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MotoGP - Brno: More progress from Pedrosa, who gets second from Iannone.
Dovizioso gets overtaken by both Rossi and Marquez, falling to sixth.
Dovizioso gets overtaken by both Rossi and Marquez, falling to sixth.
MotoGP - Brno: Race order on lap two:
1 Lorenzo; 2 Iannone; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Rossi; 6 Marquez; 7 P Espargaro; 8 Bradl; 9 Smith; 10 A Espargaro.
1 Lorenzo; 2 Iannone; 3 Pedrosa; 4 Dovizioso; 5 Rossi; 6 Marquez; 7 P Espargaro; 8 Bradl; 9 Smith; 10 A Espargaro.
Crash
MotoGP - Brno: Not seen it on the cameras yet, but the timing system reports a crash for Crutchlow.
MotoGP - Brno: Lorenzo into the lead! He passes the two leading Ducatis in one move as Iannone and Dovizioso race each other.
MotoGP - Brno: Lorenzo grabs third from Pedrosa, as Marquez repasses Rossi for fifth.
MotoGP - Brno: Pedrosa, Marquez and Lorenzo go three-abreast for third place. Lorenzo tries to go around the outside of everyone, and manages to split the Hondas.
Marquez now down to sixth as Rossi forces past him too!
Marquez now down to sixth as Rossi forces past him too!
DTM - Nurburgring: 20 laps done and it's worth mentioning that Paul di Resta is doing a solid job out there. He's right on Mortara's tale, stalking him for third place. Most comfortable he's looked since coming back to the DTM.
Lights out
MotoGP - Brno: Marquez looked very tardy away, but he only drops to third as the Ducatis of Iannone and Dovizioso lead.
Green flag
MotoGP - Brno: Sunshine over the grid as the riders set off on their formation lap. Is Marquez poised to make it 11 out of 11?
MotoGP - Brno: Weather hinting at a bit of everything with just a few minutes before the parade lap. There are dark clouds, light clouds, and some sunny patches.
DTM - Nurburgring: Lap 16 of 49, and there's been some more action on-track. Jamie Green and Augusto Farfus had a decent coming together while fighting over seventh, which saw Green's Audi pushing Farfus' sideways Beemer off the track.
Meanwhile, Tomczyk has passed Wickens to be the best of the guys who started on harder tyres. He's currently 10th, 38.9s behind Wittmann, who still leads.
Meanwhile, Tomczyk has passed Wickens to be the best of the guys who started on harder tyres. He's currently 10th, 38.9s behind Wittmann, who still leads.
Breaking news
Ed Jones
European F3 - Nurburgring: News of an absentee from the final European F3 race later today - Ed Jones is going to sit it out due to back pain.
He missed several races with a cracked vertebrae earlier this year.
His team boss Trevor Carlin said: "Ed found he was in some discomfort after the second race earlier today so he will sit out the final race of the weekend to be on the safe side.
"We wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back in the car again soon."
MotoGP - Brno: With Lorenzo and Rossi sixth and seventh, the top Yamaha on the grid is Bradley Smith in fourth.
Buoyed by a new Tech 3 deal that seemed unlikely a few races ago, Smith has been flying all weekend.
Elsewhere in the Brit pack, Cal Crutchlow was very quick in the wet on Friday but starts 11th - although he did feel he'd made a bit of progress with the Ducati this weekend.
Scott Redding, who had a tumble in the warm-up this morning, is 15th on the grid, Camier 18th as we mentioned, and Michael Laverty 22nd.
Buoyed by a new Tech 3 deal that seemed unlikely a few races ago, Smith has been flying all weekend.
Elsewhere in the Brit pack, Cal Crutchlow was very quick in the wet on Friday but starts 11th - although he did feel he'd made a bit of progress with the Ducati this weekend.
Scott Redding, who had a tumble in the warm-up this morning, is 15th on the grid, Camier 18th as we mentioned, and Michael Laverty 22nd.
Crash
DTM - Nurburgring: Two of Audi's best chances for the second half of the race (i.e. drivers starting on hards) have crashed into each other! Timo Scheider and Nico Muller were the best of the harder runners, but got together at Turn 1. Looks as if Robert Wickens might have helped it all happen with a little tap into Scheider's rear bumper. Scheider is in the pits, Muller is 17th, and Wickens is 10th, best of the harder-shod cars.
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MotoGP - Brno: Yamaha was a bit out of sorts in qualifying, despite Brno being a track tipped to suit its M1.
Lorenzo switched bikes mid-Q2 as he wasn't happy with his set-up, and could only get back to sixth on the grid.
