Acropolis Rally, Mugello MotoGP weekend
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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Danica Patrick comes into the pits after contact with David Stremme on lap 40. She's back on track now.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: 30 laps down and Busch is still in front. Hamlin said from inside the car just before the race started: "I'm just trying to keep track position as long as I can."
It's a long, hard race at Dover, and Hamlin isn't dealing with the same issues as everyone else. On recovering from his L1 compression fracture: "Like I any back problem you have good days and bad days. I feel a lot better right now but we picked the three most grueling races in a row to return."
It's a long, hard race at Dover, and Hamlin isn't dealing with the same issues as everyone else. On recovering from his L1 compression fracture: "Like I any back problem you have good days and bad days. I feel a lot better right now but we picked the three most grueling races in a row to return."
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: The three Joe Gibbs Toyotas are almost nose-to-rail after traffic closes the trio up, and Busch passes Hamlin for the lead.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Lap 20 and Hamlin is into traffic, but is still in front. Busch has now passed Kenseth - who is complaining on the team radio about his car's set-up - for second and is looking fast.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Kenseth has closed up to the rear bumper of Hamlin and the front two are a few car lengths clear of Kyle Busch, who is up to third on lap 14.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Hamlin has a slight lead after Matt Kenseth passed front row starter Martin Truex Jr. But it's very, very early stages - just six laps completed of 400.
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NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Green flag flies and we're racing at Dover! 43 cars thunder across the line, led by Denny Hamlin. Will he still be there at the end?
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: Engines roar at Dover...the race start is not far away.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: It's national anthem time at Dover, and that means racing isn't far away. It's not going to start immediately but tuning in now means you'll be ready and waiting.
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Silverstone Blancpain
Blancpain - Silverstone: Stefan Mucke strokes home to a 20-second victory for the factory Aston Martin he shares with Darren Turner and Frederic Makowiecki.
The two WRT Audis come home second and third, Rene Rast leading home Edward Sandstrom. Steven Kane snatches fourth for the JRM Nissan squad on the last lap, moving past the Kessel Ferrari driven by Daniel Zampieri and Markus Palttala in the second VDS BMW at Brooklands.
Pro-Am honours go to the RJN Nissan shared by Lucas Ordonez, Peter Pyzera and Alex Buncombe.
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So before the action from America begins shortly, let's recap what has happened today:
Defending champion Bruno Spengler won at Spielberg to claim the DTM points lead
Jari-Matti Latvala earned a maiden WRC win for VW on the Acropolis Rally with Robert Kubica victorious in WRC 2
Jorge Lorenzo won the Mugello MotoGP race as Marc Marquez crashed
Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne shared the Formula Renault 3.5 successes.
Kimiya Sato extended his Auto GP points lead with victory at Silverstone
Felix Rosenqvist made it a trio of European F3 wins
Defending champion Bruno Spengler won at Spielberg to claim the DTM points lead
Jari-Matti Latvala earned a maiden WRC win for VW on the Acropolis Rally with Robert Kubica victorious in WRC 2
Jorge Lorenzo won the Mugello MotoGP race as Marc Marquez crashed
Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne shared the Formula Renault 3.5 successes.
Kimiya Sato extended his Auto GP points lead with victory at Silverstone
Felix Rosenqvist made it a trio of European F3 wins
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MotoGP - Mugello: Thousands of fans who flocked to Mugello did so to see more of this from Valentino Rossi - instead, they watched his race end after three corners. Here's more on the first lap incident between him and Alvaro Bautistia.
Rossi: "I was on the outside on Alvaro and I think he opened the throttle to close the line so he doesn’t lose position but I was already in front. He said he didn't see me. it's a pity because it’s in Mugello and I thought I could fight for a good result."
And Bautista's verdict: "It was a racing incident. I was on the inside and it is very difficult to see a rider on the outside from there. He was taking a slightly different line and that's why we came together."
Blancpain - Silverstone: Bit of lull at the home of British motorsport too. The race looks all over bar the shouting, save from a charge by Alvaro Parente in the Hexis McLaren - he's chasing down Steven Kane for sixth and just over a second shy of the JRM Nissan with just over 20 minutes to go.
NASCAR Sprint Cup - Dover: With the exception of Silverstone Blancpain - which, incidentally, you can watch the final 30 minutes of on AUTOSPORT - we're in a bit of a lull before the Atlantic part of our trans-Atlantic race weekend kicks off.
