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Moto2 - Misano: Rabat slips past Kallio into the lead with nine laps left. Will he now escape or can Kallio strike back?
Moto2 - Misano: Now he's in the lead, Rabat is escaping. His lead over Kallio is up to 0.8s and he looks more like a champion with every lap.
Further back, seventh-placed Jonas Folger has been ordered to relinquish a position due to track limits infringements.
That means slowing down to let Julian Simon catch up the current 4s gap and pass him. That won't be popular.
He has a notification on his dashboard as well as a pitboard being urgently waved by the AGR team.
Further back, seventh-placed Jonas Folger has been ordered to relinquish a position due to track limits infringements.
That means slowing down to let Julian Simon catch up the current 4s gap and pass him. That won't be popular.
He has a notification on his dashboard as well as a pitboard being urgently waved by the AGR team.
Pit signs at the Lausitzring.
DTM - Lausitzring: The Lausitzring is a wacky old place. An evening stroll will reveal some gems such as the world's biggest windmill sitting directly behind the world's biggest grandstand, a motorhome area called 'Camp Speedway' (complete with American summer camp-style wooden arch on the way in), and, as pictured, some very old school pit box signs just hanging around.
Moto2 - Misano: Rabat's lead grows as Kallio has a huge twitch and nearly pitches himself off his bike.
He catches it and is back up to speed. He definitely hasn't given up, has he?
Now the lead's coming back down... Five laps to go.
He catches it and is back up to speed. He definitely hasn't given up, has he?
Now the lead's coming back down... Five laps to go.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: We're almost ready to get going here at Paul Ricard. Here's our qualifying report from earlier if you want to know who starts where.
Moto2 - Misano: Lots and lots of pitboards being waved at Folger now.
And what he needs to do to obey the officials' instruction is getting harder too: the gap behind him is now 6s to a tight fight between Franco Morbidelli and Simon.
And what he needs to do to obey the officials' instruction is getting harder too: the gap behind him is now 6s to a tight fight between Franco Morbidelli and Simon.
Moto2 - Misano: Rabat makes it clear who's going to win this one, answering Kallio's spurt with some fast laps to pull out a 1.9s lead.
Green flag
ELMS - Paul Ricard: And the we're off here at the picturesque - and very stripy - Le Castellet circuit.
Crash
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Shunt already as McMurry hits the pit wall!
Moto2 - Misano: Folger finally backs off and lets Morbidelli past, and does a masterful job not to let Simon and Axel Pons - who were right with the Italian - through as well.
But it's too late for Folger, he's still earned a ride-through penalty for failing to heed the penalty in time. He's heading for the pits now.
But it's too late for Folger, he's still earned a ride-through penalty for failing to heed the penalty in time. He's heading for the pits now.
Fog
Earlier this week we wrote about Honda taking its World Touring Car Championship Civic to this weekend's Nurburgring Nordschleife VLN race with Tiago Monteiro and Gabriele Tarquini in preparation for next year's WTCC race on the epic track.
It's going to be wasted trip: no VLN race this weekend due to the Nurburgring deciding it wasn't going to be out-fogged by the Lausitzring, as the picture shows.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Murphy newbie Pipo Derani maintains his lead ahead of Jota's Tincknell. Ben Barker made a great start in the Gulf Porsche and leads GTE after three laps.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Misano: Rabat takes the flag 2.2s clear of Kallio for his seventh win of the season and third in a row.
That's going to bring his points lead up to 22 as well.
Even if Rabat wins we already know he'll be back in Moto2 next season, when his team-mate will be Alex Marquez... Having a category specialist like that alongside him will be a proper measure of just how good the younger Marquez is.
That's going to bring his points lead up to 22 as well.
