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WRC Poland and Formula E finale

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Formula E
The cars get an out lap, a lap at 170kw and a lap at 200kw, creating effectively a one-lap shootout.

The five best times from the four qualifying groups go into a final session called 'super pole' which decides the top five on the grid.
Formula E
Cars are leaving the pitlane and the first qualifying group is go.
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Formula E
It's a relatively decent day in London as the sun powers through the clouds over Battersea Park. Last year it rained in qualifying mixing up the order significantly, but it looks like it'll stay dry for today's session.

The first group is due out in a minute or so and consists of Prost, Ma, Vergne and Frijns.
WRC
SS13 summary:

* Tanak completes a morning hat-trick of fastest times

* Mikkelsen keeps Paddon at bay

* Ogier loses another place and is now sixth behind Latvala

* Lefebvre goes second quickest and pulls clear of Breen in seventh
WRC
SS13 results:

Leading stage times:

1 Tanak 10m16.5s
2 Lefebvre +4.5s
3 Mikkelsen +5.0s
4 Neuville +5.0s
5 Paddon +5.8s
6 Latvala +6.8s
7 Ogier +10.6s
8 Breen +11.4s

Overall leaderboard:

1 Tanak
2 Mikkelsen +18.0s
3 Paddon +24.9s
4 Neuville +40.3s
5 Latvala +58.9s
6 Ogier +59.1s
7 Lefebvre +1m02.9s
8 Breen +1m14.8s
WRC
But at the split, Breen is 1.5s faster than his team-mate and rival...
WRC
Another good time from Lefebvre - sixth on the stage inches him to within 0.1s of Latvala's sixth place overall.
WRC
Camilli is next through, and he extends his advantage over M-Sport team-mate Ostberg - who went off the road on this one for a bit - to 8s. They're set to end the morning ninth and 10th, subject to what the Citroens do.
WRC
"Struggling quite a bit with the grip," Tanak admits at the end of that one.
WRC
Only fifth fastest for Tanak - that means he falls to third overall, 6s off leader Mikkelsen.
WRC
Not so good for Tanak here, he's a second off Mikkelsen's pace at the split and losing a few seconds to Paddon.
WRC
Whatever the problem was at the start of the stage, they've now decided it's OK to get going again. After a 10-minute delay, Neuville and lead contender Tanak have set off.
WRC
Not sure why yet, but the officials are holding the rest of the cars at the start of the stage.
WRC
Muted from Latvala again, 6s off the pace and only fourth fastest. That leaves him 20s off the lead and likely to be battling the Citroens and Camilli.

"It's not happening, it always seems to be the same thing in Poland - I always have a difficult test and then can't find the feeling with the car," says Latvala. "Even though I feel quite good with the car, the time is not happening."
WRC
Paddon is fastest so far, takes 1.8s off Mikkelsen and closes to within 2.6s of the lead. And we've still got Tanak to come.
WRC
Mikkelsen finishes the stage fasted so far, but it's not been his greatest.

"We started one minute late but I don't know why - they just held us at the startline," he says. "Not such a good stage for me, I just wasn't really on it there."
David Evans
It's rare for Sebastien Ogier to enjoy something for the first time in the World Rally Championship these days, but this week he does just that – starting his first WRC round as a father.<br><br>The Frenchman spent the last round on tenterhooks awaiting news from his wife Andrea's Munich hospital. In the end, the standing-by private jet wasn't needed, but there wasn't much in it as Tim Kaiser-Ogier arrived the day after Rally Italy finished.<br><br>Shortly after being presented with TK-O's first wheels, Ogier Sr said:
Keen to spend as much time with his family as possible, Ogier missed his pre-event test for Rally Poland – but was soon back up to speed at shakedown."/>

It's rare for Sebastien Ogier to enjoy something for the first time in the World Rally Championship these days, but this week he does just that – starting his first WRC round as a father.

The Frenchman spent the last round on tenterhooks awaiting news from his wife Andrea's Munich hospital. In the end, the standing-by private jet wasn't needed, but there wasn't much in it as Tim Kaiser-Ogier arrived the day after Rally Italy finished.

Shortly after being presented with TK-O's first wheels, Ogier Sr said: "This is probably the strongest emotion I ever had when my little one came to the world. I enjoyed every moment already – it definitely got a little bit harder to come away to the rally now!"

Keen to spend as much time with his family as possible, Ogier missed his pre-event test for Rally Poland – but was soon back up to speed at shakedown.

WRC
SS3 summary:

* Mikkelsen fastest and leaps into lead

* DMACKs still quick - Tanak remains a close second

* The soft surface breaking up is a bigger problem than road sweeping, so Ogier hangs on in fourth while the likes of Neuville aren't happy
WRC
Leading SS3 times:

1 Mikkelsen 8m58.6s
2 Ogier +3.8s
3 Tanak +3.9s
4 Paddon +4.1s
5 Latvala +4.8s
6 Neuville +7.4s
7 Lefebvre +9.6s
8 Breen +10.1s
9 Ostberg +10.2s
10 Camilli +11.9s

Overall leaderboard:

1 Mikkelsen
2 Tanak +3.6s
3 Paddon +4.0s
4 Ogier +4.4s
5 Latvala +5.8s
6 Neuville +8.3s
7 Lefebvre +12.4s
8 Ostberg +15.4s
9 Breen +16.0s
10 Camilli +17.6s
WRC
Our World Rally Car field is being completed by Lorenzo Bertelli, Valeriy Gorban (Mini alert) and Yazeed Al-Rahji, but they won't be troubling the leaders so let's summarise the action so far.

By: Matt Beer

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