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V8 Supercars - Winton: And Moffat wins! An historic day in the V8 Supercar championship for driver and team alike.
Caruso came home second, followed by Bright, Winterbottom and Courtney.
Results:1 James Moffat; 2 Michael Caruso +0.807s; 3 Jason Bright; 4 Mark Winterbottom; 5 James Courtney; 6 Will Davison.
Caruso came home second, followed by Bright, Winterbottom and Courtney.
Results:1 James Moffat; 2 Michael Caruso +0.807s; 3 Jason Bright; 4 Mark Winterbottom; 5 James Courtney; 6 Will Davison.
V8 Supercars - Winton: Two laps to go and the Nissans of Moffat and Caruso continue to lead the way. Unless something goes awry for them, Moffat will achieve his maiden V8 Supercars win and Nissan's first in the series for 21 years.
WRC Germany: That incident for Robert Kubica means he is now 2.5s behind Elfyn Evans in WRC2.
NASCAR party
NASCAR - Bristol: Another snap from the NASCAR street party. The sign promised "the world's largest grill. Period."
And sure enough, it was pretty damn big.
V8 Supercars - Winton: Big moment for Moffat who outbraked himself in the final turn on lap 34. Caruso is now in hot pursuit and the gap is just 0.2 seconds - are Moffat's tyres giving up?
V8 Supercars - Winton: With its long straights and twisty bends, Winton Raceway creates close, exciting racing, like we're seeing today.
With six laps to go, Moffat and Caruso still lead the way, the pair now two seconds ahead of Bright.
With six laps to go, Moffat and Caruso still lead the way, the pair now two seconds ahead of Bright.
Stopwatch
WRC - Germany - SS9 results:
Stage: 1 Ogier 14m54.9s; 2 Sordo +3.5s; 3 Latvala +4.0s; 4 Neuville +4.1s; 5 Hirvonen +9.4s; 6 Ostberg +18.6s
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +7.4s; 3 Sordo +25.8s; 4 Hirvonen +53.0s; 5 Ostberg +2m26.9s; 6 Prokop +4m43.0s.
Stage: 1 Ogier 14m54.9s; 2 Sordo +3.5s; 3 Latvala +4.0s; 4 Neuville +4.1s; 5 Hirvonen +9.4s; 6 Ostberg +18.6s
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +7.4s; 3 Sordo +25.8s; 4 Hirvonen +53.0s; 5 Ostberg +2m26.9s; 6 Prokop +4m43.0s.
Stopwatch
WRC - Germany: Remember Sebastien Ogier? Runaway championship leader and winner of most rallies this year?
His uncharacteristic shunt yesterday put him out of the lead, but he's back under Rally2.
Ogier is 27 minutes behind the leaders in the classification and only 47th in the order, but he just went fastest on Stein & Wein.
"It was not easy to get the motivation to start this morning, but the best way to do it is to do it properly and try to prepare for the next Tarmac rally," says Ogier.
"No hopes for anything apart from the powerstage."
His uncharacteristic shunt yesterday put him out of the lead, but he's back under Rally2.
Ogier is 27 minutes behind the leaders in the classification and only 47th in the order, but he just went fastest on Stein & Wein.
"It was not easy to get the motivation to start this morning, but the best way to do it is to do it properly and try to prepare for the next Tarmac rally," says Ogier.
"No hopes for anything apart from the powerstage."
V8 Supercars - Winton: Lap 27 of 40 and Moffat is currently 0.5s ahead of team-mate Caruso, who has Bright up his exhaust pipe at the moment.
Crash
WRC - Germany: Trouble for Robert Kubica, he has a spin and struggles for grip, losing nearly 15s to Elfyn Evans and with it the WRC2 lead he held all day yesterday.
V8 Supercars - Winton: Way back down the order is title challenger Craig Lowndes in 20th place. He suffered a rollbar failure in qualifying and has been mired in the midfield all afternoon.
A terrible day for Triple Eight...
A terrible day for Triple Eight...
Green flag
V8 Supercars - Winton: And we're off again. Moffat's taken the advantage from his Nissan team-mate as Caruso made a slow getaway on the restart.
Jason Bright is third after demoting Mark Winterbottom.
Jason Bright is third after demoting Mark Winterbottom.
Breaking news
Lucas Luhr
IndyCar - Sonoma: One of the most intriguing stories of the Sonoma IndyCar weekend is how sportscar star Lucas Luhr gets on as he makes his series debut in a second Sarah Fisher entry.
He was slowest in practice (Scott Dixon was fastest), but told AUTOSPORT that he wasn't concerned.