Even if Rabat wins we already know he'll be back in Moto2 next season, when his team-mate will be Alex Marquez... Having a category specialist like that alongside him will be a proper measure of just how good the younger Marquez is.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Misano - results:
1 Tito Rabat
2 Mika Kallio
3 Johann Zarco
4 Maverick Vinales
5 Tom Luthi
6 Dominique Aegerter
7 Franco Morbidelli
8 Julian Simon
9 Axel Pons
10 Takaaki Nakagami
1 Tito Rabat
2 Mika Kallio
3 Johann Zarco
4 Maverick Vinales
5 Tom Luthi
6 Dominique Aegerter
7 Franco Morbidelli
8 Julian Simon
9 Axel Pons
10 Takaaki Nakagami
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The #41 Greaves machine of McMurry and Johnny Mowlem has retired.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Leading GTC at the moment is Krill Ladygin in the #71 SMP Ferrari. Maurizio Mediani is keeping him honest in the sister SMP car.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: And just as we say that Gregoire Demoustier moves up to second in the ART McLaren.
MotoGP - Misano: As the Moto2 race ends, time to reflect on two lost talents always in everyone's minds at Misano.
It was in this race four years ago that rising star Shoya Tomizawa lost his life, while riding for the CIP team that still fields his then-team-mate Aegerter, and the track has been named in honour of the late Marco Simoncelli.
If you want some poignant reading in the little lull before the DTM, FR3.5 and MotoGP races all kick off, here are TOBY MOODY's tributes to Tomizawa and Simoncelli.
It was in this race four years ago that rising star Shoya Tomizawa lost his life, while riding for the CIP team that still fields his then-team-mate Aegerter, and the track has been named in honour of the late Marco Simoncelli.
If you want some poignant reading in the little lull before the DTM, FR3.5 and MotoGP races all kick off, here are TOBY MOODY's tributes to Tomizawa and Simoncelli.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Fifteen minutes of this four-hour race completed and Derani continues to lead the way. He's going like the clappers at the front of the field, with Tincknell now 0.901s adrift in second. Pierre Regues is currently third in the Newblood Morgan-Judd.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The leading duo are hitting traffic for the first time and Tincknell makes good use of it to take the lead!
MotoGP - Misano: We'll always wonder what Simoncelli would be achieving now had he survived, and both he and Tomizawa will be very much in riders' minds today.
There's a very good chance of some Italian success at the track named in Simoncelli's honour.
Rossi has looked quick all weekend and starts third - amazingly his first time on the front row all year.
The Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso qualified second and sixth respectively, and the Desmosedici is hanging on in the lead pack in race conditions increasingly well too.
There's a very good chance of some Italian success at the track named in Simoncelli's honour.
Rossi has looked quick all weekend and starts third - amazingly his first time on the front row all year.
The Ducatis of Andrea Iannone and Andrea Dovizioso qualified second and sixth respectively, and the Desmosedici is hanging on in the lead pack in race conditions increasingly well too.
Wehrlein
DTM - Lausitzring: Here's what it looks like for first time poleman Pascal Wehrlein as he lines up on the grid. Race start not far away.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Ragues is now gaining on Derani for second. The gap between them is just over a 1s.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Bad news for SMP as both the #71 and #72 Ferraris receive stop-go penalties for jump starting. The #71 is currently third in GTC in the hands of K. Ladygin, while the #72 is fourth in GTE with Sergey Zlobin.
MotoGP - Misano: Being able to use the softer tyre and other Open class bonuses has certainly helped Ducati in qualifying trim this year.
Dovizioso isn't so confident about the race today, but Iannone is sounding pretty combative.
Anything above fifth will be a career-best for the Pramac man.
Incidentally, though he's still in Pramac colours, Iannone is getting a fair bit more help from the factory as he's bound for the main team next year.
LCR-bound Cal Crutchlow, the man Iannone is replacing, doesn't quite have the same kit these days. He starts 13th after another troubled qualifying session.
Dovizioso isn't so confident about the race today, but Iannone is sounding pretty combative.
Anything above fifth will be a career-best for the Pramac man.
Incidentally, though he's still in Pramac colours, Iannone is getting a fair bit more help from the factory as he's bound for the main team next year.
