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WRC - France: Speaking of Sordo, he's the first to tackle the second of today's stages. Onboard shots show he's one determined driver and isn't leaving anything on the table.
WRC - France: The good news for the drivers is that there is far less standing water present in this short 7.9-kilometre stage. Can Sordo make up the 7.3s deficit to Ogier and reclaim the lead?
WRC - France: Here we go then, the second stage of the day. We can't have any more drama today, can we?
Breaking news
Scott Dixon
IndyCar - Houston: Scott Dixon claimed a critical win in the first race of Houston's double-header event yesterday.
The Kiwi was 49 points behind Helio Castroneves, but come the chequered flag that gap was reduced to just eight.
Race Centre Live will of course be providing coverage of the second race this evening at approximately 18:30 BST.
WRC - France: The second stage of the day gets underway at 10:46 (09:46 BST) and is a relatively short 7.9-kilometre blast through the streets of Bischwiller - Gries.
Breaking news
ALMS - Virginia: Pickett won another ALMS race yesterday. So far, so ordinary. But Dyson made them work particularly hard for this one!
The race also featured a rather hefty crash involving the Porsches of Marco Holzer and Eduardo Cisneros. Thankfully, both walked away unscathed.
The race also featured a rather hefty crash involving the Porsches of Marco Holzer and Eduardo Cisneros. Thankfully, both walked away unscathed.
Breaking news
Loeb
WRC - France: Here's the full story of how Loeb's swansong rally turned into a nightmare on the first of today's stages.
WRC - France: Kubica continues to lead the way in WRC 2. The former Formula 1 driver takes the stage win this morning - 4.8s ahead of Evans - to extend his overall advantage to 3m34.9s.
Checkered flag
WRC - France: Can this rally get any more exciting? The big news, obviously, is Loeb's misfortune which is a huge disappointment on his final day in the WRC.
Stage: 1 Ogier; 2 Sordo +8.4s; 3 Neuville +10.7s; 4 Ostberg +12.0s; 5 Latvala +14.5s; 6 Mikkelsen +24.6s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Sordo +7.3s; 3 Latvala +13.0s; 4 Neuville +1m19.6s; 5 Novikov +2m42.0s; 6 Ostberg +3m07.7s.
Stage: 1 Ogier; 2 Sordo +8.4s; 3 Neuville +10.7s; 4 Ostberg +12.0s; 5 Latvala +14.5s; 6 Mikkelsen +24.6s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Sordo +7.3s; 3 Latvala +13.0s; 4 Neuville +1m19.6s; 5 Novikov +2m42.0s; 6 Ostberg +3m07.7s.
WRC - France: And here comes Ostberg, who is provisionally fourth quickest through the stage with a time of 8m35.7s.
"Very difficult conditions, that's for sure," says the M-Sport man. "But I had confidence in my pace notes.
"You see the best driver in the world made a mistake, so that must make me the best in the world now!"
"Very difficult conditions, that's for sure," says the M-Sport man. "But I had confidence in my pace notes.
"You see the best driver in the world made a mistake, so that must make me the best in the world now!"
WRC - France: Hirvonen made a mistake mid-stage but, unlike his team-mate Loeb, came away unscathed. The Finn's time is 8m58.3s.
WRC - France: Neuville is next to cross the finish line and sets a time of 8m34.4s. He's 1m19s off the overall lead in fourth but, with the way things are going at the moment, could well find himself back in the top three by the end of the day.
WRC - France: Ogier's stunning performance this morning means he is now leads the event by 7.3s, ahead of Sordo and Latvala.
WRC - France: Bad stage for Citroen continues as Hirvonen drops it under braking for a square-left. The DS3 spins into an escape road.
Stopwatch
WRC - France: Latvala's time is 6.1s slower than Sordo, but team-mate Ogier has clearly had his Weetabix this morning! The newly-crowned champion sets an incredible time of 8.23.7s!
WRC - France: Live link switching between showing Loeb holding the OK board while on the phone to the team and scenes of utter disbelief in the Citroen camp.
WRC - France: Sordo finishes the stage with a time of 8m32.1s.
"Very easy to make a mistake," says the Spaniard. "There's a lot of standing water towards the end."
