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European F3 - Zandvoort: Incredibly, no safety car!
European F3 - Zandvoort: Now Lewis has his the barriers at Hugenholtzbocht.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Serralles is standing up and fine, but has had a brace put on his neck. It won't have done his dodgy back any good either.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Serralles has crashed at one of the fast right-handers around the back and safety car is out again. Looks like he just understeered off from 13th place.
FIA GT - Navarra: The first practice session at Navarra ends with Chandhok and Buurman top of the pile for Michael Bartels' Vita4one-run team.
Second fastest were championship leaders Laurens Vanthoor and Stephane Ortelli.
In Pro-Am Sergei Afanasiev and Andreas Simonsen lead the way on a 1m39.232s laps. Less than a second covers 16 of the 20 entries. Next FP session is at 12.35CET, in around an hour.
Second fastest were championship leaders Laurens Vanthoor and Stephane Ortelli.
In Pro-Am Sergei Afanasiev and Andreas Simonsen lead the way on a 1m39.232s laps. Less than a second covers 16 of the 20 entries. Next FP session is at 12.35CET, in around an hour.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Auer passes Latifi at Tarzan for eighth.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Peach of a move gives Rosenqvist second from Lynn, outside of Tarzan.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Lights off on safety car - at last.
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BTCC - Silverstone: Points leader Andrew Jordan reports his Pirtek Honda is “Better than I thought we’d be. I didn’t think we’d be where we are [sixth fastest in first practice], it’s not as bad as last year. There's more to come out of the car, too.”
European F3 - Zandvoort: Lewis and Latifi, our North American contingent, made good progress on that first lap to go seventh and eighth ahead of Auer, who was edged out in the first-corner scramble.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Derani in pits under safety car for new front wing.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Kvyat gets a good start, as does Rosenqvist, but the Swede is edged out by Lynn on the inside line. So it's Kvyat from Lynn, Rosenqvist, King, Marciello and Harry Tincknell. But there's a safety car as Lucas Wolf is off the track. Pipo Derani has lost his front wing while trying to pass Tincknell.
BTCC - Silverstone: Session over, and it's Plato at the top of the times on 58.498s, set during that long run he did near the start before getting stuck into some set-up experiments. Newsham stayed second, 0.118s off the pace, ahead of Shedden, Wrathall, Onslow-Cole and points leader Jordan. Neal, Tordoff and Turkington were next up.
It looks like the big talking point of the day, however, will be track limits. Three black flags in 40-minutes, and a whole host of warning flags.
It looks like the big talking point of the day, however, will be track limits. Three black flags in 40-minutes, and a whole host of warning flags.
FIA GT - Navarra: Ten minutes to go in first practice at Circuito de Navarra.
The Vita4one Racing BMW Z4 of Yelmer Buurman and Karun Chandhok lead the way in the first 80-minute session of the day. Best time of 1m38.973 set by Buurman.
The Vita4one Racing BMW Z4 of Yelmer Buurman and Karun Chandhok lead the way in the first 80-minute session of the day. Best time of 1m38.973 set by Buurman.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The clock has stopped, so it's pole position number four for Turvey. Just for good measure, he lowered his time on his final lap to a 1m48.043s.
BTCC - Silverstone: Tom Onslow-Cole is a late improver, jumping up to fifth as the chequered flag flies in his Motorbase Ford.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Well that was nifty work. Cars on their green-flag lap now.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Beche jumps to third in the TDS ORECA. That puts him ahead of the Signatech entry. These are the two cars slugging it out for the championship, remember.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Well, sorry to get you all excited but the start has been delayed while marshals work on repairing a kerb damaged in the DTM free practice session.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: These boys want pole badly. Turvey and Hartley both improve again, but it is Turvey who is still ahead. His 1m48.112s lap puts him just three hundredths ahead of his Kiwi rival.
BTCC - Silverstone: Most cars back on track as the session comes towards its conclusion, but Plato is back in the pits for more front suspension tweakage. Aron Smith is the latest to get the black flag for exceeding track limits, the third of the session.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Both Turvey and Hartley improve, but its the Jota man who's still ahead - and by an increased margin of three tenths.
ERC - Croatia: Things are a bit out of sorts due to Sebalj's crash as it has caused a delay for drivers coming through the second stage of the day as they had to be re-routed to the start of it.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Hartley improves to a 1m48.7 and then Turvey pips him by a tenth in the Jota Zytek.
