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ELMS - Red Bull Ring: Could be some trouble for the championship-leading TDS team. Badey hit Patterson's ORECA while passing it for fourth. The team manager has been summoned. Up front, the top three is Albuquerque, Aleshin and Hirsch.
Breaking news
FR3.5 - Red Bull Ring: Pons Racing's Roberto Merhi has been excluded from both of today's FR3.5 races. More to follow...
Breaking news
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Works Honda men Marquez and Pedrosa have gone with hard fronts - no one else has. Interesting!
The other asymmetric tyre has one shoulder two steps softer than the alternative due to this track's unique shape.
The field is on the formation lap now.
The other asymmetric tyre has one shoulder two steps softer than the alternative due to this track's unique shape.
The field is on the formation lap now.
Lights out
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Pedrosa jumps Marquez off the line, then Lorenzo goes around the outside of both Hondas at Turn 1.
Marquez shuffles Pedrosa aside but he has to tuck in in second behind Lorenzo.
Marquez shuffles Pedrosa aside but he has to tuck in in second behind Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi is already fourth to fourth ahead of Iannone and Hernandez.
Crash
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Scott Redding is the first man to crash - a real shame after his brilliant Friday pace.
That was a solo shunt for Redding at the final corner, exactly where his Moto2 counterpart in the Marc VDS team - Tito Rabat - was thumped out of a podium place an hour ago.
That was a solo shunt for Redding at the final corner, exactly where his Moto2 counterpart in the Marc VDS team - Tito Rabat - was thumped out of a podium place an hour ago.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Lorenzo still holds off the Hondas up front, while Iannone had a go back at Rossi but couldn't make it stick.
Now Iannone's busy with Hernandez, and it's a four bike - Yamaha-Honda-Honda-Yamaha - breakaway up front.
Further back, Michael Laverty's up to 18th! Great stuff.
Now Iannone's busy with Hernandez, and it's a four bike - Yamaha-Honda-Honda-Yamaha - breakaway up front.
Further back, Michael Laverty's up to 18th! Great stuff.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi has a huge moment at the top of the sweeping downhill section, just after he'd closed on the top three with a new lap record.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Lorenzo, Marquez, Pedrosa and Rossi begin lap four of 30 covered by one second.
Iannone has shaken off Hernandez and left him at the mercy of Smith, Crutchlow, the Espargaros, Dovizioso, Petrucci, Bautista and Vinales.
Iannone has shaken off Hernandez and left him at the mercy of Smith, Crutchlow, the Espargaros, Dovizioso, Petrucci, Bautista and Vinales.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Tense in the top four: Marquez takes half a look at Lorenzo for the lead, Rossi has a sniff at Pedrosa for third.
Iannone isn't far behind them either...
Iannone isn't far behind them either...
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi slices past Pedrosa for third. German loves 'The Doctor' just as much as Italy does!
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Change of lead too - Marquez gets inside Lorenzo into the final corner and the Yamaha can't quite fight back on the pits straight.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Marquez is already storming away, and Rossi is all over title rival Lorenzo for second place.
DTM - Zandvoort: We're a couple of minutes away from the formation lap, here's how they'll line up at the front:
1. da Costa
2. Spengler
3. Farfus
4. Wittmann
5. Molina
6. Wehrlein
7. Glock
8. Juncadella
9. Paffett
10. Vietoris
Further down the order, Ekstrom, Green and di Resta will start 16th, 18th and 23rd, and could be in for long afternoons with overtaking tough aroudn here, even with DRS.
Look for some teams to roll the strategy dice and make their mandatory pitstop early, to get clean air.
1. da Costa
2. Spengler
3. Farfus
4. Wittmann
5. Molina
6. Wehrlein
7. Glock
8. Juncadella
9. Paffett
10. Vietoris
Further down the order, Ekstrom, Green and di Resta will start 16th, 18th and 23rd, and could be in for long afternoons with overtaking tough aroudn here, even with DRS.
Look for some teams to roll the strategy dice and make their mandatory pitstop early, to get clean air.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi has a very, very big look at Lorenzo into Turn 12 but can't make it through.
Marquez is 0.6s clear of the Yamahas after one lap out front. Pedrosa is right on Rossi's tail too.
Marquez is 0.6s clear of the Yamahas after one lap out front. Pedrosa is right on Rossi's tail too.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi gets past Lorenzo into Turn 12, but runs wide enough for his team-mate to snatch second back at the next corner.
Rossi tries again at Turn 1, to no avail. Pedrosa remains glued to them.
And meanwhile Marquez is disappearing...
Rossi tries again at Turn 1, to no avail. Pedrosa remains glued to them.
And meanwhile Marquez is disappearing...
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Take two at Turn 12 for Rossi on Lorenzo, and this time the Italian is smoothly through.
Now Rossi has a 1.7s gap to Marquez to close and 22 laps to do it, while Lorenzo has Pedrosa to think about.
Now Rossi has a 1.7s gap to Marquez to close and 22 laps to do it, while Lorenzo has Pedrosa to think about.
DTM - Zandvoort: Grid lining up.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Another place lost for Lorenzo, Pedrosa is through into the first corner to demote the Yamaha to fourth.
DTM - Zandvoort: Perfect start from da Costa. He leads Spengler, Farfus, Wittmann, Molina, Juncadella and Glock. Slow start from Wehrlein, he's down to ninth from sixth.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Meanwhile Rossi's hopes of catching Marquez do not look good as the Honda reels off lap records and builds his lead to 2.6s.