Luhr relaxed about start to IndyCar outing
V8 Supercars - Winton: Just been confirmed that Whincup won't be participating again today. Not the most surprising news you'll hear today, we imagine.
V8 Supercars - Winton: Two minutes to go and the cars are lining back up on the grid for another 20-lap thrash.
We had a clean start in the first segment, will that be the case this time around?
We had a clean start in the first segment, will that be the case this time around?
WRC - Germany: Nothing to choose between Latvala and Neuville there, their stage times just 0.1s apart in Latvala's favour.
Sordo has now come through a few fractions faster than both. Can he make it a three-way lead fight? It's going to be very tough, he has a 25s deficit to close down.
Sordo has now come through a few fractions faster than both. Can he make it a three-way lead fight? It's going to be very tough, he has a 25s deficit to close down.
V8 Supercars - Winton: This weekend's first race at Winton is running to the 60/60 sprint format, so we're enjoying a half-time breather at the moment.
Michael Caruso currently leads Nissan team-mate James Moffat with Mark Winterbottom in third position.
The Nissans look particularly potent at Winton thanks to their aerodynamic downforce advantage and appear to have the pace to take the victory.
Current championship leader Jamie Whincup enjoyed an early advantage in the first segment, but ground to a halt upon completion of lap nine with a suspected gearbox malfunction.
Starting positions for the second part are based on where drivers finished in the first period.
Positions: 1 Michael Caruso; 2 James Moffat; 3 Mark Winterbottom; 4 Jason Bright; 5 Shane van Gisbergen; 6 James Courtney.
Michael Caruso currently leads Nissan team-mate James Moffat with Mark Winterbottom in third position.
The Nissans look particularly potent at Winton thanks to their aerodynamic downforce advantage and appear to have the pace to take the victory.
Current championship leader Jamie Whincup enjoyed an early advantage in the first segment, but ground to a halt upon completion of lap nine with a suspected gearbox malfunction.
Starting positions for the second part are based on where drivers finished in the first period.
Positions: 1 Michael Caruso; 2 James Moffat; 3 Mark Winterbottom; 4 Jason Bright; 5 Shane van Gisbergen; 6 James Courtney.
WRC - Germany: A satisfied Latvala completes today's opener Stein and Wein. Splits suggest he's adding a bit to his lead.
Breaking news
NASCAR - Bristol: Speaking of Bristol and NASCAR, here's the story of qualifying, where Denny Hamlin took pole.
Bristol NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying report
Bristol NASCAR Sprint Cup qualifying report
NASCAR party
NASCAR - Bristol: As promised, we have more pictures from the NASCAR themed Street Party that AUTOSPORT editor-in-chief Andrew van de Burgt attended on Thursday.
"Only in America"
WRC - Germany: The first stage of the toughest day of Rally Germany has commenced.
Jari-Matti Latvala holds a seven-second lead over Thierry Neuville, and both are extremely hungry for this win.
Rally Germany Friday report
Jari-Matti Latvala holds a seven-second lead over Thierry Neuville, and both are extremely hungry for this win.
Rally Germany Friday report
Good morning from AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live for Saturday August 24 - are you ready for a day of WRC, MotoGP, V8 Supercars, GP2, GP3 and IndyCar?
That brings AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live's Friday coverage to a close.
We'll be back in the morning with updates from events in America as IndyCar begins its Sonoma weekend with practice and the NASCAR Sprint Cup field qualifies at Bristol, plus live coverage of Rally Germany, MotoGP's Czech Grand Prix qualifying and GP2 and GP3 at Spa, plus British Touring Car qualifying from Knockhill.
We'll be back in the morning with updates from events in America as IndyCar begins its Sonoma weekend with practice and the NASCAR Sprint Cup field qualifies at Bristol, plus live coverage of Rally Germany, MotoGP's Czech Grand Prix qualifying and GP2 and GP3 at Spa, plus British Touring Car qualifying from Knockhill.
Checkered flag
GP3 - Spa: A late flurry of times at the end of the practice session resulted in Conor Daly finishing on top for ART, ahead of Carlos Sainz Jr, Nick Yelloly, Daniil Kvyat, Tio Ellinas and Lewis Williamson. Alexander Sims was seventh fastest on his Carlin GP3 debut.
The main talking point of the session was when points leader Ellinas's rear wing flew off on the Kemmel Straight, fortunately without hitting anyone.
The main talking point of the session was when points leader Ellinas's rear wing flew off on the Kemmel Straight, fortunately without hitting anyone.
