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MotoGP - Aragon: Smith, Crutchlow, Hernandez pit too, it really is just the lead pack trying to hang on with slicks.
MotoGP - Aragon: The leaders are braving it out with five laps left.
More midfielders in for wets though, Bautista, Bradl and di Meglio next to pit.
More midfielders in for wets though, Bautista, Bradl and di Meglio next to pit.
MotoGP - Aragon: Marquez got alongside Pedrosa for a second, thought better of it and backed out.
Lorenzo can't keep up with them as the track gets slicker, he's now 2.5s behind.
Lorenzo can't keep up with them as the track gets slicker, he's now 2.5s behind.
DTM - Zandvoort: Ekstrom is in the lead! Can he become the first driver to win a race in 2014 starting on the standard tyre? Not to mention win Audi's first race since August 4, 2013.
MotoGP - Aragon: Aleix Espargaro, de Angelis and Hayden all pit for wets.
MotoGP - Aragon: Six laps to go, Pedrosa crosses the line with Marquez right on his tail. Lorenzo has fallen a second behind them.
DTM - Zandvoort: Rocky finally pits! But he does an important job – held Wittmann up enough to get Ekstrom into the game. The Swede is about to take the lead.
MotoGP - Aragon: Now it's really erupting for the lead between Marquez and Pedrosa - the Honda team-mates swap places no fewer than five times in as many corners before Pedrosa emerges in front.
MotoGP - Aragon: More rain is falling now, and Lorenzo takes some big looks at Pedrosa, then hangs onto his Yamaha despite doing all his braking on the white line at the end of the back straight.
MotoGP - Aragon: And suddenly it becomes a Honda 1-2 again, with Marquez passing Lorenzo at Turn 1, then Pedrosa following through the next corner.
Now Pedrosa is attacking Marquez for the lead.
Now Pedrosa is attacking Marquez for the lead.
Green flag
DTM - Zandvoort: We're going. Wittmann is second, Rocky is toast, and Ekstrom is eighth and on the soft tyres – with 13 laps to go.
MotoGP - Aragon: That started when Lorenzo gained on Marquez through the 'corkscrew' section and muscled through with some very brave braking.
Marquez blasted back past, but now we've just seen a replay showing that in the subsequent move on the pits straight, Marquez gave Lorenzo a wave and let him through. Odd.
Marquez blasted back past, but now we've just seen a replay showing that in the subsequent move on the pits straight, Marquez gave Lorenzo a wave and let him through. Odd.
MotoGP - Aragon: Lorenzo is back into the lead!
But only briefly before Marquez blasts back past on the straight...
...and Lorenzo retaliates again past the pits and takes the lead more emphatically into Turn 1 with nine laps left.
But only briefly before Marquez blasts back past on the straight...
...and Lorenzo retaliates again past the pits and takes the lead more emphatically into Turn 1 with nine laps left.
MotoGP - Aragon: Redding's period battling with Smith has ended with the Tech 3 Yamaha pulling away in 10th, but Redding remains ahead of his Open/customer peers in 11th. Hernandez is chasing him.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Aragon: Race direction waves the white flag, meaning pitstops are allowed if it rains.
Spare bikes are being warmed up, but so far there's no sign of the rain coming down hard enough to warrant wet tyres, it's just the odd unnerving bit of drizzly spit.
Spare bikes are being warmed up, but so far there's no sign of the rain coming down hard enough to warrant wet tyres, it's just the odd unnerving bit of drizzly spit.
DTM - Zandvoort: To explain the confusion with Rockenfeller, here's the issue; if a SC period runs over the half-way point of the race, a driver gets three extra laps after the SC comes in to switch tyres. But in this case, the SC period finished BEFORE the half-way distance. While the pit window has been extended, the soft-tyre window hasn't.
So, technically speaking, Rockenfeller should be penalised.
So, technically speaking, Rockenfeller should be penalised.
MotoGP - Aragon: Marquez inches his lead up to four tenths, with Lorenzo now having to think more about Pedrosa on his tail.
MotoGP - Aragon: Pol Espargaro is fighting back after his earlier mistake, and is now fifth, leading a big queue with Bradl, Bautista, Crutchlow and Aleix Espargaro right behind.
MotoGP - Aragon: As they start lap 12, Marquez gets a good draft on Lorenzo and retakes the lead into Turn 1.
Will he pull away this time? Lorenzo is certainly right back on him through the next few corners.
Will he pull away this time? Lorenzo is certainly right back on him through the next few corners.
MotoGP - Aragon: Marquez is sitting 0.2s behind Lorenzo for the race lead, with Pedrosa closely shadowing them.
Quote
DTM - Zandvoort: While we have a quick break, here's what Farfus had to say about his crash earlier.
"I got hit from the back. I think Juncadella forgot to brake”
Fair enough.
"I got hit from the back. I think Juncadella forgot to brake”
Fair enough.
