Bathurst 1000, Sepang MotoGP, BTCC finale
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ERC - Sanremo: Scandola reckons there's no lasting damage to his Skoda Fabia and will be able to continue in the rally, albeit the best part of five minutes off the lead in eighth.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Tordoff goes even quicker, 1m41.848s. NGTC debutant Jake Hill is currently second!
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Tordoff goes fastest, but we're getting near slick tyre weather, which means Shedden could soon top the times.
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Andrew Jordan BTCC
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jordan goes back to the top with 1m43.034.
And immediately gets knocked back by Onslow-Cole, 1m42.877, as the track continues to dry.
Checkered flag
ERC - Sanremo - SS6 results:
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Breen +4.0s; 3 Andreucci +4.1s; 4 Perico +6.0s; 5 Basso +13.5s; 6 Lappi +13.8s.
Overall: 1 Andreucci; 2 Basso +25.6s; 3 Bouffier +58.3s; 4 Perico +1m14.5s; 5 Lappi +1m26.9s; 6 Albertini +1m31.4s.
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Breen +4.0s; 3 Andreucci +4.1s; 4 Perico +6.0s; 5 Basso +13.5s; 6 Lappi +13.8s.
Overall: 1 Andreucci; 2 Basso +25.6s; 3 Bouffier +58.3s; 4 Perico +1m14.5s; 5 Lappi +1m26.9s; 6 Albertini +1m31.4s.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Aron Smith goes fastest, with 1m43.528 in his Motorbase Ford Focus.
Jordan improves to 1m43.556s but is now second.
Jordan improves to 1m43.556s but is now second.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jordan improves to 1m44.640s, with Jake Hill on his NGTC debut with a Rob Austin Racing Audi and Dave Newsham's Speedworks Toyota Avensis next up.
Jordan comes across the line and does 1m43.917s.
Jordan comes across the line and does 1m43.917s.
ERC - Sanremo: Scandola's dragged his way to the finish - minus front left tyre - and has lost the best part of four minutes.
Rally leader Andreucci continues to lead the event, having set the third quickest time of the stage with a 13m45.4s.
Rally leader Andreucci continues to lead the event, having set the third quickest time of the stage with a 13m45.4s.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: It looks like Gordon Shedden is trying slicks and is lapping a long way off the pace at the moment.
Jason Plato has come in and is switching to the soft slick Dunlop tyre.
Current order: Jordan, Tordoff, Aron Smith, Mat Jackson, Tom Onslow-Cole
Jason Plato has come in and is switching to the soft slick Dunlop tyre.
Current order: Jordan, Tordoff, Aron Smith, Mat Jackson, Tom Onslow-Cole
ERC - Sanremo: Basso's through with a time of 13m54.8s. When asked if he saw Scandola, he said: "He had a puncture five kilometres in."
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jordan goes even quicker, 1m45.119s. At the moment he is 0.3s ahead of MG's Sam Tordoff.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: And Andy Jordan has certainly kicked off his weekend in the right way, setting the early pace in FP1. Currently he has recorded a best of 1m46.002s, with Matt Neal next in the works Honda Civic.
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ERC - Sanremo: Third place Scandola has suffered a puncture mid-stage. He's not going to be a happy bunny. Bouffier was 36s behind before, but the Frenchman's just set a time of 13m41.3s to enter the top three overall once again.
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ERC - Sanremo: Gryazin's time is 14:13.9s, but Breen has gone quickest with a 13m45.3s.
"The car failed to start at the stage of the stage," says the Irishman. "It just wouldn't start, we fiddled around and managed to get it going.
"I do not have full confidence in the front of the car, maybe it's the steering rack."
"The car failed to start at the stage of the stage," says the Irishman. "It just wouldn't start, we fiddled around and managed to get it going.
"I do not have full confidence in the front of the car, maybe it's the steering rack."
Breaking news
BTCC - Brands Hatch: AUTOSPORT has been joined by ex-British Formula Ford champion James Cole this morning. He has confirmed he is working on a return to the BTCC for 2014.
ERC - Sanremo: Aigner's through the stage. His time is 14m44.4s. He's running on the softer tyre this morning, wanting to keep a set of the mediums for the second loop this afternoon.
Green flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Right, we're off. The track is damp, but at the moment we have blue skies for FP1. It looks like all the cars have gone for wets at this stage.
ERC - Sanremo: Word has it that Breen's opted to run third on the road instead today. We shall soon see if that's the situation or not.
ERC - Sanremo: Hmm. Confusion as it appears Aigner is the first to start the 19.93-kilometre Colle Langan stage. Breen has left service, so we can only assume he's still looking over his battered Peugeot 207.
ERC - Sanremo: The final day of the Sanremo Rally is about to get underway.
Paulo Andruecci leads double European champion Giandomenico Basso by 16.2s with multiple Italian title-winner Umberto Scandola a further 20s back.
Craig Breen will the be the first to tackle today's stages. The Irishman failed to start yesterday's final stage due to damage incurred on the previous test that cost him the best part of five minutes.
Paulo Andruecci leads double European champion Giandomenico Basso by 16.2s with multiple Italian title-winner Umberto Scandola a further 20s back.
Craig Breen will the be the first to tackle today's stages. The Irishman failed to start yesterday's final stage due to damage incurred on the previous test that cost him the best part of five minutes.
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BTCC - Brands Hatch: Matt Neal has decided to compete, despite discomfort from his recent finger operation.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: First free practice is soon going to kick off at Brands. Can Andrew Jordan take his first BTCC crown this weekend?
