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By: Matt Beer, Andrew van Leeuwen, Mark Glendenning, Glenn Freeman, Sam Smith, Dan Cross, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley
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ELMS - Estoril: Harry Tincknell claims a clear pole position at Estoril for Jota Sport. He set a 1m29.497s lap to he the TDS Ligier of Tristan Gommendy by 0.7s. The 1pt for pole narrows gap to 9pts now from Signatech's Oli Webb, Nelson Panciatici and Paul-Loup Chatin. Panciatici qualified 3rd. Race starts at 1.30pm uk time
ELMS - Estoril: Staurt Hall has taken a first LMGTE pole of the season for Gulf Racing UK in the Aston Martin he shares with Roald Goethe and Daniel Brown. Title leader Matt Griffin qualified second in his AF Corse Ferrari. In the GTC class Luca Persiani took his third pole of the season in the #71 SMP Racing Ferrari 458 Italia.
That rounds off AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live for today.
Our full Dover NASCAR and Detroit IndyCar race reports will be online in the news section shortly, with plenty more reaction to come both on the website and in print during the week.
AUTOSPORT Live returns for Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix from 2.30pm UK on Friday, June 6th.
Race Centre Live will also be back next weekend, bringing you as it happens coverage of WRC Italy and tin-top action courtesy of the BTCC at Oulton Park and the WTCC in Moscow.
See you then.
Our full Dover NASCAR and Detroit IndyCar race reports will be online in the news section shortly, with plenty more reaction to come both on the website and in print during the week.
AUTOSPORT Live returns for Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix from 2.30pm UK on Friday, June 6th.
Race Centre Live will also be back next weekend, bringing you as it happens coverage of WRC Italy and tin-top action courtesy of the BTCC at Oulton Park and the WTCC in Moscow.
See you then.
IndyCar - Detroit: Helio wins! He was a class apart today. Power hangs on for second ahead of Kimball, Dixon and Hinchcliffe. That's a Penske clean-sweep for the weekend.
IndyCar - Detroit: Big lunge from Hinchcliffe on Kimball for third. It doesn't work, they briefly touch, and the Canadian topples back two places.
IndyCar - Detroit: There will be three laps to go at the restart. Order: Castroneves, Power, Kimball, Hinchcliffe, Dixon.
IndyCar - Detroit: Shame for Castroneves, who really looked strong on that restart. Hinchcliffe was also good on that first lap under green, and made up two places.
We just saw a replay of Sato's exit - he got a bit of help from Andretti.
By the way, during the previous caution period Hunter-Reay retired with an electrical problem, ending a miserable weekend for the Indy 500 winner.
We just saw a replay of Sato's exit - he got a bit of help from Andretti.
By the way, during the previous caution period Hunter-Reay retired with an electrical problem, ending a miserable weekend for the Indy 500 winner.
IndyCar - Detroit: Castroneves has pulled away, and Dixon was sizing Power up for second. He made a move, got onto the dirty side of the track, and got just out of shape enough for team-mate Kimball to skip past into third.
IndyCar - Detroit: We haven't mentioned Sebastien Bourdais so far today, but we will now - because he's in the wall.
The caution is the last thing Castroneves wanted to see, because now he faces a restart with Power all over his rear.
The caution is the last thing Castroneves wanted to see, because now he faces a restart with Power all over his rear.
IndyCar - Detroit: We should also mention that fourth-place is currently occupied by Kimball, who started 20th. He's under some pressure from Pagenaud.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power is taking 0.6s-0.8s per lap out of Castroneves, but he has a huge task ahead - his team-mate is still 10.1s down the road with 15 laps to go. Dixon is still right behind Power in third, which would be a great result given that he started from the back.
NASCAR - Dover: Johnson owned the final restart, and kept Keselowski at bay to score victory. Kenseth finished third, ahead of Bowyer, Hamlin, Truex and Stewart.
NASCAR - Dover: As we get to the business end of this race, the restart order is Johnson, Kenseth, Keselowski, Boywer.
NASCAR - Dover: We're going to have a four-lap shoot-out to the finish. Or a green-white-chequered...
NASCAR - Dover: Everyone from sixth place back has pitted, but Johnson stays out in the lead. This should be good when we go back to green.
