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WRC - Germany: Sordo beats team-mate Neuville's time with a 2m05.0s and goes quickest overall.
WRC - Germany: Mikkelsen breaks the run of fastest times as he completes the stage in 2m06.1s.
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WRC - Germany: New fastest time on the board comes courtesy of Nevuille, with a 2m05.6s.
"The confidence is there," he admits. "It was tricky conditions, but we've got to keep it on the road."
If you could, Neuville. If you could...
"The confidence is there," he admits. "It was tricky conditions, but we've got to keep it on the road."
If you could, Neuville. If you could...
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WRC - Germany: Hirvonen goes quickest of all with a time of 2m07.7s.
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WRC - Germany: Ostberg goes quicker still and completes SS13 in 2m08.5s.
"It was really, really slippery especially with the rear," he said at the finish.
Evans matches his Citroen rival's time.
"It was really, really slippery especially with the rear," he said at the finish.
Evans matches his Citroen rival's time.
Checkered flag
GP2 - Spa: A great race, with a very deserving winner. Take a bow Raffaele Marciello. That is some way to take your first victory in GP2.
Vandoorne finishes 2s back in second, no shame in that, with Cecotto over 30s behind in third. Wow, the pace was hot up front.
Nasr finishes fourth, ahead of Evans, points leader Palmer, the impressive Markelov, and Abt grabbed reversed-grid pole at the start of the final lap from Negrao.
Vandoorne finishes 2s back in second, no shame in that, with Cecotto over 30s behind in third. Wow, the pace was hot up front.
Nasr finishes fourth, ahead of Evans, points leader Palmer, the impressive Markelov, and Abt grabbed reversed-grid pole at the start of the final lap from Negrao.
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WRC - Germany: Bouffier is next to cross the finish line. His time is 2m09.1s, making him the quickest man so far.
WRC - Germany: Here comes Prokop, who completes this tiny test in 2m10.5s, so 0.5s slower than Kubica's benchmark.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello takes the lead at Rivage. Vandoorne could resist him no further.
GP2 - Spa: Two laps remaining and Vandoorne has extended his lead... to two-tenths of a second.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello tries going around the outside at Les Combes... and goes over the run-off. He attacks at Rivage too, still no dice.
GP2 - Spa: Vandoorne makes a porridge of the Bus Stop and Marciello attacks at La Source. The race for victory IS ON.
Checkered flag
BSS - Slovakia Ring: Ramos takes a sodden chequered flag 3.6s ahead of Proczyk. Verdonck is third and right on the Lambo's tail as they cross the line.
Stumpf, Colombo and Abril complete the top six.
Stumpf, Colombo and Abril complete the top six.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello has closed the lead gap to 2.6s, but Vandoorne responds with fastest lap. Marciello is told to "push to the end" on tyres that are two laps fresher than his target.
Who will prevail, the local hero McLaren protege, or the Ferrari junior?
Who will prevail, the local hero McLaren protege, or the Ferrari junior?
WRC - Germany: Conditions at Panzerplatte are damp and slippery at the moment. The rain has finally stopped, however.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello changes all four tyres - to more wets. Vandoorne leads by a reduced margin.
Marciello has a huge slide on cold tyres at Raidillon. Phew, that could have been a massive shunt if he hadn't caught that.
Marciello has a huge slide on cold tyres at Raidillon. Phew, that could have been a massive shunt if he hadn't caught that.
GP2 - Spa: Despite setting fastest laps, Marciello pits. Where will he come out in relation to Vandoorne?
WRC - Germany: Kubica's time is 2m10.0s, which is 5s slower than what he achieved this morning.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello is pushing flat-out right now up front, beautifully four-wheel drifting around Blanchimont at 180mph. Lovely.
Lights out
WRC - Germany: SS13 is live and Kubica is once again the first driver to take to the stage.
GP2 - Spa: Vandoorne, Cecotto and Nasr all pit. Marciello stays out and leads.
BSS - Slovakia Ring: Ide has just spun out of the lead. Ramos is now in front from Proczyk.
GP2 - Spa: Markelov is impressing with some nice passing moves today. The young Russian should score some good points today.