BTCC - Silverstone: Shedden is told off for exceeding track limits by officials, then gets in both Plato's and Neal's way in the pitlane for a moment before rejoining the track. Think he might be quite grumpy!
ELMS - Paul Ricard: TDS driver Beche shades him at the top of the times, and then Hartley dips into the 1m48s. Beche improves, too, but is a couple of tenths shy of the Murphy ORECA.
BTCC - Silverstone: Jordan's turn to get a track limits warning. Both MGs have rejoined, and Plato has just had a huge slide at Brooklands. Frank Wrathall is up to fourth, but another Toyota driver, Adam Morgan, has been black-flagged - as now has Shedden. This is likely to be track-limits related.
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ERC - Croatia: Bit of drama this morning in Croatia as local hero Juraj Sebalj crashed out in this morning's opening test.
Sebalj and co-driver Toni Klinc were uninjured in the crash but with their car blocking the road and the stage was neutralised for safety reasons.
He was in fifth position before the shunt. The stage has subsequently been cancelled.
Sebalj and co-driver Toni Klinc were uninjured in the crash but with their car blocking the road and the stage was neutralised for safety reasons.
He was in fifth position before the shunt. The stage has subsequently been cancelled.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Don't forget, Kvyat isn't registered for points, so it's possible that if, say, Rosenqvist or Lynn are chasing him with a gap to the field behind, they may not take too many risks to pass the Russian.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: It's prototype time, and Hartley is the first man to dip under the 1m50 mark in the Murphy ORECA.
FR3.5 - Paul Ricard: Magnussen's pole margin of 0.3s hasn't sparked much concern (or surprise) amongst the other frontrunners.
The general expectation from Fortec (Vandoorne, 2nd) and Arden Caterham (da Costa, 3rd) is that Magnussen and DAMS have an advantage on new tyres, but things are a lot more even over a long run.
The general expectation from Fortec (Vandoorne, 2nd) and Arden Caterham (da Costa, 3rd) is that Magnussen and DAMS have an advantage on new tyres, but things are a lot more even over a long run.
European F3 - Zandvoort: A smattering of the dreaded curse of the grid penalty: Antonio Giovinazzi, Tatiana Calderon and Lucas Wolf all drop two places. Giovinazzi and Calderon were for improving sector times under yellows in free practice; we guess Wolf was something similar but we're not sure. Meanwhile, Jann Mardenborough takes a big 10-position hit for overtaking under red flags. Oops...
BTCC - Silverstone: Lots of action in the Triple Eight pits as Plato has his front dampers switched. Team-mate Tordoff is doing likewise, but at the rear.
European F3 - Zandvoort: A reminder about Rosenqvist's amazing form here: he has already won four F3 races at Zandvoort (including the Masters twice). He also starts on pole for the second and third races this weekend. This is a crucial weekend for him to cut the points gap.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Raffaele Marciello starts the day 72.5 points ahead of Felix Rosenqvist, but the Italian faces a tough task in the races after a disappointing qualifying. He starts fifth in race one, with Daniil Kvyat and Alex Lynn on the front row, Rosenqvist and Jordan King on the second.
European F3 - Zandvoort: There's a lot of material on Race Centre Live this morning about various touring car championships, so for those of you who like your cars untin-topped, the European F3 boys are just wending their way around the Dutch sand dunes to begin their first race of the weekend.
BTCC - Silverstone: Plenty of track limits warnings during this session. Plato is the latest to receive the black/white flag, no doubt for running wide at Copse.
BTCC - Silverstone: Plato has been into the pits for a data download, and now rejoined. Status quo at the top, with Plato 0.118s clear of Newsham, Shedden and Jordan. Matt Neal, broken finger and all, is up to fifth, ahead of Sam Tordoff's MG and Colin Turkington's BMW.
BTCC: Silverstone: Plato is currently quickest with a 58.498s, a tenth clear of Newsham. Reigning champion Gordon Shedden is third quickest in his Honda. Points leader Andrew Jordan is up to fourth.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, Dan Cross, Jamie O'Leary, Andrew van Leeuwen, Gary Watkins, Charles Bradley, Pablo Elizalde, Marcus Simmons, Andrew van de Burgt
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