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WRC - Italy: Evans is slowest of all so far, with a time 16.7s behind Latvala's (probable) stage-winning effort.
WRC - Italy: Nothing too serious for the erstwhile rally leader. He points his Hyundai i20 in the right direction and reaches the finish with a time of 13m14.8s.
Crash
WRC - Italy: And Neuville spins as he approaches the finish!
WRC - Italy: Ostberg completes the 19.81km stage in 13m11.1s, which is 9.1s slower than Latvala.
WRC - Italy: No splits for Ostberg. How will he compare to Latvala?
WRC - Italy: Mikkelsen is the third man to cross the finish line and posts a time 5.4s slower than Latvala's.
Stopwatch
WRC - Italy: Rally leader Latvala beats his team-mate by 2.6s. He currently holds a 2.2s overall advantage over Ostberg who is running forth this afternoon.
WRC - Italy: And Ogier completes SS6 in 13m04.3s.
WRC - Italy: Saying that, Latvala's just gone 3.4s quicker through the second split.
WRC - Italy: Ogier's time at the second split is 7m06.6s. Latvala and Mikkelsen are also making their way through the stage, but with no first split time for Ogier - don't ask us - it's difficult to make comparisons at the moment.
Lights out
WRC - Italy: Ogier is onto Terranova Nord for the second time today. Could be especially tricky this afternoon as deep ruts will be exposed for the second passage, so concentration will be key.
WRC - Italy: It's almost time for Rally Italy to get going again, but before it does, let us take a moment to mention Sebastien Chardonnet who is giving Citroen's DS3 R5 its WRC debut this weekend.
The Frenchman, who won last year's Citroen Top Driver series, has done plenty of development testing on the latest R5 car, but remains realistic about his chances in Sardinia.
"The car is very young," he said.
"Everything can happen or nothing can happen. I drove the car for the first time after Monte Carlo and it's been getting better and better since then.
"Of course I want to try and win the [WRC 2] championship, but the important thing for me is to get kilometres in the car - we need this to be competitive."
Chardonnet is currently sixth in WRC 2 - 1m28.7s behind category leader Karl Kruuda.
IndyCar - Texas: While we're waiting for the WRC action to restart, IndyCar's first practice session for the weekend is underway at Texas. There's still an hour left on the clock, and right now Ryan Briscoe is setting the pace.
WRC - Italy: We're on a revised schedule now following the earlier delays and the second loop should get underway at 4:17pm UK time.
Breaking news
WRC - Italy: Our report of the dramatic opening loop is now ready for you to read (times and pretty picture to follow):
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Breaking news
WRC - Italy: Hyundai confirms that Hanninen has retired for the day. He rolled 5.5km from the stage end.
WRC - Italy: Cars are in remote service at the moment. They've not got long either. Just 15 minutes, in fact.
WRC - Italy: Neuville did reach the finish in the end, albeit having lost the best part of 20 minutes. He didn't stop to speak to reporters at the end. We think he's probably a little unhappy at the moment.
Checkered flag
WRC - Italy: While we wait for Hanninen to reach the finish, it's safe to say Latvala has won this stage and is now leading Rally Italy
SS5
1 Latvala 18m23.6s; 2 Kubica +5.9s; 3 Ostberg +7.3s; 4 Mikkelsen +9.7s; 5 Ogier +13.8s; 6 Prokop +17.2s.
Overall
1 Latvala 56m24.4s; 2 Ostberg +2.2s; 3 Prokop +10.1s; 4 Mikkelsen +11.8s; 5 Kubica +12.3s; 6 Ogier +16.6s.
Phew, what an opening loop that was!
SS5
1 Latvala 18m23.6s; 2 Kubica +5.9s; 3 Ostberg +7.3s; 4 Mikkelsen +9.7s; 5 Ogier +13.8s; 6 Prokop +17.2s.
Overall
1 Latvala 56m24.4s; 2 Ostberg +2.2s; 3 Prokop +10.1s; 4 Mikkelsen +11.8s; 5 Kubica +12.3s; 6 Ogier +16.6s.
Phew, what an opening loop that was!