IndyCar - Detroit: Problems for Rahal, who appears to have clipped a wall and is limping around with a wonky left-rear.
Up front, normal service has resumed: Castroneves rejoined in the lead, 12s ahead of Power, with Dixon in third.
Up front, normal service has resumed: Castroneves rejoined in the lead, 12s ahead of Power, with Dixon in third.
NASCAR - Dover: Keselowski grabs second from Kenseth as the yellow flies for debris from the shattered tyre of Casey Mears. Grandstand finish, anyone?
NASCAR - Dover: Johnson has done a great job of managing the lead, and with 10 laps to go he has a 2s lead over Kenseth and Keselowski.
IndyCar - Detroit: Helio pits from the lead. He had a lead of about 13.0s. Power pits from P2 at the same time, and Dixon now leads.
IndyCar - Detroit: Hinchcliffe pits from fourth. With every lap that passes under green, this is looking better and better for Castroneves.
NASCAR - Dover: Johnson takes the lead back almost immediately. Kenseth also passes Bowyer for second.
NASCAR - Dover: Bowyer restarts in the lead, but how long are those old left-side tyres going to last in this sprint to the finish?
IndyCar - Detroit: Conway pits. Those tyres were absolutely torched.
Castroneves leads team-mate Power by just over 12s, with Pagenaud in third.
Castroneves leads team-mate Power by just over 12s, with Pagenaud in third.
NASCAR - Dover: Frantic action on pitlane, and the race off it is won by Bowyer (taking a two-tyre gamble) from Johnson, Kenseth, Stewart and Keselowski.
IndyCar - Detroit: No penalty for Briscoe. He can consider himself a bit lucky there.
Ed Carpenter Racing is tweeting about how Conway is experiencing no drop-off on his ageing reds, but the lap times appear to show otherwise. Not only that, he's just had the mother of all lock-ups.
Trouble also for Hunter-Reay, who was running out of fuel. He loses a pile of positions and rolls into the pits for a top-up.
Ed Carpenter Racing is tweeting about how Conway is experiencing no drop-off on his ageing reds, but the lap times appear to show otherwise. Not only that, he's just had the mother of all lock-ups.
Trouble also for Hunter-Reay, who was running out of fuel. He loses a pile of positions and rolls into the pits for a top-up.
IndyCar - Detroit: No he won't - Castroneves managed to get out ahead of Conway. That was pretty impressive.
Less impressive is Briscoe's attempt to slide in between Hawksworth and Sato at Turn 3. There was no gap there, and Sato ends up being spun. Meanwhile, Hawksworth gets a penalty for pitlane speeding.
Less impressive is Briscoe's attempt to slide in between Hawksworth and Sato at Turn 3. There was no gap there, and Sato ends up being spun. Meanwhile, Hawksworth gets a penalty for pitlane speeding.
NASCAR - Dover: Less than 50 to go now, and Keselowski is reeling in leader Johnson, the gap currently 2.6s.
IndyCar - Detroit: Castroneves pits from the lead, and most of the other cars around him will do the same in the next lap or so. Once all of this cycles through, Conway will lead from Power.
IndyCar - Detroit: Castroneves has a pretty handy lead over Hawksworth: right now it's about 7.1s. But if yesterday's race taught us anything, it's that track position right now is no indication of what lies ahead. There are too many different strategies playing out, and we don't know when the next yellow might fall.
NASCAR - Dover: Stewart grabs third from Gordon after a scary moment in traffic, and Kenseth passes Gordon a lap later.
IndyCar - Detroit: And that's exactly what they do, along with Kimball and Andetti. New leader: Castroneves ahead of Hawksworth.
IndyCar - Detroit: Power pits for a new set of tyres and rejoins directly ahead of ... Pagenaud. Aleshin now leads from Dixon, but both will pit at any time now.
NASCAR - Dover: Final green flag pitstops (probably) are complete, with Johnson leading Keselowski and Gordon. Stewart is up to fourth, ahead of Kenseth.
IndyCar - Detroit: Conway pits and switches to the red tyres. His lead was 11.0s, and he rejoins eighth. He's the only driver in the field on the softer rubber.
Power now leads from Aleshin.
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