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ELMS - Paul Ricard: The chequered flag falls, and it's all Ferrari. Griffin takes the GTE pole from Bertolini. Tandy in the best Porsche is fifth, a full second off the pace. Salo takes the GTC pole for the Franco-Russian - Franco-Prussian would sound better — SMP Ferrari squad.
BTCC: Silverstone: Dave Newsham's Toyota and Jason Plato's MG are swapping the fastest time so far at Silverstone.
FR3.5 - Paul Ricard: The feeling in the paddock here is that downforce levels could prove decisive in this afternoon's first race. Teams are currently torn between using the high- or medium-downforce package. Most tried both setups yesterday in practice, so it's just a case of making a call and seeing how it compares to what everyone else chooses.
The high-downforce setup is the faster over one lap, but it could leave drivers exposed on the circuit's famous Mistral straight - even with the chicane which the single seaters are using this weekend.
The high-downforce setup is the faster over one lap, but it could leave drivers exposed on the circuit's famous Mistral straight - even with the chicane which the single seaters are using this weekend.
MotoGP - Aragon - Free Practice 3:
1 Rossi; 2 Bautista; 3 Hayden; 4 Espargaro; 5 Smith; 6 Aoyama; 7 Iannone; 8 Hernandez; 9 Petrucci; 10 Scassa.
1 Rossi; 2 Bautista; 3 Hayden; 4 Espargaro; 5 Smith; 6 Aoyama; 7 Iannone; 8 Hernandez; 9 Petrucci; 10 Scassa.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Aragon: Chequered flag, and Rossi tops the pile, from Bautista and Hayden.
MotoGP - Aragon: A flurry of activity in these final few minutes as half the field are exploring the circuit. Will Rossi's time of 1m51.464s be pipped by anyone?
Superstars - Imola: 2012 Superstars Champion Johan Kristoffersson has re-joined the series this weekend, but not in the top class. He will be sharing the MTM Audi R8 with Thomas Schoffler in GT Sprint.
Checkered flag
DTM - Zandvoort: Practice order: 1 Farfus; 2 Mortara; 3 Tambay; 4 Wittmann; 5 Tomczyk; 6 Rockenfeller; 7 Spengler; 8 Scheider; 9 Molina; 10 Vietoris.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: That looks like it in GTE. Griffin and Bertolini have just gone around in 1m55.5s and 55.8s respectively.
MotoGP - Aragon: Less than four minutes to go in this session and the majority of the field have chosen to do some running at last. Bautista is currently fastest with a 1m52.358s.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The top guys in GTE are already below their free practice times. Bertolini dipped into the 1m55s first for JWM and now Ram man Griffin has pipped him by a tenth with a 1m55.3s.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: Times they are a tumbling, as Aoyama posts a 1m54.259s.
DTM - Zandvoort: Rockenfeller is also improving. He's just moved up from ninth to sixth.
Just two minutes of the session remain.
Just two minutes of the session remain.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: Smith has just posted the fastest time of the session - of which less than 10 minutes remain - with a 1m55.770s.
BTCC - Silverstone: The BTCC has just fired up for free practice at a misty Silverstone. Matt Neal has taken to the track with his broken finger.
Stopwatch
DTM - Zandvoort: Augusto Farfus goes to the head of the times, over a tenth clear of Mortara. Rockenfeller, meanwhile, has slipped to ninth.
MotoGP - Aragon: Riders are beginning to leave the pitlane as Aoyama and Espargaro join Scassa and Corti.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Qualifying time here in the sunny south of France. The GT classes, GTE and GTC, kick us off with their 20-minute session.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: The Italian has just gone quickest with a 1m56.324s.
MotoGP - Aragon: Twenty minutes of what has been an uneventful session remain. Corti continues to lead the way while newcomer Scassa is making the most of an empty track to get acclimatised to his Cardion Aprilia.
DTM - Zandvoort: Wittmann now becomes the first man to put Mortara under pressure at the front. He goes second, just a tenth behind the Italian.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: And Corti's the first of the three riders to dip below the two-minute mark. The Italian has just posted a time of 1m59.857s.
Yellow flag
DTM - Zandvoort: Edoardo Mortara spins exiting Tarzan and comes to a stop in the middle of the track.
Audi stablemate Timo Scheider has to slow right down to squeeze by without incident, as Mortara gets going again.
Audi stablemate Timo Scheider has to slow right down to squeeze by without incident, as Mortara gets going again.
