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IndyCar - Milwaukee: As you'd expect, the yellows prompted a pitting frenzy amongst the leaders. Hunter-Reay has rejoined in the lead ahead of Castroneves, Power, Viso and Dixon. Sato is currently in P7.
Green flag
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Here we go again. Great restart by Hunter-Reay, who has already build a small gap over Castroneves. There are 28 laps to go.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Hunter-Reay was 3mph faster than Castroneves on that last lap. The gap is now 2.6s.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Hunter-Reay has 'backed off' now. It's using the term in a loose sense, as in this case it means that he's now just lapping at the same speed as everyone else. He leads by 4.3s with 10 laps left.
The battle for second is far from over though, as Power has cut Castroneves's gap down to 0.3s.
The battle for second is far from over though, as Power has cut Castroneves's gap down to 0.3s.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: If Hunter-Reay can hold on, he'll become the first back-to-back winner at Milwaukee since Tony Kanaan in 2006 and 2007.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Ryan Hunter-Reay crosses the line, punches the air, and pulls a couple of celebratory burn-outs. He joins James Hinchcliffe as the only multiple race-winners so far this year.
Castroneves held Power off for second, with Viso and Hinchcliffe completing the top five. First Honda-powered driver was Scott Dixon in sixth. Takuma Sato was seventh, although he earned a point for most laps led.
Castroneves held Power off for second, with Viso and Hinchcliffe completing the top five. First Honda-powered driver was Scott Dixon in sixth. Takuma Sato was seventh, although he earned a point for most laps led.
Good morning and welcome to AUTOSPORT's Race Centre Live coverage for Sunday June 16.
Highlights today include MotoGP from Barcelona, DTM at Lausitz and GP3 at Valencia, where that series is enjoying the rare treat of having a standalone event rather than being part of the Formula 1 support bill.
Here's a full list of today's action. Remember, all times are GMT (as is our clock on the left hand side of this page), which is one hour behind BST in the UK:
7:40: MotoGP Barcelona warm-up
9:00: GP3 Valencia race one
9:00: Moto3 Barcelona race
10:20: Moto2 Barcelona race
11:30: DTM Lausitz race
12:00: MotoGP Barcelona race
13:00: Valencia GP3 race two
17:00: NASCAR Sprint Cup Michigan race
All day: Euro RX Hell updates
Highlights today include MotoGP from Barcelona, DTM at Lausitz and GP3 at Valencia, where that series is enjoying the rare treat of having a standalone event rather than being part of the Formula 1 support bill.
Here's a full list of today's action. Remember, all times are GMT (as is our clock on the left hand side of this page), which is one hour behind BST in the UK:
7:40: MotoGP Barcelona warm-up
9:00: GP3 Valencia race one
9:00: Moto3 Barcelona race
10:20: Moto2 Barcelona race
11:30: DTM Lausitz race
12:00: MotoGP Barcelona race
13:00: Valencia GP3 race two
17:00: NASCAR Sprint Cup Michigan race
All day: Euro RX Hell updates
Carlin tribute nose, GP3
GP3 - Valencia: It's a sunny start (again) in Spain as the GP3 field gets set for its standalone raceday. In a nice touch, Eric Lichtenstein has asked to have a 'black armband' put on his Carlin machine to honour the passing of Jose Froilan Gonzalez. Team boss Trevor Carlin is not only too happy to oblige, he's making it himself! What a top bloke.
Breaking news
While we wait for today to fire into life, here's what happened yesterday:
Home favourite Petter Solberg was in charge after day one of the Norweigan leg of the European Rallycross Championship.
Euro RX day one report
Record-setting Dani Pedrosa took a dominant pole position for the MotoGP race at Barcelona.
MotoGP qualifying report
Christian Vietoris took his maiden DTM pole position at Lausitz.
DTM qualifying report
Conor Daly will start the first GP3 race in Valencia from pole.
Full GP3 qualifying report
Home favourite Petter Solberg was in charge after day one of the Norweigan leg of the European Rallycross Championship.
Euro RX day one report
Record-setting Dani Pedrosa took a dominant pole position for the MotoGP race at Barcelona.
MotoGP qualifying report
Christian Vietoris took his maiden DTM pole position at Lausitz.
DTM qualifying report
Conor Daly will start the first GP3 race in Valencia from pole.
Full GP3 qualifying report
MotoGP - Barcelona: The MotoGP riders are out for the warm-up session. Jorge Lorenzo and Cal Crutchlow head poleman Dani Pedrosa with just over 10 minutes to go in the session.
