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WRC - Finland: An update on Meeke: He has a broken front left wheel and pulled up 200 metres on to try and fix it. They haven't been able to repair the car and they won't be going anywhere on this stage.
WRC - Finland: Wow , let's re-focus after all the drama here and get back to stage times!
Neuville is trough 20s down on Latvala
Neuville is trough 20s down on Latvala
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Looks like Molina got a lot of the sausage kerb on the exit of Turn 1, which the front suspension on his Audi probably wouldn't have liked.
We'll have a restart in two minutes.
We'll have a restart in two minutes.
WRC - Finland: "That was a good one!" Latvala is pleased with that as the gap between he and Ogier has remained so tight over the weekend, it will now rise to 6.2s overall.
This could be the deciding stage in the rally.
This could be the deciding stage in the rally.
WRC - Finland: It's all happening in this stage!
Latvala completes and takes 3.3s out of Ogier with the Frenchman's problems.
Ostberg was over 26s behind Latvala on the stage but will go third as Meeke is still stopped on the test.
Latvala completes and takes 3.3s out of Ogier with the Frenchman's problems.
Ostberg was over 26s behind Latvala on the stage but will go third as Meeke is still stopped on the test.
Red flag
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Although Molina has now stopped on track at Turn 3, and we have a red flag with 8:15 left on the stopped clock.
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Here's the order at the halfway mark:
1. Wehrlein
2. di Resta
3. Green
4. Ekstrom
5. Rockenfeller
6. Vietoris
7. Farfus
8. da Costa
9. Paffett
10. Wittmann
Ekstrom just jumped up to fourth, using the mid-session lull, Molina is the only other car on track.
1. Wehrlein
2. di Resta
3. Green
4. Ekstrom
5. Rockenfeller
6. Vietoris
7. Farfus
8. da Costa
9. Paffett
10. Wittmann
Ekstrom just jumped up to fourth, using the mid-session lull, Molina is the only other car on track.
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WRC - Finland: Ogier is through but had trouble during that test.
"At the beginning of the stage I was on the edge of the road and there was a rock. I thought I had a puncture so I backed off. It was difficult conditions with rain and now it looks like it's stopping. It won't be a good time for me."
Latvala is 3.3s up in the final split now.
MEEKE has STOPPED on the stage.
"At the beginning of the stage I was on the edge of the road and there was a rock. I thought I had a puncture so I backed off. It was difficult conditions with rain and now it looks like it's stopping. It won't be a good time for me."
Latvala is 3.3s up in the final split now.
MEEKE has STOPPED on the stage.
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Wehrlein pips his Mercedes team-mate the next time around, by 0.006s, while Green is now third, ahead of Rockenfeller and Vietoris as we approach the halfway mark.
WRC - Finland: Ogier completes the stage in 10m16s. Next in will be Ostberg, then Latvala.
WRC - Finland: Ogier was quicker through the second split, but Latvala is still up on the stage overall by 0.7s at the moment.
WRC - Finland: With a brief pause in the lead battle, the next close battle is for third. Meeke leads Ostberg by 15.7s entering the stage.
DTM - Red Bull Ring: One flying lap in the books for almost the entire field, and it's di Resta on top with a 1m25.360s effort, ahead of Wehrlein, Muller, Wickens, Gotz and Rockenfeller.
WRC - Finland: Latavala is 1.7s up on Ogier in the first split, and it's game on. The lead was 2.9s heading into the stage and the Finn looks set to extend the lead if he can keep that up.
WRC - Finland: The rain is getting heavier in Jukojarvi now. Ogier is 17.4s up on Kubica, but we'll analyse how good that really is when we get Latvala's time as the two battle for the lead.
WRC - Finland: Here we go, Latvala joins the stage and the lead battle is officially go for this test. Bring it on!
Green flag
DTM - Red Bull Ring: The 20-minute qualifying session is now underway, the 2015 pattern with this new format has seen early laps logged, then a relatively quiet middle period, before a late flurry of second runs.
Stopwatch
WRC - Finland: Kubica is through the first of our three splits in Jukojarvi.
Ogier pops through next, 5.2s up on the Polish driver.
Ostberg has also entered the stage.
Ogier pops through next, 5.2s up on the Polish driver.
Ostberg has also entered the stage.
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Mortara has topped both sessions for Audi - ahead of Green this morning and Paffett yesterday - while Mercedes has also been strongly represented inside the top 10.
Meanwhile, three weeks looks a long time in the DTM for BMW, which is struggling, after dominating at Zandvoort. Wittmann was eighth earlier today, its other seven drivers 17th through to 23rd.