Crash
WRC - Italy: And now Hanninen has reportedly rolled...
WRC - Italy: All eyes on Hanninen now. Will he be able to extend his rally lead?
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WRC - Italy: Neuville is moving again, as the Hyundai Twitter feed reports:
"@thierryneuville had to stop on stage but they think they have fixed the problem and are moving again. #WRC"
"@thierryneuville had to stop on stage but they think they have fixed the problem and are moving again. #WRC"
WRC - Italy: Evans's time by the way was 18m44.8s - 21.2s slower than Latvala.
WRC - Italy: Paddon is also stopped within the stage. Bit of a disaster for Hyundai.
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WRC - Italy: "Kris is in there with the bonnet up," reports the Welshman.
WRC - Italy: Evans reaches the finish, but where is Meeke?
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WRC - Italy: Not a clean run through the stage for Ostberg, who reports: "It was very good until we had a massive impact in a straight. After that, the rhythm wasn't so good."
WRC - Italy: Ostberg is currently second quickest and finishes 7.3s adrift of Latvala, who will now move above the Norwegian in the overall standings as a result.
WRC - Italy: Next to set a time is Mikkelsen, which is 9.7s slower than Latvala.
Stopwatch
WRC - Italy: Tremendous effort by Latvala, who beats his team-mate by 13.8s!
WRC - Italy: Ogier puts a marker down with a time of 18m37.4s.
WRC - Italy: No further information on Neuville yet, but Meeke is managing to trundle his way through the stage after his battery issue at the end of the last test.
Breaking news
WRC - Italy: Looks like rally leader Neuville has stopped approximately 4km into the stage!
WRC - Italy: And Latvala's 8.6s quicker at the third split. The Finn is flying!
WRC - Italy: Split times, anyone? Ogier's times at intervals one and two are 3m58.7s and 7m31.4s respectively. Latvala is 6.9s up by the second.
Lights out
WRC - Italy: And the final stage of the morn... no, afternoon, has already started. Loelle is the longest test of the day at 27.30km.
Checkered flag
WRC - Italy: Most of the frontrunners are through now, so here's how things currently stack up:
SS4
1 Ostberg 13m22.9s; 2 Neuville +2.3s; 3 Latvala +4.9s; 4 Prokop +5.2s; 5 Hanninen +5.6s; 6 Kubica +6.2s.
Overall
1 Neuville 37m42.1s; 2 Hanninen +2.9s; 3 Prokop +11.6s; 4 Ostberg +13.6s; 5 Evans +17.4s; 6 Latvala +18.7s
SS4
1 Ostberg 13m22.9s; 2 Neuville +2.3s; 3 Latvala +4.9s; 4 Prokop +5.2s; 5 Hanninen +5.6s; 6 Kubica +6.2s.
Overall
1 Neuville 37m42.1s; 2 Hanninen +2.9s; 3 Prokop +11.6s; 4 Ostberg +13.6s; 5 Evans +17.4s; 6 Latvala +18.7s
WRC - Italy: Hanninen fails to match Neuville's pace through that stage. He's lost 3.3s to his Hyundai team-mate and drops to second overall.
WRC - Italy: Kubica is the fifth quickest out of the 10 drivers who've completed the stage. His time is 13m29.1s - 6.2s slower than Ostberg.
The former Formula 1 driver suggests he might be suffering with a misfiring engine, so that's not too bad a time given the circumstances.
The former Formula 1 driver suggests he might be suffering with a misfiring engine, so that's not too bad a time given the circumstances.
WRC - Italy: Decent time set by Prokop, who is making the most of his advantage in running eighth on the road. The Russian completes SS4 in 13m28.1s.
By: Dan Cross, Mark Glendenning, Matt Beer, David Evans, Kevin Turner, Scott Mitchell, Peter Mills
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