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Camilli comes through and he's the closest to Tanak. He's 21.4s slower. Pace isn't hugely on the mind of the M-Sport man. He's under pressure to finish by the team, and he's on course to do that. He's ninth overall.
MotoGP
Lorenzo takes another 0.174s out of Rossi's advantage. Nine laps to go.
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Rossi gets the best of the start and leads Lorenzo and Marquez through the first four corners. Pedrosa is up to fourth, ahead of Dovizioso. Clean so far.
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We mentioned there's low visibility, and this next post will give you an idea of how bad it is...
MotoGP
The hills - not even really grandstands - in the second half of the lap are packed. A genuine sea of humanity as the riders work their way back through the final sector to the grid.
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We mentioned that Latvala crashed out of the lead. It was a sizeable incident, and he rolled several times.
He and co-driver Miikka Anttila were taken for precautionary checks and we'll see if he takes part today:
He and co-driver Miikka Anttila were taken for precautionary checks and we'll see if he takes part today:
MotoGP
Tyre choices for the race? It appears the riders on the front row have opted for Michelin's hard front tyre and the medium rear. It's a bit more scattered from there, we'll confirm more as and when. The riders are now off on the warm-up lap.
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Cal Crutchlow, pictured in that last LCR tweet, is looking for his first finish of the season. He's had pace - even with Honda's efforts to learn the new ECU - but has crashed each time.
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The Moto2 race was more sedate, but the victor's performance was just as impressive. Brit Sam Lowes claimed his first win of the season from pole position, to extend his championship lead. He will, of course, be in MotoGP next year with KTM.
WRC
There's 50m visibility on our first stage of the day, SS16, and there was some overnight rain just to add some difficulty.
To make it all the more exciting, there's apparently 65,000 people at the stage!
To make it all the more exciting, there's apparently 65,000 people at the stage!
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If you missed it earlier and can, do yourself a favour and find today's Moto3 race to watch somehow.
Brad Binder was due to start second, was punted to the back of the grid as his ECU hadn't been homologated - clerical error by the sounds of things, more than anything else - but carved his way through to win by three seconds.
That's a big margin in Moto3 at the best of times, even if you haven't come from the back.
Second place went to one of Valentino Rossi's proteges, Nicolo Bulega, who snatched two spots at the final corner. Names to keep an eye out for in the future.
Brad Binder was due to start second, was punted to the back of the grid as his ECU hadn't been homologated - clerical error by the sounds of things, more than anything else - but carved his way through to win by three seconds.
That's a big margin in Moto3 at the best of times, even if you haven't come from the back.
Second place went to one of Valentino Rossi's proteges, Nicolo Bulega, who snatched two spots at the final corner. Names to keep an eye out for in the future.
David Evans
We're just under 20 minutes away from our first stage of the day, so we'll check in with our man David Evans.
Here's the latest from Argentina as the pressure ramps up:
"As if today’s final loop of Rally Argentina stages needed any more spice, rally leader Hayden Paddon and Sebastien Ogier locked horns after last night’s end of day press conference.
"Ogier talked about his frustrations with the running order regulations during the press conference. Afterwards, Paddon ventured the opposite opinion and sparked a forthright exchange of views which ended with the pair almost squaring up to each other.
"Ogier reportedly apologised to Paddon in parc ferme this morning, but added that he still felt the Kiwi was wrong in his opinion that the championship leader should always run at the front of the field on the first two days.
"Rally leader Paddon smiled about the incident this morning, saying: 'He’s certainly fired up!'"
Here's the latest from Argentina as the pressure ramps up:
"As if today’s final loop of Rally Argentina stages needed any more spice, rally leader Hayden Paddon and Sebastien Ogier locked horns after last night’s end of day press conference.
"Ogier talked about his frustrations with the running order regulations during the press conference. Afterwards, Paddon ventured the opposite opinion and sparked a forthright exchange of views which ended with the pair almost squaring up to each other.
"Ogier reportedly apologised to Paddon in parc ferme this morning, but added that he still felt the Kiwi was wrong in his opinion that the championship leader should always run at the front of the field on the first two days.
"Rally leader Paddon smiled about the incident this morning, saying: 'He’s certainly fired up!'"
MotoGP
If you missed what happened yesterday, Valentino Rossi turned in a spectacular lap to claim his first pole position in 10 months: 
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Ola from a packed Jerez! MotoGP's first European race of the season is less than 10 minutes away. Riders are down on the grid, ready for this 27-lap encounter in the Spanish sunshine.
There's more than just WRC to entertain today.
There's MotoGP from Jerez and the latest in World Touring Cars and Euro F3 from the Hungaroring, and plenty more.
We'll keep you updated through the day.
There's MotoGP from Jerez and the latest in World Touring Cars and Euro F3 from the Hungaroring, and plenty more.
We'll keep you updated through the day.
WRC
Morning, and welcome to Autosport Live.
Well we're certainly in for an exciting conclusion to Rally Argentina.
Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out of the rally lead on the penultimate stage of yesterday's afternoon loop and handed the lead to Hayden Paddon, who could win his first WRC event.
Paddon has a comfortable lead of 29.8s over Sebastien Ogier, who has never won in Argentina.
