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USC - Watkins Glen: Prototype driver Dane Cameron is back in for checks on the Action Express Corvette after that contact. He's still seventh in class but he's now way down on DeltaWing's Memo Rojas.
The former GTD driver has a lot of work to do.
The former GTD driver has a lot of work to do.
Formula E - Battersea: Piquet isn't making the inroads he was before and is still 12th.
He could potentially be saving energy to make places up while others are in the pits, but he's not saving a huge amount of energy.
He's got around a five per cent advantage and is well off the pace. That would suggest it's not worth the sacrifice.
He could potentially be saving energy to make places up while others are in the pits, but he's not saving a huge amount of energy.
He's got around a five per cent advantage and is well off the pace. That would suggest it's not worth the sacrifice.
Formula E - Battersea: D'Ambrosio now setting the pace with a 1m28.487s.
SImona De Silvestro was clipped by Fabio Leimer and there's debris on the track. Shouldn't be enough for a safety car though.
SImona De Silvestro was clipped by Fabio Leimer and there's debris on the track. Shouldn't be enough for a safety car though.
Green flag
USC - Watkins Glen: We're at the hour mark and the top three for Prototype are:
1 Richard Westbrook - Spirit of Daytona
2. Christian Fittipaldi - Action Express
3. Joey Hand - Ganassi Racing
The top three for GTLM are:
1. Patrick Pilet - Porsche
2. John Edwards - BMW RLL
3. Jan Magnussesn - Corvette Racing
We're green again and Westbrook is already under pressure from Fittipaldi.
1 Richard Westbrook - Spirit of Daytona
2. Christian Fittipaldi - Action Express
3. Joey Hand - Ganassi Racing
The top three for GTLM are:
1. Patrick Pilet - Porsche
2. John Edwards - BMW RLL
3. Jan Magnussesn - Corvette Racing
We're green again and Westbrook is already under pressure from Fittipaldi.
Formula E - Battersea: Sarrazin just set the fastest lap, a 1m29.928s.
Formula E - Battersea: Di Grassi hasn't had quite the same start as his title rivals, struggling to find a way past Duran right now.
Buemi is fifth, Piquet 12th. If it was to stay that way, Buemi would be champion.
Buemi is fifth, Piquet 12th. If it was to stay that way, Buemi would be champion.
Formula E - Battersea: Sarrazin is starting to pull away from the two Dragon Racing cars.
Formula E - Battersea: Piquet is up to 12th already from 16th! Great start. Buemi is now into fifth.
Formula E - Battersea: D'Ambrosio had a lot of wheelspin but Sarrazin has kept his place as Duval goes second.
Formula E - Battersea: We're off and it's one step closer to crowing our first Formula E champion!
Yellow flag
USC - Watkins Glen: Dane Cameron has a left rear puncture after making contact with a backmarker. The Glen goes full yellow for a second time. He is lucky that the Prototype Corvette can make it back to the pits. He slips to seventh in class.
Jerome Mee in PC is not so lucky - he was the one tagged by Cameron and he's out at the exact same place Junqueira crashed.
Jerome Mee in PC is not so lucky - he was the one tagged by Cameron and he's out at the exact same place Junqueira crashed.
DTM - Norisring: Robert Wickens restored Mercedes to its previous dominance with victory in race two.
Robert Wickens, HWA Mercedes, Norisring DTM 2015
Formula E - Battersea: Minutes to go until the Formula E finale.
Heres' your grid:
1. Stephane Sarrazin
2. Jerome D'Ambrosio
3. Loic Duval
4. Sam Bird
5. Bruno Senna
6. Sebastien Buemi
7. Nick Heidfeld
8. Salvador Duran
9. Alex Fontana
10. Jarno Trulli
Other notables, Lucas di Grassi in 11th, Nelson Piquet Jr in 16th.
Heres' your grid:
1. Stephane Sarrazin
2. Jerome D'Ambrosio
3. Loic Duval
4. Sam Bird
5. Bruno Senna
6. Sebastien Buemi
7. Nick Heidfeld
8. Salvador Duran
9. Alex Fontana
10. Jarno Trulli
Other notables, Lucas di Grassi in 11th, Nelson Piquet Jr in 16th.
Green flag
USC - Watkins Glen: 50 minutes in and in Prototype, Cameron tries down the inside of Westbrook into Turn 1. He is all over the back of Westbrook - he's desperate for the lead.
In PC Mike Hedlund now leads for Starworks Motorsport after Conor Daly pitted at the restart.
