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Ocon damage
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: As the cars head out for their laps to the grid, one driver that will be missing from the field is Formula 3 European championship leader Esteban Ocon.
The Frenchman, who finished in the points on his debut (despite his car briefly going into anti-stall halfway round the opening lap!), had a huge crash at the fast Turn 10 left-hander this morning as he hit a damp patch of track on slick tyres.
The shunt caused too much damage to part of the gearbox for Ocon to be able to race today, and here's a shot of parts of his car laid out on the floor of the Comtec garage.
MotoGP - Misano: The big shock of yesterday was that Marc Marquez not only failed to get pole, he failed to get on the front row.
That hasn't happened since Barcelona in June 2013, and it's only the fourth time it's happened in his whole MotoGP career so far.
And yes, that MotoGP career only numbers 30 races, but they've been pretty successful ones all in all.
After Marquez's defeat at Brno last month, where his set-up wasn't quite right for the race and he settled for a risk-free fourth, you might wonder if he'll take it similarly cautiously today. The title isn't exactly in jeopardy...
But all the indications are that Marquez will be properly on it and in the mix with the Yamahas and Ducatis. Last night he was keen to talk about how many overtaking spots there are, and he topped the warm-up earlier.
This could be the most open race of the year.
That hasn't happened since Barcelona in June 2013, and it's only the fourth time it's happened in his whole MotoGP career so far.
And yes, that MotoGP career only numbers 30 races, but they've been pretty successful ones all in all.
After Marquez's defeat at Brno last month, where his set-up wasn't quite right for the race and he settled for a risk-free fourth, you might wonder if he'll take it similarly cautiously today. The title isn't exactly in jeopardy...
But all the indications are that Marquez will be properly on it and in the mix with the Yamahas and Ducatis. Last night he was keen to talk about how many overtaking spots there are, and he topped the warm-up earlier.
This could be the most open race of the year.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: With less than 10 minutes to go until the start of race two here in Hungary, here's a reminder of what happened in yesterday's race:
DTM - Lausitzring: It's now four Mercs in the top five, thanks to Jamie Green making his second mistake of the race. This time he ran wide, re-joining in 11th.
Wehrlien continues to lead comfortably from Vietoris and Juncadella.
Wehrlien continues to lead comfortably from Vietoris and Juncadella.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: All the attention in this race is going to be on our front row starters - the top two in the championship, Carlos Sainz Jr and Roberto Merhi.
It's the latter who is the man in form at the moment, and he's on pole. If he beats Sainz today, he'll crucially close the championship gap to within a race win's worth of points (25).
The weather hasn't been great all weekend, but at the moment we are on course for a dry race (with a mandatory pitstop), so strategy is likely to be the main way positions are going to change.
It's the latter who is the man in form at the moment, and he's on pole. If he beats Sainz today, he'll crucially close the championship gap to within a race win's worth of points (25).
The weather hasn't been great all weekend, but at the moment we are on course for a dry race (with a mandatory pitstop), so strategy is likely to be the main way positions are going to change.
MotoGP - Misano: Not long till the grid will be cleared at a sunny Misano.
Here's the starting line-up in full:
1 Lorenzo
2 Iannone
3 Rossi
4 Marquez
5 Pedrosa
6 Dovizioso
7 P Espargaro
8 A Espargaro
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
13 Crutchlow
14 Redding
15 Aoyama
16 Camier
17 Abraham
18 Laverty
19 de Angelis
20 Parkes
21 Barbera
22 di Meglio
23 Petrucci
Here's the starting line-up in full:
1 Lorenzo
2 Iannone
3 Rossi
4 Marquez
5 Pedrosa
6 Dovizioso
7 P Espargaro
8 A Espargaro
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Hernandez
12 Bautista
13 Crutchlow
14 Redding
15 Aoyama
16 Camier
17 Abraham
18 Laverty
19 de Angelis
20 Parkes
21 Barbera
22 di Meglio
23 Petrucci
Kangaroo
WRC - Australia: One more picture from DAVID EVANS's adventures Down Under to squeeze in before the next races start:
Mid-way through Wedding Bells, we found a kangaroo. That's not a sentence I type every week...
On last year's recce, we found a field full of about 15 kangaroos and this time around we've seen two.
Amazing that in all the years I reported on Rally Australia in Perth I didn't see Skippy once.
Actually, I did see him once, but he was sleeping at the side of the road and would be sleeping for a long time, if you catch my drift.
Green flag
MotoGP - Misano: The field sets off for the formation lap. Everyone is running medium tyres at both ends among the frontrunners except poleman Lorenzo, who has opted for a hard front.
Hernandez is the only Ducati man to try softs.
Hernandez is the only Ducati man to try softs.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Gonzalez is having to go defensive as Paul-Loup Chatin is trying to claim third in the #36 Signatech Alpine-Nissan. Chatin has made a name for himself with some eye-catching stints this season and he's living up to his reputation.
Green flag
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Formation lap is under way. Merhi leads the field, with Sainz, Nato, Rowland next up.
Yesterday's second place finisher Gasly is seventh, with Pons duo Tunjo and van Buuren ahead of him after they mastered the changeable conditions in qualifying this morning.