MotoGP - Aragon: Lorenzo continues to lead, but has Marquez right on his tail still. Fourteen laps remain.
Yellow flag
DTM - Zandvoort: Another safety car as Muller is punted off at the exit of Tarzan by Vietoris.
Amazingly, Rockenfeller hasn't stopped yet – and it's lap 26 of 44. He should be being penalised, but he's not.
Amazingly, Rockenfeller hasn't stopped yet – and it's lap 26 of 44. He should be being penalised, but he's not.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Aragon: Rossi has been taken back to the medical centre for checks after that nasty crash.
MotoGP - Aragon: He's been off the pace all weekend, he only qualified seventh, but on lap eight of 23 at Aragon, Lorenzo has caught and overtaken Marquez for the race lead.
MotoGP - Aragon: Lorenzo passes Marquez for the lead!
MotoGP - Aragon: Pol Espargaro is losing ground, falling behind Dovizioso and Bradl, then spending a chunk of the next lap side by side with Crutchlow for sixth.
A replay explains why: Espargaro went off the road.
A replay explains why: Espargaro went off the road.
World RX - Franciacorta: Here's Petter Solberg's team preparing his Citroen DS3 ahead of the semi-final and a chance for him to move a step closer to claiming his second world championship title.
MotoGP - Aragon: Behind the leaders, Pol Espargaro is having a big dice for fourth with Dovizioso.
Bradl and Crutchlow are sixth and seventh, then Alvaro Bautista has come through from 15th on the grid to eighth, just ahead of Aleix Espargaro.
Smith is under pressure from Redding for 10th, Hector Barbera is 13th on his new Ducati and chasing Yonny Hernandez's Pramac version, and returnee Nicky Hayden is having a solid run in 14th, just ahead of team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama.
Bradl and Crutchlow are sixth and seventh, then Alvaro Bautista has come through from 15th on the grid to eighth, just ahead of Aleix Espargaro.
Smith is under pressure from Redding for 10th, Hector Barbera is 13th on his new Ducati and chasing Yonny Hernandez's Pramac version, and returnee Nicky Hayden is having a solid run in 14th, just ahead of team-mate Hiroshi Aoyama.
DTM - Zandvoort: Curiously, a lot of the option runners haven't stopped yet. The pit window has been extended because of the SC, but not the option tyre window. Are penalties coming?
MotoGP - Aragon: Marquez is still only 0.4s ahead of Lorenzo after six of 23 laps, with Pedrosa within a second of the lead too.
But is tyre choice going to come into play here? Lorenzo is running softer Bridgestones than the two Hondas.
But is tyre choice going to come into play here? Lorenzo is running softer Bridgestones than the two Hondas.
MotoGP - Aragon: Iannone arrives back in the paddock on a marshal's scooter. The crash was much more violent for his Ducati than it was for him, though he was fortunate the rolling bike didn't land on him.
Green flag
DTM - Zandvoort: Lap 22 and we're racing again. Rockenfeller leads from Muller and Green – although none of the Audis have made a stop next lap. Expect pitlane stacking.
Crash
MotoGP - Aragon: Rossi rapidly closed on Pedrosa's Honda for third, ran out onto the kerb in avoidance and then over the run-off area.
He then lost control and had a high-side that took him almost to the tyre wall.
Rossi was taken away by stretcher but is now on his feet behind the barriers and being examined by medical crews.
He then lost control and had a high-side that took him almost to the tyre wall.
Rossi was taken away by stretcher but is now on his feet behind the barriers and being examined by medical crews.
DTM - Zandvoort: Timo Glock has taken his glove off while sitting behind the SC, and seems to be fishing some junk out of his eyes. Can he be penalised for not wearing all of his gear while on-track?
Yellow flag
MotoGP - Aragon: Rossi has a big crash after nearly clipping the back of Pedrosa's bike.
MotoGP - Aragon: Marquez isn't escaping at the moment, he has Lorenzo tagging along 0.4s behind him, with Pedrosa, Rossi, Esparagro, Dovizioso, Bradl and Crutchlow completing what is, for now, an eight-bike-long train.
DTM - Zandvoort: That's basically a free stop for Wittmann. He's ninth and best of those to have stopped. With the window for using options all but gone, things have played out perfectly for the Champ – and less so for Rocky.
Yellow flag
DTM - Zandvoort: Safety car is out as Farfus has had a deceit shunt at the Audi S. Things will get interesting now; Wittmann has stopped, Rocky and Muller haven't.
MotoGP - Aragon: Race order on lap three: 1 Marquez, 2 Lorenzo, 3 Pedrosa, 4 Rossi, 5 P Espargaro, 6 Dovizioso.
By: AUTOSPORT staff, Kevin Turner, Andrew van Leeuwen, Glenn Freeman, Matt Beer, Pablo Elizalde, Dan Cross
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