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The 2015 Indianapolis 500

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GP2 - Monaco: Good move by Canamasas on Pic at the first corner. He's now fourth.

With 12 laps remaining, Vandoorne leads Rossi by 0.6s, with Leal - also on the super-softs - 14.1s behind them.
WRC - Portugal: Ogier comes through the first split - 3m19.6s.

Next men through are the previous stage leader Ostberg and rally leader Mikkelsen, who are both into the stage.
WRC - Portugal: The real battle to watch out for is the lead, just as it should be.

Mikkelsen is 2s ahead of Meeke, who is a further 0.2s ahead of Latvala. Expect some shuffling on the Viana do Castelo test.
GP2 - Monaco: We have another VSC, for debris on the circuit ostensibly. 15 laps remaining.
WRC - Portugal: Sebastien Ogier is just about to enter SS4.

The Frenchman wlll be happy to see the service break after sweeping the roads and suffering a puncture this morning. He is seventh overall.
GP2 - Monaco: Good news for Leal and Pic, Berthon has pitted. They're 11.4 seconds behind Vandoorne.
GP2 - Monaco: With 17 laps remaining, Vandoorne leads Rossi by 1.4s.

Five seconds up the road, Berthon is third, having not pitted, leading a pack with Leal and Pic.
WRC - Rally Portugal: A quick update on Irishman Craig Breen, the works Peugeot WRC-2 runner.

He was forced into retirement on SS3 with engine trouble.

Not how he had hoped it would go on the rally he made his WRC debut on.
GP2 - Monaco: As the VSC concluded, Rossi, Vandoorne, Sirotkin, Leal, Canamasas and Stanaway pitted to take on the super-soft rubber. Bold move with 20 laps remaining.

The immediate result is that Vandoorne passed Rossi in the stops.
GP2 - Monaco: Big clash between Evans and Yelloly. Evans was looking for seventh exiting the tunnel, moved down the inside and got a long way there. Will be interested to see what the stewards think.

Evans is out of the race and we have a virtual safety car, with his front wing on the circuit.
WRC - Portugal: It's not long until SS4 -Viana do Castelo - gets underway, Paul Nagle takes you through it.

"This one’s quite similar in surface and nature to Caminha, but it’s really, really fast – much quicker by comparison.

"In the middle section we’ll be in fifth and sixth gear for the best part of 10 kilometres (six miles)."
WRC - Portugal: Here's a quick round-up of SS3

Mikkelsen takes the rally lead from Dani Sordo, who could only manage fifth on the stage.

Tanak drops after a disappointing SS3 time, falling from third to fifth.

Ostberg sets the fastest stage time and moves up to sixth, ahead of Ogier who is struggling with one hard tyre and three softs on his Polo after a puncture.
GP2 - Monaco: Rossi still leads Pic, by 1.1s at the end of lap 15. Sirotkin is a further 3.8s behind.

Pic, meanwhile, is the fastest man on the track, lapping eight-tenths faster than Rossi that time around. He's 10th.
WRC - Portugal: The new order overall:

1 Mikkelsen 33m16.6s
2 Meeke +2.0s
3 Latvala +2.2s
4 Sordo +4.0s
5 Tanak +7.4s
6 Ostberg +9.8s
GP2 - Monaco: Sorensen is out of the race, he copped a nudge from Nato at the hairpin. You can read about it in the book 'Ambitious GP2 Moves'.
WRC - Portugal: The top five from SS3:

1 Ostberg 10m48.9s
2 Latvala +0.3s
3 Meeke 1.4s
4 Mikkelsen +2.3s
5 Sordo +6.4s
WRC - Portugal: Tanak comes through eighth on the stage, and that will be enough to cost him third overall.

He didn't stop for a chat at the end of the stage.
WRC - Portugal: Tanak will be next in, and his times have dropped off dramatically after the first stage.

It doesn't look like a problem for the Estonian, he just isn't trailblazing the pace as he did on the previous stage.
GP2 - Monaco: At the front of the field, Rossi leads Vandoorne by 1.2s, with Sirotkin a further 2s behind. Leal is fourth, ahead of Canamasas, Stanaway, Yelloly and Evans.

Pic is 10h, Marciello 11th, the best of the drivers who've pitted.
WRC - Portugal: Great time from Latvala, just 0.3s slower than Ostberg to put him second. As always though, the Finn is pretty hard on himself.