Part of that is down to a redistribution of the series' performance weights. Ekstrom and Wehrlein are the heaviest this weekend on 1127.5kg, with Tomczyk the lightest at 1110kg.
The bulk of the field is running between 1115kg and 1125kg, whereas many BMW drivers had a 30kg advantage over Audi and BMW drivers at Zandvoort.
Meanwhile, three weeks looks a long time in the DTM for BMW, which is struggling, after dominating at Zandvoort. Wittmann was eighth earlier today, its other seven drivers 17th through to 23rd.
Part of that is down to a redistribution of the series' performance weights. Ekstrom and Wehrlein are the heaviest this weekend on 1127.5kg, with Tomczyk the lightest at 1110kg.
The bulk of the field is running between 1115kg and 1125kg, whereas many BMW drivers had a 30kg advantage over Audi and BMW drivers at Zandvoort.
WRC - Finland: The real question here is if Ogier wants to a) risk everything and go for the win as the championship is as good as in the bag already, or b) take it relatively easy and collect another great points haul from the weekend. Only the next 18 hours or so will tell!
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Saturday qualifying is about five minutes away, to be held in sunny and warm conditions yet again.
A couple of pieces of housekeeping from practice earlier today, in the form of €2000 for Green and Farfus' teams... The championship leader used a set of tyres not officially assigned to him for practice, while Farfus was released into the path of stablemate da Costa in pitlane and the pair touched.
A couple of pieces of housekeeping from practice earlier today, in the form of €2000 for Green and Farfus' teams... The championship leader used a set of tyres not officially assigned to him for practice, while Farfus was released into the path of stablemate da Costa in pitlane and the pair touched.
WRC - Finland: Kubica gets our stage underway. The key here could be the weather, it appears to be raining over the test and that could help Ogier with sweeping if the rain is heavy enough.
WRC - Finland: If you have no idea what Meeke is talking about when he mentions Novikov, here is his damaged Fiesta in 2013 after a disagreement with a jump in Jukojarvi.
He landed sideways and hit a stack of logs a few metres high head-on.
He landed sideways and hit a stack of logs a few metres high head-on.
Novikov 2013 Finland
WRC - Poland: So up in just over 10 minutes time is SS16, Jukojarvi (13.13 miles).
Here's Kris Meeke to let you know what to expect:
"This one has a new start to the stage which nobody has done before – some real big sixth-gear stuff over the crests.
"It’s a mega wide road in this stage and among all of the jumps there are two really big ones that stand out. One of those jumps is the famous one for [Evgeny] Novikov.
"It’s so difficult to know what to do when you’re coming up over those. We’ll have to slow down on the first one and have a look."
Slow down? Don't be doing that Kris! Mind you as pointed out by the Irishman, better not to end up like Novikov over these jumps...
Here's Kris Meeke to let you know what to expect:
"This one has a new start to the stage which nobody has done before – some real big sixth-gear stuff over the crests.
"It’s a mega wide road in this stage and among all of the jumps there are two really big ones that stand out. One of those jumps is the famous one for [Evgeny] Novikov.
"It’s so difficult to know what to do when you’re coming up over those. We’ll have to slow down on the first one and have a look."
Slow down? Don't be doing that Kris! Mind you as pointed out by the Irishman, better not to end up like Novikov over these jumps...
WRC - Poland: Back to mud and gravel; here's a picture of Andreas Mikkelsen not posing for the camera.
The Norwegian crashed out of the rally yesterday and spent most of the day watching with spectators in true Andreas style.
Mikkelsen/Finland/2015
The Norwegian crashed out of the rally yesterday and spent most of the day watching with spectators in true Andreas style.
DTM - Red Bull Ring: Edoardo Mortara topped another DTM practce session at the Red Bull Ring, just ahead of Jamie Green. Audi filled four of the top six spots.
Mortara tops DTM practice again
Mortara tops DTM practice again
Edoardo Mortara, Audi, Red Bull Ring DTM 2015
Euro F3 - Red Bull Ring: In the first of the weekend's Euro F3 races, Jake Dennis fought off Felix Rosenqvist by 0.6s.
Dennis resists Rosenqvist in race one
Dennis resists Rosenqvist in race one
Jake Dennis, Prema, Red Bull Ring European F3 2015
WRC - Finland: We have a small gap to SS16 which gets underway at 13:55pm.
Stick with us though, as we'll keep you updated with all the latest happening throughout the motor racing world before previewing the Jukojarvi test.
Stick with us though, as we'll keep you updated with all the latest happening throughout the motor racing world before previewing the Jukojarvi test.
Breaking news
WRC - Finland: So here's a very quick recap of SS15 as we didn't receive the fireworks we were expectng...
