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Of the four drivers to have completed the stage so far, Sordo is fastest by 1.4s from Martin Prokop's Ford Fiesta. "It's a little bit more slippery than yesterday but I am calm," he says.
Novikov is first back and reports "slippery and very difficult" conditions but no fog.
VW's Andreas Mikkelsen is up on Ford's Thierry Neuville in the early part of the stage as their battle for third hots up.
VW's Andreas Mikkelsen is up on Ford's Thierry Neuville in the early part of the stage as their battle for third hots up.
Some low cloud and fog on the first stage this morning. Could make things that bit trickier for the drivers.
Citroen's remaining Rally GB hope, Dani Sordo, is the first of the top-10 runners through the SS17. He was fractionally up on M-Sport Ford driver Evgeny Novikov at the first split.
Latvala took 7.9s out of Ogier on the first run through this stage yesterday and VW boss Jost Capito has promised to let his drivers fight each other for victory. Could be an exciting day...
The final act of this year's Rally GB is soon to get underway. Sebastien Ogier holds a 25s lead over VW team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala. First up is a 13.23-mile thrash through Dyfnant.
Macau GP: Great stuff from Lynn on the podium, whipping up the crowd with some jubilant celebrations.
Trophy
Alex Lynn
Macau GP: So Alex Lynn adds his name to the record of Macau winners with a stylish victory on the event's 60th anniversary.
Antonio Felix da Costa fought his way up from fourth to second, while Pipo Derani claims his first Macau podium following Raffaele Marciello's mid-race crash.
Behind Alexander Sims in fourth, Jordan King rounded out a top-five finish by setting the race's fastest lap on his final tour.
Macau GP - Top 10:
1 Lynn; 2 da Costa; 3 Derani; 4 Sims; 5 King; 6 Jaafar; 7 Sainz; 8 Blomqvist; 9 Latifi; 10 Ocon.
1 Lynn; 2 da Costa; 3 Derani; 4 Sims; 5 King; 6 Jaafar; 7 Sainz; 8 Blomqvist; 9 Latifi; 10 Ocon.
Checkered flag
Macau GP: Lynn has a first Macau crown, beating da Costa by just over one second.
Derani completed the podium ahead of Sims and King.
Derani completed the podium ahead of Sims and King.
Macau GP: Last lap, and Lynn starts it 1.5s ahead of da Costa.
Macau GP: Two laps to go, and aside from a lead battle covered by 1.5s, the fight for third is shaping up nicely.
Derani has a decent 2s lead over Sims, but the Briton has just set a personal best. As he tries to close however he also has King looming large, with the Carlin man coming round in a race-best 2m11.860s.
Derani has a decent 2s lead over Sims, but the Briton has just set a personal best. As he tries to close however he also has King looming large, with the Carlin man coming round in a race-best 2m11.860s.
Macau GP: Cat and mouse up front. Da Costa sets a new personal best of 2m12.079s - comfortably three tenths quicker than those behind him.
The bad news? Lynn can top that, setting a new overall best of 2m11.959s. He's generally slower in sectors one and three, but more than makes up for it in the middle Mountain split.
The bad news? Lynn can top that, setting a new overall best of 2m11.959s. He's generally slower in sectors one and three, but more than makes up for it in the middle Mountain split.
Macau GP: Superb work from the marshals to clear Marciello's car, and we're back to green with little fuss.
That's good news for Lynn, who leads da Costa by 1.3s. Derani is five seconds down the road.
That's good news for Lynn, who leads da Costa by 1.3s. Derani is five seconds down the road.
Macau GP: Marciello gets it all crossed up through the final turn, R Bend, and can't stop himself running wide and clouting the wall, which sends him spinning across the track.
He had been keeping da Costa in check until that point, with the gap around 0.7s. Derani reclaims third ahead of Sims, King and Jaafar.
He had been keeping da Costa in check until that point, with the gap around 0.7s. Derani reclaims third ahead of Sims, King and Jaafar.
Crash
Macau GP: Big crash, and it's for Marciello, who was running third...
Macau GP: Coletti and Buller were fighting for sixth, but they're now out of contention after a coming together. King is the main beneficiary, moving into sixth, with Jaafar, Sainz (who has lost another two places) and Latifi rounding out the top nine. Korjus has also gone missing.
Macau GP: No-one can live with Lynn in the second sector. Da Costa is faster than him in the first and third splits, but once again surrenders more than three tenths of a second overall - Lynn was a full 0.7s quicker in the middle split.
Macau GP: Another punishing lap from Lynn - a mid 2m12s, which is comfortably four tenths of a second clear of the rest despite second through to seventh all setting personal bests. He now leads by 2.4s.
Sainz meanwhile has gone backwards, losing out to Coletti and Buller, and is now eighth again.
Sainz meanwhile has gone backwards, losing out to Coletti and Buller, and is now eighth again.
Macau GP: Sainz is flying here. He's picked off Buller and Coletti on the fifth lap alone to go sixth, and then sits side-by-side with Sims heading down into Lisboa. The Briton defends well though and hangs onto fifth for now.
Macau GP: A few moves on that restart, including a neat pass by Sainz Jr around the outside of King going through Lisboa. Jaafar also picked off Wolf to move onto the tail of Latifi, who is running 10th.
