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GP2 - Nurburgring: Frijns passes Nasr and makes it stick this time at Turn 1. That's a net third place.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Calado nails Leal at Turn 1, then third place changes hands four times as Frijns passes Nasr, Nasr passes him back, Frijns passes him again, Nasr repasses again!
Bird rolls the dice, putting super-soft tyres on for the final 15 laps. Good luck with that one!
Bird rolls the dice, putting super-soft tyres on for the final 15 laps. Good luck with that one!
GP2 - Nurburgring: Calado's problem is that he's got the tardy Leal in front of him. Leal hasn't pitted yet, and has already been off once in this race, a huge spin at Turn 9.
Dillmann rejoined 16th, by the way.
Dillmann rejoined 16th, by the way.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Great pass from Calado on Nasr at Turn 1. That's for a 'real' second place. Now Frijns is attacking Nasr.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Dillmann pits from the end at the end of the 17th lap. And he stalls!
GP2 - Nurburgring: A replay shows Richelmi's front jack man fell over when he put his weight on to lift it up. Very costly error.
Dillmann leads Coletti and Bird in the non-stoppers, but the real race order is Ericsson, Nasr, Calado, Frijns and Richelmi.
Dillmann leads Coletti and Bird in the non-stoppers, but the real race order is Ericsson, Nasr, Calado, Frijns and Richelmi.
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WRT Audi
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Sebastien Loeb's McLaren didn't make it past the first corner, and then it came down to three Audis versus one Mercedes in the closing minutes...
Zandvoort FIA GT qualifying race report
GP2 - Nurburgring: Commentators' curse! Richelmi pits from the lead, so he isn't going so long after all. He rejoins after a very slow stop as the front jack didn't seem to work.
He's back out just in front of the Nasr/Calado duel, and they both pass him in the Mercedes Arena. Then Frijns gets him too!
He's back out just in front of the Nasr/Calado duel, and they both pass him in the Mercedes Arena. Then Frijns gets him too!
GP2 - Nurburgring: Leader Richelmi is going for a long first stint, and he is 6.2s ahead of Dillmann. Lancaster is up to third.
In the virtual race for the lead, Ercisson is banging in some very quick laps. He is 3.5s ahead of Nasr, who was Calado rght behind him.
In the virtual race for the lead, Ercisson is banging in some very quick laps. He is 3.5s ahead of Nasr, who was Calado rght behind him.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Big hitters make pitstops. Leader Ericsson has switched to a new set of mediums. Calado has passed Frijns in the pits as the latter suffered a slow release.
Richelmi leads Leimer and Dillmann in the race between those who haven't stopped.
Richelmi leads Leimer and Dillmann in the race between those who haven't stopped.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Third-placed Nasr has stopped at the first opportunity, so he has to do the rest of the race on his medium tyres. Bold.
Checkered flag
Euro RX - Holjes: Heat one is over in Sweden, here's the result:
1 Petter Solberg, 2 Davy Jeanney, 3 Timmy Hansen, 4 Patrik Sandell, 5 Alexander Hvaal, 6 Stig-Olov Walfridson.
Reigning champion Timur Timerzyanov retired from heat one with broken steering.
1 Petter Solberg, 2 Davy Jeanney, 3 Timmy Hansen, 4 Patrik Sandell, 5 Alexander Hvaal, 6 Stig-Olov Walfridson.
Reigning champion Timur Timerzyanov retired from heat one with broken steering.
Green flag
GP2 - Nurburgring: After the restart, Ericsson is pulling away out front, while Richelmi appears to be holding up Nasr, Frijns and Calado.
Green flag
IndyCar: Pocono: Green flag for the opening practice session, and for the first time since 1989, the hills around Pocono ring with the sound of IndyCar engines. Appropriately, local hero Marco Andretti is the early leader.
