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DTM - Lausitz: Rockenfeller's Audi is supreme on the brakes compared to the Mercedes. He's being dragged along at Paffett's sub-1m20s pace; the pair now over 6s clear of third-placed Vietoris. Wickens made his second stop five laps ago, but the standard tyres are not working for him.
He's missed his chance of gaining track position over Rockenfeller, lapping consistently 0.7s slower.
He's missed his chance of gaining track position over Rockenfeller, lapping consistently 0.7s slower.
MotoGP – Barcelona: The top three have dropped Rossi. There's just 0.7s covering them now.
Crash
MotoGP – Barcelona: Crutchlow is out! He loses the front end and slides into the gravel. Hayden suffers an almost identical fate and drops out of sixth.
MotoGP – Barcelona: The top five - Lorenzo, Pedrosa, Marquez, Crutchlow, Rossi - are covered by 1.9s. Bradl and Hayden are fighting over sixth, 5s back.
DTM - Lausitz: Looks like the strategy of starting on standards is working for Wickens and Rockenfeller. Paffett, Vietoris, Green and Spengler have all stopped in the last few moments and only the leader is now ahead of the Audi driver.
Rockenfeller, who passed Wickens at Turn 1 just as Green was exiting the pitlane, is now right on Paffett's tail. That's a net gain of five places for the Phoenix man, who might just be in a position to retake the championship lead from Spengler at this rate.
Rockenfeller, who passed Wickens at Turn 1 just as Green was exiting the pitlane, is now right on Paffett's tail. That's a net gain of five places for the Phoenix man, who might just be in a position to retake the championship lead from Spengler at this rate.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Two laps in and Lorenzo leads Pedrosa by 0.4s. Marquez is third just ahead of Crutchlow and Rossi. Then there's a gap to Bradl and the rest.
Crash
MotoGP – Barcelona: Big shame for Alvaro Bautista who crashes out after qualifying a superb fourth. He walks away in frustration.
MotoGP – Barcelona: Lorenzo springs off the line to take an early lead, while an excellent getaway for Marc Marquez moves him into third.
DTM - Lausitz: Order after 20 laps: 1 Paffett; 2 Vietoris, +2.7s; 3 Greenl 4 Spengler; 5 Wehrlein; 6 Wickens; 7 Rockenfeller; 8 Molina; 9 Merhi; 10 Tambay.
MotoGP – Barcelona: It's getting close to race time. Can anyone stop it being a Spanish hat-trick? Cal Crutchlow seems the man most likely after heading the warm-up times, but a Pedrosa/Lorenzo duel is surely on the cards.
DTM - Lausitz: We doubt the 'start on options and run long' strategy of Wittmann will work. He's lapping in sixth in the mid-1m20s while Wickens and Rockenfeller - both of whom have stopped - are in the low 1m19s and are the fastest two drivers on the track.
Fractionally slower are Mercedes drivers Merhi and Juncadella, both of whom have just moved up the order to 10th and 12th with neat Turn 1 moves on, respectively, Tambay and Mortara.
Fractionally slower are Mercedes drivers Merhi and Juncadella, both of whom have just moved up the order to 10th and 12th with neat Turn 1 moves on, respectively, Tambay and Mortara.
Lausitz - DTM: Martin Tomczyk's season goes from bad to worse, he's just spun after hitting RMG BMW team-mate Andy Priaulx.
DTM - Lausitz: All the drivers that started on standard tyres have now stopped within the first seven laps. An interesting move as Ekstrom and Scheider make their second stops on lap nine. They've both now used the standard and option tyres, so could conceivably run to the finish now.
Priaulx, meanwhile, has had a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.
Priaulx, meanwhile, has had a drive-through penalty for jumping the start.
DTM - Lausitz: Some great early moves from Wehrlein. He has got by Scheider, Albuquerque and Mortara in separate moves on laps two and three to move into ninth.
DTM - Lausitz: End of first lap: 1 Paffett; 2 Vietoris; 3 Green; 4 Spengler; 5 Wickens; 6 Rockenfeller; 7 Tambay; 8 Merhi; 9 Mortara; 10 Albuquerque.
Lights out
DTM - Lausitz: A frantic start as Paffett launches off the line to grab the lead from Vietoris into the first corner. Further back Werner is spun around as a gaggle of BMWs squabbled over the same bit of track. Glock and Farfus - who looked to be the man that spun Werner - have lost out while Priaulx and Wittmann have each gained at least five spots.
DTM - Lausitz: The grid is being cleared with the race due to start in just a few moments. Today is a golden chance for Mercedes duo Christian Vietoris and Gary Paffett - 28 and 31 points behind Bruno Spengler in the championship - to kick-start their title campaigns. There are 25 points for a win and the pair are on the front row while Spengler starts fifth in his BMW.
V8 Supercars - Hidden Valley: Before the DTM race roars into life, a quick look at the V8 Supercars points. Jamie Whincup may have been smacked with a drive-through penalty in race three at Hidden Valley, finishing 19th while his teammate - and nearest rival - Craig Lowndes went on to win, but he's actually extended his championship lead after this weekend's trio of races.
That's largely down to his race one win, in which third placed Will Davison retired - leaving him almost 300 points back. Race two winner Mark Winterbottom has jumped to seventh.
