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Silverstone GP3: A great start for Jack Harvey, he leads. A jump start for Conor Daly, he's second from ninth!
X Games - Munich: Timerzyanov makes his way onto the grid at the very last minute to join the restart - that caught AUTOSPORT's Toby Moody by surprise.
Silverstone GP3: Cars are on their warm-up lap, with Kevin Korjus poised to start on pole ahead of local hope Jack Harvey, Facu Regalia and Alex Fontana.
Red flag
X Games - Munich: Liam Doran was leading the rallycross final in Munich in the brand new Mini, but the race has been halted after Timur Timerzyanov's Dodge was perched backwards on top of the tyre barriers after contact with Ken Block.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Assen: Did you miss Valentino Rossi's drought-ending 80th MotoGP win? Fear not. You can read AUTOSPORT's full report on not one, but two, epic Yamaha rides online.
Rossi wins as Lorenzo stars
ERC - Ypres: Paddon crashed in sixth gear after hitting a pole, according to Andreas Aigner. Paddon's Fiesta has radiator damage and is parked.
WTCC - Porto - qualifying two results:
1 Muller; 2; Chilton; 3 Nykjaer; 4 Michelisz; 5 Thompson; 6 Tarquini; 7 Huff; 8 Basseng; 9 Nash; 10 Coronel; 11 Engstler; 12 Oriola
1 Muller; 2; Chilton; 3 Nykjaer; 4 Michelisz; 5 Thompson; 6 Tarquini; 7 Huff; 8 Basseng; 9 Nash; 10 Coronel; 11 Engstler; 12 Oriola
Checkered flag
WTCC - Porto: The chequered flag flies, and with no late improvements on the cards, Muller picks up his 18th WTCC pole ahead of Chilton, Nykjaer and Michelisz.
Checkered flag
ERC - Ypres: Another stage win for Bouffier boosts his advantage over Breen to near 30s in the fight for second. But an on-stage incident for Hayden Paddon has him stricken en route to the finish. With that in mind, this is the result and also what the overall result looks like thus far.
Stage results: 1 Bouffier; 2 Loix +3.5s; 3 Breen +3.6s; 4 Solowow +18.8s; 5 Vanneste +22.3s
Overall results: 1 Loix; 2 Bouffier +1m34.7s; 3 Breen 2m04.2s; 4 Lefevere 5m36.3s; 5 Vanneste +5m38.2s
Stage results: 1 Bouffier; 2 Loix +3.5s; 3 Breen +3.6s; 4 Solowow +18.8s; 5 Vanneste +22.3s
Overall results: 1 Loix; 2 Bouffier +1m34.7s; 3 Breen 2m04.2s; 4 Lefevere 5m36.3s; 5 Vanneste +5m38.2s
WTCC - Porto: Into the final minute and Chilton has improved to second, with Thompson up to fifth. Drivers will have two more laps in terms of time, but even now their tyres will be past their best. Order could be set.
X Games - Munich: The heats have just finished and Pat Doran, Brian Deegan, Tanner Foust, Patrik Sandell, Ken Block and Mattias Ekstrom - pictured, having had an engine scare in practice - are through to the final.
Brazil winner Scott Speed is among those now lining up to get in via the last chance race.
European Rallycross champion Timur Timerzyanov and occasional IndyCar driver Townsend Bell are among Speed rivals.
Green flag
WTCC - Porto: We're back to green. Muller currently leads, while Thompson is the only man yet to set a time.
ERC - Ypres: A slowly-updating ERC time screen means we've struggled to bring you updates from Belgium - but here we are. Bouffier claimed the stage win, 3.5s quicker than runaway rally leader Loix, who was 0.1s faster than Breen.
Crash
WTCC - Porto: Pepe Oriola has clouted the wall at Turn 3, and his Cruze is too damaged to continue. The Spaniard currently sits eighth overall.
Red flag
WTCC - Porto: Q2 comes to a halt.
GP2 - Silverstone: As well as Fabio Leimer going to the stewards, fifth-placed Jon Lancaster will do likewise after punting off James Calado at Brooklands. Jolyon Palmer, Rio Haryanto and Julian Leal rounded out the point scorers, but that could change subject to penalties.
Stopwatch
WTCC - Porto: No surprises as Muller goes top of the pile with a 2m05.347s. Nykjaer and Michelisz are the only men within one second of that.
WTCC Porto
WTCC - Porto: The view from outside a sweltering media centre, as Michelisz leads the field round.
Checkered flag
GP2 - Silverstone: Sam Bird wins a sometimes crazy and very confusing feature race, by 2.4s over Stephane Richelmi. Tom Dillmann finished third after getting the better of points leader Stefano Coletti, who then clashed with Fabio Leimer near the end of the race at The Loop. Lots of stewards investigations are now pending after numerous collisions, however.
