Weekend review and results round-up
Valencia has tended to be a rather flat weekend in the past - but not this time. Coming straight after the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting, the event started with feverish debate over the implications of the 2011 announcements, particularly the arrival of Pirelli as the sport's new tyre supplier and the introduction of moveable rear wing devices to aid overtaking
The incident-packed race saw Sebastian Vettel return to the top step of the podium while his Red Bull team-mate Mark Webber had a remarkable escape from a horrifying aerial accident. It was the safety car period for the latter that prompted the biggest fall-out - with Ferrari enraged not just that its cars had been trapped behind the pace car, but that Lewis Hamilton's penalty for passing it had little effect on the result.
The support races in Valencia were no less eventful, but amid mayhem in GP2 and GP3 it was points leader Pastor Maldonado and Esteban Gutierrez who had the most productive weekends.
Elsewhere, Jorge Lorenzo tightened his grip on MotoGP with another win in the Dutch TT, on a weekend when his absent team-mate Valentino Rossi announced that he planned to return for the Czech Grand Prix in mid-August.
The F1 sessions
Rosberg quickest in first Europe practice
Alonso tops second practice in Valencia
Vettel tops final European GP practice
Vettel leads all-Red Bull front row
Vettel wins controversial European GP
The F1 headlines
Renault, Mercedes fit blown diffusers
Pirelli to use new GP2 car for testing
FIA fines and disqualifies US F1
Drivers unimpressed by rear wing plan
Horner: Pirelli can boost Formula 1 show
Bridgestone predicts uneventful race
Red Bull to race F-duct for first time
Schumacher insists he is not downbeat
Teams seek to clarify testing rules
Drivers urged not to judge wing rule
Kovalainen: Webber was caught out
Angry Alonso says race 'manipulated'
Nine drivers given five-second penalties
Ferrari calls for SC rules rethink
The motorsport action
MotoGP: Lorenzo wins again at Assen
Moto2: Iannone dominates Assen Moto2
125cc: Marquez extends winning streak
GP2: Maldonado wins chaotic feature race
GP2: Ericsson win tainted by Kral crash
GP3: Gutierrez extends points lead with win
GP3: Muller wins eventful Valencia race
IRC: Loix claims sixth Ypres victory
Superleague: Buurman wins race one for AC Milan
Superleague: Parente wins race two for Porto
Superleague: Van der Drift wins Super Final again
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