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WRC - Portugal: Fifth-place man overall Tanak pulls further away from the Sordo/Ostberg battle behind with a solid fifth fastest time, while Paddon closes to within 4s of the sister Hyundai and the Citroen.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Di Grassi's lead now 5.422s over Trulli. Trulli is safe in second as, surprisingly, Buemi is the one under serious pressure in third place, with Heidfeld right behind.
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WRC - Portugal: Latvala's impressed with Ogier's time and admits he's keeping and eye on his team-mate, who's now up to third.
"He had three hards and two softs and I think that was a good plan, but I'm happy with what I did with three hards and one soft.
"He's getting closer and closer, but at least we managed to take some time out of Meeke."
Our tense top four now looks like this:
1 Latvala
2 Meeke +8.9s
3 Ogier +16.3s
4 Mikkelsen +16.6s
"He had three hards and two softs and I think that was a good plan, but I'm happy with what I did with three hards and one soft.
"He's getting closer and closer, but at least we managed to take some time out of Meeke."
Our tense top four now looks like this:
1 Latvala
2 Meeke +8.9s
3 Ogier +16.3s
4 Mikkelsen +16.6s
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Liuzzi's on a charge. He started down in 11th and is now up to sixth. Up front, di Grassi's lead is 3.7s after just two laps over Trulli. Buemi holds third ahead of Heidfeld.
WRC - Portugal: Latvala completes the stage second fastest. He's lost a couple of seconds to Ogier but inched away from Meeke and Mikkelsen. Proper top four rundown in just a moment once we've heard from Latvala...
GP2 - Monaco: Russian Time driver Mitch Evans has reportedly stopped out on the circuit on the the formation lap.
Evans suffered a similar problem at the preceding round at Barcelona.
Evans suffered a similar problem at the preceding round at Barcelona.
WRC - Portugal: Latvala reaches the final split, and he's six tenths quicker than Meeke there.
GP2 - Monaco: Ferrai academy driver Raffaele Marciello, who struggled on super-soft tyres at the start of race one, lines up on pole position ahead of Status GP driver Richie Stanaway.
WRC - Portugal: Sordo is through and brings his gap to Ostberg up from 0.3s to 1.7s in their fight for sixth, though if the Citroen has no boost that'll surely be growing.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Trulli gets away in the lead but di Grassi quickly gets past to take the lead. Meanwhile, di Grassi's team-mate Abt spins.
WRC - Portugal: This is all closing up in a very tantalising fashion, there's 7s covering Meeke, Ogier and Mikkelsen, and they're all gaining a little on Latvala on the splits.
Everyone is staying cagey about tyre compound choices too - Meeke's revelation that he is using "black ones" is about as specific as any driver will get.
Everyone is staying cagey about tyre compound choices too - Meeke's revelation that he is using "black ones" is about as specific as any driver will get.
GP2 - Monaco: Light rain is falling at the Monaco Country Club, overlooking the FR3.5 paddock.
However, conditions a couple of miles down the road for the GP2 field assembling on the pit straight appears to be fine.
The final GP2 race of the weekend should get underway in just under 15 minutes.
However, conditions a couple of miles down the road for the GP2 field assembling on the pit straight appears to be fine.
The final GP2 race of the weekend should get underway in just under 15 minutes.
WRC - Portugal: Meeke completes slower than both Ogier and Mikkelsen - he's now only 7.4s ahead of Ogier in the second and third fight.
Rally leader Latvala is a touch slower than Meeke on the first splits.
Rally leader Latvala is a touch slower than Meeke on the first splits.
WRC - Portugal: Mikkelsen comes through 4.1s slower than Ogier, and that means he's lost third overall to his team-mate by three tenths of a second.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: The other big question in this race is the tyres. So far this season, the Michelins haven't been a problem, but on this airport surface the fronts in particular are taking a beating.
FR3.5 - Monaco: Lotus driver Meindert van Buuren's qualifying was compromised by electrical troubles. The Dutchman had no dashboard display, including upshift lights, and the DRS was not functioning
"I was P4 earlier on and then the cable between the steering wheel and dashboard broke," said van Buuren. "At the end of the session the car was stuck in second gear so I had to stop."
