Acropolis Rally, Mugello MotoGP weekend
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Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Spa: Second practice: 1 Muller; 2 Magnussen; 3 da Costa; 4 Vandoorne; 5 Stevens; 6 Sorensen; 7 Webb; 8 Foresti; 9 Sainz; 10 Negrao.
Tony Kanaan
IndyCar - Detroit: The Detroit weekend follows hot on the heels of the series' showpiece Indianapolis 500, which was won by Tony Kanaan.
Column - Kanaan at Indy: the heartbreak is over
Retro interview - Kanaan's rags to riches tale
Marco Andretti
IndyCar - Detroit: Marco Andretti hasn't won a race yet this year, but top seven finishes at every round so far put him a narrow 11 points clear of Long Beach winner Takuma Sato.
No one from Penske or Ganassi has won a race yet this year, as Andretti, Foyt and KV share the glory.
IndyCar standings after five of 19 rounds:
1 Marco Andretti 168
2 Takuma Sato 157
3 Helio Castroneves 152
4 Ryan Hunter-Reay 138
5 James Hinchcliffe 128
Full season statistics on FORIX
There are some significant entry changes for Detroit, with Panther ditching JR Hildebrand for Ryan Briscoe, the sister Panther DRR team and driver Oriol Servia dropping out of the series, and 2011 Long Beach victor Mike Conway returning to take the ex-Ana Beatriz seat alongside Justin Wilson at Dale Coyne Racing.
Red flag
Silverstone - Auto GP: The second red flag of the afternoon has been caused by Tamas Pal Kiss hitting trouble at Turn 10.
Green flag
Auto GP - Silverstone: Narain Karthikeyan had taken provisional pole from Kevin Giovesi two minutes before the stoppage.
Karthikeyan is P1 on 1m46.286s; Giovesi is second on 1m46.345s and the stranded car of Vittorio Ghirelli is third. Pal Kiss is fourth and Virtuosi UK's Andrea Roda holds provisional fifth place.
There are now green flags and three minutes remaining.
Karthikeyan is P1 on 1m46.286s; Giovesi is second on 1m46.345s and the stranded car of Vittorio Ghirelli is third. Pal Kiss is fourth and Virtuosi UK's Andrea Roda holds provisional fifth place.
There are now green flags and three minutes remaining.
FR3.5 - Spa: It's interesting to see Nico Muller topping free practice here. After his Monaco victory he declared that his Draco team's early-season progress could only be judged this weekend on a "real" track. For the record, the second Draco car of Andre Negrao was 10th today.
DTM: Spielberg: The VW Scirocco R-Cup cars are currently on track for practice. In the 'celebrity' cars this weekend are Christian Danner, Klaus Niedzwiedz, Hans-Joachim Stuck and his son Johannes.
Checkered flag
Auto GP - Silverstone - qualifying results: 1 Karthikeyan; 2 Giovesi; 3 Ghirelli; 4 Kiss; 5 Roda; 6 Sato; 7 van Buuren; 8 de Jong; 9 Visoiu; 10 Snegirev.
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit:This has to be some sort of record. I was just about to report that the track is green for practice, but after less than a minute we're already under reds because Josef Newgarden has stopped on the straight. He doesn't appear to have hit anything.
IndyCar - Detroit: With this weekend being a double-header, this 75 minute session is the only opportunity that the drivers will get to practice before qualifying later today.
Sebastien Ogier
Acropolis Rally: Greece's WRC round is about to get underway in earnest, starting with the monster 47-kilometre Kineta stage, which VW described as a "sledgehammer start".
Sebastien Ogier was fastest in qualifying this morning.
IndyCar - Detroit: Lots of speculation about how the drivers will handle the physical demands of two full-length races in one weekend, but AUTOSPORT will be fine - the media centre includes a 'relaxation zone', complete with free massages. You don't get that in Formula 1.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: We're back underway. Meanwhile, Sarah Fisher Hartman says that Newgarden's car suffered a fuel pressure problem.
DTM - Spielberg: Currently top of the Scirocco times is Kelvin van der Linde. Sound familiar? He should do. Dad Shaun and Grandad Hennie were both multiple South African racing champions while uncle Etienne won the 1998 Formula Opel Euro Series (although we remember him best for his race wins in Formula Renault UK in '97).
Twitter
MotoGP - Mugello: Moto3 star Maverick Vinales takes to Twitter to wish battered MotoGP aces Marc Marquez and Bradley Smith rapid recoveries after their practice tumbles:
"I hope you'll be OK to ride tomorrow @marcmarquez93 and @BradleySmith38! you're strong riders ;) Gas!"
"I hope you'll be OK to ride tomorrow @marcmarquez93 and @BradleySmith38! you're strong riders ;) Gas!"
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Second stoppage of the day as Ryan Briscoe's Panther career begins with a spin and stall at T11.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Wildlife on track! Less than a minute after the restart, we have yellows. The reason: a mother duck and her four ducklings are on the racing line at T11. All cars avoided them, and comedy now abounds as track workers chase them all over the place.
IndyCar - Detroit: Back underway. There are only 43 minutes of the session left and no-one has done more than four laps yet, so it's a safe bet that everyone would appreciate a spell free of spins and ducks.