DTM - Zandvoort: Third yesterday, Martin is currently last. At Turn 1 on the second lap, Mortara went down the inside to take 14th, Tambay looked to follow him through and Martin was forced wide.
Also down the order, Ekstrom is 16th, Green 17th, Blomqvist 19th and di Resta 21st.
Also down the order, Ekstrom is 16th, Green 17th, Blomqvist 19th and di Resta 21st.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Honda's chances of securing its first one-two of the season are looking increasing good.
Rossi is now 3.2s behind leader Marquez, but has Pedrosa on his tail, while Lorenzo is losing touch with the podium.
Rossi is now 3.2s behind leader Marquez, but has Pedrosa on his tail, while Lorenzo is losing touch with the podium.
Crash
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Dovizioso has crashed out of eighth place to end a muted weekend.
The man notorious for not crashing has fallen in two of the last three grands prix now.
The man notorious for not crashing has fallen in two of the last three grands prix now.
DTM - Zandvoort: So, 10 minutes in, it's still da Costa leading the BMW 1-2-3-4. He hasn't been able to get more than a second clear of Spengler, though, who remains within DRS zone.
Spengler, for his part, has just set the fastest lap of the race. He's about six-tenths behind da Costa.
Spengler, for his part, has just set the fastest lap of the race. He's about six-tenths behind da Costa.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Just past half-distance, and Marquez's lead ticks over the 4s mark.
Pedrosa is still trying various methods to pass Rossi for second, while Lorenzo is 1.4s behind so not out of the picture if anything goes wrong.
Pedrosa is still trying various methods to pass Rossi for second, while Lorenzo is 1.4s behind so not out of the picture if anything goes wrong.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Pedrosa takes second from Rossi. It's a Honda one-two.
Rossi takes a bit of a look back at the Spaniard but to no avail.
Rossi takes a bit of a look back at the Spaniard but to no avail.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Further back, Iannone is pretty sorted in fifth, then Smith has some pressure from Crutchlow for sixth.
Hernandez has drifted back to eighth, where he's holding his own ahead of a tussle between the Espargaros, Petrucci and Vinales.
Miller is resisting Bautista in 13th, and Barbera is currently on course for the last point.
Laverty is top returnee in a lonely 20th, Corti is 21st and last, Aoyama quietly retired a while ago.
Hernandez has drifted back to eighth, where he's holding his own ahead of a tussle between the Espargaros, Petrucci and Vinales.
Miller is resisting Bautista in 13th, and Barbera is currently on course for the last point.
Laverty is top returnee in a lonely 20th, Corti is 21st and last, Aoyama quietly retired a while ago.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Rossi hasn't given up on getting second place back from Pedrosa yet. He's got 11 laps to make something happen.
DTM - Zandvoort: TV just showed an official having a sleep trackside. Not sure why, about both the siesta and what it says about the DTM as an entertainment product... Answers on a postcard.
DTM - Zandvoort: da Costa still leads the way, half a second ahead of Spengler with 17 minutes complete. The top 11 cars are in a giant train.
DTM - Zandvoort: Glock from seventh and Green from 16th are the first to pit. They'll be looking for clean air, especially Green, who was stuck behind Gotz.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Marquez's lead has stabilised at 4.4s over Pedrosa, who has Rossi as a shadow but not a particularly intimidating one at this second.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Lorenzo is drifting away again in fourth and looks set to finish there.
That would leave him 13 points behind Rossi heading into the summer break if things stay the same in the Rossi/Pedrosa fight.
Six laps left.
That would leave him 13 points behind Rossi heading into the summer break if things stay the same in the Rossi/Pedrosa fight.
Six laps left.
ELMS - Red Bull Ring: We've had the first round of pitstops now, which has shaken things up. The Eurasia ORECA O3R leads having stopped relatively early under the safety car, but the 'virtual' race lead is in the hands of Dolan, who took over the Jota Gibson from Albuquerque. Hirsch is third in the Greaves Gibson, but as he started will lose time relative to Dolan at the next round of stops.
DTM - Zandvoort: The very next lap, Spengler, Wittmann, Molina, Juncadella, Tomczyk and Wehrlein pit from the front pack.
It was right on pit exit, with Molina initially ahead but Wittmann then forcing his way past.
Glock jumped up to be running behind Spengler by pitting that lap earlier.
It was right on pit exit, with Molina initially ahead but Wittmann then forcing his way past.
Glock jumped up to be running behind Spengler by pitting that lap earlier.
DTM - Zandvoort: And the next lap again, da Costa and Farfus pitted. da Costa still leads and has Auer - yet to stop - behind him on the road. Pretty handy, given Auer's lack of pace.
Farfus, meanwhile, has jumped Spengler.
Farfus, meanwhile, has jumped Spengler.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: All the action is centred around eighth place now, where Pol Espargaro is trying to fend off Petrucci, Vinales, Hernandez and Aleix Espargaro.
Behind them, Bautista and Barbera have demoted Miller to 15th.
Michael Laverty is the last man on the lead lap, but sitting 7s off Baz is a solid effort.
Behind them, Bautista and Barbera have demoted Miller to 15th.
Michael Laverty is the last man on the lead lap, but sitting 7s off Baz is a solid effort.
DTM - Zandvoort: Farfus and Spengler are past Auer, but da Costa now has a 1.8-second advantage over them. Pitstops continue, with Gotz, Rockenfeller, Muller, Scheider and Martin the only drivers yet to stop.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Pedrosa has opened out a 0.7s gap over Rossi for second, which is by far the biggest its been.
By: Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Mitchell Adam, Stuart Codling, Peter Mills, AUTOSPORT staff
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