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WTCC - Vila Real: Maximum points for Jose Maria Lopez then after a typically imperious performance. Yvan Muller will have hoped for better than seventh place but he will be starting from the reverse-grid pole later. The C-Elysee's startline performance will be the key for Lopez's hopes in race two since it's very difficult to pass around this frankly rather scary circuit. AUTOSPORT was treated to a brisk lap in the safety car yesterday evening and Vila Real is most definitely not a 'Mickey Mouse' track, particularly the long downhill plunge in sector two.
FR3.5 - Red Bull Ring: The Pons team also has to contend with repair work to Meindert van Buuren's car, who was involved in an opening lap crash.
The Dutch driver's machine is expected to be ready for race two, while Merhi's car has sustained heavy rear damage, including a broken gearbox.
The Dutch driver's machine is expected to be ready for race two, while Merhi's car has sustained heavy rear damage, including a broken gearbox.
FR3.5 - Red Bull Ring: Both drivers were at the stewards office when AUTOSPORT visited the teams' awnings.
But Latifi's Arden team boss Garry Horner reported that Canadian Latifi had escaped from the violent roll with just a sore calf muscle.
But Latifi's Arden team boss Garry Horner reported that Canadian Latifi had escaped from the violent roll with just a sore calf muscle.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Vila Real: Lopez takes the chequered flag from Loeb, Michelisz, Tarquini, Monteiro, Ma, Muller, Van Lagen, Catsburg, Huff, Bennani, Coronel, D'Aste, Chilton, Filippi and Demoustier. DNF: Valente. Girolami returned to the track after mechanical attention and is credited with five laps.
ELMS - Red Bull Ring: The Red Bull Ring 4 Hours is coming up in around 15 minutes. A penalty has recently been issued to the LM GTE-pole winning Ferrari of Griffin, putting it to the back of the grid.
FR3.5 - Red Bull Ring: The Pons and Arden teams' mechanics have been tasked with a huge amount of work to ready the cars of their drivers Roberto Merhi and Nicholas Latifi for race two, after the pair were involved in a frightening accident shortly after the finish of this morning's race.
WTCC - Vila Real: Chilton under investigation for not respecting track limits. Talk about kicking someone when they're down.
WTCC - Vila Real: All of a sudden Huff has dropped back from Catsburg and Bennani is taking a look. Chilton misses his braking point at Turn 19 and takes the escape line that Ma controversially failed to make use of during Q2 yesterday.
WTCC - Vila Real: Two laps to go and most of the drivers, with one eye on race two, are staying in line. We've got a yellow flag in sector two after the Catsburg/Huff train took out a bollard at Turn 19.
WTCC - Vila Real: 2.848s is Lopez's leading margin over Loeb.
WTCC - Vila Real: Filippi continues to 'park the bus', while in 10th Huff is in close attendance to team-mate Catsburg's tailgate.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Great day for Gresini so far - Bastianini on the podium in Moto3, Simeon wins in Moto2...
...Alvaro Bautista and Michael Laverty, time to work some miracles on those Aprilias in MotoGP.
...Alvaro Bautista and Michael Laverty, time to work some miracles on those Aprilias in MotoGP.
Xavier Simeon
Crash
Moto2 - Sachsenring: A replay shows Morbidelli went down the inside of Rabat at the final corner, lost it and fell, with his bike scraping down the road into Rabat's.
Rabat is walking away waving to the crowd, with a bit of help from the marshals.
He's got three weeks to recover properly before Indianapolis now. Tough for his already remote title defence prospects, though.
Meanwhile 25-year-old Belgian Simeon and his Gresini team are celebrating his breakthrough win.
Rabat is walking away waving to the crowd, with a bit of help from the marshals.
He's got three weeks to recover properly before Indianapolis now. Tough for his already remote title defence prospects, though.
Meanwhile 25-year-old Belgian Simeon and his Gresini team are celebrating his breakthrough win.
Crash
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Morbidelli tangled with Rabat at the final corner, with both tumbling through the gravel - that's very nasty for Rabat's injured collarbone.
It also allowed Rins to sweep through to the podium again.
It also allowed Rins to sweep through to the podium again.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Simeon holds off Zarco to take his first win in his sixth season of Moto2, but further back...
WTCC - Vila Real: While Lopez stretches away in front, Demoustier (who's being coached by Alain Menu this weekend) is going at it hammer and tongs with Filippi for 15th place.
WTCC - Vila Real: The residents of 16A get a fine view of the flat-out Turn 21 from outside their front gate.