Rossi fell in practice four, which he topped, but then had a big crash at the end of the session.
That left him with a rather mangled little finger, though it wasn't broken as he had originally feared. He starts seventh.
And Rossi has Tweeted a picture of his finger in case you're interested (and not either eating or squeamish).
Lorenzo switched bikes mid-Q2 as he wasn't happy with his set-up, and could only get back to sixth on the grid.
Rossi fell in practice four, which he topped, but then had a big crash at the end of the session.
That left him with a rather mangled little finger, though it wasn't broken as he had originally feared. He starts seventh.
And Rossi has Tweeted a picture of his finger in case you're interested (and not either eating or squeamish).
MotoGP - Brno: Espargaro wasn't the only rider talking about underdogs getting tows after qualifying.
Ducati was celebrating yesterday as Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone joined Marc Marquez on the front row, having been his main challengers for pole.
Brno MotoGP qualifying report
But afterwards Valentino Rossi suggested that Marquez was deliberating towing Ducatis around to get them higher up the grid, knowing their race pace was inferior and they would back the pack up.
Marquez said he definitely wasn't riding around looking for Ducatis to help...
...but he also added that he was never too fussed if he found a Ducati in his slipstream, whereas he definitely wouldn't give a Yamaha or Dani Pedrosa any help...
Ducati was celebrating yesterday as Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone joined Marc Marquez on the front row, having been his main challengers for pole.
Brno MotoGP qualifying report
But afterwards Valentino Rossi suggested that Marquez was deliberating towing Ducatis around to get them higher up the grid, knowing their race pace was inferior and they would back the pack up.
Marquez said he definitely wasn't riding around looking for Ducatis to help...
...but he also added that he was never too fussed if he found a Ducati in his slipstream, whereas he definitely wouldn't give a Yamaha or Dani Pedrosa any help...
DTM - Nurburgring: Five laps into the DTM race, and Wittmann continues to lead Rockenfeller. Daniel Juncadella and Paul di Resta have been the movers at the front, and are currently running fourth and fifth, behind Mortara.
MotoGP - Brno: Aleix Espargaro is usually a star in qualifying on Forward's other bike, but he's only 10th on the grid today.
He blamed that result on other riders picking up big tows from frontrunners and leaping up the order.
He blamed that result on other riders picking up big tows from frontrunners and leaping up the order.
Lights out
DTM - Nurburgring: We're racing in the Eifel, and Wittmann has made a textbook start to lead the way. Mike Rockenfeller made a good start too, jumping from third to second.
MotoGP - Brno: Half an hour left until the race start.
We've got an extra Briton on the grid again this weekend, with Leon Camier making his second appearance standing in for Nicky Hayden at Aspar. Camier's qualified 18th.
And a new (old) face: 2008-09 Gresini rider Alex de Angelis is back in MotoGP from Moto2, replacing Colin Edwards at Forward. But readjusting hasn't been easy for de Angelis so far - he's been a long way off team-mate Aleix Espargaro's pace all weekend and starts 20th.
Hayden's injury and Edwards' absence means we have no Americans on the grid today.
We've got an extra Briton on the grid again this weekend, with Leon Camier making his second appearance standing in for Nicky Hayden at Aspar. Camier's qualified 18th.
And a new (old) face: 2008-09 Gresini rider Alex de Angelis is back in MotoGP from Moto2, replacing Colin Edwards at Forward. But readjusting hasn't been easy for de Angelis so far - he's been a long way off team-mate Aleix Espargaro's pace all weekend and starts 20th.
Hayden's injury and Edwards' absence means we have no Americans on the grid today.
Breaking news
Antonio Giovinazzi
European F3 - Nurburgring: If you're just joining us, the first major event of the Nurburgring day was race two of the European Formula 3 weekend.
Antonio Giovinazzi took his second win in three races, but only after Max Verstappen retired from the lead - and that was a big boost to Esteban Ocon's progress towards the title.
Here's the full story from RICHARD ASHER:
Nurburgring European F3 race two report
DTM - Nurburgring: Almost time for the race start, and while the sun has reappeared, there are still plenty of question marks over how the weather will play out over the next 40 minutes or so.
British F3 - Thruxton: As Thruxton's press office gives you no view of the track, we'll be back after the race to let you know how they get on.
Moto2 - Brno: Rabat's win has given him a little bit more championship breathing space.
