Acropolis Rally, Mugello MotoGP weekend
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IndyCar - Detroit: Nice twist on the standard pre-race driver introductions here in Detroit: each driver is being accompanied onto the stage by his pit crew.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: The next round of green-flag pitstops are starting. Johnson had been running a comfortable second clear of Truex.
Detroit - IndyCar: In other pre-race news, AUTOSPORT was the lucky winner of a media centre door prize sponsored by the Canadian city of Windsor, which is literally on the other side of the Detroit river. Unfortunately, the prize consists of various bottles of liquid that can't be taken on planes.
It does raise the question of whether there is a major race circuit closer to an international border than Belle Isle is. Even in Monaco you have to traipse up the hill a bit before you end up in France.
It does raise the question of whether there is a major race circuit closer to an international border than Belle Isle is. Even in Monaco you have to traipse up the hill a bit before you end up in France.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: The leaders completed those pitstops smoothly, with the only change being that Johnson's lead has grown to 2.3s over Truex. 160 laps to go.
IndyCar - Detroit: More specific to the series was the announcement of the long-term technical developments plan.
Derrick Walker, IndyCar's new president of competition and operations, shed light on the direction in which the series will head from 2015 through to 2021.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: A change for second place, as Kyle Busch sneaks past Martin Truex Jr as they try to hack through very heavy traffic.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Teams braced for a yellow as Landon Cassill's Circle Sport Chevrolet began to fishtail with a tyre or suspension problem. But Cassill made it back to the pits and the race stayed green.
Yellow flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Heartbreak for Martin Truex Jr. The third-placed car slows with smoke pouring from the rear. The fourth yellow of the race comes out.
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MotoGP - Mugello: Bradley Smith has tweeted a picture of his injured finger ahead of a skin graft tomorrow. Not for the faint hearted...
Smith made it to the flag in ninth place today.
Smith made it to the flag in ninth place today.
Auto GP - Silverstone: Before our single-seater attention turns to IndyCar, a quick look at how the Auto GP title fight looks after Silverstone. Kimiya Sato’s
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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Martin Truex Jr on the engine failure that just took him out of third:
"It hurts, especially with where we're at in the points. But we had a great race car today. Sitting there running second, third and fourth all day long, just a little bit away from having something for the win... I just wish we could've had one more crack at it in the pits and raced to the flag."
"It hurts, especially with where we're at in the points. But we had a great race car today. Sitting there running second, third and fourth all day long, just a little bit away from having something for the win... I just wish we could've had one more crack at it in the pits and raced to the flag."
Checkered flag
Brazilian V8s - Brasilia: Caca Bueno narrowly beat Daniel Serra in the fifth round of the Brazilian V8 Stock Car championship. Bueno had started third, behind Thiago Camilo - who completed the podium - and Marcos Gomes, who tumbled to 13th.
Results: 1 Bueno; 2 Serra; 3 Camilo; 4 Rubens Barrichello; 5 Ricardo Mauricio.
Results: 1 Bueno; 2 Serra; 3 Camilo; 4 Rubens Barrichello; 5 Ricardo Mauricio.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Restart with 113 laps to go and Kasey Kahne forges up from fifth to second behind Hendrick team-mate Jimmie Johnson.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kyle Busch has slipped to fifth and now has brother Kurt all over the back of him...
...and now ahead of him.
...and now ahead of him.
Crash
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Yellow with exactly 100 laps to go as Ryan Newman and David Gilliland tangle at Turn 2 and both end up in the wall.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Gilliland walks straight over to Newman's car and leans into the window to express his view...
Now Newman is getting out of the car too as Gilliland walks away.
Now Newman is getting out of the car too as Gilliland walks away.
Checkered flag
TC2000 - La Pampa: Matias Rossi won a tightly-contested Argentinian touring car race in La Pampa to claim his second victory of the season. It extends his lead in the standings after defending champion Jose Maria Lopez - who was second in the championship - was one of seven cars not to complete the first lap.
Results: 1 Rossi; 2 Facundo Ardusso; 3 Mariano Werner; 4 Bernardo Llaver; 5 Emiliano Spataro.
Results: 1 Rossi; 2 Facundo Ardusso; 3 Mariano Werner; 4 Bernardo Llaver; 5 Emiliano Spataro.
Crash
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Newman had nudged Gilliland's car several times before it eventually slid into the Turn 2 wall, only to then spin down into its aggressor and take both to the inside barrier.
IndyCar - Detroit: On the screens is a clip of Alex Tagliani, who is showing us the hyperbaric chamber he had in his hotel room to help him to recover from yesterday's race in time to do it all again today. Detroit is one of the most physically punishing tracks on the calendar, and most drivers admit that they're going to be pretty sore by tomorrow.