(This was from a support race, there hasn't been an Alfa comeback)
Vila Real
(This was from a support race, there hasn't been an Alfa comeback)
WTCC - Vila Real: Outside the top 10 it's Bennani, Coronel, D'Aste, Chilton, Filippi and Demoustier. We hear reports that oil pressure was the problem for Girolami, while Valente appeared to pick up a right-front puncture while he was the filling in the Citroen sandwich.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Two laps left, Simeon is clinging onto a 0.2s lead over Zarco.
WTCC - Vila Real: So as we go into lap four it's Lopez, Loeb, Michelisz, Tarquini, Monteiro, Ma, Muller, Van Lagen, Catsburg and Huff making up the top 10. Girolami has made it back to the garages out of our view - it looks like his problems began on the startline.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Five laps left, Zarco really can't get rid of Simeon and Morbidelli still. The championship leader has an answer for every passing attempt, but pulling away still isn't an option.
Rabat and Rins continue to edge closer.
And now finally Simeon is through into the lead at Turn 1 with four laps left. He's never won a grand prix before...
Rabat and Rins continue to edge closer.
And now finally Simeon is through into the lead at Turn 1 with four laps left. He's never won a grand prix before...
WTCC - Vila Real: Replays of the start show Yvan Muller and Ma Qing Hua - from ninth and 10th on the grid - blasting by each side of Hugo Valente, only for the Chevrolet driver to defend his position rather stoutly.
WTCC - Vila Real: Lap two and Nestor Girolami has pulled over to the side and parked the Nika Honda. He started 12th after brushing the barrier and deflating a wheel in Q2.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Simeon takes second from Morbidelli and is having a renewed crack at Zarco for the lead with eight laps left.
Simeon needed to get on with it, Rabat and Rins were edging towards the lead group.
Regular frontrunner Folger's poor home race gets worse - he takes a trip to the gravel at the first corner and falls to 16th.
Simeon needed to get on with it, Rabat and Rins were edging towards the lead group.
Regular frontrunner Folger's poor home race gets worse - he takes a trip to the gravel at the first corner and falls to 16th.
Lights out
WTCC - Vila Real: We're off! Lopez and Loeb make a clean getaway but Hugo Valente is slow away from third on the grid. He told AUTOSPORT it would be tricky, because the startline is on a section of track that's off the main racing line. He gets into a tangle with Ma Qing Hua, who started 10th, and now he's off.
WTCC - Vila Real: The Turn 19/20 chicane is unpopular, but this whole section would be at maximum speed without it.
Vila Real
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Despite breaking his collarbone just eight days ago, Rabat has moved up to fourth now.
That will probably be his limit, unless anything goes awry in this tense lead battle where Zarco is still holding off Morbidelli and Simeon.
That will probably be his limit, unless anything goes awry in this tense lead battle where Zarco is still holding off Morbidelli and Simeon.
WTCC - Vila Real: Bom Dia from Vila Real! Jose Maria Lopez is leading the field around the formation lap on this incredibly twisty and fast street circuit.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Zarco can't shake off Morbidelli and Simeon still with the race around half-distance.
Corsi is fending off an advancing Rabat and Rins for fourth.
Not so great for the Germans: Cortese has fallen to 11th, Folger to 14th. Lowes runs eighth.
Corsi is fending off an advancing Rabat and Rins for fourth.
Not so great for the Germans: Cortese has fallen to 11th, Folger to 14th. Lowes runs eighth.
FR3.5 - Red Bull Ring: Crazy events at the Red Bull Ring, where Manor Formula 1 racer Roberto Merhi slowed dramatically as he crossed the finish line and caused Nicholas Latifi to have a violent aerial crash.
More on how that came about on our news pages later...
In more normal events, Oliver Rowland stretched his points lead by beating Dean Stoneman to victory while his title rival Matthieu Vaxiviere had a tough day.
Red Bull Ring FR3.5 race one report
More on how that came about on our news pages later...
Roberto Merhi and Nicholas Latifi crash, Red Bull Ring FR3.5 2015
In more normal events, Oliver Rowland stretched his points lead by beating Dean Stoneman to victory while his title rival Matthieu Vaxiviere had a tough day.
Red Bull Ring FR3.5 race one report
Moto2 - Sachsenring: The underdogs made it pretty easy for Zarco in the end - as Morbidelli, Simeon and Corsi battled for the lead, they took each other wide into the first corner and the points leader is through.
But he's not having it easy - Morbidelli is sticking to his back wheel.
But he's not having it easy - Morbidelli is sticking to his back wheel.
Breaking news
DTM - Zandvoort: Here's the full report from that qualifying session. You can follow the hour-long race from 1:15pm BST right here.
Zandvoort DTM: BMW's Antonio Felix da Costa takes first pole
Zandvoort DTM: BMW's Antonio Felix da Costa takes first pole
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Zarco had a bunch of underdogs around him at the lights and he let them get on with it - Morbidelli burst into the lead with Simeon all over him for first place right now.