He'll start Sunday's race down in 16th.
"I was P4 earlier on and then the cable between the steering wheel and dashboard broke," said van Buuren. "At the end of the session the car was stuck in second gear so I had to stop."
He'll start Sunday's race down in 16th.
WRC - Portugal: Ostberg's lack of pace is down to an engine problem, he reports a lack of boost and is off to consult the Citroen engineers to try to do something about that before SS12.
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WRC - Portugal: Ogier is through the stage 15s faster than next man in Ostberg. The champion was just under 2s up on Mikkelsen and Meeke on the splits.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: With Trulli taking a pole position that was a big shock, perhaps even to the man himself, the question is will he have the race pace? Or will the infamous Trulli train be formed up behind him? If it's the latter, it will be hard for the Italian to hang on as there are several good overtaking opportunities.
Jarno Trulli, Trulli, Berlin Formula E 2015
FR3.5 - Monaco: Pons Racing manager Jordi Pons told AUTOSPORT that Philo Paz Patric Armand escaped from his massive FR3.5 qualifying crash with just a sore elbow.
The tub is in one piece, but Pons expressed amazement regarding the extent of the damage to the rest of the car. The team expects to work very late but should be able to field two cars in tomorrow's race.
The tub is in one piece, but Pons expressed amazement regarding the extent of the damage to the rest of the car. The team expects to work very late but should be able to field two cars in tomorrow's race.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: The cars are lined up on the grid and we're 10 minutes away from the race getting underway. Here's how the form up:
1 Trulli
2 Di Grassi
3 Buemi
4 Heidfeld
5 Abt
6 D'Ambrosio
7 Prost
8 Duval
9 Sarrazin
10 Vergne
11 Liuzzi
12 Speed
13 Piquet Jr
14 Alguersuari
15 Bird
16 Duran
17 Pic
18 Senna
19 Da Costa
20 Chandhok
1 Trulli
2 Di Grassi
3 Buemi
4 Heidfeld
5 Abt
6 D'Ambrosio
7 Prost
8 Duval
9 Sarrazin
10 Vergne
11 Liuzzi
12 Speed
13 Piquet Jr
14 Alguersuari
15 Bird
16 Duran
17 Pic
18 Senna
19 Da Costa
20 Chandhok
WRC - Portugal: Rally leader Latvala has started the stage now too.
WRC - Portugal: Ogier is setting the pace on this stage so far, a few fractions ahead of both Mikkelsen and Meeke on the early splits.
Ogier has 3.8s to make up on Mikkelsen to take third from his team-mate.
First man on the road Al Qassimi is through and reports that conditions have got pretty rough now.
Ogier has 3.8s to make up on Mikkelsen to take third from his team-mate.
First man on the road Al Qassimi is through and reports that conditions have got pretty rough now.
WRC - Portugal: Meeke and Ogier have gone out with three hards and two softs for the afternoon. Ostberg has three of each. Mikkelsen and Latvala have four hards and one soft.
WRC - Portugal: Lots of intrigue over who has what soft tyres remaining. Hards are likely to be the preference this afternoon, with the loose gravel having largely gone and ruts and a rough bedrock remaining, but you want good fresh softs for tomorrow's final blast.
DAVID EVANS reckons Ogier has five brand new softs to use still, while Meeke, Mikkelsen and Latvala have four.
"I believe I'm better off than anybody else, but obviously I can't say for Citroen," said Ogier at service.
"My strategy is paying off but it's difficult when you run in the loose, you obviously don't use the tyres so much."
Although Mikkelsen took six softs this morning, we understand he only used four of them and didn't put any fresh tyres on for the long stage at all.
DAVID EVANS reckons Ogier has five brand new softs to use still, while Meeke, Mikkelsen and Latvala have four.
"I believe I'm better off than anybody else, but obviously I can't say for Citroen," said Ogier at service.
"My strategy is paying off but it's difficult when you run in the loose, you obviously don't use the tyres so much."
Although Mikkelsen took six softs this morning, we understand he only used four of them and didn't put any fresh tyres on for the long stage at all.
