Skip to main content

Sign up for free

  • Get quick access to your favorite articles

  • Manage alerts on breaking news and favorite drivers

  • Make your voice heard with article commenting.

Autosport Plus

Discover premium content
Subscribe
Live text

WRC Catalunya, Motegi MotoGP, DTM finale

Live Text

Sort by
Rally lead looks as though it's going to stay with Ogier. Neuville, his closest challenger, is 4.3s slower through the stage end.
Mikkelsen has forfeited another 2s through the second split, while further back down the road Latvala is fastest of all so far through the first split - he's 1.1s up on Ogier's time.
Paddon matches his team-mate Neuville through the first split - the Hyundais are going well so far this morning.
Tyre-wise, there's a fairly standard choice across the board: All cars have opted for five softs except for Kevin Abbring, who's gone for an extra spare soft.
Rally Catalunya is the only mixed surface round of the 2016 season; while a great deal of it is run on tarmac, there's also the challenge of gravel for crews to get to grips with.
The eagle-eyed of you out there might have noticed that this isn't the first stage of the rally. That's because we had a superspecial last night, which was won by DMACK driver Ott Tanak - who thus leads the (very) early stages of the rally:
WRC Spain: Ott Tanak makes the most of wet Barcelona conditions

By: Matt Beer

Published: