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ELMS - Paul Ricard: Turvey stops one lap after Klien - the gap was up to 28s.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Drama! Panciatici is back in the pits a lap after taking over from Ragues. The delay is minor, so the championship is still on from the French duo.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Camathias pits the JMW car to hand over to Bertolini. That means the team will still have to make two more stops, while the Ram Ferrari is due in only once more. If there was a race in GTE, it is now definitely over. And Griffin and Mowlem will be champions.
FIA GT - Series - Qualifying:
1 #24 Reiter Lamborghini (Rosina); 2 #13 Audi WRT (Sandstrom); 3 #12 WRT Audi (Jarvis); 4 #9 Loeb Racing McLaren (Parente); 5 #14 Novadriver Audi (Ammermuller); 6 #0 Brasil BMW (Bueno); 7 #11 WRT Audi (Ortelli); 8 #50 AF Corse Ferrari (Rugolo); 9 #1 HTP Mercedes (Day); 10 #35 Nissan RJN (Ordonez).
1 #24 Reiter Lamborghini (Rosina); 2 #13 Audi WRT (Sandstrom); 3 #12 WRT Audi (Jarvis); 4 #9 Loeb Racing McLaren (Parente); 5 #14 Novadriver Audi (Ammermuller); 6 #0 Brasil BMW (Bueno); 7 #11 WRT Audi (Ortelli); 8 #50 AF Corse Ferrari (Rugolo); 9 #1 HTP Mercedes (Day); 10 #35 Nissan RJN (Ordonez).
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The second half of the race is beginning, so to speak. Hirschi is handing over the Murphy ORECA to Hartley.
Checkered flag
FIA GT - Series: And the chequered flag flies as Rosina claims pole in the #24 Reiter Lamborghini.
FIA GT - Series: Parante's flying lap is just 0.086s off Sandstrom's pace and he goes second. Ortelli, meanwhile, had a spin at Turn 3 and could only muster a rather slow 2m00.053s to go provisional eighth.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Pitlane will open at 6.10pm Dutch time, which means an estimated start at 6.25.
FIA GT - Series: Sandstrom's time is 1m49.660s, which Beuno follows up with a 1m49.939s after losing a chunk of time in the last sector.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Griffin, on new tyres, is flying away from Camathias on old rubber. The gap is up to 37s.
European F3 - Zandvoort: While there's a barrier-rebuild delay, we can confirm that the TV cameramen have been zoning in on some very tasty Dutch crumpet in the dunes.
FIA GT - Navarra: First to go in Superpole will be the #13 WRT Audi of Sandstrom.
FIA GT - Navarra: On to the Superpole, in which we have the following teams participating:
#13 WRT Audi, #0 Brazil BMW, #35 Nissan (but will not take part and start 10th on grid), #1 HTP Merc, #12 WRT, #50 AF Corse Ferrari, #14 Novadriver Audi, #9 Loeb McLaren, #11 WRT Audi, #24 Reiter Lambo
#13 WRT Audi, #0 Brazil BMW, #35 Nissan (but will not take part and start 10th on grid), #1 HTP Merc, #12 WRT, #50 AF Corse Ferrari, #14 Novadriver Audi, #9 Loeb McLaren, #11 WRT Audi, #24 Reiter Lambo
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Griffin leads GTE after the pitstops by 24s. That's down on the 30s he had before the stops - Ram changed tyres, but JMW is double stinting.
European F3 - Zandvoort: Second race of the weekend due up in Holland in 15 minutes, but it's been delayed due to a chaotic German Carrera Cup race, in which a barrier was flattened - while they were behind the safety car... We'll be back when the cars are released onto the track.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Slow lap from Hirschi allows Klien back to second.
Stopwatch
FIA GT - Navarra: Basseng's just gone quickest of all in this second session with a 1m49.113s.
Stopwatch
FIA GT - Navarra: Vanthoor has gone quickest on a 1m49.280s. He's 0.375s faster than the #24 Reiter Lamborghini of Basseng.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Hirschi is back to second ahead of Klien, but Ragues is now 20s back in fourth after stalling leaving the pits. Not that it matters.