The second IndyCar race from Detroit starts at 19:30pm GMT but before that - at 18:00 GMT - is the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Dover, for which Denny Hamlin will start on pole.
Dover qualifying report
Blancpain - Silverstone: Second round of stops complete: Aston leads, now with Mucke driving, the two WRT Audis. The German is 17s up on Rast with just over 40 minutes of the three-hour race to go.
FR3.5 - Spa: Kevin Magnussen bolstered his FR3.5 points lead with a victory and a third place in Belgium. He’s now 29 points clear of Stoffel Vandoorne who, after an up and down few races, bounced back with victory in the second race.
FR3.5 standings after 7 of 17 rounds:
1 Kevin Magnussen 115
2 Stoffel Vandoorne 86
3 Antonio Felix da Costa 71
4 Nico Muller 55
5 Will Stevens 54
Full Formula Renault 3.5 season statistics available on FORIX
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European F3 Open - Nurburgring: Briton Hector Hurst took victory in the second race in Germany. He held off Nelson Mason to claim the win, while race one winner Ed Jones was sixth. Sandy Stuvik backed up his second place finish in race one with third in race two. Meanwhile, International GT Open was won by the Ferrari 458 of Matt Griffin and Duncan Cameron.
MotoGP – Mugello: What all of these events in Italy boil down to is a 12-point lead for Pedrosa with Lorenzo now his nearest challenger. Marquez's crash means he is now more than a grand prix victory behind his team-mate.
MotoGP standings after 5 of 17 rounds:
1 Dani Pedrosa 103
2 Jorge Lorenzo 91
3 Marc Marquez 77
4 Cal Crutchlow 71
5 Andrea Dovizioso 50
Full MotoGP season statistics available on FORIX
Blancpain - Silverstone: Vanthoor passes WRT team-mate Stippler into Stowe to move up to second. But that man Mako is 20 seconds up the road in the Aston.
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MotoGP - Mugello: One man who looked eager to make the most of Pedrosa's tyre struggles was Cal Crutchlow. He eventually settled for third, behind the Spaniard, when Marc Marquez crashed: "We were coming at the end. I hate to take a gifted podium but when Marc fell out it made it easier.
"I felt I could have put in a really strong challenge for the podium anyway – we were coming really strong for the guys in front.
"As soon as Marc crashed I eased up a little and let Dani finished second because there was no point in risking losing points to push too hard. It’s a great way to bounce back from yesterday."
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IndyCar - Detroit: IndyCar's competition director Derrick Walker has outlined the series' planned technical timeline between now and 2021. Major points include the introduction of aero kits in 2015, an engine power increase in 2017, increased deveopmental freedom for the teams in 2018, and the forecast end of the current body style and engine formula for the 2019 season. Full story to follow soon.
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Japanese Super Formula - Autopolis: 2012 World Endurance Championship and Le Mans 24 Hours winner Andre Lotterer dominated the second round of the championship at Autopolis. Having qualified on pole, he went on to beat Loic Duval by nine seconds. Both drivers have won this championship in its previous guise as Formula Nippon.
Results: 1 Lotterer; 2 Duval; 3 Naoki Yamamoto; 4 Joao Paulo de Oliveira; 5 Tsugio Matsuda.
Results: 1 Lotterer; 2 Duval; 3 Naoki Yamamoto; 4 Joao Paulo de Oliveira; 5 Tsugio Matsuda.
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MotoGP - Mugello: Italian Grand Prix winner Jorge Lorenzo, pictured here by SMARTFotos celebrating, reflects on his victory: “I knew it was going to be a really hard race because it was much hotter than this morning.
"I kept trying, Dani wasn’t getting behind – he was following me for about 13 laps.
"But I pushed a little more, and it seems he gave up a little bit and it was much easier from then.”
Pedrosa disagrees. He says his lack of pace in the second half of the race was a result of trying too hard. "It was a hard race because we didn’t have the pace really," he said. "I struggled a lot with the tyre, I didn’t have good grip. It wasn’t the perfect set-up.
"I was pushing hard to catch up but obviously I pushed too hard on the tyre.”
Blancpain - Silverstone: Makowiecki is pulling away at the front - he now leads Stippler by 19 seconds. Vanthoor less than three seconds behind in third.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Lots of drive-through penalties for various misdemeanours. Pyzera in the RJN Nissan has been caught for overtaking under yellows.
Auto GP - Silverstone: Narain Karthikeyan has lost his fourth place to a penalty for overtaking under yellows.
