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GP3 - Valencia: Consistency is paying off for Tio Ellinas who, despite not being on the podium since the first race of the championship, reclaimed the GP3 points lead with fourth place in the second race at Valencia.
Race one winner Conor Daly drops to second after eighth in the second encounter.
GP3 standings after four of 16 rounds:
1 Tio Ellinas 55
2 Conor Daly 51
3 Aaro Vainio 43
4 Kevin Korjus 37
5 Patric Niederhauser 28
6 Carlos Sainz Jr 24
Full season statistics on FORIX
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DTM - Lausitz: Bruno Spengler: "When things aren't going your way, you get a bit over-emotional and I did a bit of a 'hello' there. We had a talk afterwards and there will be no trouble between us."
Mattias Ekstrom: "Is that how we say hello in Sweden?"
Mattias Ekstrom: "Is that how we say hello in Sweden?"
DTM - Lausitz: A fine is not Spengler's only worry after Lausitz - he's also lost the championship lead. So while the defending champion has little reason to celebrate tonight, the top two (pictured right) had plenty to be happy about.
Paffett's win kickstarted his 2013 season while Rockenfeller's impressive drive to second means he takes the lead of the championship on countback.
DTM standings after four of 10 rounds:
1 Mike Rockenfeller 59
2 Bruno Spengler 59
3 Gary Paffett 47
4 Christian Vietoris 40
5 Augusto Farfus 33
6 Marco Wittmann 32
Full season statistics on FORIX
DTM - Lausitz: Bruno Spengler has been fined €1000 for a one-fingered salute at the end of the race, following a whack from Mattias Ekstrom on the run to the line.
The pair were battling over seventh; Spengler taking it by less than three hundredths of a second.
Spengler might have got away with it had his BMW not been fitted with a driver-facing onboard camera!
The pair were battling over seventh; Spengler taking it by less than three hundredths of a second.
Spengler might have got away with it had his BMW not been fitted with a driver-facing onboard camera!
DTM - Lausitz: The third German F3 race of the weekend was won by championship leader Marvin Kirchofer, who passed Lotus/Motopark team-mate Emil Bernstorff at Turn 1 at around half-distance. Artem Markelov made it a one-two-three for the team.
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GP3 - Valencia: Nick Yelloly agreed with his team boss Trevor Carlin's suggestion from this morning that he could have won race one had he not been sent to the back of the grid for a rideheight infringement: "I was cruising in that race, and made 14 places [from 26th on the grid]. I could have won that, it was a really good run. I learnt a good lesson in race two about how to pick people off, so it's not bad really despite not scoring a point."
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GP3 - Valencia: Less happy is ART's Jack Harvey, who had to watch his team celebrate a 1-2 in race one while he finished 10th. The British F3 champ was 12th in race two and told AUTOSPORT: "It's just no gelling or flowing for us. Barcelona was a good platform, and the team has clearly made a step forward, but although I feel I'm ticking most boxes I'm clearly missing one. I've got to make a mark at Silverstone and start scoring some big points."
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GP3 - Valencia: Carlos Sainz Jr believes he's turned a corner with his MW Arden car's set-up after struggling terribly in the opening round at Barcelona. After scoring his first podium in the series in race two, he said: "It's a massive step forward. Despite a bad qually [he was P9 after brake issues and having a time deleted for exceeding track limits] we showed we really have the pace. I think this is the start of things for me in GP3."
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MotoGP - Barcelona: Here's what Marquez had to say having shadowed his teammate throughout despite just lacking behind the lead two in practice in qualifying:
"I’m very happy. All weekend we were struggling and worked so hard to be with the front guys [but] the gap was too big. The bike was exactly the same [in the race] but I was so focused, and I tried to follow them."
And of his near-miss with Pedrosa? "I was racing on the limit, it’s part of the game. I tried to follow Dani - some laps were too fast and some were too close. I tried to attack but in the wrong place.
"I made a mistake. I tried to push on the last lap but I wasn’t close enough."
MotoGP - Barcelona: But while Pedrosa was left to rue what could have been, his teammate Marquez was rather happy to be on the podium in third. Though that's probably due to his rather nervy moment less than two laps from home, which nearly threw him off the bike a la Mugello...