In PC Mike Hedlund now leads for Starworks Motorsport after Conor Daly pitted at the restart.
USC - Watkins Glen: Drivers come in reacting to the yellow flag. Prototype race leader Christian Fiitipaldi and Joey Hand in the Ganassi race car both come in. Only a fuel stop for the pair, giving strategists their first chance to make a call.
Richard Westbrook now leads Prototype for Spirit of Daytona.
Richard Westbrook now leads Prototype for Spirit of Daytona.
Yellow flag
USC - Watkins Glen: Big hit for Bruno Junqueria. The Brazilian gets a slight nudge from behind into Turn 6 and he skates across the track into the outside barriers. Full course yellow as track marshals try and recover that RSR Racing Oreca.
Formula E – Battersea: Piquet Jr is among the recipients of Fan Boost for the Formula E finale. That's the good news. The bad news is that Buemi is also a Fan Boost winner.
USC - Watkins Glen: 20 minutes in and Westbrook dives down the inside of Cameron into Turn 9. Brilliantly judged there by the Prototype driver as the track starts to dry out.
BTCC - Croft: It's been a good weekend for the WSR BMW team.
USC - Watkins Glen: Christopher Hasse leads the GTD field and Conor Daly leads the PC class.
The Prototype cars are already catching the tail end of the field as the slick tyres are coming in to their own.
The Prototype cars are already catching the tail end of the field as the slick tyres are coming in to their own.
USC - Watkins Glen: Fittipaldi is not messing about. He's built up a 3.5 second lead already. Dane Cameron is up to second with Richard Westbrook looking to get the place back.
If Fittipaldi is pulling clear then Pilet in GTLM is going one better. he's got a ten second lead. Gavin spins the number 4 Corvette trying to straighten up out of turn 4. He was third so the 912 Porsche appreciatively drives clean past.
If Fittipaldi is pulling clear then Pilet in GTLM is going one better. he's got a ten second lead. Gavin spins the number 4 Corvette trying to straighten up out of turn 4. He was third so the 912 Porsche appreciatively drives clean past.
BTCC - Croft: That result for Plato, with Shedden fifth, closes the championship fight up nicely - though the Honda man is best-placed considering he'll have a favourable starting position and less ballast in the finale.
1 Shedden 179
2 Plato 174
3 Neal 165
4 Jordan 156
5 Tordoff 152
6 Turkington 148
Tordoff's win at Oulton, second in race one here and victory just now have combined to throw him in the title mix.
A dark horse?
1 Shedden 179
2 Plato 174
3 Neal 165
4 Jordan 156
5 Tordoff 152
6 Turkington 148
Tordoff's win at Oulton, second in race one here and victory just now have combined to throw him in the title mix.
A dark horse?
Trophy
DTM - Norisring: Wickens wins his second race at the Norisring in as many seasons, capping a dominant weekend for Mercedes.
Vietoris takes second, ahead of Spengler, Ekstrom, Wehrlein, di Resta, Paffett, Juncadella, Auer and Martin.
Vietoris takes second, ahead of Spengler, Ekstrom, Wehrlein, di Resta, Paffett, Juncadella, Auer and Martin.
DTM - Norisring: Wickens has romped it home in the last 10 minutes. All of a sudden, he's up by 7.1s, having just set a new fastest lap of the race.
DTM - Norisring: Some fierce late action from Spengler, who bumped doors with Ekstrom to take third at the first corner. Ekstrom looked to switch back coming out of the hairpin, but Spengler retained the inside line for the chicane.
Green flag
USC - Watkins Glen: Both Action Express cars start well in Prototype. Some cars are on slicks, others are on wets. In GTLM there are a flurry of changes and Pilet, in the Porsche 911, takes the lead while Auberlen spins in the #25 RLL BMW.
It's been a tricky start for everybody.
It's been a tricky start for everybody.
DTM - Norisring: Auer fancies ninth from Martin, who is covering the inside line well into Turn 1. Meanwhile, Muller has pitted to retire from the race.
DTM - Norisring: With five minutes remaining, Wickens leads Vietoris by 3.6s. Ekstrom and Spengler are still third and fourth, a further four seconds behind.
DTM - Norisring: Update from Audi is that Green picked up a puncture through contact from Martin, as the Belgian moved past at Turn 1.
Also at Turn 1, Wehrlein has run wide and handed fifth place back to di Resta.
Also at Turn 1, Wehrlein has run wide and handed fifth place back to di Resta.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Croft: A largely uneventful race, that.