"Very easy to make a mistake," says the Spaniard. "There's a lot of standing water towards the end."
WRC - France: Looks like he ran wide on a fast right-hander, got wheels on grass, slid into a ditch and roofed that gorgeous DS3 WRC. Unbelievable. This was not the way it was supposed to end.
WRC - France: Car upside down in a ditch in the first stage of the morning. Both crew out of the car but going nowhere.
Crash
WRC - France Loeb rolled!
WRC - France: Ogier's opening split time in the first stage is 0.6s quicker than Sordo.
WRC - France: Sordo's time at the first split is 55.5s while Latvala is 0.4s slower.
Lights out
WRC - France: Opening stage is live and Sordo is the first to tackle the slippery conditions. The rain has begun to ease off and it's now more a drizzle.
WRC - France: The first stage of the day is a 14.6-kilometre test through Vignoble de Cleebourg and gets underway at 09:23 (08:23 BST).
The starting order is as follows: Sordo, Latvala, Ogier, Loeb, Neuville, Novikov, Hirvonen, Ostberg, Mikkelsen and Prokop.
The starting order is as follows: Sordo, Latvala, Ogier, Loeb, Neuville, Novikov, Hirvonen, Ostberg, Mikkelsen and Prokop.
Latvala
WRC - France: Jari-Matti Latvala begins the final day with a slender lead of 0.4s and is one of four drivers that are in with a chance of claiming victory today.
He has erstwhile rally leader Dani Sordo for close comfort, while the Spaniard lies just 1.1s ahead of Sebastien Ogier, with Sebastien Loeb in his final rally a further 3.5s adrift.
Another way of putting it is that the top four are covered by just 5s with only six stages remaining, so today should be nothing short of thrilling!
Rain
WRC - France: It has rained all night here in Strasbourg and there is water everywhere, which should make this morning's loop of stages rather tricky to say the least.
WRC - France: Good morning from AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live on a soggy Sunday October 6 2013 in France.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Houston: The race finishes under yellows, and Dixon takes a critical win. He was 49 points behind Castroneves when he woke up this morning, and that gap is now just eight.
Behind him, Simona de Silvestro has finished second to claim her first-ever IndyCar podium, with Wilson in third.
Behind him, Simona de Silvestro has finished second to claim her first-ever IndyCar podium, with Wilson in third.
IndyCar - Houston: Conway might have cost his team-mate a second place there: Wilson was all over the back of de Silvestro when the yellows came out.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Conway gets out of shape while fighting Marco Andretti and ends up in the tyres. Two and a half laps to run.
IndyCar - Houston: Dario has just been turned around again. Up front, Dixon gains another 0.5s on de Silvestro.
IndyCar - Houston: How do you open a 2.7s buffer in just one lap? We don't know, but Dixon has just done it. de Silvestro has a 0.8s buffer over Wilson.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart with 10 laps left.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Sixth full-course yellow, and it's for Castroneves again. The current top three is Dixon, de Silvestro, and Wilson. de Silvestro could be on her way to her first IndyCar podium here.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart with 13 laps to go.
IndyCar - Houston: We've just seen Dixon run over a piece of debris. Hope for his sake that there's no puncture on the way.
IndyCar - Houston: It looks like Conway and Castroneves were surprised by the sight of the recovery vehicle on the track - both ended up in the run-off as the result of taking late evasive action. Radios, anyone?
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Sato used all of his good mojo up on that pole position: a tough afternoon has just ended with him in the tyre stack after a battle with James Jakes.
Power pits from the lead. He has taken one for the team here - by claiming the point for leading most laps, he's denied Dixon one more point and given Castroneves a tiny bit of help. Help that the Brazilian could do with, given that we're now looking at his stalled car sitting in a run-off area along with Mike Conway's.
Power pits from the lead. He has taken one for the team here - by claiming the point for leading most laps, he's denied Dixon one more point and given Castroneves a tiny bit of help. Help that the Brazilian could do with, given that we're now looking at his stalled car sitting in a run-off area along with Mike Conway's.
Green flag
IndyCar - Houston: Restart. Power and Filippi are 1-2 but both still have to pit. Scott Dixon is third.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Houston: Servia's car has stopped right on the racing line. Dixon takes the opportunity to stop under yellows.
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