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MotoGP - Barcelona: Dani Pedrosa has blamed his failing to translate his record-setting qualifying pace into victory on tyres.
The Spaniard reckons an inability to push hard was the reason he was unable to challenge race winner Jorge Lorenzo and ended up under attack from his teammate, Marc Marquez.
Pedrosa bemoans front tyre performance
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Euro RX - Hell: British driver Liam Doran won the fifth round of the European Rallycross Championship, taking his joker on the first lap of the final and setting a string of strong laptimes to claim victory, having previously won his semi-final.
Reniss Nitiss won the Super1600 category, while local man Lars Oivind Enerberg won TouringCar.
Result: 1 Doran; 2 Timerzyanov; 3 Jeanney; 4 Hvaal; 5 Bakkerud; 6 Hedstrom.
Reniss Nitiss won the Super1600 category, while local man Lars Oivind Enerberg won TouringCar.
Result: 1 Doran; 2 Timerzyanov; 3 Jeanney; 4 Hvaal; 5 Bakkerud; 6 Hedstrom.
That's it for the track action for a bit here on Race Centre Live, but stick with us for reaction from the paddocks in Spain and Germany. We'll have more from European Rallycross and NASCAR later on as well.
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GP3 - Valencia: Race two winner Roberto Visoiu tells AUTOSPORT that the key to his success was passing Dino Zamparelli for eighth in race one this morning to get reversed-grid pole: "I've finished ninth in race one twice already this year, once in GP3 [at Barcelona] and once in Auto GP [Silverstone]. It's the worst feeling in the world: I'd rather crash than finish ninth again! I pressured him into a mistake at Turn 1 and jumped to the inside to pass him at Turn 2."
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GP3 - Valencia: Victory for Robert Visoiu in race two, a dominant performance and a victory margin of 7.7s. Aaro Vainio's pace dropped off massively at the finish, and Carlos Sainz was just 0.136s behind him at flagfall. Tio Ellinas and Daniil Kvyat were next up.
Driver of the day had to be Nick Yelloly, who tigered through to ninth from well back in the early stages. He finished in the wheeltracks of race-one winner Conor Daly.
Driver of the day had to be Nick Yelloly, who tigered through to ninth from well back in the early stages. He finished in the wheeltracks of race-one winner Conor Daly.
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DTM - Lausitz: Paffett wasn't going to be denied - even Rockenfeller's brilliant strategy wasn't enough to stop him.
You can read just how commanding a performance the Brit put in here:
DTM race report
DTM - Lausitz: Mercedes head of motorsport administration Wolfgang Schattling points out that today's win was Gary's 20th in the DTM and the 150th for the three-pointed star (not including ITC).
GP3 - Valencia: Another lap, another Yelloly pass. This time it's on Dino Zamparelli for ninth - on a circuit that it's supposedly impossible to overtake on! Great stuff.
GP3 - Valencia: Yelloly now up to 10th, taking full advantage of a twitch at Turn 1 by Alex Fontana to surge past before Turn 2.
GP3 - Valencia: Robert Visoiu is bossing this second race, holding a 2.2s lead after 11 laps. Behind Aaro Vainio in second, Carlos Sainz is holding off series leader Tio Ellinas. Further back, Nick Yelloly, who was meant to have started race one from P3, is up to 11th.
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MotoGP - Barcelona: It was a seriously impressive ride from Lorenzo to bag that victory. Here's how he beat qualifying record-setter Pedrosa:
Full MotoGP report online
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GP3 - Valencia: Robert Visoiu makes a fine getaway to lead race two, followed by Aaro Vainio. Carlos Sainz made it past Tio Ellinas for third on that opening lap, that'll please the locals.
DTM - Lausitz: Championship top 10: 1 Rockenfeller, 59; 2 Spengler, 59; 3 Paffett, 47; 4 Vietoris, 40; 5 Farfus, 33; 6 Wittmann, 32; 7 Wickens, 27; 8 Werner, 22; 9 Ekstrom, 20; 10 Hand, 16.
Euro RX, Hell
Euro RX - Hell: The cars are lining up for the semi-finals here.
