaakyan. The similarly SMP-backed Arden machine of Egor Orudzhev runs third, within half a second of Isaakyan.
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But Dillmann is under pressure from title rival Louis Deletraz, who is in turn closely pursued by Arden's Aurelien Panis.
Dillmann's AVF team-mate Alfonso Celis Jr, meanwhile, is experiencing difficulties. The Force India Formula 1 development driver has stopped his car in the pit lane and vacated the cockpit.
Dillmann's AVF team-mate Alfonso Celis Jr, meanwhile, is experiencing difficulties. The Force India Formula 1 development driver has stopped his car in the pit lane and vacated the cockpit.
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Championship leader Tom Dillmann has made a strong start from his seventh-place grid position to move into fourth.
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Debutant Thomas Randle is already out. The British F3 race winner, who is the first Aussie to compete in the series since Daniel Ricciardo raced in the championship's predecessor Formula Renault 3.5 in 2011, found the gravel at Turn 10.
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Aberhirnant gets underway in a bit under 15 minutes, then after that we're going to take a bit of a break before returning for the final stage of the day at Cholmondeley Castle.
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The top-six order at Jerez on lap six, with half-an-hour of action to come: 1 Vaxiviere; 2 Isaakyan; 3 Orudzhev; 4 Dillmann; 5 Deletraz; 6 Panis.
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In the first Formula V8 3.5 race at Jerez, Matthieu Vaxiviere is heading an SMP Racing one-two. Polesitter Jack Aitken suffered difficulties after his initial getaway and has dropped to 13th.
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And some numbers for you:
SS14 Gartheinog leading times:
1 Tanak 7m07.4s
2 Neuville +5.7s
3 Ogier +5.8s
4 Latvala +6.5s
5 Mikkelsen +6.5s
6 Paddon +8.4s
Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h34m47.1s
2 Tanak +24.8s
3 Neuville +1m26.6s
4 Paddon +1m41s
5 Meeke +2m12.9s
6 Sordo +3m16.9s
7 Ostberg +3m56s
8 Latvala +4m13.3s
SS14 Gartheinog leading times:
1 Tanak 7m07.4s
2 Neuville +5.7s
3 Ogier +5.8s
4 Latvala +6.5s
5 Mikkelsen +6.5s
6 Paddon +8.4s
Overall classification:
1 Ogier 2h34m47.1s
2 Tanak +24.8s
3 Neuville +1m26.6s
4 Paddon +1m41s
5 Meeke +2m12.9s
6 Sordo +3m16.9s
7 Ostberg +3m56s
8 Latvala +4m13.3s
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"I'm really screwed this afternoon because we have no tread pattern left, but we've just got to get through," says Meeke.
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"It was a good stage, the tyre is working really well in these conditions so I pushed a bit," says Tanak.
Ostberg reports Floene's snake bite, but they've come through all of the stages since the regroup so far without trouble.
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Meek completes the stage 11.1s slower than Tanak.
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Tanak completes the stage and is 5.8s faster than Ogier - that's a great chunk gained back by the Estonian - his DMACK rubber is clearly working well on the second run.
Maybe those fears have grounds - Tanak is a whopping 4.3s up on Ogier through the first split.
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"I cannot afford to back off because on the tyre side this weekend we are not on the best option," says Ogier, who's still wary of the threat of a certain Estonian back down the road. "Tomorrow we know it will be hard to keep Ott behind us."
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Latvala is in and 0.8s off the pace.
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Sordo is in as well now and 5.1s slower than Neuville.
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Paddon is in now and 2.7s slower than team-mate Neuville.
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