Those yellows were brought out for a collision between Robert Visoiu and Vittorio Ghirelli, which has earned the Romanian a five-place grid penalty for the next round at Mugello.
Those yellows were brought out for a collision between Robert Visoiu and Vittorio Ghirelli, which has earned the Romanian a five-place grid penalty for the next round at Mugello.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Pitstops complete, the Aston, now with Makowiecki driving, leads Stippler and Vanthoor in the two WRT Audis. The Nissan, with Pyzera in for Ordonez, is down to fifth but still leads the Pro-Am class.
DTM - Spielberg: Bruno Spengler’s title defence burst into life today with victory in Austria. That moves him 12 points clear of the championship’s other two race winners Mike Rockenfeller and Augusto Farfus.
DTM standings after 3 of 10 rounds:
1 Bruno Spengler 53
2 Mike Rockenfeller 41
3 Augusto Farfus 33
4 Marco Wittmann 32
5 Christian Vietoris 25
Full DTM season statistics available on FORIX
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FR3.5 - Spa: Kevin Magnussen breaks off from a conversation with his father Jan to confirm to AUTOSPORT that he will not face any action after his defensive move against Will Stevens was investigated post-race.
He leads the championship by 29 points from race two winner Stoffel Vandoorne.
He leads the championship by 29 points from race two winner Stoffel Vandoorne.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Pitstops begin among the frontrunners as the one-hour mark approaches. Mies first to pit out of third position. Turner still leading, now by six seconds.
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MotoGP - Mugello: Race direction have declared Valentino Rossi and Alvaro Bautista's first-lap tangle a racing incident and will take no further action.
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MotoGP - Mugello: A word from Scott Redding, who makes for a very satisfied man after his second Moto2 win in a row: "I said the last one was earned for a clever race. But considering I've had many bad races here and it's a real physical track for my size, to take the victory was unbelievable. I thought I really controlled the race."
Blancpain - Silverstone: Lap 16: Mies and Dumbreck finally past Skryabin.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Turner is into the lead on lap 14 when Ordonez is baulked out of Farm. The rest, led by that pesky Ruskie, are 12 seconds back.
IndyCar - Detroit: The fans in Detroit who are more eager for real-life thrills are in for a treat - here are the two-seater Indycars being prepped for VIP rides before today's race.
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FR3.5 - Spa: Championship leader Kevin Magnussen is under investigation for putting Will Stevens on the grass when Stevens passed him before Les Combes.
The drivers are heading to the stewards' room now.
The drivers are heading to the stewards' room now.
IndyCar - Detroit: Cinema-loving race fans are counting down to the release of 'Rush', but there's another motorsport-related film hitting the screens in a few weeks: the IndyCar-themed Dreamworks animated feature 'Turbo', which tells the story of a snail who wants to race at the Indy 500.
AUTOSPORT caught an extended preview at Indianapolis last week and was seriously impressed. Spoiler alert - even with a snail in the field, the racing scenes are more realistic than the ones in 'Driven'.
Blancpain - Silverstone: Spotted in the paddock: sportscar team owner, ex-British F3 racer and sometime Market Harborough resident Antonio Simoes. The Portuguese's eponymous team is dormant this year, but he's looking to return in 2014 with the McLaren MP4-12C he ran at the Spa 24 Hours last year.
Auto GP - Silverstone: Virtuosi UK team owner Declan Lohan explained Andrea Roda's distant finish in Sunday's Auto GP race. Roda had briefly held fourth in Saturday's race one, but was hit by a clutch failure.
"The clutch problems returned, even though we changed the whole clutch housing," said Lohan. "He was last on the [reversed] grid because of yesterday's early retirement, so we thought: 'What have we got to lose? Let's try a push start from the pitlane.'
"Unfortunately, instead of stalling it, Andrea switched the engine off, which meant the car was fuel starved and took some time to get going. It is a pity as he has been driving so well this weekend."
"The clutch problems returned, even though we changed the whole clutch housing," said Lohan. "He was last on the [reversed] grid because of yesterday's early retirement, so we thought: 'What have we got to lose? Let's try a push start from the pitlane.'
"Unfortunately, instead of stalling it, Andrea switched the engine off, which meant the car was fuel starved and took some time to get going. It is a pity as he has been driving so well this weekend."
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Peter Mills, Mark Glendenning, Jamie O'Leary, Glenn Freeman, Scott Mitchell, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley
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