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By: Matt Beer

Summary

Status: Stopped
Crutchlow gets a huge hug from Rossi too.
Crutchlow is on the phone - presumably to wife Lucy, who's at home with their recently-born baby.
Crutchlow reaches parc ferme as the first British winner of a premier class motorcycle grand prix since Barry Sheene in the Swedish 500cc GP in 1981.
Iannone now drops to sixth behind Baz.
Barbera overtakes Iannone yet again, but this time only for fourth with Marquez getting away ahead.
Marquez is now 5s behind Rossi in third, and Baz has caught this battle - he's right on team-mate Barbera's tail in sixth.
Two laps to go, Crutchlow leads by 6.5s over Rossi.
Iannone is struggling and loses third to Marquez.
Redding's slump continues, he's down to 10th now.
Barbera slips inside Iannone again, but again Iannone takes third straight back and Marquez follows him.
Barbera passes Iannone but runs wide and falls into fourth again, nearly losing it to Marquez.
Great race from Baz, he's past Redding for sixth. Redding falls behind Laverty into eighth now.
 
Crutchlow is pulling clear - 6.2s ahead with three laps left.
Lorenzo is trying to unlap himself from the lead group. Fairly pointless as his double pitstops mean he's 59s behind Bautista in 16th ahead.
Order: 1 Crutchlow; 2 Rossi; 3 Iannone; 4 Barbera; 5 Marquez; 6 Redding; 7 Baz; 8 Laverty; 9 Vinales; 10 Petrucci; 11 Rabat; 12 Pedrosa; 13 P Espargaro; 14 Hernandez; 15 Bradl; 16 Bautista; 17 Lorenzo
With SS14 done and dusted, we're going to leave things there for the day. Ogier might have stamped his authority on Rally Germany this afternoon, but there's still a good few miles for the Frenchman to negotiate tomorrow - not to mention a three-way fight for the last two podium spots.

We'll be back a bit before 1100 BST tomorrow with coverage of the final stage of the rally plus updates from the DTM at Moscow Raceway, before devoting the afternoon to coverage of the MotoGP race at Brno - so be sure to rejoin us then.
Here we go, Panzerplatte again! SS13 is going live in a couple of minutes at 17:40. #WRC #HyundaiWRC http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqUDI2IXYAA4Xur.jpg<br><br>

Here we go, Panzerplatte again! SS13 is going live in a couple of minutes at 17:40. #WRC #HyundaiWRC http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CqUDI2IXYAA4Xur.jpg

Here's a reminder of how we stand overall heading into the final two stages of the afternoon:

1 Ogier 2h00m6.9s
2 Mikkelsen +19.8s
3 Neuville +30.2s
4 Sordo +33.5s
5 Paddon +3m08.4s
6 Ostberg +3m10.2s
7 Lappi +5m46.4s
8 Kremer +6m39.1s
 
Here's your penultimate stage preview of the day:

SS13 Super Special Stage Arena Panzerplatte 1.78 miles
This is the crowd-pleasing loosener for the main event which follows. The actual route for this stage is new for this year, but the roads used will be well known to any seasoned Baumholder spectator. Lots of junctions (even in such a short space of time) and lots of surface changes from broken concrete to good asphalt to cobblestones. There’s a bit of everything in here.
 
Little bit of a break now, as the crews head back to Panzerplatte for the evening stages. Just one run through the short section this time, before the full stage.
SS12 summary:

- Neuville fastest on stage and claws back time on Mikkelsen
- Stage win also edges Belgian clear of team-mate Sordo for third
- Ogier third-fastest, consolidates rally lead
Indeed, Lappi is through now and 16.8s faster than his main rival for class honours.

(It's worth noting that Pontus Tidemand is the highest-placed WRC2 car, but he's not registered to score class points this weekend).
We'll have our WRC2 frontrunners through next - and it's Esapekka Lappi who now leads (and will take up seventh overall), having usurped Armin Kremer earlier today.

Kremer looks as though he's going to drop further back from Lappi, having just come through the finish 34.1s down on the benchmark.
With just a few minutes before the stage start, here's a preview from Stuart Loudon:

SS11 Freisen-Westrich 9.15 miles
New for this year, this is a typical countryside stage. There are plenty of cuts in here, but the organisers have put some bales up to try to cut some of the bigger cuts. There are also a couple of chicanes in here to try to slow the cars down – this will be a quick stage. If it rains, there will be a lot of mud on the road here for the runners further down the field.
 
Here now is a more in-depth update on Lefebvre and Moreau, who both suffered fractures and internal injuries in an earlier crash.
Stephane Lefebvre/Gabin Moreau both injured in WRC Germany crash
All drivers gone with 5 softs - except Ogier who has four softs with one hard. Light rain expected in the first two stages, but ambient temperature not really climbing too high because of the consistent cloud cover.
Of course, we'll relay any further updates on Lefebvre and Moreau as and when we get them.
Not quite, M-Sport. Ogier will be first to tackle the next stage, but he's expected off 10 minutes later, at 38 minutes past the hour.
 
 
 
Regarding Lefebvre and co-driver Moreau, the ADAC has provided another update on the pair after a crash on SS10 of Rally Germany earlier today:

Munich/Trier, 20 August, 2016 – The driver and co-driver of car number 10 were taken to hospital and examined after their accident in SS10. The examinations revealed fractures and internal injuries, so they will need to stay for residential treatment. According to the doctors, their injuries are not life threatening.
 
Elfyn Evans is on the brink of the BRC title

Elfyn Evans is on the brink of the BRC title

Still waiting for further news from the stage. Lefebvre has crashed and the medical crew has been sent to the scene. David Evans will supply updates as soon as they are available.
While we wait for that extra information, we can also check in with goings on at Zandvoort, where Callum Ilott has claimed pole for the Masters of F3 qualifying race.

Ilott edged out Joel Eriksson and Alexander Albon for top spot, with just 0.029s covering the top three ahead of this afternoon's race.
Masters of F3: Callum Ilott leads tight qualifying session

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