There is one driver in Australia only today. This is Sebastien Ogier who won all 6 stages today. At the end of the day Ogier advantage rises to 45.9 seconds by the second in the overall standing Mikko Hirvonen. The big loser today is Kris Meeke who crashed in SS 13. Kris out of the road and rolled seven times down in a hillside.
Kris Meeke: "I went into a second gear corner and I arrived five or ten kph too fast. I thought I’d got away with it, but the car just slipped off the road. It nearly stopped, but unfortunately there was a very steep bank down into a field and it just kept tumbling. A very slow accident, but hey, an accident is an accident – the same result unfortunately.”
Results after SS 16:
1. S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 2:14:53.9
2. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +45.9
3. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +1:11.4
4. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +1:47.6
5. A. Mikelsen / P. Nagle (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +2:10.8
6. M. Ostberg / J. Andresson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2:13.4
In the last day of Rally Australia there are to run 6 stages.
 

Sebastien Ogier moves to the top of Rally Australia by the first stage today and keep the position till the end of the day. Ogier makes a good advantage to the second one Mikko Hirvonen as at the end of the day rise to 20 seconds.
Sebastien Ogier wins today 7 consecutive stages by all 8 stages today. The last stage SS 10 first finished his team-mate Jari-Matti Latvla, while Ogier finished second at +0.1 seconds.
Results after the end of Day 1, SS10:
1. S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 58:46.6
2. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +20.0
3. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +38.1
4. K. Meeke / C. Patterson (Citroen DS3 WRC) +38.6
5. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +58.2
6. M. Ostberg / J. Andresson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +1:01.7
For tomorrow there are to run 6 stages.
 

In the short first stage in WRC Rally Australia Andreas Mikkelsen and Paul Nagle are the rally leaders. Kris Meeke / Chris Patterson is at second position. In the second pass of the same stage, Sebastien Ogier and J. Ingrassia finished first but Mikkelsen keeps the overall position. Rally Australia offers 22 stages as for tomorrow there are to run 8 stages.
Results after SS 2:
1. A. Mikelsen / P. Nagle (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 2:45.3
2. K. Meeke / C. Patterson (Citroen DS3 WRC) +0.9
3. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +1.4
4. S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +1.5
5. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1.9
6. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2.7
 

Dani Sordo in the last rally day starts with strong first stage to keep the leader position. Sordo finished first in SS 15 while Neuville is second at +2.2 seconds.
In SS16 Dhrontal 2 (Power Stage) Thierry Neuville lost the rally with his 9th position. First is the Power Stage is Sebastien Ogier.
Power Stage Results:
1. S. Ogier / J. Ingrassia
2. D. Sordo / C. Barrio
3. J. Latvala / M. Anttila
Comments:
Latvala:  I have never been leading a tarmac rally before, a lot of positives for the future. Now the main thing is to concentrate on the manufacturers championship on the next event.
Sordo: We tried at least, I am happy we are at the finish.
Final Results:
1. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) 3:15:19.4
2. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +53.0
3. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +2:36.1
4. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +8:00.8
5. R. Kubica / M. Baran (Citroen DS3 S2000) +9:01.3
6. E. Evans / D. Barritt (Ford Fiesta R5) +9:14.2
7. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) +9:55.0
This is the first win for Dani Sordo / C. Del Barrion in their career.
 

Due too a heavy crash in SS11 Arena Panzerplatte 1 in the Historic class with two deaths the stage SS 14 Arena Panzerplatte 2 is canceled. In the prior one stage SS 13 Peterberg 2 Dani Sordo / C. Del Barrio move at top as finished the stage first. Neuville / Gilsoul delay with 1.9 seconds that push them to second position overall at +0.8 by the Spanish leader.
After the problems by the first day, Evgeny Novikov / Ilka Minor moved to 10th position overall.
Neuville after the stage: It is handling ok, but the exhaust is quite bent and we lacked a bit of power. Now we go further. I have survived, I feel a big power loss.
Sordo: It was really nice, a little bit dirty this stage. It is ok, I am happy.
Hirvonen: It has been really muddy and slippy in many places. I am taking it steady and watching what is happening in front.
Results at the end of Day 3:
1. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) 2:43:48.5
2. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +0.8
3. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1:27.6
4. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +6:06.3
5. R. Kubica / M. Baran (Citroen DS3 S2000) +7:33.1
6. E. Evans / D. Barritt (Ford Fiesta R5) +7:40.9
In the last day of the rally there are two stages to run.
 