This is how the title race looks now:
Championship standings after 11 of 18 rounds:
1 Tito Rabat 208
2 Mika Kallio 196
3 Maverick Vinales 150
4 Dominique Aegerter 123
5 Simone Corsi 100
6 Tom Luthi 81
(25 points for a win)
Complete 2014 Moto2 data on FORIX
This is how the title race looks now:
Championship standings after 11 of 18 rounds:
1 Tito Rabat 208
2 Mika Kallio 196
3 Maverick Vinales 150
4 Dominique Aegerter 123
5 Simone Corsi 100
6 Tom Luthi 81
(25 points for a win)
Complete 2014 Moto2 data on FORIX
British F3 - Thruxton: Marshall, fellow front-row starter Peter Li and fifth-on-grid Camren Kaminsky are on rain tyres before they head out for their sighter laps. But Fortec's quick duo of Martin Cao and Matt Rao - who start on the second row - are on slicks.
British F3 - Thruxton: Max Marshall, who'd never driven an F3 car on the track until Friday's test, sits on pole. He should be OK in the slippery stuff - it was Max who we showed in a two-page spread in AUTOSPORT early last year hooning a Double R Dallara around in the snow...
British F3 - Thruxton: We're about to get going with the reversed-grid race. And, if we needed a curveball to throw among the five-car field, we've had it thanks to rain during the highly entertaining MG Owners' Club race.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Brno: Rabat wins his fifth race of 2014, and his first since Catalunya in June.
Kallio claims second, and third is 2012 Moto3 champion Cortese's first podium in Moto2.
Luthi fends off Aegerter by just 0.062s for fourth, with Vinales having to settle for sixth from 17th on the grid.
That's the support acts over, now we begin the build-up to MotoGP...
Kallio claims second, and third is 2012 Moto3 champion Cortese's first podium in Moto2.
Luthi fends off Aegerter by just 0.062s for fourth, with Vinales having to settle for sixth from 17th on the grid.
That's the support acts over, now we begin the build-up to MotoGP...
Moto2 - Brno: Onto the final lap, Rabat is nearly four seconds of Kallio now.
Fourth place is still wide open, though the two Swiss riders have got a little more space over Vinales.
Fourth place is still wide open, though the two Swiss riders have got a little more space over Vinales.
Crash
Moto2 - Brno: Wow... Luis Salom (Vinales' Pons team-mate) has crashed.
But what's truly remarkable is the dance of self-focused rage he's doing in the gravel trap.
He jumped into the air and threw himself to his knees not once, but twice, then went a bit nuts at the barriers.
That really wouldn't have looked out of place in a contemporary dance performance.
But what's truly remarkable is the dance of self-focused rage he's doing in the gravel trap.
He jumped into the air and threw himself to his knees not once, but twice, then went a bit nuts at the barriers.
That really wouldn't have looked out of place in a contemporary dance performance.
Moto2 - Brno: With five laps left, Rabat is making up for that little loss and has rebuilt his lead over Kallio again.
Cortese is still by himself in third, and fourth place is still providing the entertainment: Aegerter is having some big looks at Luthi as Vinales and Simon nip at their tails.
Cortese is still by himself in third, and fourth place is still providing the entertainment: Aegerter is having some big looks at Luthi as Vinales and Simon nip at their tails.
DTM - Nurburgring: If the race does start in the dry, here is the tyres each driver will start on (in grid order).
1 Wittmann (BMW) OPTION
2 Mortara (Audi) OPTION
3 Rockenfeller (Audi) OPTION
4 Green (Audi) OPTION
5 Scheider (Audi) STANDARD
6 Molina (Audi) OPTION
7 Juncadella (Mercedes) OPTION
8 Di Resta (Mercedes) OPTION
9 Vietoris (Mercedes) OPTION
10 Muller (Audi) STANDARD
11 Tambay (Audi) STANDARD
12 Martin (BMW) OPTION
13 Wickens (Mercedes) STANDARD
14 Farfus (BMW) OPTION
15 Glock (BMW) STANDARD
16 Spengler (BMW) STANDARD
17 Tomczyk (BMW) STANDARD
18 Wehrlein (Mercedes) STANDARD
19 Da Costa (BMW) STANDARD
20 Hand (BMW) STANDARD
21 Petrov (Mercedes) OPTION
22 Ekstrom (Audi) STANDARD
23 Paffett (Mercedes) STANDARD
1 Wittmann (BMW) OPTION
2 Mortara (Audi) OPTION
3 Rockenfeller (Audi) OPTION
4 Green (Audi) OPTION
5 Scheider (Audi) STANDARD
6 Molina (Audi) OPTION
7 Juncadella (Mercedes) OPTION
8 Di Resta (Mercedes) OPTION
9 Vietoris (Mercedes) OPTION
10 Muller (Audi) STANDARD
11 Tambay (Audi) STANDARD
12 Martin (BMW) OPTION
13 Wickens (Mercedes) STANDARD
14 Farfus (BMW) OPTION
15 Glock (BMW) STANDARD
16 Spengler (BMW) STANDARD
17 Tomczyk (BMW) STANDARD
18 Wehrlein (Mercedes) STANDARD
19 Da Costa (BMW) STANDARD
20 Hand (BMW) STANDARD
21 Petrov (Mercedes) OPTION
22 Ekstrom (Audi) STANDARD
23 Paffett (Mercedes) STANDARD
DTM - Nurburgring: With a little over half an hour to go until the start of the race, the drivers are now engaged in the strange ritual of doing their installation laps and forming on the grid ... before they then get out and do the drivers parade. Very weird.