For more, here's our report from last night:
Well we're certainly in for an exciting conclusion to Rally Argentina.
Jari-Matti Latvala crashed out of the rally lead on the penultimate stage of yesterday's afternoon loop and handed the lead to Hayden Paddon, who could win his first WRC event.
Paddon has a comfortable lead of 29.8s over Sebastien Ogier, who has never won in Argentina.
For more, here's our report from last night:
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Word coming through that Latvala has gone off.
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Ogier: "I'm much happier this afternoon, and I won't have lost as much time this time round."
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Just like that, he's in. Ogier's time of 20m23.6s is our benchmark.
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Ostberg has just passed the fifth split so hopefully it won't be too long before we have Ogier's stage time for comparisons.
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Thankfully, we have one Paddon split and it's at the third. Latvala is far faster at this point. The Finn's 7m19.9s is 4.4s quicker there.
We'll have to see if Latvala can extend his overall lead.
We'll have to see if Latvala can extend his overall lead.
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We can't say much without any of Ogier's time. We're told he is moving through the stage, so it's a timing glitch. From what we know, Latvala is the fastest through the first split. He's set a 4m09.8s.
Now it sounds like Paddon's splits aren't showing up either. So that's helpful.
Now it sounds like Paddon's splits aren't showing up either. So that's helpful.
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Mikkelsen and Sordo pass through the first split, with the latter edging it. Sordo goes through with a time of 4m10.3s, which was a second faster than his rival.
Sordo trails by 20s overall, with Mikkelsen ahead in fourth.
Sordo trails by 20s overall, with Mikkelsen ahead in fourth.
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No Ogier time at the second split on the timing screen, so no news there. Ostberg went through at a time of 7m32.1s.
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Mikkelsen goes past the split and sets a time of 4m11.3, so that's 4.2s quicker than Ostberg. Hopefully we'll get an Ogier time on the second split.
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Just like this morning on this stage, the timing screen has decided to randomly select which split times to show us. Ogier is past the first split, but we only have Ostberg's time which is 4m16.5s.
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This was the lengthy stage that cost Ogier in the morning loop, he lost 20s to Paddon here. He'll be hoping for much better, even if he refuses to admit he's still in a battle for second.
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Ogier now heads into SS14. He's still third overall and 31.9s behind Paddon, but he's made a better start to this afternoon loop. Can he make up further time here?
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The afternoon loop of the WRC doesn't start until just under two hours time. So while you wait, take a read of our report and we'll see you just before SS13 gets underway. 
Formula E
Over in Paris, it was Lucas di Grassi who won the first ever Paris ePrix: 
Formula E
We finish under the safety car. It's victory for Lucas di Grassi! Jean-Eric Vergne claims a home podium - his first rostrum of the season - and Sebastien Buemi completes the rostrum for the inaugural Paris ePrix.
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Vergne's starting to nibble away at di Grassi's advantage, which is now just 1.5s.
Buemi's just breezed past Turvey for P6. Frijns is swiftly through for P7 as well.
Buemi's just breezed past Turvey for P6. Frijns is swiftly through for P7 as well.
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FCY over, looks like Vergne's managed to close in on di Grassi during that - less than two seconds between them now. In fairness, the timing screen goes a bit mental under a FCY so the gap between the two was probably nearer 2.5s than 3s before the caution.
Before that stoppage, Frijns pulled a cracking move on da Costa for P8. Lovely dive to the inside at Turn 7.
Before that stoppage, Frijns pulled a cracking move on da Costa for P8. Lovely dive to the inside at Turn 7.
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Full-course yellow to deal with Duval's stricken car, which sounded very sick as he came to a halt.
Play nicely everyone. Di Grassi lead was around the three-second mark when this FCY started.
Play nicely everyone. Di Grassi lead was around the three-second mark when this FCY started.
WTCC
World Touring Car Championship qualifying is underway in Hungary, where predicting a grid looks a pretty tough ordeal.
Thed Bjork and Gabriele Tarquini topped this morning's practice sessions, but times were incredibly tight - with one second covering the first 14 cars in practice two.
As eluded to during RCL yesterday, the track here has also been resurfaced, so there's no real indication of what time will be needed to make it through to Q2.
Citroen didn't show it's hand either in practice, and at the moment looks as though it is banking on getting through to Q2 before having a real go which makes that prediction even harder.
Times are already tumbling, with Tiago Monteiro currently fastest with a 1m46.843s.
Thed Bjork and Gabriele Tarquini topped this morning's practice sessions, but times were incredibly tight - with one second covering the first 14 cars in practice two.
As eluded to during RCL yesterday, the track here has also been resurfaced, so there's no real indication of what time will be needed to make it through to Q2.
Citroen didn't show it's hand either in practice, and at the moment looks as though it is banking on getting through to Q2 before having a real go which makes that prediction even harder.
Times are already tumbling, with Tiago Monteiro currently fastest with a 1m46.843s.
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Replays show Bird tried to hold on round the outside of Vergne at Turn 1 at the start, and had the inside line for Turn 2 - but Vergne toughed it out and they made slight contact. Still they circulate, 2.6s behind di Grassi.
We have the first retirement it seems - Duval has stopped in the Dragon entry.
We have the first retirement it seems - Duval has stopped in the Dragon entry.
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