V8 Supercars standings after 19 of 33 rounds:
1 Jamie Whincup 1423
2 Craig Lowndes 1264
3 Will Davison 1148
4 Shane van Gisbergen 1127
5 Fabian Coulthard 1108
6 Jason Bright 1101
Full season statistics on FORIX
DTM - Lausitz: Splitting the end of the Moto2 race and the beginning of MotoGP is the start of the DTM race. The top two in the championship - Bruno Spengler and Mike Rockenfeller - line up side-by-side on row three. Spengler starts on the soft tyre but Rocky is on the standard Hankooks.
On the front row, Christian Vietoris and Gary Paffett will hope to convert their strong qualifying into an equally strong, championship-kickstarting result.
On the front row, Christian Vietoris and Gary Paffett will hope to convert their strong qualifying into an equally strong, championship-kickstarting result.
Moto2 – Barcelona: Redding was a distant fourth, but with Nicolas Terol - second in points going into the race - finishing 16th and out of the points, it won't hit his championship charge too hard.
Breaking news
GP3 - Valencia: Conor Daly has been reprimanded for his post-race donuts, so he can have his lunch (he's currently in a very long queue) safe in the knowledge his win will stand. We're also expecting a grid penalty for Fong's opening lap assault on Fumanelli - just waiting on confirmation.
Checkered flag
Moto2 – Barcelona: Espargaro does it - just! There's only 0.081s between him and Rabat. A first podium of 2013 is a great result for Luthi in third.
Results: 1 Espargaro; 2 Rabat; 3 Luthi; 4 Redding; 5 Nakagami; 6 Krummenacher; 7 Zarco; 8 Aegerter; 9 Kallio; 10 Corsi.
Results: 1 Espargaro; 2 Rabat; 3 Luthi; 4 Redding; 5 Nakagami; 6 Krummenacher; 7 Zarco; 8 Aegerter; 9 Kallio; 10 Corsi.
Moto2 – Barcelona: It's the last lap and all to play for between Espargaro and Rabat for the win - there's just 0.055s between them. Luthi is over 6 seconds behind now as the Pons riders really turned up the wick.
GP3, Valencia media centre
GP3 - Valencia: Apart from Adderly Fong clattering into David Fumanelli on the opening lap of race one, the biggest shunt at Valencia concerns this doorhandle from the press office to the viewing balcony! Press officer Pablo Pernia clearly doesn't know his own strength, as he was responsible for it when he was locking up last night...
Moto2 – Barcelona: Having retaken the lead, Espargaro tried to break Rabat's resolve but there's still just 0.4s between them with 3 laps to go.
Moto2 – Barcelona: Rabat hit the front a few laps ago and upped the pace considerably. The Pons team-mates are now over two seconds clear of Luthi, who's three ahead of Redding.
Moto2 – Barcelona: Luthi is struggling to keep pace now. This one seems to be a head-to-head between Espargaro and Rabat.
Moto2 – Barcelona: Redding is dropping back from the leaders, who are still Espargaro, Rabat and Luthi and separated by less than a second.
Moto2 – Barcelona: There's a clear top four now. Espargaro has a small lead from Rabat, Thomas Luthi - who made a great start - and Redding.
Moto2 – Barcelona: Redding sets the fastest lap as he works his way into third. He'd dropped as low as seventh through the first corner.
Moto2 – Barcelona: A fantastic opening lap for Espargaro who leads from Esteve Rabat. Redding drops to fourth after running wide at Turn 1.
Moto2 – Barcelona: It's formation lap time in Moto2. Pol Espargaro is on pole, but Scott Redding was fastest in the warm-up this morning and starts second.
Breaking news
GP3 - Valencia: You can understand Daly's delight. It was a good win for the young American, and you can read exactly how he did it right here:
GP3 Valencia race one report
GP3 Valencia race one report
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GP3 - Valencia: Conor Daly was in good form in the press conference after his victory. When AUTOSPORT asked about his celebratory donuts, and whether he was looking forward to his trip to the race stewards, he replied: "I don't know what you saw... I don't think there's any problem is there? I was investigating Turn 1 a little, that's all... I was happy!" As we walked in, he was overheard telling team-mate Facu Regalia that he was going to blame it on his culture!
DTM - Lausitz: Tyre selection for the start of the race is as follows...
Vietoris, Paffett, Green, Spengler, Wehrlein, Molina, Wittmann and Priaulx start on the softer option Hankook rubber.
The remaining 14 drivers - including fourth-placed starter Wickens - start on the standard tyres, probably aiming to switch when the pit window opens and run long during the middle part of the race. Expect long first stints from the front three.
Vietoris, Paffett, Green, Spengler, Wehrlein, Molina, Wittmann and Priaulx start on the softer option Hankook rubber.
The remaining 14 drivers - including fourth-placed starter Wickens - start on the standard tyres, probably aiming to switch when the pit window opens and run long during the middle part of the race. Expect long first stints from the front three.
Checkered flag
Moto3 – Barcelona: Salom fends off Rins to take a great win. Vinales keeps up his 100 per cent podium record in third.
Results: 1 Salom; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Marquez; 5 Vazquez; 6 Oliveira; 7 Miller; 8 Alexis Masbou; 9 Zulfahmi Khairuddin; 10 Arthur Sissis.
Results: 1 Salom; 2 Rins; 3 Vinales; 4 Marquez; 5 Vazquez; 6 Oliveira; 7 Miller; 8 Alexis Masbou; 9 Zulfahmi Khairuddin; 10 Arthur Sissis.
Moto3 – Barcelona: It's the last lap and we're going to have a Spanish winner, that's for sure. But will it be Salom, Rins or Vinales?
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.
Moto3 – Barcelona: Salom has turned up the heat. Marquez and Vazquez are struggling to make the pace and it's a lead trio now.
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?
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