Bathurst 1000, Sepang MotoGP, BTCC finale
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: We're back under way for the last 15 minutes of qualifying.
ERC - Sanremo: But before all that, Bouffier's made it to the finish! A quick tyre change, but he's lost 1m46.8s and has lost second place as a result.
ERC - Sanremo: Lappi's time is 12m30.6s, which means Perico needs to complete the stage in less than 12m36.5s to hold on to third. Well, second, following Bouffier's problems...
European F3 - Vallelunga: Now Rosenqvist is past van de Laar for 12th.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Rosenqvist has finally nailed the tough-to-pass King and is 13th.
Stopwatch
ERC - Sanremo: Breen's gone quickest of all with a 12m34.3s. No sign of Bouffier yet.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Top 3 covered by just 1.8 seconds as Lynn sets fastest lap.
ERC - Sanremo: Amid all the drama, Gryazin sets a time of 13m05.4s, while Aigner's 13m34.5s is enough to see him crowned 2013 Production Cup champion.
Crash
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Neal is out of the car, but this could be the end of his title challenge. He is currently 13th in the session and is nursing an injured finger, so will he call it quits now?
European F3 - Vallelunga: Rosenqvist, 14th, is now swarming over King and van de Laar
European F3 - Vallelunga: After four laps, order is Marciello, Sims, Lynn, Kvyat, Cheever, Derani, Auer, Muller, Giovinazzi, Tincknell.
ERC - Sanremo: Early reports suggest the Frenchman has suffered a puncture and is changing a wheel. He had a 1m31.0 lead over third place Perico before the incident.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Spectacular work from Rosenqvist, who is already up to 15th albeit helped by problems for a couple of lower-order guys.
Crash
ERC - Sanremo: Bouffier reported as being stopped in the stage!
Red flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: And Matt Neal has crashed exiting Paddock Hill Bend. It's a big hit and the red flags are out.
European F3 - Vallelunga: And Serralles has already had his second shunt of the day.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Current order then, with just over 15 minutes to go, is:
Plato, Tordoff, Turkington, Wrathall, Jordan, Onslow-Cole, Collard, Hill, Morgan, Shedden.
Plato, Tordoff, Turkington, Wrathall, Jordan, Onslow-Cole, Collard, Hill, Morgan, Shedden.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Marciello leads from Sims, Lynn and Kvyat.
Stopwatch
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Dave Newsham has a spin at Paddock Hill Bend. The Speedworks Toyotas don't like that corner this weekend!
Tordoff briefly takes pole, only for MG team-mate Plato to strike back again with 1m31.504s.
Tordoff briefly takes pole, only for MG team-mate Plato to strike back again with 1m31.504s.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Cars have just set off on their green-flag lap.
Stopwatch
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jason Plato sets the early benchmark with 1m31.823s, the fastest lap of the weekend so far.
Sam Tordoff and Colin Turkington are next.
Sam Tordoff and Colin Turkington are next.
European F3 - Vallelunga: No sign of the rain returning and it's very warm and sunny here. Which at least means that the gratifyingly scarcely-clad Deutsche Post grid girls aren't suffering Zandvoort levels of hypothermia, even if it's not necessarily great for an overtaking-fest.
Bouffier
ERC - Sanremo: Not long before the final stage of the Sanremo Rally gets underway.
Will Bouffier be able to overturn the 7.0s deficit and claim his second ERC win of the season, or will Basso hold on and take a home victory?
And, if that wasn't enough, just 5.9s is the difference between Perico and Lappi in the battle for third.
Game on!
European F3 - Vallelunga: This track looks as though it'll be hard one to overtake on, so all eyes will be on the tenacious Rosenqvist. Sims, meanwhile, is cheekily hoping Marciello is in 'conservative', risk-free mode...
European F3 - Vallelunga: Marciello's title rival Felix Rosenqvist is last on the 27-car grid. It turns out his qualifying drama was the result of running wide onto the 'sausage' kerbs in the left-hand part of the esses behind the paddock. It broke his right-side suspension front and rear and he had to pull off with no steering. It was fixed quickly for second qualifying, but still not 100 per cent.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Cars are forming on grid for race 1. Points leader Raffaele Marciello is on pole with Alexander Sims alongside. Second row is Alex Lynn and Daniil Kvyat, third row is Felix Serralles and Eddie Cheever.