At the front, Vandoorne leads Marciello by 4.6s. Palmer has pitted for more wets and is currently seventh.
At the front, Vandoorne leads Marciello by 4.6s. Palmer has pitted for more wets and is currently seventh.
WRC - Germany: There are two daunting Panzerplatte stages to come today. The first is a short 1.8-mile test, most of which can be viewed from the main spectator area and is followed by a 26.4-mile challenge which includes everything the tank training roads can throw at the drivers.
BSS - Slovakia Ring: It's a WRT Audi one-two with 11 minutes to go. Ramos has made it past Proczyk for second.
GP2 - Spa: Berthon has been given a drive-through penalty for the Trummer shunt. Coletti has crashed out at Les Combes.
Markelov has just pulled off an astounding pass on Dillmann for eighth.
Markelov has just pulled off an astounding pass on Dillmann for eighth.
WRC - Germany: In other tyre-related news... Michelin has committed to the WRC by extending its official tyre supplier agreement to the end of 2016.
Rain
WRC - Germany: It's pouring down with rain at the Baumholder military area, so it will probably be full wet tyres for stages 13 and 14.
Michelin has introduced a new rain tyre this weekend, for the exclusive use of the four major teams.
The Michelin Pilot Sport FW features the same deeply-grooved tread pattern as the snow tyres used on Rally Monte Carlo to dispel water and is designed for use only in extremely wet weather where standing water is present.
The FW tyre will only be available for top priority WRC drivers and not for competitors from support categories such as WRC 2.
The introduction of a new wet tyre will delight the drivers, who have long complained that the standard wet weather options were not suitable for extreme weather on safety grounds.
Michelin has introduced a new rain tyre this weekend, for the exclusive use of the four major teams.
The Michelin Pilot Sport FW features the same deeply-grooved tread pattern as the snow tyres used on Rally Monte Carlo to dispel water and is designed for use only in extremely wet weather where standing water is present.
The FW tyre will only be available for top priority WRC drivers and not for competitors from support categories such as WRC 2.
The introduction of a new wet tyre will delight the drivers, who have long complained that the standard wet weather options were not suitable for extreme weather on safety grounds.
GP2 - Spa: Trummer and Berthon collide in their battle for fifth. Trummer needs a new front wing, but then creates havoc by tooling around with his front wing wedged under the front of his car.
BSS - Slovakia Ring: Ide is managing to hold off Proczyk for the lead and team-mate Ramos is doing likewise with Verdonck in the battle for third.
GP2 - Spa: Marciello pulls a sweet round-the-outside move on Cecotto at Les Combes for second place. He's over 4s back from Vandoorne, but will he kick on and close down the leader?
BSS - Slovakia Ring: The cars have done their lap and reformed in race order with Winkelhock leading Colombo in the ROAL BMW. Ide is third, with Proczyk fourth and Ramos fifth.
The clock is now running and the safety car is due in this lap.
The clock is now running and the safety car is due in this lap.
GP2 - Spa: Nasr has passed Berthon for fourth at the Bus Stop chicane. Title rival Palmer is still down in eighth.
GP2 - Spa: Vandoorne leads again from Cecotto and Marciello, who just set fastest lap.
GP2 - Spa: Cecotto is ordered to led Vandoorne back into the lead! He set the fastest sector time when he straightlined Les Combes.
Breaking news
Ogier damage
WRC - Germany: DAVID EVANS has been getting the VW team's full explanation of the damage that ended Ogier's weekend - and exploded the 2014 WRC title battle back into life:
Ogier will not restart in Germany
GP2 - Spa: New leader Cecotto goes off at Les Combes! He retains his lead, however.
GP2 - Spa: Cecotto takes the lead from Vandoorne at La Source on lap five.
Green flag
GP2 - Spa: The race restarts in wet conditions, with Vandoorne heading Cecotto, Marciello, Berthon, Nasr, Evans, Trummer and Palmer.
BSS – Slovakia Ring: The cars are going to do a lap behind the safety car to return them to the grid so they can line up in the correct order. Hope race control knows what that it.
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, AUTOSPORT staff, Gary Watkins, Dan Cross, Charles Bradley, Kevin Turner
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