Acropolis Rally, Mugello MotoGP weekend
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MotoGP - Mugello Moto3: Final lap: Luis Salom still leads - and it's a big gap! He eked out an advantage as those behind him scrapped. Marquez and Rins head the chasing pack. Here we go...
Breaking news
Blancpain - Silverstone: Frederic Makowiecki put the factory Aston Martin he shares with Darren Turner and Stefan Mucke on pole for this afternoon's three-hour race.
Full qualifying report
Crash
MotoGP - Mugello Moto3: Victory for Luis Salom! He holds off Rins and Vinales, who hauls himself on to the podium to maintain his rostrum run. But behind the lead group, there's a multi-bike crash at the final corner and Matteo Ferrari is stretchered away.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Mugello Moto3 Results: 1 Salom; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Oliveira; 5 Marquez; 6 Folger; 7 Antonelli; 8 Ajo; 9 Granado; 10 Miller.
European F3 - Spielberg: Another frantic race goes the way of Rosenqvist, who has gone from 77.5 to 27.5 points behind Marciello over the course of the weekend. Incidentally, AUTOSPORT lost a bet with Italian publication Autosprint, predicting after qualifying that Marciello's lead would still be at least 50 points by the end of the weekend.
European F3 - Spielberg: Championship positions after Race 3: 1 Marciello, 239.5; 2 Rosenqvist, 212; 3 Auer, 165; 4 Lynn, 133.5; 5 Tincknell, 130; 6 Blomqvist, 94.5; 7 Serralles, 76; 8 King 76; 9 Muller, 60; 10 Hill, 56.
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MotoGP - Mugello Moto3: A very happy Luis Salom: "I had a good last part of the race. At the beginning I was looking and staying calm. It was a hard group - Marquez had a lot of power; Alex and Maverick were really fast. It was a difficult race. I am happy I won."
Vinales, who is still yet to finish off the podium in 2013, has seen his championship lead slashed. "Third position is a victory for me," he reckons. "I had some engine problems."
Blancpain - Silverstone: Hexis Racing boss Philippe Dumas has revealed that he'll be wearing one of old mate Frederic Makowiecki's helmets when he returns to the cockpit at the Le Mans 24 Hours with the Larbre Chevy team.
The rise and rise of the driver and Hexis team are intertwinned, so he reckons it's a "nice story".
There is another reason: an international-spec carbon-fibre helmet comes in at something like €5000 these days.
The rise and rise of the driver and Hexis team are intertwinned, so he reckons it's a "nice story".
There is another reason: an international-spec carbon-fibre helmet comes in at something like €5000 these days.
Breaking news
European F3 - Spielberg: It's been a perfect weekend for Felix Rosenqvist with three wins from three races, bringing him a big step closer to points leader Raffaelle Marciello.
Full race three report
Full race three report
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: The Moto2 race is next up in Italy, scheduled for a 10:20am GMT start. Le Mans winner Scott Redding - the only non-Spaniard to win in MotoGP so far this year - starts from pole. He was pretty chuffed yesterday - it was a great effort from the championship leader after a heavy crash in practice.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Riders making their way round for the start at Mugello.
Redding was fastest in this morning's warm-up and, in cooler conditions, was quicker than he went in yesterday's qualifying. And that was good enough for pole...
Redding was fastest in this morning's warm-up and, in cooler conditions, was quicker than he went in yesterday's qualifying. And that was good enough for pole...
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FR3.5 - Spa: Da Costa blames himself for qualifying only sixth:
"I'm just trying too hard at the moment and that's why the mistakes are happening. I was on a lap good enough fo second and I went off [at the exit of Fagnes].
"We don't have an answer for Kevin [Magnussen, polesitter] but our car is normally better in the race so let's see what we can do."
"I'm just trying too hard at the moment and that's why the mistakes are happening. I was on a lap good enough fo second and I went off [at the exit of Fagnes].
"We don't have an answer for Kevin [Magnussen, polesitter] but our car is normally better in the race so let's see what we can do."
Lights out
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Redding gets away well but Takaaki Nakagami storms into the lead. The Briton drops to third but immediately passes Terol - up from fifth - and is now on the back of the Japanese for the lead at the end of the first lap. Indonesian riders Doni Pradita and Rafid Sucipto clash and are out.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Nakagami leads but Redding and Terol are right with him. Zarco and Rabat are also in close proximity while just behind them Mika Kallio has had a great opening couple of laps to rise from 13th on the grid to sixth. What of Espargaro? He's down in 12th...