Green flag
WTCC - Porto: Green flag, and Q2 - the shootout for pole - is underway.
WTCC - Porto: Nash books his spot in Q2 at the last minute, and at the expense of Bennani.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Porto - qualifying one results:
1 Muller; 2; Nykjaer; 3 Tarquini; 4 Michelisz; 5 Chilton; 6 Huff; 7 Coronel; 8 Nash; 9 Engstler; 10 Basseng; 11 Thompson; 12 Oriola.
Missing the cut:
13 Bennani; 14 D’Aste; 15 O’Young; 16 Barth; 17 Monteiro; 18 Boardman; 19 Ng; 20 Monje; 21 Valente; 22 MacDowall; 23 Karamyshev; 24 Munnich; 25 Kozlovskiy.
1 Muller; 2; Nykjaer; 3 Tarquini; 4 Michelisz; 5 Chilton; 6 Huff; 7 Coronel; 8 Nash; 9 Engstler; 10 Basseng; 11 Thompson; 12 Oriola.
Missing the cut:
13 Bennani; 14 D’Aste; 15 O’Young; 16 Barth; 17 Monteiro; 18 Boardman; 19 Ng; 20 Monje; 21 Valente; 22 MacDowall; 23 Karamyshev; 24 Munnich; 25 Kozlovskiy.
WTCC - Porto: That's it for Monteiro, who doesn't have time to set another flyer and try to improve on 17th. Bennani meanwhile has moved into 12th, ahead of Nash.
ERC - Ypres: We've had our first times on SS14, both north of the 17m mark. It'll be a little while before the leaders come through.
WTCC - Porto: Coronel and Tarquini both improve to book top six spots, leaving Huff and Nash on the fringes of the top-12 Q1 cut.
Stopwatch
WTCC - Porto: Into the final seven minutes, and Muller takes over at the top (moments after Nykjaer had done likewise). Tarquini and D'Aste currently on the bubble, Monteiro and Coronel among those below the cut off.
GP2 - Silverstone: Sam Bird looks set to win this feature race, holding a 6.4s lead over Richelmi. Coletti is third, but has Leimer, a charging Dillmann and Palmer right behind him.
WTCC - Porto: 15 minutes to go, and we're yet to see a competitive time from Monteiro, whose Honda needed a new turbo fitted after FP2. Alex MacDowall also suffering - he hits something out on track and limps round with front-end damage, slipping from 12th to 18th as others improve.
ERC - Ypres: We're awaiting the start of the 28km SS14, which closes out the early afternoon loop.
STCC - Gothenburg:
Stopwatch
WTCC - Porto: Norbert Michelisz bangs in a 2m06.876s - very nearly the fastest we've seen this weekend - to demote Yvan Muller from the top.
Stopwatch
WTCC - Porto: Pepe Oriola sets the early running with a 2m07.539s, putting him half a second clear.
WTCC - Porto: We've lost one car before the session starts - Lada's Mikhail Kozlovskiy misses out after the team was unable to repair damage done in an FP2 scrape.
GP2 - Silverstone: The pitstops have cycled through and Sam Bird is in the virtual lead, 5.6s clear of Stefano Coletti. Marcus Ericsson has been given a drive-through penalty for his opening lap clash with Felipe Nasr. Stephane Richelmi leads the race, but is running a long first stint.
Green flag
WTCC - Porto: Green flag, and we're underway. Tarquini leads the field out.
WTCC - Porto: Just 33 degrees in Portugal currently. The good news? It's even hotter in the media centre, where the air con has been broken for the past two hours.
WTCC Porto
WTCC - Porto: Just under five minutes away from the start of qualifying in Portugal. Included in AUTOSPORT's paddock trawl was a quick talk with Michel Nykjaer, racing this weekend in memory of fellow Dane Allan Simonsen.
MotoGP - Assen: No hurry to the podium for Rossi. He'll be there in his own time once everyone in Yamaha colours has had a hug.
Now as he climbs the steps to the podium it's starting to sink in and the fist pumps.
Now as he climbs the steps to the podium it's starting to sink in and the fist pumps.
MotoGP - Assen: Rossi looks as much relieved as anything else. This is such an emotional moment after his struggles of recent years.
GP2 - Silverstone: Bird holds a 1.7s lead on lap three as replays of the start show his amazing sweeping move from fourth to first on the approach to Aintree. Meanwhile, Ericsson is under investigation for a touch with Nasr at the third corner of the first lap.
By: Matt Beer, Sam Tremayne, Charles Bradley, Scott Mitchell, Andrew van de Burgt
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