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WRC - Italy: Meeke completes the stage in 38m01.8s, which is almost 90s quicker than this morning. Despite this, he seems a little downhearted.
"There was a lot more grip in this pass," said Meeke.
"I changed the set-up at service, but it didn't work.
"I couldn't get into a rhythm, but it was a difficult day - a difficult afternoon."
"There was a lot more grip in this pass," said Meeke.
"I changed the set-up at service, but it didn't work.
"I couldn't get into a rhythm, but it was a difficult day - a difficult afternoon."
WRC - Italy: Ogier has just started this marathon stage. He is 12.3s behind team-mate Latvala at the moment, but Monte Lerno is 59.13km in length and anything can happen. Whose tyres will last the distance?
WRC - Italy: Meeke is continuing to push on. He's through the 37.7km split in 24m55.9s, which is more than a minute quicker than this morning.
WRC - Italy: He is still running, just in case you were wondering.
WRC - Italy: We'd love to tell you how Neuville is doing on the stage, but there's been no further split times from the Belgian.
Breaking news
WRC - Italy: Looks like Paddon has stopped about 10km into the stage. Another overheating issue?
WRC - Italy: Further Meeke improvement: he's through the fourth split in 14m43.8s, in comparison to 15m23.9s this morning.
WRC - Italy: Meeke's first split time on the final stage of the day is 3m17.5s. Neuville is 3.8s up on that.
The Briton's third interval time is 10m01.7s, some 30s quicker than he went this morning.
The Briton's third interval time is 10m01.7s, some 30s quicker than he went this morning.
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WRC - Italy: Latvala explains his time loss on the previous stage: "We stalled the engine and we don't know the reason.
"It could be my mistake, maybe technical... now it's a matter of saving the tyres."
"It could be my mistake, maybe technical... now it's a matter of saving the tyres."
WRC - Italy: McCormack's Fiesta is sporting a spectacular new livery for his second WRC 2 round of the season.
Unfortunately, the AUTOSPORT iPhone (other smartphones are available) had been left in the hotel this morning, but a picture will be with you this evening.
Suffice to say, Marty's sponsor TigerRisk plays a part in the colour scheme...
Unfortunately, the AUTOSPORT iPhone (other smartphones are available) had been left in the hotel this morning, but a picture will be with you this evening.
Suffice to say, Marty's sponsor TigerRisk plays a part in the colour scheme...
WRC - Italy: There was huge disappointment from crews further down the field who didn't get to run through Monte Lerno this morning.
Northern Irishman Marty McCormack was ready to run the longest stage of his life when he was told the stage had been neutralised following Yazeed Al-Rajhi's roll.
After driving a round trip of almost 400 miles for a cancelled Cagliari stage on Thursday night, the loss of the 36-miler was another blow.
"It was a real shame," said McCormack.
"I was really looking forward to that - the chance to drive this car through a stage that long is fantastic. Fingers crossed for the second run!"
Fingers crossed indeed.
Northern Irishman Marty McCormack was ready to run the longest stage of his life when he was told the stage had been neutralised following Yazeed Al-Rajhi's roll.
After driving a round trip of almost 400 miles for a cancelled Cagliari stage on Thursday night, the loss of the 36-miler was another blow.
"It was a real shame," said McCormack.
"I was really looking forward to that - the chance to drive this car through a stage that long is fantastic. Fingers crossed for the second run!"
Fingers crossed indeed.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Oulton Park: James Dodd wins the Super Touring race in his Honda Accord, with former BTCC champion John Cleland second in his Vauxhall Vectra. Graeme Dodd fell back as the track dried and so Simon Garrad's 1999 Renault Laguna completes the podium.
1. James Dodd (Honda Accord)
2. John Cleland (Vauxhall Vectra)
3. Simon Garrad (Renault Laguna)
4. Derek Palmer (Nissan Primera)
5. Graeme Dodd (Nissan Primera)
Special mention to Stewart Whyte, who charged to sixth from row 13 and set fastest lap in his Accord.
Patrick Watts ended up seventh in his Peugeot 406.
1. James Dodd (Honda Accord)
2. John Cleland (Vauxhall Vectra)
3. Simon Garrad (Renault Laguna)
4. Derek Palmer (Nissan Primera)
5. Graeme Dodd (Nissan Primera)
Special mention to Stewart Whyte, who charged to sixth from row 13 and set fastest lap in his Accord.
Patrick Watts ended up seventh in his Peugeot 406.
WRC - Italy: The Volkswagen team is confident Jari-Matti Latvala’s overheating problem on the first run through Monte Lerno was caused by a dodgy sensor.
Turns out the Finn thought his brake problem yesterday was sensor-related not hardware, but it was the other way around; today he thought it was an engine issue and it turns out to be a sensor.
Turns out the Finn thought his brake problem yesterday was sensor-related not hardware, but it was the other way around; today he thought it was an engine issue and it turns out to be a sensor.
WRC - Italy: Monte Lerno also includes the famous Micky’s Jump where the road falls away steeply beneath the car as it takes off over the crest. Drivers will need to judge their take off perfectly because a hard landing could spell disaster!
WRC - Italy: The second pass through the marathon Monte Lerno stage gets underway at 16:59 UK time.