Gary Paffett
DTM -Spielberg: Mercedes confirmed to AUTOSPORT that the ECU on Gary Paffett's engine has been reset following his engine problems in qualifying. No parc ferme rules were broken during this, so there will be no grid penalty for the Brit, who is due to start ninth.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Redding leads after putting a nice move on Nakagami through into Poggio Secco. Including that overtake, he sets a new fastest lap of the race - the Briton's breaking the two from Terol, who has passed the Japanese, too. Half a second between first and second while Nakagami runs wide at San Donato and drops behind Zarco.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Good news for Redding, who continues to lead - Esteve Rabat, second in the championship, ran straight on at San Donato and has dropped to 27th. The Briton has a 24-point lead in the championship as it is. Terol and Zarco were honing in on him out in front but the gap's increased now.
Acropolis Rally: The final loop of two back-to-back stages is about to get underway in Greece.
Current top 10: 1 Latvala; 2 Sordo; 3 Neuville; 4 Mikkelsen; 5 Al-Attiyah; 6 Ostberg; 7 Prokop; 8 Hirvonen; 9 Novikov; 10 Ogier.
If it stays that way, Latvala will jump from fourth to second in the championship.
Current top 10: 1 Latvala; 2 Sordo; 3 Neuville; 4 Mikkelsen; 5 Al-Attiyah; 6 Ostberg; 7 Prokop; 8 Hirvonen; 9 Novikov; 10 Ogier.
If it stays that way, Latvala will jump from fourth to second in the championship.
Crash
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Nakagami out. For the second time in a row he's crashed from a promising position, this time he was fourth in the lead train but just lost it on entry to Scarparia and the bike slid away. Meanwhile, Terol takes the lead from Redding.
Crash
Blancpain - Silverstone: Some destructive support race news, one of the Lamborghini Super Trophy cars just managed to punch a hole in the barriers on the Wellington Straight!
Red flag
Blancpain - Silverstone: Oh dear, race control has realised the severity of the barrier damage, and the Lamborghini Super Trophy event has been halted for repairs. Alessandro Bortesi was the man who crashed, he's fine. His car is not. Expensive!
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: The front three are separated by almost nothing. Redding moves back in to the lead at Luco having shadowed Terol for several laps. Meanwhile, on Pol-watch: Espargaro is only ninth. He's really struggling to make headway.
Mikko Hirvonen
Acropolis Rally: First three cars are through the penultimate stage. Mikko Hirvonen is five seconds slower than Sebastien Ogier and Evgeny Novikov and co-driver Jarmo Lehtinen smells a rat, suggesting to the marshals that the Citroen's time is incorrect.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Great work from Redding. He's edged further and further clear in recent laps and for the first time his advantage is more than a second. Terol's attention may be starting to shift to Zarco. Just over three laps to go, while further back Xavier Simoen has crashed out.
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Pol-watch: A storming few laps from Espargaro has launched him up to fourth place. That's a good effort considering he was marooned in the lower reaches of the top 10 for so long. Last lap for Redding and he has a two second lead.
Blancpain - Silverstone: AUTOSPORT editor Charles Bradley has tracked down the wreckage of the Lamborghini that just smashed a hole in the barrier in a support race. Driver Alessandro Bortesi was unhurt.
Acropolis Rally: Leader Jari-Matti Latvala makes it through the penultimate stage with no problems.
The powerstage is kicking off already. Latvala emphasises he's thinking "more about winning the rally" than getting the bonus points.
The powerstage is kicking off already. Latvala emphasises he's thinking "more about winning the rally" than getting the bonus points.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Mugello Moto2: Victory for Redding - what a crushing performance from the Briton. He shadowed Terol until he felt the need to pass him. It's the first time a British rider has won back-to-back races in MotoGP's middle class since 1971. Great stuff, and his championship lead will be very nice indeed - Rabat, who was second, only recovered to 13th.
Results: 1 Redding; 2 Terol; 3 Zarco; 4 Espargaro; 5 Kallio; 6 Torres; 7 Corsi; 8 Luthi; 9 De Angelis; 10 Aegerter.