- It remains close at the top as Ogier takes 0.1s out of our leader, Latvala. Ogier took the fastest stage time.
- Meeke is third quickest but nit making any inroads into the leaders' margin.
- Sordo gets stuck in a ditch and loses a load of time. Team-mate Neuville also has a strange intermittent cylinder problem. He's currently a safe fifth.
- It remains close at the top as Ogier takes 0.1s out of our leader, Latvala. Ogier took the fastest stage time.
- Meeke is third quickest but nit making any inroads into the leaders' margin.
- Sordo gets stuck in a ditch and loses a load of time. Team-mate Neuville also has a strange intermittent cylinder problem. He's currently a safe fifth.
WRC - Finland: Tidemand is fastest of the WRC2 lot so far, even quicker than Lappi by 2.9s.
We're pretty sure Lappi is taking no risks today though, and not be pushing 100% with a lead over over a minute!
We're pretty sure Lappi is taking no risks today though, and not be pushing 100% with a lead over over a minute!
WRC - Finland: Lappi is through in WRC2. If you haven't kept an eye on the Finn this weekend, he's been so much quicker than the chasing WRC2 pack and doing nothing to deter the rumours of his likely step up to a works drive next year. Current rumors are Volkswagen and Toyota.
He completed the stage in 7m01.5s, and held a gap of over a minute over team-mate Pontus Tidemand entering this stage.
He completed the stage in 7m01.5s, and held a gap of over a minute over team-mate Pontus Tidemand entering this stage.
WRC - Finland: and the rally overall:
1 Latvala 1h54m.59.7s
2 Ogier +2.9s
3 Meeke +39.9s
4 Ostberg +50.6s
5 Neuville +2m43.8s
6 Hanninen +3m38.8s
7 Tanak +3m53s
8 Prokop +4m28.2s
9 Bertelli +7m29.2s
10 Sordo +8m14s
1 Latvala 1h54m.59.7s
2 Ogier +2.9s
3 Meeke +39.9s
4 Ostberg +50.6s
5 Neuville +2m43.8s
6 Hanninen +3m38.8s
7 Tanak +3m53s
8 Prokop +4m28.2s
9 Bertelli +7m29.2s
10 Sordo +8m14s
WRC - Finland: Hanninen is in and only eighth fastest on the stage, so here are your leading stage times:
1 Ogier 6m39.323s
2 Latvala +0.1s
3 Meeke +1.5s
4 Tanak +3.7s
4 Ostberg +3.7s
6 Evans +7.2s
7 Kubica +8.2s
8 Hanninen +10s
9 Neuville +10.7s
10 Prokop +18.3s
1 Ogier 6m39.323s
2 Latvala +0.1s
3 Meeke +1.5s
4 Tanak +3.7s
4 Ostberg +3.7s
6 Evans +7.2s
7 Kubica +8.2s
8 Hanninen +10s
9 Neuville +10.7s
10 Prokop +18.3s
WRC - Finland: Prokop is in and he's slowest of the WRC cars so far.
The only man likely to change the stage order now is Hanninen, but he's some way off the leaders pace.
The only man likely to change the stage order now is Hanninen, but he's some way off the leaders pace.
Crash
WRC - Finland: Sordo is in a ditch on the stage, that's the report we're hearing.
WRC - Finland: The other M-Sport driver, Tanak, had trouble with his dampers yesterday which cost him a heap of time. He and the team were hoping for at least a podium this weekend.
"There was really good grip," he says with a hint of surprise in his voice. He slots in fourth on the stage.
"There was really good grip," he says with a hint of surprise in his voice. He slots in fourth on the stage.
Crash
WRC - Finland: Elfyn Evans slots in fifth fastest with a decent run. The Welshman had plenty of trouble with his suspension yesterday, ruling him out of a decent finish.
Sordo has stopped on the stage.
Sordo has stopped on the stage.
WRC - Finland: Great final split from Meeke as he's only 1.5s down on the lead duo.
"I've nothing to fight for but at the same time it's nice to see what the car can do. To challenge you need to be 110% perfect."
"I've nothing to fight for but at the same time it's nice to see what the car can do. To challenge you need to be 110% perfect."
WRC - Finland: Neuville is a bit puzzled with that time, but he is reporting a problem with the engine, possibly cylinder related.
WRC - Finland: So the gap for the lead comes down to 2.9s from 3s. Not massive but a difference none the less.
Neuville is the next through now and he's well off, slowest by 10.7s. Meeke's splits don't seem lead-worthy either.
Neuville is the next through now and he's well off, slowest by 10.7s. Meeke's splits don't seem lead-worthy either.
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