MotoGP - Aragon: A third of this session completed and track conditions aren't drying as quick as the teams and riders would have liked.
With qualifying coming up this afternoon, most are unwilling to go out on slicks this morning in case they go offline and have a moment.
With qualifying coming up this afternoon, most are unwilling to go out on slicks this morning in case they go offline and have a moment.
DTM - Zandvoort: With an hour of practice gone, the order is: 1 Mortara; 2 Tambay; 3 Glock; 4 Rockenfeller; 5 Wittmann; 6 Albuquerque; 7 Scheider; 8 Green; 9 Vietoris; 10 Farfus.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Aragon: Rejoice! We have a third rider willing to put a few laps in in the form of Claudio Corti. He's gone fastest with a 2m06.749s.
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@MorbidelliG: Imola FP1 tells me that it's gonna be another long Saturday: the car is ugly on the kerbs - we've got a lot to work on car set-up.
MotoGP - Aragon: Luca Scassa has just posted the quickest time of the session, which isn't much to write home about as everyone else is reluctant to go out at the moment.
Superstars - Imola: First practice has already been run here at Imola, with Tonio Liuzzi and Luigi Ferrara leading the way in their Mercedes.
Max Mugelli was third in his Dinamic BMW, ahead of joint championship leader Thomas Biagi. Gianni Morbidelli, who is tied with Biagi at the top of the points, was just seventh fastest.
Max Mugelli was third in his Dinamic BMW, ahead of joint championship leader Thomas Biagi. Gianni Morbidelli, who is tied with Biagi at the top of the points, was just seventh fastest.
MotoGP - Aragon: Bradley Smith has the whole circuit to himself at the moment as the rest of the field are watching on. The Brit has set a time of 2m10.961s so far.
DTM - Zandvoort: Yesterday's 'roll-out' nearly ended in disaster for Rockenfeller and Augusto Farfus - the only man that can deny him the title.
Farfus was released from his pitbox and dived straight across for the fast lane at the pit exit (the 'slow' lane was occupied by a stationary Jamie Green).
He and Rockenfeller just avoided a collision and Farfus has now been fined €2000 after being judged at fault.
Farfus was released from his pitbox and dived straight across for the fast lane at the pit exit (the 'slow' lane was occupied by a stationary Jamie Green).
He and Rockenfeller just avoided a collision and Farfus has now been fined €2000 after being judged at fault.
MotoGP - Aragon: Exploratory laps completed and the majority of the frontrunners are back in the pits to make necessary changes.
DTM - Zandvoort: Already well underway is DTM practice as Mike Rockenfeller warms up for what could be the race in which he is crowned champion.
MotoGP - Aragon: Smith has gone out on slicks, while Iannone and Marquez have made their way out on to the track on a more wet set-up.
Green flag
MotoGP - Aragon: Green flag, and third practice at Aragon is underway. A brief overnight downpour created tricky conditions in the Moto3 session this morning, but the track is now drying out so there shouldn't be too many issues for the top-tier riders.
FR3.5 - Paul Ricard: Today's action has already kicked off in France, with Formula Renault 3.5 title rivals Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne sharing the front row.
Magnussen can win the title this weekend, but he needs to turn a 36-point lead into 51 by tomorrow evening if he is to do it.
You can read our report of the qualifying session by clicking here.
Magnussen can win the title this weekend, but he needs to turn a 36-point lead into 51 by tomorrow evening if he is to do it.
You can read our report of the qualifying session by clicking here.
To give you an idea of how much is going on this weekend, here's what you can expect updates from today: Formula Renault 3.5 and ELMS at Paul Ricard, DTM and European F3 at Zandvoort, MotoGP at Aragon, BTCC at Silverstone, Superstars at Imola, FIA GT at Navarra and updates from the Croatian round of the ERC.
Good morning and welcome to Saturday's Race Centre Live coverage with AUTOSPORT. This is one of the busiest weekends of the year on the motorsport calendar, and we'll keep you up to date with all the big stories and reports as they happen with our team of reporters at various events around the world this weekend.
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Checkered flag
MotoGP - Aragon - practice two results:
1 Marquez; 2 Bradl; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Lorenzo; 5 Bautista; 6 Crutchlow; 7 Rossi; 8 Dovizioso; 9 Espargaro; 10 Hayden.
1 Marquez; 2 Bradl; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Lorenzo; 5 Bautista; 6 Crutchlow; 7 Rossi; 8 Dovizioso; 9 Espargaro; 10 Hayden.
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