Zarco is back in fourth behind Corsi, while the sore Rabat is ninth.
Zarco is back in fourth behind Corsi, while the sore Rabat is ninth.
DTM - Zandvoort: da Costa's previous best DTM grid position was third at Oschersleben last year, you may recall that he had a strong start to his rookie campaign in qualifying.
BMW drivers are running lighter than Audi and Mercedes this weekend through the series' performance weight system - to the tune of about 25kg on average. That's worth about 0.5 seconds a lap, according to Audi.
But still, it's a big turnaround from where they were at the Lausitzring at the end of May, an event that prompted the series' tyre saga.
BMW drivers are running lighter than Audi and Mercedes this weekend through the series' performance weight system - to the tune of about 25kg on average. That's worth about 0.5 seconds a lap, according to Audi.
But still, it's a big turnaround from where they were at the Lausitzring at the end of May, an event that prompted the series' tyre saga.
DTM - Zandvoort: So that was a pretty frenetic session at the end. Full report will be online shortly, but another strong showing from BMW after its sweep of the top seven yesterday.
With the traffic on circuit, Mercedes had the right idea in getting Wehrlein and Vietoris out a little earlier, to log their laps with three minutes remaining.
Of the drivers to get caught out, Blomqvist was green in sector one and purple in the second sector, before catching a train of cars on outlaps. He'll start 21st.
With the traffic on circuit, Mercedes had the right idea in getting Wehrlein and Vietoris out a little earlier, to log their laps with three minutes remaining.
Of the drivers to get caught out, Blomqvist was green in sector one and purple in the second sector, before catching a train of cars on outlaps. He'll start 21st.
Moto2 - Sachsenring: Moto2 is up next, and that's a big one for the German crowd.
Jonas Folger is having a cracking season, though he's only eighth on the grid today - and that means he's not actually top German, as his Italian-named countryman Sandro Cortese starts one place ahead.
Championship leader Johann Zarco is on pole ahead of Xavier Simeon and Franco Morbidelli, and is chasing a third straight win.
Reigning champion Tito Rabat broke his collarbone in training last week, but he's been patched up and starts behind Tom Luthi and Simone Corsi in sixth.
British hope Sam Lowes is ninth, rookie star Alex Rins is 12th and struggling Moto3 champion Alex Marquez is 24th.
Jonas Folger is having a cracking season, though he's only eighth on the grid today - and that means he's not actually top German, as his Italian-named countryman Sandro Cortese starts one place ahead.
Championship leader Johann Zarco is on pole ahead of Xavier Simeon and Franco Morbidelli, and is chasing a third straight win.
Reigning champion Tito Rabat broke his collarbone in training last week, but he's been patched up and starts behind Tom Luthi and Simone Corsi in sixth.
British hope Sam Lowes is ninth, rookie star Alex Rins is 12th and struggling Moto3 champion Alex Marquez is 24th.
V8s - Townsville: Ford is on its way out of V8 Supercars, but will it leave with the title?
Mark Winterbottom of Ford Performance Racing stormed to a pair of wins on the Townsville street track this weekend, taking his 2015 win tally up to six and stretching his points lead to 248 over Craig Lowndes.
Jamie Whincup's struggle continues, he's still only eighth in the standings.
Mark Winterbottom of Ford Performance Racing stormed to a pair of wins on the Townsville street track this weekend, taking his 2015 win tally up to six and stretching his points lead to 248 over Craig Lowndes.
Jamie Whincup's struggle continues, he's still only eighth in the standings.
Mark Winterbottom wins Townsville V8 Supercars 2015
DTM - Zandvoort: That'll be it. A day after taking his first DTM podium, Antonio Felix da Costa has his first pole, at the top of a BMW 1-2-3-4.
Molina and Wehrlein are fifth and sixth for Audi and Mercedes, ahead of Glock, whose BMW has stopped on track.
Molina and Wehrlein are fifth and sixth for Audi and Mercedes, ahead of Glock, whose BMW has stopped on track.
DTM - Zandvoort: Molina went top with 90 seconds to go, but as the chequered flag flies it's a BMW 1-2-3-4, with da Costa, Spengler, Farfus and Wittmann. They all set their laps inside the final 60 seconds.
DTM - Zandvoort: Traffic is a factor. A big chain of cars were backing each other up to get space for a clear lap. Blomqvist was on a flyer, green in the first sector and purple in the second, but then encountered the pack, ruining the lap. Wehrlein and Vietoris have pitted, after their smash-and-grab efforts a little earlier.
By: Matt Beer, Edd Straw, Mitchell Adam, Stuart Codling, Peter Mills, AUTOSPORT staff
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