MotoGP - Barcelona: ...Although Lorenzo's time of 1m42.328s is some 1.5s slower than Pedrosa's record qualifying effort.
V8 Supercars - Hidden Valley: We've already seen two V8 Supercar races today. Mark Winterbottom claimed his first win in the series since May last year in the second race but was denied by Craig Lowndes in the third. That one needed a full restart after a hefty shunt on the opening lap, which wiped out seven cars.
Hidden Valley race two report
Hidden Valley race three report
Hidden Valley race two report
Hidden Valley race three report
Crash
MotoGP - Barcelona: Randy de Puniet highsides at Turn 4, shortly after Lukas Pesek had a heavy fall at Turn 7. Both riders are fine. Meanwhile, Cal Crutchlow has gone fastest with a 1m42.270s lap.
GP3 - Valencia: Team boss Trevor Carlin has voiced how "gutted" he is about Nick Yelloly's grid penalty for today's first GP3 race, but accepted the ruling. He believes Yelloly would have had the pace to win today.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Barcelona: Crutchlow's effort was good enough for him to top the session - by one-thousandth of a second from Lorenzo. Interestingly, they both put in several times below lap record pace.
Warm-up results: 1 Crutchlow; 2 Lorenzo; 3 Valentino Rossi; 4 Pedrosa; 5 Nicky Hayden; 6 Alvaro Bautista; 7 Andrea Dovizioso; 8 Marc Marquez; 9 Stefan Bradl; 10 Andrea Iannone.
Warm-up results: 1 Crutchlow; 2 Lorenzo; 3 Valentino Rossi; 4 Pedrosa; 5 Nicky Hayden; 6 Alvaro Bautista; 7 Andrea Dovizioso; 8 Marc Marquez; 9 Stefan Bradl; 10 Andrea Iannone.
DTM-Lausitz: AUTOSPORT has braved a quite awful queue to get in to Lausitz this morning and is now in place, ready for what (hopefully) will be an exciting race, which starts at 12:30 UK time today (11:30 GMT).
Christian Vietoris starts from pole for the first time in the DTM and the first time in anything since a GP2 race at Spa in 2011. A potentially good omen for the German is that he won that race ahead of F1 drivers Romain Grosjean and Jules Bianchi...
How Vietoris took his maiden pole
Christian Vietoris starts from pole for the first time in the DTM and the first time in anything since a GP2 race at Spa in 2011. A potentially good omen for the German is that he won that race ahead of F1 drivers Romain Grosjean and Jules Bianchi...
How Vietoris took his maiden pole
Petter Solberg
Euro RX - Hell: Free Practice has finished on Sunday morning. Petter Solberg (pictured) was unofficially fastest. Mats Lysen missed the session with oil pressure issues.
GP3 - Valencia: Cars are heading to the grid for race one at Circuit Ricardo Tormo, perhaps the only track in the world to have it's name spelt in massive letters by shrubbery. Conor Daly starts from pole, with Daniil Kvyat alongside.
Moto3 - Barcelona: The grandstands are starting to fill as the bikes are making their way to the dummy grid. It's an all-Spanish front row but points leader Maverick Vinales lines up fifth.
IndyCar - Milwaukee: Another nod to yesterday's action before today sparks into life: defending IndyCar champion Ryan Hunter-Reay's Milwaukee Mile win moved him to second in the points.
At the same place Hunter-Reay kickstarted his 2012 title charge, the Andretti driver closed Helio Castroneves' points lead to 16.
IndyCar standings after nine of 19 rounds:
1 Helio Castroneves 299
2 Ryan Hunter-Reay 283
3 Marco Andretti 249
4 Takuma Sato 223
5 Scott Dixon 221
6 Tony Kanaan 215
Full season statistics on FORIX
Lights out
Moto3 - Barcelona: Following a frantic first lap Alex Rins leads, but it's hard to see it staying that way.
Moto3 – Barcelona: A group of seven riders have established a break of over a second from the pack. Only one of them isn't Spanish - Australian Jack Miller.
Lights out
GP3 - Valencia: Conor Daly aced the start and leads race one but ART team-mate Facu Regalia is keeping him very honest in the early going. Daniil Kvyat threw away second place on the opening lap when he ran wide at Turn 4. He's dropped to fourth behind Kevin Korjus.
