Rallye de France - Alsace

14:38 Goodbye from France!

Thank you to everyone who tuned into WRC.com live text over the weekend. We hope you enjoyed the rally and we'll be back in two weeks time for Rally d'Italia Sardegna, the penultimate round of this year's WRC (18-21 October). See you then!

14:36 Quote from SWRC winner: Craig Breen

"It's been an up and down weekend. We were lucky and it is very unfortunate what happened to Hayden Paddon, anyone could have gone off the road at that point," said Ireland's Craig Breen at the finish

14:35 SWRC classifications

Craig Breen wins out of the Super 2000 World Rally Championship competitors. Yazeed Al-Rajhi claims second and Aigner takes the final podium spot

14:30 Rallye de France overall leaderboard

1. Sebastien Loeb 3h32m53.0s, 2. Jari-Matti Latvala +15.5s, 3. Mikko Hirvonen +44.1s4. Thierry Neuville +1m07.3s 5. Mads Ostberg +1m16.4s

14:25 Live Tweets #WRC

Matej Zibert ‏@YodaZib Sebastien Loeb have won Rallye de France to secure his ninth (!!!) #WRC crown! #respect to the living legend!

14:21 Muller finishes in France

World Touring Car Championship driver Yvan Muller reaches the finish of Rallye de France

14:18 Ogier completes Rallye de France

"We are really looking forward to coming back to WRC with the Polo WRC next year," said Sebastien Ogier at the finish

14:14 Loeb end of rally quote

Nine-time world rally champion Sebastien Loeb said: "Now we are here again and it is really incredible. All these people here are wonderful. I don't think it gets any better than this, I don't think it is possible. The atmosphere is amazing in France."

14:10 BREAKING NEWS: Loeb wins Rallye de France

Sebastien Loeb has reached the finish of SS22 and wins Rallye de France. The Citroen driver has also clinched his ninth world rally title and the manufacturers' title for Citroen. Congratulations to Seb!

14:05 Latvala clinches runners-up spot

Jari-Matti Latvala through Stage 22 and finishes Rallye de France in second. "I'm definitely getting better on Tarmac, and I'm very pleased with my performance," said Finland's Latvala at the finish

14:02 Hirvonen secures third in France

"I'm quite happy with how we have performed. We made a step forward on Tarmac this weekend," said Citroen's Mikko Hirvonen at the finish

14:00 Ostberg finishes France fifth overall

"I am very pleased with the progress with we have made on Tarmac. Thierry has done a fantastic job and I couldn't catch him. We have been very pleased with what we have done this weekend," said Ostberg

13:56 Neuville finishes Rallye de France fourth

Thierry Neuville completes the 11th round of the WRC in fourth place. "We are always on a good pace but sometimes we have been unlucky. We are getting close to a podium," said Neuville

13:54 Nobre stopped

Reports that Paulo Nobre has stopped on Stage 21

13:53 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek I can hear Ilka Minor's co-driver notes with Novikov driving LIVE now! http://sport-team.org/ Chaine 16 #WRC

13:51 Tanak reaches the end of Rallye de France

"We haven't had any dramas so that's been very good. The car has been nice the whole way through," said Ott Tanak

13:50 Live Tweets #WRC

Teemu Vaskiluoto ‏@Murrechat - Watching the last stage of #RallyedeFrance #live. #WRC #rally

13:49 Novikov end of rally quote

"We are at the finish and this is the most important thing. Everything works very well and I'm relieved after some problems today," said Evgeny Novikov at the rally finish

13:48 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek Novikov on SS22 starting line! Watch here: http://www.sport-team.org/ Chaine 16 #WRC #WRCLive

13:47 Atkinson finishes Rallye de France

Chris Atkinson through SS22 with a time of 4m07.9s

13:44 Prokop reaches end of Rallye de France

Martin Prokop through the final stage of Rallye de France with a time of 4m13.4sec

13:40 Live Tweets #WRC

MotorsportCraig67 ‏@MotorsportCraig - Sebastien Loeb now 5.74km away from another title. He holds a 19.1 sec lead over Latvala and 46.3 sec ahead of Hirvonen. #WRC

13:36 Loeb through Stage 21

Sebastien Loeb through SS21 with a time of 4m20.4s,0.3sec behind the time of Jari-Matti Latvala who was third fastest

13:34 Hirvonen fourth quickest

Mikko Hirvonen through SS21 fourth quickest and sets a time of 4m23.0s

13:28 Ostberg through Stage 21

Mads Ostberg clocks a time of 4m19.7s on Rallye de France's penultimate stage

13:24 Neuville fastest through Stage 21

Thierry Neuville completes SS21 with a time of 4m16.8s

13:22 Tanak through SS21

Ott Tanak completes Stage 21 with a time of 4m21.4s, fastest driver through so far

