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WTCC - Macau: Citroen has chosen the Macau weekend to make two big announcements about its World Touring Car Championship programme.
Not unexpectedly, the superstar line-up of current champion Jose Maria Lopez, four-time WTCC champion Yvan Muller and nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb is being kept on for 2015.
But there's extra intrigue as Citroen reveals that Loeb's Sebastien Loeb Racing team - which has so far focused on sportscars - will also field the first two customer C-Elysees.
There's a big hint that 2014 Citroen part-timer Ma Qing Hua is in line for one of the SLR seats too.
Not unexpectedly, the superstar line-up of current champion Jose Maria Lopez, four-time WTCC champion Yvan Muller and nine-time WRC champion Sebastien Loeb is being kept on for 2015.
But there's extra intrigue as Citroen reveals that Loeb's Sebastien Loeb Racing team - which has so far focused on sportscars - will also field the first two customer C-Elysees.
There's a big hint that 2014 Citroen part-timer Ma Qing Hua is in line for one of the SLR seats too.
WRC - GB: Something different coming up next in Wales, we're temporarily switching to asphalt for the short Chirk Castle stage.
It's only just over a mile in length, but we could still see position changes in the podium fight with just 1.9s covering Hirvonen, Ostberg and Meeke in second to fourth.
It's only just over a mile in length, but we could still see position changes in the podium fight with just 1.9s covering Hirvonen, Ostberg and Meeke in second to fourth.
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WRC - GB: This is how Latvala sees the Chirk stage:
"This is generally quite an easy stage, but I remember there is one corner where there is a lot of cutting and there comes a lot of mud to the road – and this is in the braking area for the chicane, which can make it interesting.
"We have to be careful here, especially if it is raining. Under the trees, where the leaves are falling could be tricky."
"This is generally quite an easy stage, but I remember there is one corner where there is a lot of cutting and there comes a lot of mud to the road – and this is in the braking area for the chicane, which can make it interesting.
"We have to be careful here, especially if it is raining. Under the trees, where the leaves are falling could be tricky."
Green flag
WEC - Bahrain: A minute to go until the green flag lap. The #1 Audi, which didn't take part in qualifying, starts 12th as the final prototype entry with di Grassi behind the wheel.
WEC - Bahrain: Here's a recap of what happened in qualifying yesterday:
Bahrain WEC qualifying report
Bahrain WEC qualifying report
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WRC - GB: The need to attend to an unwell marshal on the Dyfnant stage meant it didn't restart after the WRC drivers had been through, so the WRC2 pack and everyone behind will eventually be given notional times.
Mikkelsen is about to kick Chirk Castle off, then it'll be midday service time - great news for Latvala in particular.
Mikkelsen is about to kick Chirk Castle off, then it'll be midday service time - great news for Latvala in particular.
WEC - Bahrain: Dumas takes the lead from pole, while Hartley vaults the second Porsche up to second.
WEC - Bahrain: Hartley loses second to Buemi halfway around the opening lap and then third to Wurz into Turn 1 at the start of the second lap.
Stopwatch
WRC - GB: Short and sharp, Mikkelsen sets a benchmark time of 1m32.7s. He's been fastest on all four stages so far this morning.
WEC - Bahrain: Pla has pitted at the end of the opening lap in the G-Drive Ligier - that's significant in the battle for the P2 title.
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi is challenging Dumas for the lead and was briefly ahead.
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi is ahead of Dumas.
WRC - GB: Back on something more solid than mud, Kubica picks up his pace and is second fastest to Mikkelsen among the early runners and takes a bit of time back in his battle for 11th with Paddon.
Stopwatch
WRC - GB: Mikkelsen won't get a clean sweep for the morning - Solberg has beaten him by two tenths.
WEC - Bahrain: Pla is back out in the Ligier, but four laps down on the class frontrunners.
WEC - Bahrain: Pla had contact with the second SMP car driven by Kirill Ladygin - that was the reason for the pitstop.
WEC - Bahrain: Ten laps in, and Buemi is 4.4s up on Dumas. Much of that gap opened up in traffic, though.
WRC - GB: Solberg remains the Chirk pacesetter with nine cars now through, the latest being Neuville's Hyundai.
Next up is the trio scrapping for second: Ostberg, Meeke and Hirvonen.
Next up is the trio scrapping for second: Ostberg, Meeke and Hirvonen.
WRC - GB: Ostberg is only ninth fastest on the short asphalt stage, 4s off the pace set by Solberg.
Yellow flag
WEC - Bahrain: Debris on the track leads to a Full Course Yellow. Buemi's advantage over Dumas stood at 6s, while Minassian, Bruni and Thiim lead the classes.