World RX - Lydden: Petter Solberg won the last race of heat one to set fastest time of all, ahead of Johan Kristoffersson and Timmy Hansen.
VW driver Toomas Heikkinen was fourth quickest, with Reinis Nitiss fifth and PG Andersson sixth.
EKS driver Anton Marklund set the fastest time of the heat but had jumped the start at the first attempt of his race and failed to do the second penalty joker lap. The resulting 30-second penalty drops him to 27th overall.
BTCC racer Andrew Jordan was ninth fastest, he lost time stuck behind Max Pucher on the first lap of his race.
VW driver Toomas Heikkinen was fourth quickest, with Reinis Nitiss fifth and PG Andersson sixth.
EKS driver Anton Marklund set the fastest time of the heat but had jumped the start at the first attempt of his race and failed to do the second penalty joker lap. The resulting 30-second penalty drops him to 27th overall.
BTCC racer Andrew Jordan was ninth fastest, he lost time stuck behind Max Pucher on the first lap of his race.
WRC - Portugal: We've got a lead battle on our hands. Jari-Matti Latvala leads Kris Meeke by just 6.1s as we go into today's second loop - with Andreas Mikkelsen and Sebastien Ogier lurking on their tails.
Three VWs versus one Citroen. But Meeke knows how to win one of these now.
Three VWs versus one Citroen. But Meeke knows how to win one of these now.
Kris Meeke, Citroen, WRC Portugal 2015
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Buemi, Pic and Piquet Jr have won the Fanboosts for the German round of the series. It means each of them gets a five-second power boost of around 40bhp for use during this afternoon's race.
Welcome back to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live - time for some more Rally Portugal, the Berlin Formula E race and more Monaco GP2.
With the morning WRC loop and Formula E qualifying both complete, AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live is going to pause for a couple of hours before returning with...
(all times UK)
2.30pm: Rally of Portugal SS11-SS13
3pm: Berlin Formula E race
3.10pm: Monaco GP2 sprint race
Plus updates from the Motorsport News World RX of Great Britain at Lydden Hill and Blancpain Endurance Series practice at Silverstone.
In the meantime, we'll have live coverage of Monaco GP F1 qualifying in just over half an hour.
And here are the full reports from this morning's action in Germany and Portugal:
Berlin Formula E report: Trulli takes first pole since 2009
WRC Portugal latest: Meeke closes on Latvala
(all times UK)
2.30pm: Rally of Portugal SS11-SS13
3pm: Berlin Formula E race
3.10pm: Monaco GP2 sprint race
Plus updates from the Motorsport News World RX of Great Britain at Lydden Hill and Blancpain Endurance Series practice at Silverstone.
In the meantime, we'll have live coverage of Monaco GP F1 qualifying in just over half an hour.
And here are the full reports from this morning's action in Germany and Portugal:
Berlin Formula E report: Trulli takes first pole since 2009
WRC Portugal latest: Meeke closes on Latvala
WRC - Portugal: It's the debut of Skoda's new R5 car this weekend, as the Czech marque drops its European Rally Championship focus to put WRC2 first.
Friday was a bit sketchy, but Pontus Tidemand and Esapekka Lappi are flying in the Fabias today and charging up behind WRC2 leader Nasser Al-Attiyah, who is now 13.6s ahead of Tidemand and 21.9s ahead of ERC champion Lappi. They'd been over 40s adrift last night.
Friday was a bit sketchy, but Pontus Tidemand and Esapekka Lappi are flying in the Fabias today and charging up behind WRC2 leader Nasser Al-Attiyah, who is now 13.6s ahead of Tidemand and 21.9s ahead of ERC champion Lappi. They'd been over 40s adrift last night.