LCR-bound Cal Crutchlow, the man Iannone is replacing, doesn't quite have the same kit these days. He starts 13th after another troubled qualifying session.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: The #58 Sorfrev Ferrari 458 has retired. The car came to a halt at Turn 6 while Fabien Barthez was at the wheel.
DTM - Lausitzring: Inside five minutes until race start in Brandenburg. All on wets except Mortara, who is on the options. Brave boy! It's still pretty wet out there.
Lights out
DTM - Lausitzring: We're go, and Wehrlein has made a beauty of a start, leading the field from Juncadella. Ekstrom has made a shocker and slipped to sixth, just a spot in front of Wittmann.
DTM - Lausitzring: Juncadella drops to fourth, as Vietoris and Green charge past him into Turn 1 at the start of lap two.
MotoGP - Misano: Will Rossi win today? His qualifying effort was his most convincing pole bid in a long while, and he's sounding quietly confident about his race pace too.
But he's got to beat his team-mate Lorenzo, who starts from pole for the first simce since Malaysia 2013, 11 months ago.
Lorenzo was seething at Silverstone when Bridgestone brought the tyre spec that left him so unhappy at the start of the year, but that didn't stop him pushing Marquez very hard for the win.
Lorenzo was jubilant yesterday, saying the bike was thriving at Misano in the way it would have done at Silverstone had it been on the 'right' rubber.
He's won here for the last three years too.
But he's got to beat his team-mate Lorenzo, who starts from pole for the first simce since Malaysia 2013, 11 months ago.
Lorenzo was seething at Silverstone when Bridgestone brought the tyre spec that left him so unhappy at the start of the year, but that didn't stop him pushing Marquez very hard for the win.
Lorenzo was jubilant yesterday, saying the bike was thriving at Misano in the way it would have done at Silverstone had it been on the 'right' rubber.
He's won here for the last three years too.
DTM - Lausitzring: Big mistake from Ekstrom! He takes a trip through the gravel and rejoins in 15th. Could that be championship over?
Breaking news
Ott Tanak crash
WRC - Australia: Ott Tanak had a big crash on the penultimate stage today - this McKlein picture of the post-impact state of his Ford showing just how big.
He's OK, as is co-driver Raigo Molder, but he'll be kept in hospital overnight for observation.
DTM - Lausitzring: Spin for Jamie Green! The rain master slips from third to seventh. Things couldn't be going better for Wittmann here. Wehrlein too; he's out to a 5.9s lead with two Mercedes behind him!
DTM - Lausitzring: Paffett is the next Brit to have a spin. He's now dead last.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Ben Barker continues to lead in GTE in the #86 Gulf Racing Porsche 911. Michael Lyons is in pursuit... Well he was, but Mirko Venturi has just found a way past in the #56 AT Racing Ferrari.
DTM - Lausitzring: Drivers are starting to look for the wet parts of the track now, but wets still seem to be the go. Mortara is struggling right at the back.
It's time for AUTOSPORT's Ben Anderson to do his bit at the Goodwood Revival meeting, driving a Fiat 1100 in the second part of the St Mary's Trophy for 1950s tin-tops. Team-mate and 1990 BTCC champion Robb Gravett finished 12th yesterday.
Follow the action here.
Follow the action here.
DTM - Lausitzring: Wow, it's lap nine and Wehrlein is 10.2s clear of second place. Fantastic drive.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Pierre Thiriet has pitted with what looks like another issue for the #46 Thiriet Ligier, which was hit by problems during the Red Bull Ring in July, with first a brake disc failure and then a stub-axle broke.
ELMS - Paul Ricard: Leader Tincknell pits as does Derani, who swaps places with Rodolfo Gonzalez in the Murphy ORECA-Nissan.
By: Matt Beer, Glenn Freeman, AUTOSPORT staff, Andrew van Leeuwen, David Evans, Dan Cross, Kevin Turner
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