"It's all right, too much hesitation in places though,"
GP2 - Monaco: Replays show Markelov getting acquainted with the armco. He's pitted is yet to reemerge.
GP2 - Monaco:Marciello pits the following lap, nine of 40, it gives Rossi the lead over Pic and Vandoorne.

Nobuharu Matsushita had a very ambitious lunge down the inside of de Jong at the chicane after the tunnel. He's now down the escape road.
WRC - Portugal: Sordo is another runner struggling with tyres, but his potential engine issue from SS2 has disappeared.

"I'm a little bit slower here becuase of the tyres," said Sordo
GP2 - Monaco:A host of drivers, led by King who was running fifth, have pitted to get rid of their super-soft tyres.

It releases Sirotkin and Leal, both on the softs, to try and catch the lead pack
WRC - Portugal: Sordo's impressive pace towards the end of the stage has paid off, he takes fourth on the stage, 4.1s down on pace-setter Ostberg.
WRC - Portugal: The majority of the splits coming in indicate that the early-runners had it best.

Neuville, Prokop, Latvala and Sordo all slower through the early splits.

Just as we say that, Sordo sets a pretty impressive third split time...
GP2 - Monaco:Marciello and Pic on the super-softs are either struggling already, or driving to a very strict number. Rossi and Vandoorne are all over them, on the harder rubber.
WRC - Portugal: Meeke takes second on the stage. He's just 1.4s down on Citroen team-mate Ostberg.

He isn't stopping to talk at the end of the stage, a potential problem with the brakes for Meeke.
WRC - Portugal: There's a gap now as we wait for Meeke.

Elfyn Evans should be through now but he stopped on SS2 with mechanical issues.
GP2 - Monaco:Marciello led by two seconds at the end of lap two, from Rossi, Pic, Vandoorne, King, Sirotkin, Leal, Canamasas, de Jong and Stanaway.

Marciello is on the super-soft and is being reeled in by Rossi on the soft, though. The advantage is now just 1.1s at the end of lap three.
WRC - Portugal: Erstwhile rally leader Dani Sordo is down in the first split, we're just waiting for his second split to come in.

Most drivers were within a second of each other in that first split, so we're wary of proclaiming changes in the order with the running so close.
WRC - Portugal: Tyre-saving could well be down to Mikkelsen's slightly disappointing SS3 time.

"I'm happy with my rally so far, trying to save the tyres a bit."
WRC - Portugal: Ostberg is through and 7.4s up on Ogier.

"I'm happy with that," says the Citroen man.

Mikkelsen is also through now and goes second, 2.3s down on Ostberg.
GP2 - Monaco: Big move by Marciello around the outside of Rossi at Sainte Devote, he takes the lead and has bolted. Rossi is second, Pic third from Vandoorne. Mostly clean as they enter the tunnel for the first time.
WRC - Portugal: A dejected Ogier sounds a bit down after coming through the stage.

He talked earlier about how he may struggle to set the pace while sweeping the road.

We can't help but think back to Rally Mexico when the Frenchman said he definitely couldn't win, before proceeding to dominate the event!

He hasn't quite had the same start here though.
WRC - Portugal: Mikkelsen is again slightly down on Ostberg through the second split. This look's like a brilliant stage for Ostberg if he can carry it through to the end.

Meanwhile on the previous stage, Circuit of Ireland winner Craig Breen has stopped.
WRC - Portugal: Ostberg was only 2.2s down on Ogier at the beginning of this stage overall, but the Citroen driver is already 3.4s up through the second of this stage's two splits.

We could have a change for sixth, then.
GP2 - Monaco: Word is coming through that Gasly jumped the original start, hence his pitlane start, as the third formation lap commences.
WRC - Portugal: Mikkelsen is also through the first split now. He's 0.4s down on Ostberg.

The next man through should be Elfyn Evans, but he stopped on SS2 and hasn't got going again in the new-spec Fiesta.
WRC - Portugal: Ostberg is quicker through the first split, to the tune of 0.5s.

Mikkelsen is into the stage.

By: Matt Beer, Jack Benyon, Mitchell Adam, Mark Glendenning, David Evans, Edd Straw, Peter Mills, Gary Watkins, Glenn Freeman

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