Tordoff took a dominant victory from pole, though as predicted Priaulx struggled to contain the Team BMR Volkswagens and lost out to both Plato and Turkington.
Shedden defeated Collard for fifth. Austin, Ingram, Morgan and Goff completed the top 10.
A scary crash at Clervaux for Josh Cook ends with the rookie emerging unscathed from his Power Maxed Chevy.
Tordoff took a dominant victory from pole, though as predicted Priaulx struggled to contain the Team BMR Volkswagens and lost out to both Plato and Turkington.
Shedden defeated Collard for fifth. Austin, Ingram, Morgan and Goff completed the top 10.
A scary crash at Clervaux for Josh Cook ends with the rookie emerging unscathed from his Power Maxed Chevy.
DTM - Norisring: Green is slowing and heading to pitlane. Gets a replacement set of tyres - couldn't see a puncture on TV - and rejoins way down the order.
DTM - Norisring: Forceful move by Martin down the inside at Turn 1, he takes ninth from Green. Auer gets past at the same place on the very next lap, but around the outside.
DTM - Norisring: Speaking of Green, he's having to staunchly defend that ninth place from Martin and Auer, who both have DRS at their disposal.
USC - Watkins Glen: On a final build up note, we are still yet to witness a repeat winner in the Prototype series. With the championship leaders Action Express on pole, they look early favourites but, the series is tight for a reason and a lot can change in six hours.
Ten minutes to go until we go green and don't forget that threat of rain.
Ten minutes to go until we go green and don't forget that threat of rain.
DTM - Norisring: Not helping Ekstrom's cause is the performance weight Audi drivers are carrying, as a result of the brand's dominant start to 2015.
Ekstrom's Audi tips the scales at 1137.5kg, Spengler's BMW 1105kg. Green is the next-best Ingolstadt man in ninth, while Tambay, Muller, Mortara and Scheider are 15th through to 18th, Molina 20th and Rockenfeller out of the race after first-lap contact.
Ekstrom's Audi tips the scales at 1137.5kg, Spengler's BMW 1105kg. Green is the next-best Ingolstadt man in ninth, while Tambay, Muller, Mortara and Scheider are 15th through to 18th, Molina 20th and Rockenfeller out of the race after first-lap contact.
USC - Watkins Glen: Prototype's Michael Shank Racing was extremely unlucky on Saturday. The Ligier Honda LMP2 car was quickest across all three practice sessions so you have got to feel for them. They had a good shot at taking pole here.
In GTLM, Corvette Racing's Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia season has faded slightly since those two wins at the first two rounds. They had mixed sessions in practice and even though they do start on pole, they need to watch out for the two BMW RLL cars as they have been going well recently - look out for the number 24 and 25 cars during the race.
Michael Shank Racing Ligier-HPD, Daytona 24 Hours 2015
In GTLM, Corvette Racing's Jan Magnussen and Antonio Garcia season has faded slightly since those two wins at the first two rounds. They had mixed sessions in practice and even though they do start on pole, they need to watch out for the two BMW RLL cars as they have been going well recently - look out for the number 24 and 25 cars during the race.
DTM - Norisring: Fairly stable at the front, Wickens leads Vietoris by 2.2s with 18 minutes remaining. A further three seconds behind Vietoris, Ekstrom is having to defend third from polesitter Spengler.
DTM - Norisring: Wehrlein is now fifth, after putting a move on stablemate di Resta.
DTM - Norisring: The last driver to pit, Molina is now in. It means that the seven running Mercedes' (with Gotz out) are all inside the top 11:
1. Wickens
2. Vietoris
3. Ekstrom
4. Spengler
5. di Resta
6. Wehrlein
7. Paffett
8. Juncadella
9. Green
10. Martin
11. Auer
1. Wickens
2. Vietoris
3. Ekstrom
4. Spengler
5. di Resta
6. Wehrlein
7. Paffett
8. Juncadella
9. Green
10. Martin
11. Auer
DTM - Norisring: Auer has now pitted. He rejoins in 12th, after serving the additional five-second penalty.
At the front of the field, Wickens has just set a new fastest lap, 48.287s, to sit 2.8s clear of Vietoris.
At the front of the field, Wickens has just set a new fastest lap, 48.287s, to sit 2.8s clear of Vietoris.
By: Matt Beer, AUTOSPORT staff, Scott Mitchell, Mitchell Adam, Gary Watkins, Jack Benyon, Marcus Simmons
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