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Next weekend is a massive one on AUTOSPORT.
Our Live service will be rolling for all three practice sessions, qualifying and the grand prix as Formula 1 blasts back into life at the epic Spa circuit.
But it won't be a weekend off for Race Centre Live, as there's more MotoGP action from Brno, the World Rally Championship returns to asphalt in Germany, where Sebastien Ogier could be crowned champion, thrills are guaranteed as the British Touring Car Championship lands at Knockhill, the IndyCar title fight reaches Sonoma, GP2 and GP3 support F1 in Belgium and NASCAR edges closer to the Chase at Bristol.
See you back here from 3.45pm GMT/4.45pm BST on Thursday for the start of Rally Germany.
Our Live service will be rolling for all three practice sessions, qualifying and the grand prix as Formula 1 blasts back into life at the epic Spa circuit.
But it won't be a weekend off for Race Centre Live, as there's more MotoGP action from Brno, the World Rally Championship returns to asphalt in Germany, where Sebastien Ogier could be crowned champion, thrills are guaranteed as the British Touring Car Championship lands at Knockhill, the IndyCar title fight reaches Sonoma, GP2 and GP3 support F1 in Belgium and NASCAR edges closer to the Chase at Bristol.
See you back here from 3.45pm GMT/4.45pm BST on Thursday for the start of Rally Germany.
Nurburgring DTM
That's it for AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live on the weekend when these things all happened...
* Robert Wickens won his first DTM race in a wet/dry Nurburgring thriller
* Marc Marquez stretched his MotoGP lead by winning for the third straight race
* Sebastien Loeb had one superb FIA GT race and one nightmare
* Raffaele Marciello utterly blitzed the Nurburgring European F3 races
* Joey Logano edged closer to a NASCAR Sprint Cup chase spot
* Narain Karthikeyan kept on winning in Auto GP
NASCAR - Michigan: Jimmie Johnson's engine failure today doesn't make much difference as he's already secured a Chase spot and leads the points by miles.
Michigan winner Joey Logano needs a few more points to knock fellow 2013 victor Martin Truex Jr out of the second Chase wildcard spot. Kasey Kahne, just ahead, has two victories so looks pretty secure.
Championship standings with three rounds until Chase:
1 Jimmie Johnson 813
2 Clint Bowyer 772
3 Carl Edwards 762
4 Kevin Harvick 749
5 Kyle Busch 706
6 Matt Kenseth 688
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr 679
8 Brad Keselowski 667
9 Kurt Busch 665
10 Greg Biffle 663
11 Kasey Kahne 659
12 Martin Truex Jr 653
13 Joey Logano 646
14 Jeff Gordon 637
15 Ryan Newman 636
(43 points for a win)
Michigan winner Joey Logano needs a few more points to knock fellow 2013 victor Martin Truex Jr out of the second Chase wildcard spot. Kasey Kahne, just ahead, has two victories so looks pretty secure.
Championship standings with three rounds until Chase:
1 Jimmie Johnson 813
2 Clint Bowyer 772
3 Carl Edwards 762
4 Kevin Harvick 749
5 Kyle Busch 706
6 Matt Kenseth 688
7 Dale Earnhardt Jr 679
8 Brad Keselowski 667
9 Kurt Busch 665
10 Greg Biffle 663
11 Kasey Kahne 659
12 Martin Truex Jr 653
13 Joey Logano 646
14 Jeff Gordon 637
15 Ryan Newman 636
(43 points for a win)
Breaking news
Joey Logano
NASCAR - Michigan: Here's the full story of Logano's very handy victory, plus complete race results. Championship standings coming up too...
Michigan NASCAR Sprint Cup race report
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NASCAR - Michigan: Logano, who's up to 13th in points, targets a place in the Chase. "We have had a good car in Bristol in the past and I think we can go there and make it back-to-back. We just can't afford any mistakes."
NASCAR - Michigan: The final finishing order
1 Logano
2 Harvick
3 Kurt Bush
4 Menard
5 Bowyer
6 Ambrose
7 Kahne
8 Burton
9 Biffle
10 Edwards
1 Logano
2 Harvick
3 Kurt Bush
4 Menard
5 Bowyer
6 Ambrose
7 Kahne
8 Burton
9 Biffle
10 Edwards
Checkered flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Logano holds off Harvick for a great win.
NASCAR – Michigan: Martin runs dry, Logano and Harvick will fight this one out to the finish.
NASCAR – Michigan: With 10 to go a fuel-saving Mark Martin leads from Logano and Harvick, then there's a big gap to Kurt Busch in fourth.
Green flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Keselowski restarts 17th with 24 laps to go.
NASCAR – Michigan: Scratch that. Keselowski pits to top up with fuel.
Yellow flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Another caution for a Kyle Busch spin. This will help Keselowski, who currently leads.
Green flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Barring cautions, we should be good to the finish now...