Liam Doran
Euro RX - Holjes: British driver Liam Doran dropped out of heat one with engine failure.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Safety car is in this lap. So a restart at the beginning of lap five.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Evans's bold bid for victory at the first corner has backfired massively. He is 16th. Running order is Ericsson, Richelmi, Nasr, Frijns, Calado, Leimer, Binder, Rossi, Dillmann and Palmer. Sam Bird is down in 14th.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Wow! The replay shows that Ceccon had already rolled before he hit the stationary Quaife-Hobbs. He had collided with Abt and Berthon, which flipped him over. No wonder he was flexing his shoulders as he walked away...
Lights out
GP2 - Nurburgring: That didn't last long! The safety car is required immediately as Quaife-Hobbs stalls and Ceccon hits him. Ericsson leads poleman Richelmi, Nasr, Frijns, Calado and Leimer.
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: The top three are Rosenqvist, Tincknell and Lynn.
Checkered flag
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: No maths required to work out who is on pole - Rosenqvist is fastest in both sessions.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Some interesting differences on tyre strategies here: Richelmi, Ericsson, Evans and Leimer are starting on mediums; Frijns, Quaife-Hobbs, Nasr and Calado are on super-softs. Interesting. Very interesting.
GP2 - Nurburgring: Cars are gridding up at the German grand prix venue. It's a DAMS front-row, with Richelmi on pole ahead of team-mate Ericsson. Frijns starts third, ahead of Evans and Nasr. Points leader Coletti is down in 13th.
Nurburgring GP2 qualifying report
Nurburgring GP2 qualifying report
Felix Rosenqvist
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: Rosenqvist goes quickest on a 1m31.080s.
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: Auer, Tincknell, Rosenqvist and others follow suit.
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: Jordan King is the first man to dip under the 1m32s barrier.
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: Hans Hugenholtz, a long-time amateur sportscar driver, is out and about here at the former home of the Dutch Grand Prix. His father, John, is often credited with the design of this track, but it was largely laid out on the existing roads of a German military establishment just after the war.
F3 Masters - Zandvoort: Second qualifying is go - the grid for tomorrow's race will be determined by the aggregate of each drivers' best time from the two sessions.
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IndyCar - Pocono: Opening practice is still an hour away, and Ed Carpenter has popped into the media centre to wax lyrical about Turn 1:
"It's an awesome corner. It's more daunting than Turn 1 at Indy, in my opinion."
"It's an awesome corner. It's more daunting than Turn 1 at Indy, in my opinion."
Peak time approaching now on Race Centre Live: in the next hour we've got final Masters of Formula 3 qualifying, the first Nurburgring GP2 race, Holjes European Rallycross heats and the opening IndyCar practice session at Pocono.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: A celebrating Rast is tagged by a course vehicle in the pitlane. He's OK, but it's gonna sting in the morning.
Checkered flag
FIA GT - Zandvoort: WRT Audi driver Ortelli hangs on to secure the win for himself and Vanthoor by just seven tenths from the Merc driven by Buhk and Day. The other two WRT cars finish third and fourth, Rast/Mayr-Melnhof ahead of Stippler/Sandstrom.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Buhk is finally up into second, but there are only two minutes left and he is more than a second behind leader Ortelli.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Buhk is the man on the move. He has passed Sandstrom and is hassling Mayr-Melnhof for second. Ortelli, meanwhile, isn't getting away.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Ortelli into the lead, gets past Mayr-Melnhof at Tarzan.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: The pitstops are complete and it's a WRT Audi one-two-three. Mayr-Melnhof leads Ortelli and Sandstrom.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: With the pit window now open, the order is Rast, Vanthoor, Khodair, Day, Stippler, Vieira
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Rast is through; Vanthoor made it easy for him.
FIA GT - Zandvoort: Simonsen has been awarded a drive-through for his part in the first-corner incident.
Green flag
FIA GT - Zandvoort: The race is back on - Vanthoor gets a jump on team-mate Rast.
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