Moto3 – Barcelona: The magnificent seven are: Rins, Alex Marquez, Vinales, Efren Vazquez, Luis Salom, Miguel Oliviera and Miller, who's just drifting off the back of the Spanish sextet.
GP3 - Valencia: Regalia continues to hound leader Daly, regularly just 0.3-0.4s between them every lap. Battles behind are developing between third-placed Kevin Korjus and Daniil Kvyat, and Carlos Sainz and Tio Ellinas over fifth.
GP3 - Valencia: Fascinating battle developing for eighth, the coveted race two reversed-grid pole position spot, between Dino Zamaparelli and Robert Visoiu. At the front, Daly has a 0.988s lead, the biggest it's been in the whole race so far.
Moto3 – Barcelona: A group of four - Rins, Vinales, Marquez and Salom - have just opened up a gap on the other three. It's still anyone's guess who will win.
GP3 - Valencia: We've just hit lap 10, the point at which the Pirelli tyres should begin to feel the heat of this intense Spanish sun. Laptimes are currently 2s off the fastest, set by Sainz on lap five.
GP3 - Valencia: Regalia's bid for victory appears to be wilting with his tyres. He's 1.3s back now, lapping three-tenths off leader Daly.
Moto3 – Barcelona: Vazquez has almost breached the gap to make it a lead five. Rins' 0.2s lead is about the biggest we've had so far.
Moto3 – Barcelona: We're into the second half of the race. Salom has taken the lead, followed by Vinales, Marquez, Rins and Vazquez.
GP3 - Valencia: An overtaking move! Well, a change of position at least. Visoiu has passed Zamaparelli for eighth, and reversed-grid pole for race two. Ole! With three laps to go, there's no apparent big drop-off with the tyres.
Petter Solberg
Euro RX - Hell: Petter Solberg and Liam Doran had a big battle in last race of heat three, before Solberg's front left suspension then broke. He dragged the car to the finish, and here it is being worked on by his crew.
Checkered flag
GP3 - Valencia: Victory for Conor Daly, the American keeping his ART team-mate Facu Regalia at bay for the 18 laps. Kevin Korjus finishes third, ahead of Daniil Kvyat, who'll be kicking himself for that first-lap error, and Carlos Sainz Jr.
Race one results: 1 Daly; 2 Regalia; 3 Korjus; 4 Kyvat; 5 Sainz Jr; 6 Tio Ellinas; 7 Aaro Vainio; 8 Robert Visoiu; 9 Dino Zamparelli; 10 Jack Harvey.
Race one results: 1 Daly; 2 Regalia; 3 Korjus; 4 Kyvat; 5 Sainz Jr; 6 Tio Ellinas; 7 Aaro Vainio; 8 Robert Visoiu; 9 Dino Zamparelli; 10 Jack Harvey.
Moto3 – Barcelona: Worth mentioning the 10-bike battle for eighth - too many riders to name though! Six laps to go and Vinales leads for what it's worth at the moment.
GP3 - Valencia: Conor Daly, you might have won but you're in trouble. Stewards report that 'car number 1 under investigation - driving the wrong direction after the chequered flag'. Looks like they didn't appreciate his slow-down lap celebrations...
DTM - Lausitz: Nicki Thiim - son of ex-DTM champ Kurt - makes it a double win in the Porsche Carrera Cup, beating Sean Edwards and Jeffrey Schmidt. Thiim is now right back in the title hunt after his Attempto team-mate - and championship leader - Kevin Estre collided with Jaap van Lagen on the first lap and put both out.
Moto3 – Barcelona: Salom has a lead of almost 0.5s which is huge by the standards of this race. Can he make the break stick?
Moto3 – Barcelona: Salom has turned up the heat. Marquez and Vazquez are struggling to make the pace and it's a lead trio now.
DTM - Lausitz: AUTOSPORT has just been handed a new grid sheet for today's race. Marco Wittmann, Joey Hand, Andy Priaulx and Martin Tomczyk have all been given 10-place grid penalties because their cars have been taken out of Parc Ferme.
Tactically that's a sound move by BMW. They occupied the final four places on the grid anyway, so actually retain their starting spots, despite the penalties.
With Parc Ferme rules not applying to those cars, major set-up changes will now be allowed.
Tactically that's a sound move by BMW. They occupied the final four places on the grid anyway, so actually retain their starting spots, despite the penalties.
With Parc Ferme rules not applying to those cars, major set-up changes will now be allowed.
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