Lynn leads da Costa by 1.2s, with Derani - now being hounded by Marciello - a further second down the road.
Lynn leads da Costa by 1.2s, with Derani - now being hounded by Marciello - a further second down the road.
Macau GP: Da Costa gets a run on Derani at the restart, and passes him around the outside under braking from Lisboa - great move. The Red Bull junior is up into second now, although Lynn has escaped slightly at the front.
Macau GP: The safety car will come in at the end of this third lap.
Macau GP: Seems Rosenqvist tagged the wall exiting Mandarin. He did that of his own volition though, and without catching out anyone else.
Ocon stalled (he is now 23rd), while Auer, Bryant-Meisner and Gelael appear to be the unlucky trio involved in that second, larger accident at Mandarin.
Ocon stalled (he is now 23rd), while Auer, Bryant-Meisner and Gelael appear to be the unlucky trio involved in that second, larger accident at Mandarin.
Crash
Macau GP: Indeed, the safety car has been called. Lynn holds his advantage and leads across the line, ahead of Derani, Felix da Costa, Marciello, Sims, Coletti, Buller and King.
One of the big losers is Rosenqvist, who started second but is yet to come round. Giovanazzi and Ocon also hit trouble on that opening lap.
One of the big losers is Rosenqvist, who started second but is yet to come round. Giovanazzi and Ocon also hit trouble on that opening lap.
Lights out
Macau GP: Lynn makes the best start and holds onto the lead ahead of Derani, Felix da Costa and Sims.
Looks like we'll have a safety car though after a crash coming through Mandarin.
Looks like we'll have a safety car though after a crash coming through Mandarin.
Macau GP: Cars onto the grid, and the start of the 2013 Macau Grand Prix is moments away.
Macau GP: OK, they're off on the formation lap, so we're getting close to the start!
Macau GP: Drivers all doing cheesy thumbs-up to the close-up cameras. Except Katsumasa Chiyo. You can't see because his helmet is on, but his haircut would definitely grace the Beatles' Revolver album sleeve.
Macau GP: We've just seen Jean Todt on the TV footage. The FIA president has been enjoying Macau for the past couple of days. Strangely, he doesn't seem to have a lap chart with him.
Macau GP: We're all hoping for a clean 15 laps and no safety cars, but the omens aren't good... We've had two GT pile-ups this morning and also something that resembled the London Rookie Banger Championship, but which apparently is called the WTCC.
Macau GP: Little Pipo Derani looks as though he's about half the size of the grid girls around his car. He's the only one of the leading runners to have no new tyres to use in this race. Most have got two fresh Yokohamas on the left, but Lynn, Marciello, King, Sainz, Ocon and Coletti have four new bags from the original allocation of 14.
Macau GP: Further back, Pipo Derani and Alexander Sims are on the third row, Jordan King and Will Buller on the fourth, and Carlos Sainz Jr and Esteban Ocon on the fifth. After retirements in the qually race, we can expect some overtaking from Lucas Auer (22nd), Tom Blomqvist (24th), Kevin Korjus (26th) and Harry Tincknell (27th).
Macau GP: It takes us 20 minutes to briskly walk to our hotel, which is just before Lisboa. That tells you how long it is down there... The F3 cars get up to almost 170mph before getting on the brakes.
Macau GP: After his win in yesterday's qualification race, Alex Lynn starts from pole position, with Felix Rosenqvist alongside him. Raffaele Marciello and Antonio Felix da Costa form the second row. It's unbelievably close between this quartet. Nothing to choose and so much depends on the start and the long flat-out, slipstreaming drag to Lisboa.
Macau GP: We're into the long preamble for the Macau Grand Prix, with all the cars sitting on the grid. Not much going on unless you're a fan of flamboyant Chinese lion dancing.
Macau GP: Good morning everybody! Welcome to Race Centre Live from Macau, where it's actually a sunny/hazy afternoon.
The final leg commences at 9am UK on Sunday morning, but before then, AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live will be providing moment-by-moment commentary on the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix from 7.15am. See you then.
Checkered flag
WRC - Rally GB: With the lead cars all now through, here's how the rally stands at the end of the penultimate day:
SS16: 1 Neuville 1m34.2s; 2 Mikkelsen +0.3s; 3 Sordo +1.1s; 4 Ostberg +1.2s; 5 Ogier +1.4s; 6 Latvala +1.8s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Latvala +20.3s; 3 Neuville +1m14.4s; 4 Mikkelsen +1m34.4s; 5 Ostberg +1m41.7s; 6 Prokop +6m42.0s.
SS16: 1 Neuville 1m34.2s; 2 Mikkelsen +0.3s; 3 Sordo +1.1s; 4 Ostberg +1.2s; 5 Ogier +1.4s; 6 Latvala +1.8s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Latvala +20.3s; 3 Neuville +1m14.4s; 4 Mikkelsen +1m34.4s; 5 Ostberg +1m41.7s; 6 Prokop +6m42.0s.
Stopwatch
WRC - Rally GB: Neuville is fastest so far on the second running, and keeps his gap back to Mikkelsen at 20s overall.
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