Current points:
1. Jordan, 378
2. Matt Neal, 344
3. Gordon Shedden, 343
4. Colin Turkington, 330
5. Jason Plato, 329
European F3 - Vallelunga: Session ends, with Lynn on top from Lucas Auer and Giovinazzi. Rest of top 10 are Harry Tincknell, Dennis van de Laar, Eddie Cheever, King, Raffaele Marciello, Felix Rosenqvist and Pipo Derani. Still times were 10 seconds off yesterday's testing pace.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Times are tumbling now and Lynn is the first to beat the first-session time of Kvyat, who has gone off. So it's Lynn, from Jordan King and Antonio Giovinazzi.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Well, it looks as though this session is a slicks-scrubbing exercise. Alex Lynn has just gone quickest from Jordan King and Lucas Auer, but times are still four seconds off Daniil Kvyat's best on rain tyres in first session.
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Whincup
V8 - Bathurst: Here's the full story of how Jamie Whincup claimed his maiden pole for the Bathurst 1000.
He and Paul Dumbrell are favourites to win this prestigious event, but with 1000 kilometres of racing ahead of them, absolutely anything can happen and it often does on one of the world's most testing racetracks.
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European F3 - Vallelunga: Second session about to start, and would be surprised if they're not all on slicks.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Quite a bunch of people went onto slicks towards the end, some of whom hadn't even set a lap on wets. Impressively, quickest of them was Michael Lewis from Rosenqvist and Marciello, but the American was still seven seconds away from Kvyat's best.
European F3 - Vallelunga: End of the first session, and Kvyat remains on top, with Dennis van de Laar second and Serralles third. Rest of top 10 are Muller, Tom Blomqvist, Wolf, Sean Gelael, Jordan King, Tatiana Calderon and Jann Mardenborough.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Lucas Wolf has just gone out on slicks. This will be... interesting.
European F3 - Vallelunga: As suspected, not much to report yet. Daniil Kvyat is fastest from Felix Serralles and Sven Muller with 10 minutes of the opening session to go. Prime title contenders Raffaele Marciello and Felix Rosenqvist haven't bothered to do a flying lap, along with eight others.
Moto2 - Sepang - Qualifying:
1 Rabat; 2 Luthi; 3 Espargaro; 4 Zarco; 5 Kallio; 6 Nakagami; 7 De Angelis; 8 Simeon; 9 Torres; 10 Redding.
1 Rabat; 2 Luthi; 3 Espargaro; 4 Zarco; 5 Kallio; 6 Nakagami; 7 De Angelis; 8 Simeon; 9 Torres; 10 Redding.
Moto2 - Sepang: Indeed nothing changes, which means Rabat claims his second pole of the season (and Moto2 career) ahead of Luthi and Espargaro, with Redding on the fourth row.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Sepang: Chequered flag flies and it's not good news for Redding - he won't manage better than 10th in this session. Other riders still on their final laps, although improvements look unlikely.
European F3 - Vallelunga: Free practice has just kicked off at Vallelunga, but we're not getting too excited about the first half-hour session at least. A sudden shower late in the Superstars session means the track is pretty soggy. Each runner has only three sets of Hankook rain tyres allowed for each race weekend, so we could just see them scrubbing them in now, just in case qualifying and any of the races are wet too.
Moto2 - Sepang: Into the final six minutes of qualifying now, and it is Rabat from Luthi, Zarco and Espargaro. Redding has improved, but his best lap of the weekend is only enough for ninth.
Superstars - Vallelunga: Andrea Larini kicks off his Superstars comeback in fine style by topping the times in free practice one for Audi Sport Italia. Gianni Morbidelli was second in the lead Audi, unsurprising given that the circuit is damp.
1 Larini; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Biagi; 4 Liuzzi; 5 Berton; 6 Schiattarella; 7 Cipriani; 8 Sini; 9 Mugelli; 10 Trentin.
1 Larini; 2 Morbidelli; 3 Biagi; 4 Liuzzi; 5 Berton; 6 Schiattarella; 7 Cipriani; 8 Sini; 9 Mugelli; 10 Trentin.
European F3 - Vallelunga: With two rounds to go in this year's championship, all eyes will be on the battle between title protagonists Raffaele Marciello and Felix Rosenqvist this weekend.
Ferrari protege Marciello currently holds a slender 9.5 point advantage over Rosenqvist following the Swede's sweep of race wins last time out at Zandvoort.
In the fight to be 'best of the rest', a clean sweep of podium finishes in Holland elevated Britain's Alex Lynn ahead of Prema team-mate Lucas Auer.
Championship standings after eight of 10 rounds (24 of 30 races):
1. Raffaele Marciello 384.5
2. Felix Rosenqvist 375
3. Alex Lynn 253.5
4. Lucas Auer 227
5. Harry Tincknell 190
6. Jordan King 152
(25 points for a win)
Ferrari protege Marciello currently holds a slender 9.5 point advantage over Rosenqvist following the Swede's sweep of race wins last time out at Zandvoort.
In the fight to be 'best of the rest', a clean sweep of podium finishes in Holland elevated Britain's Alex Lynn ahead of Prema team-mate Lucas Auer.
Championship standings after eight of 10 rounds (24 of 30 races):
1. Raffaele Marciello 384.5
2. Felix Rosenqvist 375
3. Alex Lynn 253.5
4. Lucas Auer 227
5. Harry Tincknell 190
6. Jordan King 152
(25 points for a win)
Moto2 - Sepang: Luthi takes over from Rabat at the front of the field, while Espargaro moves into third.
That latter news is particularly bad for championship leader Scott Redding, who is again struggling in qualifying and currently languishes down in 16th.
That latter news is particularly bad for championship leader Scott Redding, who is again struggling in qualifying and currently languishes down in 16th.
Superstars - Vallelunga: Couple of driver changes for this round; Andrea Larini has joined Audi Sport Italia (and is currently fastest in free practice one), while Giuseppe Cipriani has replaced Luigi Ferrara at Roma Racing Mercedes.
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