If anyone hits trouble on this test, limping to the stage finish is unlikely to be a realistic option.
If anyone hits trouble on this test, limping to the stage finish is unlikely to be a realistic option.
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WRC - Italy: M-Sport has given some information on what is going on with Kubica:
"Unfortunately Robert and Maciek have taken the front-right wheel off their Ford Fiesta RS WRC on SS12. Driver and co-driver both OK."
"Unfortunately Robert and Maciek have taken the front-right wheel off their Ford Fiesta RS WRC on SS12. Driver and co-driver both OK."
Checkered flag
WRC - Italy: Results from that stage and what the overall classification looks like at the moment:
SS12
1 Ogier 13m12.2s; 2 Latvala +5.4s; 3 Ostberg +11.1s; 4 Mikkelsen +16.8s; 5 Neuville +22.7s; 6 Evans +24.2s.
Overall
1 Latvala 2h53m25.5s; 2 Ogier +12.3s; 3 Ostberg +1m16.5s; 4 Mikkelsen +1m31.6s; 5 Evans +3m22.2s; 6 Prokop +3m50.2s.
SS12
1 Ogier 13m12.2s; 2 Latvala +5.4s; 3 Ostberg +11.1s; 4 Mikkelsen +16.8s; 5 Neuville +22.7s; 6 Evans +24.2s.
Overall
1 Latvala 2h53m25.5s; 2 Ogier +12.3s; 3 Ostberg +1m16.5s; 4 Mikkelsen +1m31.6s; 5 Evans +3m22.2s; 6 Prokop +3m50.2s.
WRC - Italy: The answer: no. Latvala loses 5.4s to Ogier and the gap between the lead duo has been reduced to 12.3s.
WRC - Italy: All eyes on Latvala - can he maintain his almost 18s advantage?
BTCC - Oulton Park: For three laps Cleland held the lead, but now James Dodd has overtaken the Vectra on the run to Druids. As the Honda pulls away, Graeme Dodd's Nissan has moved forward to challenge Cleland.
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WRC - Italy: Ogier obliterates Ostberg's time by 11.1s, he was also 2.1s up on Latvala at the mid-split point.
WRC - Italy: Kubica still stuck on the stage. No word yet on the cause of the stoppage.
Stopwatch
WRC - Italy: Ostberg goes even quicker with a time of 13m23.3s. That gives him an extra 5.7s to Mikkelsen in his fight for third place overall.
Stopwatch
WRC - Italy: Mikkelsen posts the quickest time of the stage, beating Neuville by 5.9s with a 13m29.0s.
Crash
WRC - Italy: Remember what we said about Kubica earlier? Well he now appears to have stopped a few kilometres from the end of the stage...
WRC - Italy: Evans comes closest to deposing Neuville from the top spot. He finished the stage 1.5s slower than the Belgian.
WRC - Italy: No split times for Kubica, but fret not, he is making progress through the stage.
BTCC - Oulton Park: Good news in the Super Touring support race: John Cleland has made it out after driving to Norfolk and back for a spare suspension part.
He'll start his Vauxhall Vectra from pole, ahead of James Dodd's Honda Accord. Paul Smith's E36 BMW won't start after blowing an engine, but we still have a BMW on row three: Max Goff in the ex-Tim Harvey E30 M3.
He'll start his Vauxhall Vectra from pole, ahead of James Dodd's Honda Accord. Paul Smith's E36 BMW won't start after blowing an engine, but we still have a BMW on row three: Max Goff in the ex-Tim Harvey E30 M3.
WRC - Italy: Prokop slots into third-quickest spot, 7.3s behind Neuville and a slender 0.1s adrift of Meeke.
WRC - Italy: Solberg is safely through and completes the stage in 13m46.4s.
WRC - Italy: Hyundai debutant Paddon reaches the finish in 13m51.4s, which is 16.5s slower than what team-mate Neuville managed.
WRC - Italy: And then he lost 1.2s at the second split...
WRC - Italy: Quickest of all at the first split so far? Mr H. Solberg. The Norwegian is 0.5s up on Neuville's best.
Stopwatch
WRC - Italy: Neuville beats Meeke's benchmark time by 7.2s.
BTCC - Oulton Park: Jack Clarke's crash at Druids brings qualifying to a premature close and it's Turkington, with 1m42.310s, that takes pole. Then it's Plato, Shedden, Collard, Austin and Mat Jackson.
Bad sessions for Jordan (13th), Neal (14th) and Menu (15th).
Bad sessions for Jordan (13th), Neal (14th) and Menu (15th).
WRC - Italy: And, having seemingly missed the final two splits, Meeke completes the stage in 13m42.1s.
WRC - Italy: Al Qassimi fairing a little better at the first split - he's 8.2s down on Meeke.
WRC - Italy: Looks like the WRC timing facility is on the fritz again as Neuville isn't showing any split times. Melicharek is the third driver on the road (well, gravel) and is 21.5s behind Meeke at the first interval.
Stopwatch
BTCC - Oulton: It looks like the rain isn't developing as Turkington moves on to pole with 1m42.778s.
WRC - Italy: In tyre news, all the frontrunners have gone out with six hard Michelins, except for Paddon, who has chosen to go with five.
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