Green flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: So, here we go. The final BTCC qualifying session of the year. It looks like being a dry one.
Checkered flag
ERC - Sanremo - SS9 results:
Stage: 1 Bouffier 15m40.9s; 2 Basso +13.0s; 3 Breen +19.7s; 4 Lappi +23.2s; 5 Perico +24.8s; 6 Albertini +25.4s.
Overall: 1 Basso 2h25m05.8s; 2 Bouffier +7.0s; 3 Perico +1m38.0s; 4 Lappi +1m43.9s; 5 Albertini +1m56.5s; 6 Andreucci +9m47.8s.
Stage: 1 Bouffier 15m40.9s; 2 Basso +13.0s; 3 Breen +19.7s; 4 Lappi +23.2s; 5 Perico +24.8s; 6 Albertini +25.4s.
Overall: 1 Basso 2h25m05.8s; 2 Bouffier +7.0s; 3 Perico +1m38.0s; 4 Lappi +1m43.9s; 5 Albertini +1m56.5s; 6 Andreucci +9m47.8s.
ERC - Sanremo: Perico sets a time 1.6s slower than Lappi, who he is currently in a battle with for third overall. The Italian has a 5.9s advantage with just 20.73 kilometres of the rally left to run.
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ERC - Sanremo: Basso at the end of the stage: "Too much... I have intermediate split wrong."
Make of that what you will.
Make of that what you will.
Checkered flag
Superstars - Vallelunga: Just when it looked like Morbidelli was going to cruise to pole, Giovanni Berton set the fastest time right on the flag to take his first pole position.
Here's the top 10 for tomorrow's first race:
1 Berton; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Mugelli; 4 Biagi; 5 Liuzzi; 6 Larini; 7 Sini; 8 Schiattarella; 9 Cipriani; 10 Trentin.
Here's the top 10 for tomorrow's first race:
1 Berton; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Mugelli; 4 Biagi; 5 Liuzzi; 6 Larini; 7 Sini; 8 Schiattarella; 9 Cipriani; 10 Trentin.
ERC - Sanremo: Not much, is the answer to that previous question. Basso's time of 15m53.9s is 13.0s slower than Bouffier, so the Italian's lead is just 7.0s heading into the final stage of the event!
Stopwatch
ERC - Sanremo: Bouffier goes 19.7s quicker than anyone else! What can Basso do in response?
ERC - Sanremo: Impressive time of 16m04.1s set by Lappi who is making a rare appearance on asphalt this weekend. The Finn has been competing in the all-gravel-based Asia Pacific Rally this year.
Stopwatch
ERC - Sanremo: And here comes luckless Breen who goes 25.2s quicker with a 16m00.6s.
ERC - Sanremo: Aigner, who is on course to become this year's Production Car Cup champion, sets a time of 17m37.9s.
Gryazin sets a more representative time for those at the front of the field which is 16m25.8s.
"It was hard," he says.
So, there we go.
Gryazin sets a more representative time for those at the front of the field which is 16m25.8s.
"It was hard," he says.
So, there we go.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: AUTOSPORT has just seen Andy Jordan, who looks pretty relaxed considering he could be just 24 hours or so away from his first title.
"Even if we get taken out in all three races we'll have still put a good season together," he said.
Difficult to argue with that. So far, Jordan has been quick in wet or dry this weekend and reckons there is more to come.
"Even if we get taken out in all three races we'll have still put a good season together," he said.
Difficult to argue with that. So far, Jordan has been quick in wet or dry this weekend and reckons there is more to come.
Superstars - Vallelunga: With 12 minutes left in the session Gianni Morbidelli is in control, leading the way from Mugelli and Giovanni Berton.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Frank Wrathall has admitted to AUTOSPORT that it was a "lack of talent" that caused his Clearways off in FP1.
He was much happier with his FP2 run.
He was much happier with his FP2 run.
Lights out
ERC - Sanremo: Safety car has made it through Passo Teglia ahead of the field. Bouffier was 10.5s quicker than Basso on this stage this morning and the Frenchman will be hoping for similar success this time around and half Basso's 20.0s lead.
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