Pontus Tidemand, Skoda, WRC Portugal 2015
Breaking news
WRC - Portugal - SS10 summary:
* Meeke takes another stage win and closes to within 6.1s of leader Latvala
* Latvala has to take it easy for a bit after smacking a rock
* Ogier closes to within 3.8s of Mikkelsen's third place
* Tanak escapes from the close battle behind and makes fifth his own
* Bertelli crashes, so Ogier now just has Al Qassimi road-sweeping for him
* Meeke takes another stage win and closes to within 6.1s of leader Latvala
* Latvala has to take it easy for a bit after smacking a rock
* Ogier closes to within 3.8s of Mikkelsen's third place
* Tanak escapes from the close battle behind and makes fifth his own
* Bertelli crashes, so Ogier now just has Al Qassimi road-sweeping for him
Checkered flag
WRC - Portugal - SS10 results:
1 Meeke 25m40.5s
2 Ogier +2.4s
3 Latvala +5.1s
4 Mikkelsen +9.0s
5 Tanak +10.8s
6 Ostberg +18.3s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Latvala
2 Meeke +6.1s
3 Mikkelsen +15.3s
4 Ogier +19.1s
5 Tanak +48.9s
6 Sordo +1m02.6s
7 Ostberg +1m02.9s
8 Paddon +1m11.5s
9 Kubica +2m14.0s
10 Prokop +4m19.3s
1 Meeke 25m40.5s
2 Ogier +2.4s
3 Latvala +5.1s
4 Mikkelsen +9.0s
5 Tanak +10.8s
6 Ostberg +18.3s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Latvala
2 Meeke +6.1s
3 Mikkelsen +15.3s
4 Ogier +19.1s
5 Tanak +48.9s
6 Sordo +1m02.6s
7 Ostberg +1m02.9s
8 Paddon +1m11.5s
9 Kubica +2m14.0s
10 Prokop +4m19.3s
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Here's the full rundown:
1 Trulli, 1m21.547s
2 Di Grassi, 1m21.623s
3 Buemi, 1m21.685s
4 Heidfeld, 1m21.710s
5 Abt, 1m21.754s
6 D'Ambrosio, 1m21.861s
7 Prost, 1m21.911s
8 Duval, 1m21.917s
9 Sarrazin, 1m21.978s
10 Vergne, 1m22.015s
11 Liuzzi, 1m22.032s
12 Speed, 1m22.096s
13 Piquet Jr, 1m22.310s
14 Alguersuari, 1m22.395s
15 Bird, 1m22.437s
16 Salvador Duran, 1m22.444s
17 Pic, 1m22.464s
18 Senna, 1m22.575s
19 Da Costa, 1m22.586s
20 Chandhok, 1m22.803s
1 Trulli, 1m21.547s
2 Di Grassi, 1m21.623s
3 Buemi, 1m21.685s
4 Heidfeld, 1m21.710s
5 Abt, 1m21.754s
6 D'Ambrosio, 1m21.861s
7 Prost, 1m21.911s
8 Duval, 1m21.917s
9 Sarrazin, 1m21.978s
10 Vergne, 1m22.015s
11 Liuzzi, 1m22.032s
12 Speed, 1m22.096s
13 Piquet Jr, 1m22.310s
14 Alguersuari, 1m22.395s
15 Bird, 1m22.437s
16 Salvador Duran, 1m22.444s
17 Pic, 1m22.464s
18 Senna, 1m22.575s
19 Da Costa, 1m22.586s
20 Chandhok, 1m22.803s
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: And nobody improves, so Trulli takes his first pole position since the 2009 Bahrain GP.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Abt jumps from 11th to fifth.
WRC - Portugal: Strong time from Tanak relative to the drivers he'd been fighting with. The hard tyres pay off on the long stage and he's pulled 13.7s clear of Sordo and Ostberg. Paddon will slot in somewhere around those two.
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Bird completes his lap, ending up down in 15th place just behind Virgin team-mate Alguersuari.
WRC - Portugal: Latvala explains his time loss late on the stage was down to a bit of a scare.
"The fight is good. I hit a rock really hard near the end and had to be really careful after that.
"I had a feeling kind of like the tyre was flat but I think it's alright. But I was hesitating after that and that's why I couldn't keep the rhythm till the end."
"The fight is good. I hit a rock really hard near the end and had to be really careful after that.
"I had a feeling kind of like the tyre was flat but I think it's alright. But I was hesitating after that and that's why I couldn't keep the rhythm till the end."
Formula E - Berlin Tempelhof: Turns out it was Sam Bird who had the spin at Turn 1. That ruined his first quick lap.
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