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit: ... but they're not going to get one. Scott Dixon has stopped on the track.
Mads Ostberg
Acropolis Rally: Mads Ostberg drops 2m22.4 in the first three miles of SS1. Suspected puncture. Latvala also steady in opening split, but the Finn's pace is improving as this 30-miler unfolds. Hirvonen quickest at the moment, taking 42 seconds out of first on the road Khalid Al-Qassimi. All priority drivers in the stage.
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Qualifying's going to be a crapshoot if things continue like this. Hinchcliffe walled it at the exit of Turn 1, although he doesn't seem to have done too much damage to the car.
Acropolis Rally: Problem for Ogier in third split. He's dropped 1m14.7s in one split and is now two minutes down on fastest man in the stage Evgeny Novikov. Puncture?
Acropolis Rally: Ogier and Hirvonen stopped in the stage.
Acropolis Rally: Both Volkswagens through SS1 have reported handbrake problems despite the team being confident they had fixed the issue on the Polo R WRC. Ogier and Hirvonen moving again, but slowly.
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Is this the sixth red flag? Culprit on this occasion is James Jakes, who has stopped on the track. With 16 minutes left, Will Power is currently P1.
Acropolis Rally: Steering problem for Hirvonen. Al-Attiyah hits the Finn in an effort to get past the stricken Citroen.
Darrell Wallace Jr
NASCAR - Dover: A bit of history in the NASCAR Truck Series as 19-year-old rookie Darrell Wallace Jr, driving for Kyle Busch's team, takes his maiden pole.
Here's the full top 10: 1 Wallace; 2 Chase Elliott; 3 Jeb Burton; 4 Ryan Blaney; 5 Kyle Busch; 6 Ty Dillon; 7 Matt Crafton; 8 German Quiroga Jr; 9 Max Gresham; 10 Johnny Sauter.
Acropolis Rally: Evgeny Novikov leads Dani Sordo by 20.6 seconds after one stage. His M-Sport team-mate Ostberg drops more than three minutes when: "The wheel fell off." Ogier not moving due to technical problem.
Acropolis Rally: For the first time this year, the winner of a World Rally Championship round won't be called Sebastien.
Acropolis Rally: And the drama continues into WRC 2 with Robert Kubica stopping momentarily halfway through the stage.
Acropolis Rally - SS1 result: 1 Novikov; 2 Sordo + 20.6s; 3 Latvala + 36.3s; 4 Neuville + 38.3s; 5 Mikkelsen + 54.4s.
Acropolis Rally: Ogier back under Rally 2 regs tomorrow. He'll be 10 minutes down with the penalties... maybe he can still win!
IndyCar - Detroit: Practice ends with Alex Tagliani on top.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Detroit - practice results: 1 Tagliani; 2 Dixon; 3 Newgarden; 4 Power; 5 Hunter-Reay; 6 Conway; 7 Jakes; 8 Castroneves; 9 Pagenaud; 10 Sato.
Checkered flag
NASCAR - Dover - practice one results: 1 Jimmie Johnson; 2 Kasey Kahne; 3 Kyle Busch; 4 Kurt Busch; 5 Jamie McMurray; 6 Denny Hamlin; 7 Brad Keselowski; 8 Joey Logano; 9 Ryan Newman; 10 Jeff Gordon.
Checkered flag
European F3 - Spielberg - qualifying part one results:
Fastest times (race one grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Rosenqvist; 3 Wolf; 4 Cheever; 5 King; 6 Latifi; 7 Auer; 8 Tincknell; 9 Muller; 10 Hill.
Second-fastest time (race three grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Wolf; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 Latifi; 5 Hill; 6 Cheever; 7 Muller; 8 Tincknell; 9 King; 10 Lewis.
Fastest times (race one grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Rosenqvist; 3 Wolf; 4 Cheever; 5 King; 6 Latifi; 7 Auer; 8 Tincknell; 9 Muller; 10 Hill.
Second-fastest time (race three grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Wolf; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 Latifi; 5 Hill; 6 Cheever; 7 Muller; 8 Tincknell; 9 King; 10 Lewis.
Checkered flag
European F3 - Spielberg - qualifying part two results:
(Race three grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Marciello; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 King; 5 Latifi; 6 Wolf; 7 Mardenborough; 8 Tincknell; 9 Auer; 10 Giovinazzzi.
(Race three grid): 1 Kvyat; 2 Marciello; 3 Rosenqvist; 4 King; 5 Latifi; 6 Wolf; 7 Mardenborough; 8 Tincknell; 9 Auer; 10 Giovinazzzi.
European F3 - Spielberg: That means Kvyat will have started from pole for four of the nine F3 races he will have contested by the end of this weekend.
VW
Acropolis Rally: Here's the gap in the Volkswagen service park awaiting the return of Sebastien Ogier's failed Polo.
The team intends to get him back out for Saturday under Rally 2. He'll have 10 minutes of penalties.
Acropolis Rally: M-Sport has despatched somebody to find the left-front wheel from Ostberg's car, but it appears the wheel broke leaving wheel nuts attached. Ostberg understandably distraught.
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Peter Mills, Mark Glendenning, Jamie O'Leary, Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley
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