Checkered flag
WRC - Germany - SS8 results:
Stage: 1 Latvala 11m33.1s; 2 Neuville +2.7s; 3 Hirvonen +5.4s; 4 Sordo +6.9s; 5 Ostberg +12.9s; 6 Novikov +14.5s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +7.3s; 3 Sordo +26.3s; 4 Hirvonen @47.6s; 5 Ostberg +2m12.3s; 6 Prokop +4m17.6s.
Stage: 1 Latvala 11m33.1s; 2 Neuville +2.7s; 3 Hirvonen +5.4s; 4 Sordo +6.9s; 5 Ostberg +12.9s; 6 Novikov +14.5s.
Overall: 1 Latvala; 2 Neuville +7.3s; 3 Sordo +26.3s; 4 Hirvonen @47.6s; 5 Ostberg +2m12.3s; 6 Prokop +4m17.6s.
WRC - Germany: Kubica confirms that the reason the boot flew open is because he forgot to secure it properly after they had stopped to attend to the broken rear wing support.
He reckons his problems today have cost him half a minute, yet barring any late miracles on this stage, he'll still be leading WRC2.
He reckons his problems today have cost him half a minute, yet barring any late miracles on this stage, he'll still be leading WRC2.
WRC - Germany: No dramas so far among the next pack may a little brush with a ditch for Nasser Al-Attiyah.
WRC - Germany: Neuville loses a little more time to Latvala. The gap is now up to 7.3s.
"When I saw the splits I was a little frustrated," says Neuville.
"I am flat-out, at the maximum. I cannot do more."
"When I saw the splits I was a little frustrated," says Neuville.
"I am flat-out, at the maximum. I cannot do more."
WRC - Germany: A contented Latvala has reached the stage end. Let's see what Neuville's response is like...
GP3 - Spa: Korjus might be fastest but his right-side skirt is hanging off the side of his car.
GP3 - Spa: Free practice is well underway, with Kevin Korjus at the top of the times, followed by Tio Ellinas and Daniil Kvyat.
WRC - Germany: Onto the final stage of the day. It's a two-horse race at the front now between Latvala and Neuville, and they're 4.6s apart.
WRC - Germany: Sad incident for WRC3 leader Sebastien Chardonnet, he picked up radiator damage when he hit "a poor doggy" on the previous stage.
As long as he can keep going though, his class lead will be safe as main rivals Keith Cronin, Quentin Gilbert and Christian Riedemann have all had issues of their own already and Chardonnet leads by nearly three minutes.
As long as he can keep going though, his class lead will be safe as main rivals Keith Cronin, Quentin Gilbert and Christian Riedemann have all had issues of their own already and Chardonnet leads by nearly three minutes.
WRC - Germany: But still Evans doesn't gain on Kubica!
The Welshman was much quicker on the opening split but had issues with his brakes again and is trying to adjust his driving style to stop overheating them.
Evans also adds that he developed "a nasty cough" the end of the stage, which was also a bit distracting...
The Welshman was much quicker on the opening split but had issues with his brakes again and is trying to adjust his driving style to stop overheating them.
Evans also adds that he developed "a nasty cough" the end of the stage, which was also a bit distracting...
WRC - Germany: Kubica completes the stage with his Citroen's bootlid flapping like an air-brake.
"It was on the previous stage," he explains. "We went through a big compression and the rear wing support broke, then the wing came down and went through the window."
That doesn't quite explain the boot being wide open...
"It was on the previous stage," he explains. "We went through a big compression and the rear wing support broke, then the wing came down and went through the window."
That doesn't quite explain the boot being wide open...
WRC - Germany: Kubica in trouble, Evans is much faster on the splits and reports from on the stage suggest the Pole's boot might have come open. He's not far away from the stage finish.
Breaking news
GP2 - Spa: In case you missed it earlier, Sam Bird was untouchable in GP2 qualifying, and the points leaders had a horrible time.
Spa GP2 qualifying report
Spa GP2 qualifying report
Bristol NASCAR party
NASCAR - Bristol: AUTOSPORT at the Bristol NASCAR street party, part three...
"Says it all"
WRC - Germany: Both Citroens lose a little time to the top two, and reckon they don't have a lot more to offer.
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WRC - Germany: Neuville is adamant he was at the maximum on that stage, is the Latvala-and-VW combo going to be just too potent when the Finn's in his stride?
"I was at the maximum on this one," said Neuville. "I couldn't go faster, it's not possible. I was understeering at the end. I don't know where I could gain even half a second more."
"I was at the maximum on this one," said Neuville. "I couldn't go faster, it's not possible. I was understeering at the end. I don't know where I could gain even half a second more."
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