13:21 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek Novikov maxes out at 187kp/h on stage!!!! http://www.sport-team.org/ Chaine 16!! LIVE #WRC

13:20 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek - Tanak faster then that train!!! #WRC

13:19 Novikov slower than Atkinson

Evgeny Novikov completes 0.2s behind the time or Chris Atkinson

13:15 Atkinson through SS21

Chris "Atko" Atkinson completes Stage 21 with a time of 4m24.2s

13:11 Prokop completes Stage 21

Martin Prokop through SS21 with a time of 4m26.6s. "We made a small set-up change and the car is a lot better. We have a bit of a misfire problem," said Prokop

12:27 Live Tweets #WRC

Citroën Racing ‏@CitroenRacing - No change in the @rallyedefrance overall after SS20 : Loeb, Latvala, Hirvonen, Neuville, Ostberg, Tanak, Novikov, Atkinson, Prokop... #WRC

12:26 Power stage win for Tanak

Tanak claims three points from the power stage win, Thierry Neuville takes two points for finishing second and Mads Ostberg takes the final point

12:25 Live Tweets #WRC

iRally ‏@Official_iRally Sébastien Loeb 10:32.182: "No risk this morning...so easy to make a mistake in the morning when you were first in the water.."

12:22 Loeb completes Stage 20

Sebastien Loeb through SS20 with a time of 10m32.1s. The Frenchman is now only two stages away from claiming his ninth world rally title

12:19 Latvala quicker than Hirvonen

Jari-Matti Latvala completes Stage 20 with a time of 10m26.3s, 1.3s quicker than Hirvonen

12:15 Hirvonen through Stage 20

Mikko Hirvonen completes SS20 in 10m27.6s, fourth quickest through so far

12:12 Ostberg quote at end of SS20

"There is so much mud in this stage, it is hard to take any time. I push all the way, I really want to get back ahead of Thierry," said Ostberg. Ostberg is 5.7s behind Neuville

12:07 Tanak quicker than Neuville

Ott Tanak completes SS20, 0.9s ahead of Thierry Neuville

12:04 Live Tweets #WRC

Prodrive ‏@prodrive @danisordo retires from Rally France, not safe to drive the remaining stages without power steering. He is now driving back to service.

12:03 Novikov through SS20

Evgeny Novikov completes Stage 20 with a time of 10m32.8s

12:01 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek Novikov is flooring it on stage!!! GO NOVIKOV!!! #WRC

12:00 Sordo has retired in France

Dani Sordo has been forced to retire due to lack of power steering in his MINI

11:58 Prokop quicker than Atkinson

Martin Prokop completes SS20, 0.4s quicker than Chris "Atko" Atkinson

10:38 Live Tweets #WRC

Best of Rally Live ‏@bestofrallylive - After SS19: 1. Loeb, 2. Latvala +25.3, 3. Hirvonen +48s, 4. Neuville +1min22, 5. Ostberg +1min27, 6. Sordo +2min15 http://vsb.li/wVamJD #wrc

10:34 Tanak through SS19

Ott Tanak completes SS19 with a time of 4m23s

10:33 Live Tweets #WRC

Mads Østberg ‏@MadsOstberg - SS19 - I will not risk anything, it is so easy to make a mistake! #wrc

10:32 Live Tweets #WRC

Vladimir Bashmakov ‏@ExDriver737 - Voiced WRC round 11 Rallye de France day 2 highlights. On air today at 15:50 and 22:50 (CET+2) on AutoPlus TV! #WRC #TV #Rally

10:31 Neuville quickest through Stage 19

Thierry Neuville has posted the quickest time on SS19. Neuvile remains in fourth, Ostberg in fifth and Sordo down to sixth after losing time due to no power steering

10:30 Power steering problems for Sordo

Time loss for Dani Sordo following power steering problems

10:26 Hirvonen slower than Latvala

Mikko Hirvonen through SS19, 0.6s behind the time of Jari-Matti Latvala

10:25 Latvala faster than Loeb

Jari-Matti Latvala completes SS19, 2s quicker than Sebastien Loeb

10:24 Loeb through Stage 19

Sebastien Loeb completes SS19 with a time of 4m21.2s

10:18 Oliveira stopped on SS18

Reports that Daniel Oliveira has stopped on Stage 18

10:17 Muller finishes fourth quickest

Yvan Muller through SS18 fourth quickest

10:12 Leaderboard after Stage 18

After SS18: 1. Loeb 3h09m31.5s 2. Latvala +27.3s 3. Hirvonen +49.5s 4. Neuville +1m27.2s 5.Sordo +1m30.8s 6. Østberg +1m31.8s 7. Tanak +2m35.5s