NASCAR – Michigan: Before the caution I was about to remark what a good run Juan Pablo Montoya is having in the first race since he found out he was losing his Ganassi ride.
NASCAR – Michigan: With 42 laps to go, the fuel window is wide open. All the leaders pit, but Keselowski stays out. Can he make it?
Yellow flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Kyle Busch spins, somehow everyone avoids him, but the yellow is out.
Green flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Logano leads them away with 47 laps to go.
NASCAR – Michigan: This was an interesting call. We're probably too far out to make it without pitting again, but Keselowski, Clint Bowyer and Kyle Busch are going for it.
Yellow flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Caution again. Bobby Labonte goes for a few spins.
Green flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Here we go again.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: And the championship standings look pretty scary for Marquez's rivals too...
Championship standings after 10 of 18 rounds:
1 Marc Marquez 188
2 Dani Pedrosa 167
3 Jorge Lorenzo 153
4 Valentino Rossi 130
5 Cal Crutchlow 127
6 Stefan Bradl 83
(25 points for a win)
Full season statistics on FORIX
Championship standings after 10 of 18 rounds:
1 Marc Marquez 188
2 Dani Pedrosa 167
3 Jorge Lorenzo 153
4 Valentino Rossi 130
5 Cal Crutchlow 127
6 Stefan Bradl 83
(25 points for a win)
Full season statistics on FORIX
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MotoGP - Indianapolis: Very ominous words from Marquez as he recounts how he won that one.
"I didn't make such a good start, but I knew before the race that the most important part of the race was the end. I just tried to follow Dani and Jorge and save the tyres.
"Then when I felt ready and the fuel came down, I attacked."
"I didn't make such a good start, but I knew before the race that the most important part of the race was the end. I just tried to follow Dani and Jorge and save the tyres.
"Then when I felt ready and the fuel came down, I attacked."
Yellow flag
NASCAR – Michigan: That's it for Dale Jr, who brings out a caution by hitting the wall. Suspected right front tyre failure.
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MotoGP - Indianapolis: Pedrosa reckons his injury took its toll in that race and he couldn't be agile enough on the bike.
Lorenzo didn't have any fitness worries, but his rear tyre faded.
Lorenzo didn't have any fitness worries, but his rear tyre faded.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Indianapolis: The full story of Marc Marquez's third win in America this season is now up.
Indianapolis MotoGP race report
Indianapolis MotoGP race report
Green flag
NASCAR – Michigan: We're underway again. The leaders all took four tyres this time. Slow stop for Logano. Biffle and six others take two to vault up the order.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Rossi slips ahead of Crutchlow and Bautista in a fraught final corner...
...and behind them Hayden and Dovizioso bash into each other, jump over the kerbs, and Smith flies past both to steal eighth!
...and behind them Hayden and Dovizioso bash into each other, jump over the kerbs, and Smith flies past both to steal eighth!
Trophy
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Marc Marquez wins again, that's three in a row.
Pedrosa and Lorenzo clinch second and third.
Pedrosa and Lorenzo clinch second and third.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Rossi passes Crutchlow but the Briton slices back past, leaving Rossi at the mercy of Bautista.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Rossi is up to fifth and has his sights on Crutchlow going onto the final lap.
There's a good dice for eighth between the Ducatis too, chased by Smith.
There's a good dice for eighth between the Ducatis too, chased by Smith.
Yellow flag
NASCAR – Michigan: Caution. Debris. Bad break for Mark Martin, who'd just made a green-flag pitstop.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: It's a Honda one-two now, as Pedrosa drafts past Lorenzo on the pits straight. Two laps left.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: And there's some incredible racing going on between Bautista and Crutchlow for fourth, with Rossi trying to get past both without being wiped out.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Pedrosa is now right back on Lorenzo's tail and fighting hard to pass him with three laps to go.
NASCAR – Michigan: We've reached half distance in Michigan. The order is: 1 Kurt Busch, 2 Brad Keselowski, 3 Joey Logano, 4 Carl Edwards, 5 Kevin Harvick, 6 Dale Earnhardt Jr, 7 Matt Kenseth, 8 Kasey Kahne, 9 Greg Biffle, 10 Kyle Busch.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: So the lead battle seems settled now, but Crutchlow and Bautista are still going wild for fourth, and the resurgent Rossi is gaining on them after passing Bradl.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Now Marquez is getting away as he gets his lead up to 1.001s (so, yep, that's technically over a second) with seven laps left.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Crutchlow runs a bit wide and loses fourth to Bautista again.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Marquez sets a new lap record as he tries to extend the gap over Lorenzo, which remains less than a second.
Pedrosa seems to be falling away just a little in third.
Pedrosa seems to be falling away just a little in third.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Crutchlow has made it back past Bautista but faces a six-second gap to the leaders now.
By: Matt Beer, Peter Mills, Jamie O'Leary, Connell Sanders Jr, Gary Watkins, Andrew van de Burgt, Scott Mitchell
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