Anyway, there are reports of spots of rain outside, and the stewards have announced that wet tyres will be admitted. It's very windy, though, so the weather right now may well not be applicable in half an hour.
Anyway, there are reports of spots of rain outside, and the stewards have announced that wet tyres will be admitted. It's very windy, though, so the weather right now may well not be applicable in half an hour.
Moto2 - Brno: Rabat looked like he was giving a bit of a 'stop the race, it's raining' wave.
Kallio has trimmed a little from his team-mate's lead, and the marshals have put the red-cross-on-white flag out to highlight the slippery spots.
Doesn't look like it's going to get much wetter, though.
Kallio has trimmed a little from his team-mate's lead, and the marshals have put the red-cross-on-white flag out to highlight the slippery spots.
Doesn't look like it's going to get much wetter, though.
Rain
Moto2 - Brno: Few hints of rain around the track now.
Moto2 - Brno: Spoke too soon about Vinales - he's now closing back in on Luthi and Aegerter, and pulling Simon along with him.
Moto2 - Brno: Ten laps to go in the Moto2 race and Rabat's lead is up to 2.3s.
Vinales' charge has run out of steam, and he's fallen 1.6s away from Luthi and Aegerter's battle for fourth.
Aegerter is getting a run on Forward's MotoGP bike in the test tomorrow, by the way.
Lowes has pitted to retire.
Vinales' charge has run out of steam, and he's fallen 1.6s away from Luthi and Aegerter's battle for fourth.
Aegerter is getting a run on Forward's MotoGP bike in the test tomorrow, by the way.
Lowes has pitted to retire.
Auto GP
Auto GP - Nurburgring: There's another single-seater addition to the European F3 and DTM bill in Germany this weekend, as Auto GP makes a one-off appearance on the package.
Yesterday's first race was absolutely bizarre. Almost everyone was penalised with drive-throughs for not heeding yellows properly.
Tamas Pal Kiss wasn't, and won... but he'd barely got off the podium before the officials decided that he had transgressed too and gave him a penalty.
That meant Kimiya Sato got the victory from last on the (admittedly only 11-car) grid, and is now a big step closer to clinching the title.
Moto2 - Brno: Moto2 these days has become the time to chill a bit between the frenetic excitement of Moto3 and the huge anticipation for MotoGP.
Rabat responded with some rapid laps once Kallio got up to second, and he's holding his lead around 1.5s.
Cortese is pretty lonely in third, then Luthi is holding off Aegerter, Vinales and Julian Simon for fourth.
Rabat responded with some rapid laps once Kallio got up to second, and he's holding his lead around 1.5s.
Cortese is pretty lonely in third, then Luthi is holding off Aegerter, Vinales and Julian Simon for fourth.
Crash
MotoGP - Brno: Replays don't show Lowes' actual crash, just the marshals pushing him out of the gravel at Turn 8.
He's managed to rejoin, but third place has become 33rd.
AUTOSPORT Live was just starting to ponder the chances of a British podium in every race at Brno today, what with Danny Kent third in Moto3, Lowes running third in Moto2 and Bradley Smith starting fourth in MotoGP.
Not going to happen though, unless something wild happens to bring Gino Rea (currently 25th) and Lowes flying up the order.
He's managed to rejoin, but third place has become 33rd.
AUTOSPORT Live was just starting to ponder the chances of a British podium in every race at Brno today, what with Danny Kent third in Moto3, Lowes running third in Moto2 and Bradley Smith starting fourth in MotoGP.
Not going to happen though, unless something wild happens to bring Gino Rea (currently 25th) and Lowes flying up the order.
By: Matt Beer, AUTOSPORT staff, Andrew van Leeuwen, Marcus Simmons, Mark Glendenning
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