10:10 Solberg through SS18

"I'm driving for the fans and promoting Ford today. That is all I can do," said Petter Solberg at the stage finish

10:09 Live Tweets #WRC

Gerard Quinn ‏@WRCgerardquinn - Congratulations to Elfyn Evans on his 4th consecutive victory in the FIA WRC Academy. #wrc #rallyedefrance @WRCAcademy

10:08 Novikov completes SS18

Heavy cosmetic damage to Evgeny Novikov's Ford Fiesta RS WRC but completes Stage 18 after another off

10:03 Spin for Tanak

"We had a spin and lost quite a bit of time," said Ott Tanak

10:03 Live Tweets #WRC

Matt Jelonek ‏@MattJelonek - Novikov SLIDING all over the side on the road in grass! Heavy waters in the grass!! #WRC @lisa0lisa @Becsywecsy

10:02 Novikov stopped

Reports that Evgeny Novikov has stopped on SS18

10:00 Neuville quickest and moves up to fourth

Thierry Neuville through SS18 with the quickest time of 4m19.2s and moves up to fourth in the standings

09:58 Sordo quicker than Ostberg

Dani Sordo completes SS18, 3.7s quicker than Mads Ostberg. Sordo moves up to fifth in the overall classifications, and Ostberg back to sixth

09:57 Ostberg faster than Latvala and Loeb

Mads Ostberg through Stage 18 with a time of 4m25.9s

09:56 Live Tweets #WRC

iRally ‏@Official_iRally - Mikko Hirvonen 4:33.0 tells French TV: "Really difficult on that one - hard to catch second place...let's get to the finish now...."

09:55 Hirvonen completes SS18

Mikko Hirvonen through Stage 18 with a time of 4m33s, 2.6s behind the time of Sebastien Loeb and Jari-Matti Latvala

09:53 Latvala sets same pace as Loeb

Jari-Matti Latvala through SS18 with the same time as Loeb: 4m30.4s

09:52 Loeb through Stage 18

Sebastien Loeb completes SS18 with a time of 4m30.4s. "We are taking no risks," said Loeb

08:54 Leaderboard after SS17

1. Loeb 3h05m01.1s, 2. Latvala +27.3s, 3. Hirvonen +19.6s, 4. Ostberg + 49.4s, 5. Neuville +2.1s, 6. Sordo + 0.6s, 7. Tanak +46.6s

08:53 Set-up problems for Prokop

Martin Prokop through SS17 after reporting problems with the car set-up on his Ford Fiesta RS WRC

08:51 Atkinson completes SS17

Chris Atkinson through Stage 17 with a time of 10m36.6s

08:49 Neuville up to fifth

Thierry Neuville's stage win has seen the Belgian move up to fifth in the overall classifications. Dani Sordo moves down to sixth

08:48 Novikov through Stage 17

"There was a very fast right corner over a crest and it was very slippery so we went into a field. We lost quite a bit of time," said Evgeny Novikov at the stage finish

08:46 Tanak through SS17

Ott Tanak completes Stage 17 with a time of 10m21.3s

08:44 Neuville sets a blinding time

Thierry Neuville through SS17 with the fastest time, 4.5s quicker than Dani Sordo. "I am fighting for fourth place," said Neuville

08:42 Sordo beats Ostberg

Dani Sordo completes Stage 17 with the fastest time out of those who have completed

08:40 Ostberg quicker than Hirvonen

Mads Ostberg through SS17 with a time of 10m17.6s

08:39 Hirvonen fastest through Stage 17

MIkko Hirvonen through SS17, 4.7s quicker than fellow Finn Latvala

08:37 Latvala quicker than Loeb

Jari-Matti Latvala completes SS17, 2.4s quicker than the time of Sebastien Loeb

08:35 Loeb quote at end of SS17

"There is a lot of water in the ruts so we were aquaplaning everywhere. We had a couple of big moments in there. It started well but it was very difficult so we took it easy towards the end," said Loeb at the stage finish

08:32 Loeb completes Stage 17

Sebastien Loeb through Stage 17 with a time of 10m27.7s. The Frenchman recovered from a small off-road excursion into a field

08:26 Tyre update

All crews have taken five soft tyres on this morning's stages apart from Sebastien Loeb who has taken the safe option and gone for six