Yesterday's second place finisher Gasly is seventh, with Pons duo Tunjo and van Buuren ahead of him after they mastered the changeable conditions in qualifying this morning.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: And sure enough, Chatin takes third from Gonzalez down the Mistral Straight.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: After some dramas this morning with the camera at Turn 1 for the Formula Renault Eurocup race, it appears that we once again will have a view of what's going on at the most important corner on the track for this FR3.5 race. Phew!
Lights out
MotoGP - Misano: A Yamaha 1-2 into the first corner as Lorenzo leads from Rossi, and Marquez is straight past Iannone to third.
MotoGP - Misano: Order so far is Lorenzo leading Rossi, Marquez, Iannone, Dovizioso, Pol Espargaro, Pedrosa (slow start) and Smith.
MotoGP - Misano: Rossi and Marquez are right on Lorenzo's tail. The leader's hard tyre isn't going to be ideal for the opening laps.
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez down the inside of Rossi and he gets between the Yamahas, but Rossi immediately fights back and reclaims it.
Lights out
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Nato grabs the lead from third on the grid, passing poleman Merhi on the outside of Turn 1 as Sainz slips back.
Yellow flag
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Big crash at the first corner, we have what looks like Tunjo upside down, with Sirotkin, Buller and Latifi also in trouble. Safety car is out.
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez tries again on lap two and again takes second from Rossi - and again the Italian manages to get back through.
Huge cheer from the crowd for that one.
Lorenzo remains just ahead of them.
Huge cheer from the crowd for that one.
Lorenzo remains just ahead of them.
MotoGP - Misano: Already a short distance behind in fourth, Iannone is holding off Dovizioso and Pedrosa.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Something happened to Sirotkin on the inside of Turn 1, pushing him wide into Tunjo, who was flipped by Latifi. Buller was on the outside and had nowhere to go.
Nato leads Merhi, Rowland, van Buuren, Sainz, Gasly under the safety car.
Nato leads Merhi, Rowland, van Buuren, Sainz, Gasly under the safety car.
MotoGP - Misano: Rossi now goes for Lorenzo and takes the lead!
He immediately runs wide and relinquishes it, then attacks back and establishes himself in first after three corners side by side with Lorenzo.
He immediately runs wide and relinquishes it, then attacks back and establishes himself in first after three corners side by side with Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Misano: As Rossi settles into first, Marquez thrusts his Honda past Lorenzo and into second place.
Still 25 laps of this to go.
Still 25 laps of this to go.
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez gets very, very close to the back of Rossi's Yamaha and runs slightly wide.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Barker pits from the lead of GTE. The #86 Gulf Racing entry is a new-generation Porsche 911 RSR this weekend, which replaces the older 997 RSR.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: That was a cracking start from Nato, really forcing the issue around the outside of Merhi as Sainz was slow away from P2. The championship leader has some work to do in fifth, with Merhi (currently second) looking to chop more points away from his lead.
Twitter
MotoGP - Misano: Audi sportscar racer Oliver Jarvis is absolutely right: "#MotoGP is just awesome!"
DTM - Lausitzring: An update from Lausitz; Wickens and Juncadella both go drive-throughs for non-respect of yellow flags, but are back up to fourth (Juncadella) and fifth (Wickens). Spengler, meanwhile, has switched to options. Wehrlein still leads.
MotoGP - Misano: Still nothing to choose between the top three of Rossi, Marquez and Lorenzo.
Iannone is 2.8s back in fourth, with Dovizioso, Pedrosa, Pol Espargaro and Bradl glued to him.
Iannone is 2.8s back in fourth, with Dovizioso, Pedrosa, Pol Espargaro and Bradl glued to him.
MotoGP - Misano: Good early progress from Crutchlow, he's just passed Aleix Espargaro for 10th and is now right behind Bradley Smith.
MotoGP - Misano: Is Lorenzo going to rue this choice of a hard front tyre? He's losing ground to Rossi and Marquez after six laps and is now a second behind the leaders, who are nose to tail.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Sainz's main problem seemed to be that his car bogged down out of Turn 1. While his getaway wasn't great and he was probably on course to lose out to Nato and Rowland anyway, he lost a lot more time coming out of the first corner which dropped him to fifth.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Bradl has had a solo crash from the pack behind Iannone. He's fine.
Mike di Meglio and Danilo Petrucci had early falls too.
Mike di Meglio and Danilo Petrucci had early falls too.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Anton Ladygin has just taken the lead in GTC in the #73 SMP Ferrari. Second now is the #95 AF Corse Ferrari of Cedric Sbirrazzuoli.
MotoGP - Misano: Dovizioso makes it past his 2015 team-mate Iannone into fifth.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Disaster for the #57 SMP Racing Ferrari crew as Mediani suffers a puncture. They also had a stop-go penalty earlier and are now well out of contention.
MotoGP - Misano: Pedrosa now moves his way to the front of the best of the rest pack, passing the Ducatis of first Iannone, then Dovizioso, to take fourth.
Rossi has managed to get his lead over Marquez up to six tenths.
Rossi has managed to get his lead over Marquez up to six tenths.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez has crashed!
Yellow flag
MotoGP - Misano: The world champion is down, losing the front of his Honda under braking as he chases Rossi for the lead!
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez has got the bike back upright again and has been push-started. He's back in the race in 20th.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, AUTOSPORT staff, Andrew van Leeuwen, David Evans, Dan Cross, Kevin Turner
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