DTM - Lausitz: Paffett wins for the first time in over a year from Rockenfeller, who is now level on points with Spengler at the top of the table. Vietoris managed to grab third back from Wickens in the final couple of laps to take the final podium spot.
GP3 - Valencia: Cars head to the grid for race two, with Robert Visoiu on reversed-grid pole. One of the few people to pull off a passing move today at twisty Circuit Ricardo Tormo, can he keep Aaro Vainio et al behind him?
Checkered flag
DTM Lausitz: Top 10: 1 Paffett; 2 Rockenfeller, +6.8s; 3 Vietoris; 4 Wickens; 5 Green; 6 Juncadella; 7 Spengler; 8 Ekstrom; 9 Mortara; 10 Merhi.
Checkered flag
MotoGP – Barcelona: Lorenzo takes his 26th MotoGP win with a lights-to-flag victory. Pedrosa survives an assault from Marquez to take second and limit the damage to his championship lead. Rossi fourth less than six seconds back. Career-best sixth for Smith.
Results: 1 Lorenzo; 2 Pedrosa +1.763s ; 3 Marquez; 4 Rossi; 5 Bradl; 6 Smith; 7 Dovizioso; 8 Espargaro; 9 Edwards; 10 Pirro.
Results: 1 Lorenzo; 2 Pedrosa +1.763s ; 3 Marquez; 4 Rossi; 5 Bradl; 6 Smith; 7 Dovizioso; 8 Espargaro; 9 Edwards; 10 Pirro.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Marquez hits the back of Pedrosa but they both stay on! That should settle matters: Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Marquez the top three.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Marquez is now right on Pedrosa's tail. I wonder how this will end?
DTM - Lausitz: Juncadella puts a stonking move on Spengler at Turn 1 to take sixth spot with four laps left. That's significant as if it finishes this way, Spengler and Rockenfeller will now be level on points at the top of the standings.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Five laps to go and it might not be all over. Both Repsol Hondas were quicker than Lorenzo that lap and the gap is back to 1s.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Was that the killer lap? Lorenzo adds 0.4s to his lead over Pedrosa. It's 1.2s now and 1.4s to Marquez.
DTM - Lausitz: Unseen by the TV cameras, Vietoris and Green both failed to make up the necessary ground on Wickens since their last stops, meaning the Canadian is now on course for a second DTM podium in three races.
Top 10 with 10 laps left: 1 Paffett; 2 Rockenfeller; 3 Wickens; 4 Vietoris; 5 Green; 6 Spengler; 7 Juncadella; 8 Mortara; 9 Ekstrom; 10 Merhi.
Top 10 with 10 laps left: 1 Paffett; 2 Rockenfeller; 3 Wickens; 4 Vietoris; 5 Green; 6 Spengler; 7 Juncadella; 8 Mortara; 9 Ekstrom; 10 Merhi.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Bradley Smith is enjoying a strong race. He's in seventh place at the moment just 2.7s behind Dovi in sixth.
DTM - Lausitz: Rockenfeller's in, having run to lap 42 on softs (a 38-lap stint). His stop is quick, but he exits behind Paffett, who failed to lose time on that crucial lap, despite being tucked up behind Mortara's Audi which also dived into the pits.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Lorenzo is turning the screw. Marquez is now over a second behind the leader in third. Is it now a two-bike race?
DTM - Lausitz: The race reaches its key moment. Paffett makes his final stop from the lead on lap 40 and replaces old standards with new standards, which should, in theory, be faster than Rockenfeller's 37-lap old options.
Meanwhile Vietoris and Green make their final stops apart; the Mercedes man holding his net third spot... just.
Meanwhile Vietoris and Green make their final stops apart; the Mercedes man holding his net third spot... just.
DTM - Lausitz: Paffett, for all the pressure Rockenfeller is exerting on him, looks the essence of cool. He is still taking textbook swooping lines through the turns, resisting the urge to drive defensively. These two are a cut above today.
MotoGP – Barcelona: As we approach half-distance it's stalemate at the front. Lorenzo has led every lap so far with the Respol Hondas of Pedrosa and Marquez tucked into his slipstream. It's all building up to an epic crescendo (hopefully).
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