At the start of the new day with SS9 Stein & Wein 1 with a distance of 26.54 km Sebastien Ogier back at top with stage victory. Ogier currently is at 35th position. After the first stage today the difference between Latvala and Neuville is 7.4 seconds only.
Dani Sordo and his co-driver C. Del Barion finished with stage win in SS10 Peterberg 1 (9.23 km) as Latvala is second while Neuville finished fourth at +3.2 seconds by Latvala.
Neuville comments: It is difficult to follow Latvala, especially at this stage. I had a good run. I had a perfect run, I dont know what to do more.
In the last stage the service park before the famous SS11 Arena Panzerplatte 1 with a distance of 41.08 km Sebastien Ogier finished first follow by Dani Sordo at +6.2 and Latvala third at +8.0. Thierry Neuville lost another 4.2 second by Latvala.
The distance between the rally leader Latvala and Neuville after the service park is 14.8 seconds.
Latvala: One left hand corner, it was very very slippy, we went wide and hit hinkelstein, we were very very lucky.
Neuville: I am very pleased with my driving, tried to manage my tyres. At the end I tried to pull back some time on Jari-Matti, but not enough.
After the service park in SS12 Stein & Wein 2 everything has change. The rally leader Jari-Matti Latvala is out of the road. First Latvala has a problem with a open door of his co-driver M. Anttila after their first accident. After than follow a new accident with Latvala's VW Polo and another accident with Mads Ostberg / J. Andersson Ford Fiesta.
Neuville is the new rally leader. He says: On a left hander we could not see the corner, it was so slippery, I could not avoid. My engine is not pushing anymore. Many people will go out on this point. I see Latvala's brake disc on this corner, I tried to slow down as quick as I could.
Results after SS12:
1. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) 2:38:17.6
2. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1.1
3. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +1:14.4
4. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +5:51.6
There are two stages to run to the end of the day.
 

After the service park today the main target for Thierry Neuville is to attack Latvala at the top. In SS6 Mittelmosel 2 Neuville finished first with 0.4 seconds faster than Latvala to close the gap in overall to 2.0 seconds. The rally leader comments: At the beginning of the stage there was a compression. Impact after jump was heavier than I expected, since that time we felt the vibration on left rear wheel.
At the same time Novikov continue after the yesterday incident with fifth position in the stage and 24th overall.
Latvala keeps the leader position in SS7 Moselland 2 with another stage win 2.6 seconds faster than Neuville to keep the overall distance to 4.6 seconds. Dani Sordo keeps the third position with advantage to fourth Mikko Hirvonen. Novikov moves for one stage from 24th to 18th position.
In the last stage today SS8 Grafschaft 2 Latvala extend his advantage with extra 2.7 seconds by Neuville who finished the stage second.
Comments:
Neuville: Last two stages we were on maximum, we cannot do more. No mistakes, always very fast, sideways.
Sordo: We made a mistake here. In a hairpin, we brake too late and go straight. After that, Latvala is impossible. I try to catch but it is very very difficult.
Results at the end of Day 2:
1. J. Latvala / M. Anttila (Volkswagen Polo R WRC) 1:38:04.1
2. T. Neuville / N. Gilsoul (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +7.3
3. D. Sordo / C. Barrio (Citroen DS3 WRC) +26.3
4. M. Hirvonen / J. Lehtinen (Citroen DS3 WRC) +47.6
5. M. Ostberg / J. Andersson (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +2:12.3
6. M. Prokop / M. Ernst (Ford Fiesta RS WRC) +4:17.6
There are another 6 stages to run in day 3 with the start of the first one at 8:03 AM CET.