WRC - GB: It may not have been a startling time from Ostberg, but it's taken him back into second overall by 0.7s over Hirvonen, with Meeke only a further 0.7s back. Second to fourth covered by 1.4s at the rally's mid-way point!
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi pits - the #8 Toyota has effectively made the splash it would need at the end of the race five or so hours early.
WRC - GB: Even on a one-mile blast around a castle, having no rear wing and a broken damper can hurt your stage time - Latvala loses another 5s around Chirk.
WEC - Bahrain: Both Toyotas took on tyres at their pitstops. Dumas now leads by 16s from di Grassi in the best of the Audis.
WEC - Bahrain: Fassler, who was struggling before stopping and had dropped 30s to the leader, has just set fastest lap of the race!
Checkered flag
WRC - GB - SS13 results:
Stage times:
1 Solberg 1m32.5s
2 Mikkelsen +0.2s
3 Prokop +1.2s
4 Tanak +2.1s
5 Kubica +3.3s
6 Neuville +3.4s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Ogier
2 Ostberg +1m10.1s
3 Hirvonen +1m10.8s
4 Meeke +1m11.5s
5 Neuville +1m33.5s
6 Evans +1m48.7s
7 Tanak +2m29.7s
8 Solberg +2m42.1s
9 Prokop +3m14.2s
10 Latvala +3m33.4s
Stage times:
1 Solberg 1m32.5s
2 Mikkelsen +0.2s
3 Prokop +1.2s
4 Tanak +2.1s
5 Kubica +3.3s
6 Neuville +3.4s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Ogier
2 Ostberg +1m10.1s
3 Hirvonen +1m10.8s
4 Meeke +1m11.5s
5 Neuville +1m33.5s
6 Evans +1m48.7s
7 Tanak +2m29.7s
8 Solberg +2m42.1s
9 Prokop +3m14.2s
10 Latvala +3m33.4s
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi, on fresh tyres, is making inroads into the Porsche's advantage. He's around a second a lap faster.
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi's rate of closure on Dumas has slowed as his new tyres lose their bite. The gap is now seven or so seconds.
WEC - Bahrain: Dumas pits out of the lead as the one-hour mark approaches. Beumi moves into a seven-second lead ahead of team-mate Wurz.
WEC - Bahrain: Porsche is one-two in GTE Pro after both its 911s stopped during the Full Course Yellow. Vilander, who has taken over the #51 AF Ferrari from early leader Bruni, is third.
WEC - Bahrain: Vilander is now right on the tail of Makowiecki in the Porsche - his and Bruni's (remote) rival for the GT title.
WEC - Bahrain: Buemi has just put di Grassi in the sixth-placed Audi a lap down. The Brazilian, though, did pit under green flag conditions
WEC - Bahrain: Both Toyotas are in the pits as the 90-minute mark approaches. Davidson and Conway take over the two cars.
Fassler, almost a lap behind, has stopped ahead of them and Lotterer gets in the #2 Audi.
Fassler, almost a lap behind, has stopped ahead of them and Lotterer gets in the #2 Audi.
F3 - Macau GP: The award for 'cheeky scamps' of Macau week has to go to the unnamed team that keeps tweeting photos of one of its drivers with grid girls who pass through their garage - all to wind up his girlfriend, who's stuck at home for the week.
WEC - Bahrain: Davidson comes out ahead of Dumas, whose Porsche is on a different pitstop strategy, and starts to edge away.
WEC - Bahrain: Now Lotterer has set fastest lap of the race in the #2 Audi.
WEC - Bahrain: Vilander leads Mucke in GTE Pro by 11s. The Aston driver has taken 9s out of the Ferrari so far in the stint after dropping 20s back after a slow pitstop.
WEC - Bahrain: And another FL from Lotterer!
WEC - Bahrain: Conway is past Dumas to make it a Toyota one-two again.
WRC - GB: The field is currently back in service at Deeside getting reset for the afternoon loop, and in Latvala's case having the missing bits of his VW stuck back on again.
The second half of the day revisits the morning's four gravel (mud) stages, but omits Chirk Castle.
So it's a total of 34.7 miles of Welsh forest rallying ahead for the rest of the day, and it'll finish in darkness on Dyfnant.
Here's a reminder of everything that's happened so far on Saturday:
Rally GB Saturday morning report
The second half of the day revisits the morning's four gravel (mud) stages, but omits Chirk Castle.
So it's a total of 34.7 miles of Welsh forest rallying ahead for the rest of the day, and it'll finish in darkness on Dyfnant.
Here's a reminder of everything that's happened so far on Saturday:
Rally GB Saturday morning report
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Peter Mills, Gary Watkins, Marcus Simmons, Jonathan Noble
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