The race start is just a few minutes away.
The race start is just a few minutes away.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Most of the leaders pitted under caution and Johnson fell behind Kahne, Montoya and Earnhardt.
But they're all behind Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Keselowski and Edwards, who chose not to pit.
But they're all behind Hamlin, Kurt Busch, Keselowski and Edwards, who chose not to pit.
Green flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Hamlin holds Kurt Busch to reclaim the lead as the race goes green.
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MotoGP - Mugello: Courtesy of SMARTFotos, we have some snaps of the damage done to bikes of Valentino Rossi and Alvaro Bautista in their first lap clash earlier today.
Here's what Rossi thought about it: "On the second corner I was on the outside already in front of Bautista. For me, from the inside he opened the throttle to close the line so he doesn't lose another position but I was already in front so he came to me and took me on the boot."
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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: David Gilliland's verdict on Ryan Newman easing him into the wall and out of the race: "Ryan just wrecked us. I said 'what were you thinking?' It was just way too aggressive."
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Hamlin leads Kurt Busch and Edwards, while the next eight cars are battling as one, headed by Montoya and Keselowski.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Green flag.
Crash
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: In the middle of the wild pack, Kahne gets sideways and spins into the Turn 1 wall. Another yellow.
Crash
IndyCar - Detroit: For the second time in 24 hours, Allmendinger has crashed on the first lap. We're under yellows.
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MotoGP - Mugello: Both bikes were relatively unscathed given the nature of the collision - it did look rather spectacular on camera. Bautista's bike looks slightly worse for wear.
His view? "There is not much I can say, really. Unfortunately, in Turn 3 I made contact with Valentino and we both crashed out of a race that was very important for both of us.
"Valentino and I have watched the incident back together in Race Direction and it was just a racing incident that leaves us both with a bitter taste in the mouth, but neither of us is to blame."
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Pit strategies split under yellow. It's just possible to make it to the finish from here. Kurt Busch and Jeff Gordon stay out and go into first and second.
Next up: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.
Next up: Denny Hamlin, Jimmie Johnson, Carl Edwards, Juan Pablo Montoya, Kyle Busch and Kevin Harvick.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Still under yellows, and mysteriously, Will Power is in the lead. Race control is reviewing how he got there, but TV seems to have missed it.
Green flag
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: 76 laps to go as the race returns to green. Jimmie Johnson swiftly passes Jeff Gordon then Kurt Busch to retake the lead.
IndyCar - Detroit: Race control declared that Power was leading legitimately, but it's a moot point as Conway got him again on the restart.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Montoya taps Kurt Busch sideways and takes second. Kurt Busch taps Montoya sideways and takes second back again...
Crash
IndyCar - Detroit: Simona de Silvestro's day ends in the barriers at Turn 8. That was odd - her car just didn't appear to turn. It was a heavy hit, but she's fine.
Just before the yellows, Conway was more than 3.0s ahead of Power, but he's running the harder black tyres while Power is on the reds. Several cars in the middle of the pack have taken advantage of the caution to get rid of their soft tyres.
Just before the yellows, Conway was more than 3.0s ahead of Power, but he's running the harder black tyres while Power is on the reds. Several cars in the middle of the pack have taken advantage of the caution to get rid of their soft tyres.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: The replay shows something falling off de Silvestro's car one corner before her accident.
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IndyCar - Detroit: Simona de Silvestro:
"It was quite a hard hit because there's no tyre [barrier] there. I'm not sure what happened - went to turn, and it just wouldn't turn and went straight into the wall "
"It was quite a hard hit because there's no tyre [barrier] there. I'm not sure what happened - went to turn, and it just wouldn't turn and went straight into the wall "
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kurt Busch pits from second. There was no chance of him making it to the flag without a lot of yellows.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Just as we were about to tell you about the restart, we're back under yellows. Ed Carpenter got into the back of Alex Tagliani and knocked the Canadian against the wall. Both are in the pits having broken wings replaced.
In the race, Power (P2), Pagenaud (P3) and Briscoe (P16) are the only drivers on the red tyres.
In the race, Power (P2), Pagenaud (P3) and Briscoe (P16) are the only drivers on the red tyres.
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Marc Marquez
MotoGP - Mugello: Marc Marquez's Mugello weekend featured three practice crashes and a fall when second in the closing stages of the race. But he shrugged it off as a flurry of rookie errors.
"If I'm honest, I made a mistake. We cannot forget that this is my first year. This can happen and I need to learn and be better for the next race.
"[Before the crash] I was better than we expected. My rhythm was quite good and I followed Dani and Jorge [Lorenzo] in the beginning. I tried to attack a little bit because I was faster than Dani [Pedrosa]."
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Peter Mills, Mark Glendenning, Jamie O'Leary, Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley
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