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WRC - Germany: Mads Ostberg slots into third place, ahead of Mikkelsen.
He's 4s behind Ogier but is quite excited about his chances in the Citroen this weekend.
"It's the first time in ages I've enjoyed a stage on Tarmac," says Ostberg. "This car is so fantastic on Tarmac."
He's 4s behind Ogier but is quite excited about his chances in the Citroen this weekend.
"It's the first time in ages I've enjoyed a stage on Tarmac," says Ostberg. "This car is so fantastic on Tarmac."
WRC - Germany: Careful start for Andreas Mikkelsen in the third VW Polo, he's 5.7s off his team-mates.
WRC - Germany: Latvala says he made a mistake too - and his was more dramatic.
"There was a place in the notes with a bank where I wrote 'you can cut', but I cut too much and the car was on two wheels. We lost a bit on acceleration."
You do tend to lose out on acceleration if you're in the sky.
Unless you're a plane. But Latvala's driving a Polo.
"There was a place in the notes with a bank where I wrote 'you can cut', but I cut too much and the car was on two wheels. We lost a bit on acceleration."
You do tend to lose out on acceleration if you're in the sky.
Unless you're a plane. But Latvala's driving a Polo.
WRC - Germany: Latvala ends the stage 0.4s slower than Ogier on a 7m19.3s.
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WRC - Germany: Latvala's next splits look quicker compared to his team-mate.
And as Ogier finishes the stage in 7m18.9s, he reckons that's because he made a few errors.
"Not the best start for me, I did two mistakes," admits the world champion.
"I was expecting better grip and it was low grip. It did two mistakes at junctions.
"OK not the biggest time loss, but still a bit."
And as Ogier finishes the stage in 7m18.9s, he reckons that's because he made a few errors.
"Not the best start for me, I did two mistakes," admits the world champion.
"I was expecting better grip and it was low grip. It did two mistakes at junctions.
"OK not the biggest time loss, but still a bit."
Stopwatch
WRC - Germany: Ogier is three tenths quicker than team-mate Jari-Matti Latvala as they pass the first split.
WRC - Germany: The opening loop of three stages all run north of Trier through the vineyards, but it's only Moselland that runs alongside the famous Mosel river.
Sebastien Ogier will be happy to see the back of these stages this morning – this is where he ran wide and damaged the suspension on his VW Polo, ruining his rally 12 months ago. What's the betting he doesn't do that again.
Sebastien Ogier will be happy to see the back of these stages this morning – this is where he ran wide and damaged the suspension on his VW Polo, ruining his rally 12 months ago. What's the betting he doesn't do that again.
Lights out
WRC - Germany: Our first stage of the day, Sauertal, is beginning now. Sebastien Ogier is first up.
Crash
Thierry Neuville crash
WRC - Germany: Unlike last year, this morning is the first competitive action for the crews – in 2013 the event included two Thursday night stages.
This no doubt comes as a relief to Thierry Neuville and the Hyundai mechanics who worked flat-out to re-prepare his i20 WRC after he crushed a significant number of grapes while rolling six times into the vineyard on yesterday's shakedown..
Neuville later admitted he'd made "a small mistake." He might be right there.
(Picture courtesy of Torstein Eriksen)
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live for the weekend of August 22-24.
Formula 1 is back in action, after a break that only seemed to last five minutes, with the Belgian Grand Prix, and you can follow every moment of Spa track action plus news from the paddock as it breaks in our Grand Prix Live service from just before 9am UK time.
But over here in Race Centre Live is where you find the live updates from the rest of the motorsport world - and today that means Rally Germany plus the GP2-led Belgian GP support package.
Formula 1 is back in action, after a break that only seemed to last five minutes, with the Belgian Grand Prix, and you can follow every moment of Spa track action plus news from the paddock as it breaks in our Grand Prix Live service from just before 9am UK time.
But over here in Race Centre Live is where you find the live updates from the rest of the motorsport world - and today that means Rally Germany plus the GP2-led Belgian GP support package.
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