FIA GT - Navarra: Second qualifying session now underway and conditions haven't improved much. Jarvis leads the way at the moment with a 1m50.542s - the Brit replacing Rene Rast at the WRT squad this weekend.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Turvey and Jota increase their lead during the stops - it's now out to 15s.
FIA GT - Navarra - Q1:
1 Ortelli (Audi WRT); 2 Buncombe (Nissan RJN); 3 Stippler (Audi WRT); 4 Loeb (Loeb Racing McLaren); 5 Demoustier (Von Ryan McLaren).
Not a bad effort so far by FIA GT Series débutantes Von Ryan Racing.
1 Ortelli (Audi WRT); 2 Buncombe (Nissan RJN); 3 Stippler (Audi WRT); 4 Loeb (Loeb Racing McLaren); 5 Demoustier (Von Ryan McLaren).
Not a bad effort so far by FIA GT Series débutantes Von Ryan Racing.
FIA GT - Navarra: And that's the first 15 minutes of qualifying done and dusted, time for the second drivers to get behind the wheel of their cars and fight for a place in the Superpole session.
Twitter
FR3.5 - Paul Ricard: Da Costa has had his say on the yellow flags situation on Twitter: "Finished 2nd in todays race, Kevin did a better job than anyone else today and he drove a great race im pleased for him. But on the other hand Dams protested me and Vandoorne for going quicker in yellow flags in lap 2, its makes me sad that they wanted to Win the championship in such a silly way specially when they dont need it, not a good attitude from the french today. Good Job Kevin"
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Turvey has stabilised the lead at around 8s. Hirschi is the first of the prototypes to pit.
Breaking news
FR3.5 - Paul Ricard: More reaction to the yellow flags investigation. It has emerged that DAMS protested both Vandoorne and da Costa post race for their sector times under yellow flags in the early laps, which has soured the mood between the top teams of the season. A source at one of the rival teams described it as "DAMS up to their old tricks again".
In the end, no penalties were handed out because of the many factors that can affect sector times early in a race, such as tyre temperatures and getting a tow from the car ahead.
In the end, no penalties were handed out because of the many factors that can affect sector times early in a race, such as tyre temperatures and getting a tow from the car ahead.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Mediani takes fourth from Ragues, who is more than happy to let him go.
FIA GT - Navarra: A couple of notable moments out on track as second place Buncombe has a brief spin and Rosina - down in eighth - has a bit of a tank-slapper in the Reiter Lamborghini.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Beche rejoins seven laps down. Not a lot he and Thiriet can do from back there.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Turvey's lead is shrinking. Klien has got it down to 6.5s.
Stopwatch
FIA GT - Navarra: Ortelli's gone quickest in the #11 WRT Audi with a 1m50.012s.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Silverstone: It's an MG one-two at Silverstone, just nine-thousandths of a second between them at that. The top 10 order being...
1 Plato; 2 Tordoff; 3 Newsham; 4 Turkington; 5 Wrathall; 6 Goff; 7 Morgan; 8 Collard; 9 Neal; 10 Jordan.
Title contender Shedden is down in 15th.
1 Plato; 2 Tordoff; 3 Newsham; 4 Turkington; 5 Wrathall; 6 Goff; 7 Morgan; 8 Collard; 9 Neal; 10 Jordan.
Title contender Shedden is down in 15th.
FIA GT - Navarra: Everyone is a good deal slower in these tricky conditions this afternoon, to the tune of around 10 seconds, in fact.
BTCC - Silverstone: Andy Jordan is out of his car in the pits, having dropped to P10 now.
BTCC - Silverstone: Plato bangs in a 58.266s, but that's slower than his pole time by a gnat's whisker, which is 0.056s to be exact.
FIA GT - Navarra: Alex Buncombe is setting the pace in this first segment of qualifying. He's posted a time of 1m50.244s.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Turvey's lead has hit 10s after 14 laps. Ragues is falling into the clutches of Frey and Mediani. It doesn't matter. All Signatech needs now to clinch the title is a clean race.
FIA GT - Navarra: It's a wet qualifying session here at Navarra, but thankfully, the rain has abated.
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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