Results: 1 Redding; 2 Terol; 3 Zarco; 4 Espargaro; 5 Kallio; 6 Torres; 7 Corsi; 8 Luthi; 9 De Angelis; 10 Aegerter.
Acropolis Rally - stage 13 results:
Stage: 1 Mikkelsen; 2 Al-Attiyah + 4.5s; 3 Novikov + 5.3s; 4 Ostberg + 5.6s; 5 Latvala + 5.7s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Sordo + 1m28.8s; 3 Neuville + 1m58.2s; 4 Mikkelsen + 3m56.7s: 5 Al-Attiyah + 4m03.1s.
Stage: 1 Mikkelsen; 2 Al-Attiyah + 4.5s; 3 Novikov + 5.3s; 4 Ostberg + 5.6s; 5 Latvala + 5.7s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Sordo + 1m28.8s; 3 Neuville + 1m58.2s; 4 Mikkelsen + 3m56.7s: 5 Al-Attiyah + 4m03.1s.
Blancpain - Silverstone: SRO's Sam Smith has told AUTOSPORT's Peter Mills the Lamborghini race is estimated to be restarted at 12.25 local time. The remainder of Silverstone's race timetable should not be affected.
The number seven Polishchuk/Bortesi Lamborghini took down about five metres of armco, after Chapel Curve, in a heavy shunt. The driver reportedly escaped serious injury.
The number seven Polishchuk/Bortesi Lamborghini took down about five metres of armco, after Chapel Curve, in a heavy shunt. The driver reportedly escaped serious injury.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Red Bull Formula 1 tech chief Adrian Newey's Lamborghini Super Trophy race was a very short one. He shunted his car on his warm-up lap.
"I was in second gear, weaving to get heat in the tyres and just lost it on the straight," Newey tells AUTOSPORT.
He is unhurt.
Acropolis Rally: Sebastien Ogier finishes the rally. He will be 10th unless anyone ahead retires. It's the first time he has been out of the top two all year.
"It's not the weekend we expected, but that's how it is," he shrugs.
Will he get the three powerstage bonus points too?
"It's not the weekend we expected, but that's how it is," he shrugs.
Will he get the three powerstage bonus points too?
Acropolis Rally: No powerstage push for Evgeny Novikov. He comes through 9s down on Ogier to secure ninth place in a rally he could have won.
Acropolis Rally: Looking good for Ogier to get the powerstage score so far. Mikko Hirvonen is slower, Mads Ostberg's splits are down and the top three are unlikely to be going hard at it.
Main threats for the three points might be Andreas Mikkelsen and Nasser Al-Attiyah, whose battle for fourth is not over yet.
Main threats for the three points might be Andreas Mikkelsen and Nasser Al-Attiyah, whose battle for fourth is not over yet.
DTM - Spielberg: Rain half an hour before the start has threatened to throw a spanner in the works. Wet tyres have now been admitted by race control, meaning that drivers will be allowed to switch from their pre-designated slick selection for the start.
Acropolis Rally: Mads Ostberg picks up another puncture on the powerstage.
It won't affect his sixth place, but it sums up his weekend.
"Unbelievable really," he says. "At first I didn't believe it was a puncture because it happened so suddenly under braking on the Tarmac. But it smells like a puncture."
It won't affect his sixth place, but it sums up his weekend.
"Unbelievable really," he says. "At first I didn't believe it was a puncture because it happened so suddenly under braking on the Tarmac. But it smells like a puncture."
Red flag
FR3.5 - Spa: Stoppage in the Formula Renault Eurocup race after a huge shunt at Eau Rouge where two cars went into the tyre wall together. The drivers involved were Stefan Wackerbauer and Gregor Ramsay.
The latter stayed in his car for a few minutes after the crash, but eventually climbed out under his own power and walked away.
The latter stayed in his car for a few minutes after the crash, but eventually climbed out under his own power and walked away.
Acropolis Rally: Andreas Mikkelsen stalls near the end of the stage, might he lose fourth to Nasser Al-Attiyah...?
DTM -Spielberg: Crucially, this wet-tyre allowance means that there is no stipulation to use both opton and standard slicks during the race.
DTM - Spielberg: The rain was just a passing sprinkling. The track is almost bone dry and all cars appear to be on slicks; Dirk Werner the highest-placed driver starting on standards in 10th as the warm-up lap begins.
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Peter Mills, Mark Glendenning, Jamie O'Leary, Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley
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