Indianapolis MotoGP, Watkins Glen NASCAR, Road America USC
Live Text
Sort by
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Pedrosa is through on Dovizioso for fourth. The softer tyre on the Ducati is fading.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: As Marquez starts to edge away from the Yamahas, Pedrosa has despatched Iannone and is now working on Dovizioso for fourth.
Crash
USC - Road America: Hefty shunt involving Ende. Replays show Ende getting a brief tap by Mayer, sending him into the barriers.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Bradl is walking away from an absolutely destroyed LCR Honda after a big crash.
Aleix Espargaro is also pulling off with damage to the rear of his Forward Yamaha.
Not clear yet if those two things are related.
Aleix Espargaro is also pulling off with damage to the rear of his Forward Yamaha.
Not clear yet if those two things are related.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Big moment from Lorenzo over the kerbs leaves his right leg waving in the air for a few seconds. He saes it and holds third.
USC - Road America: Ricky Taylor just had a brief off in the Wayne Taylor Corvette. He still holds on to second overall, having overtaken Sharp at Turn 5 on the second lap.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Right Yamahas, time to respond. Marquez immediately pulled out a half-second lead over Rossi and Lorenzo.
Sixteen laps to go.
Sixteen laps to go.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Lorenzo passes Marquez into Turn 1, then they both outbrake Rossi into Turn 2 with Marquez taking the lead.
Lorenzo fights back, gets in front of Marquez again, but as they head onto the back straight it's the Honda leading with Rossi getting second from Lorenzo.
Lorenzo fights back, gets in front of Marquez again, but as they head onto the back straight it's the Honda leading with Rossi getting second from Lorenzo.
USC - Road America: Christian Fittipaldi made a great start in the Action Express Corvette to take the lead from Scott Sharp on the opening lap.
Chris Cumming also gained a position in the Starworks ORECA to demoted Duncan Ende to second in the PC class.
Chris Cumming also gained a position in the Starworks ORECA to demoted Duncan Ende to second in the PC class.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Lorenzo is having another go at Marquez for second.
Camier comes into the pits, looks like he's retiring.
Camier comes into the pits, looks like he's retiring.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Running order after the first pitstop cycle is over is thus: Ambrose, 3.4s clear of Gordon, Kurt Busch, Allmendinger Johnson and Earnhardt.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: A little bit calmer at the front for a moment. Rossi is three tenths clear of Marquez, with Lorenzo still right on the Honda's tail.
Dovizioso, Iannone, Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro are still tagging along behind them, then there's a small gap to Aleix Espargaro in eighth ahead of Bradl and Smith.
Crutchlow is fending off Redding for 11th, Edwards is 14th, and Camier's just had a bit of a moment and fallen to 19th and last.
Dovizioso, Iannone, Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro are still tagging along behind them, then there's a small gap to Aleix Espargaro in eighth ahead of Bradl and Smith.
Crutchlow is fending off Redding for 11th, Edwards is 14th, and Camier's just had a bit of a moment and fallen to 19th and last.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Lorenzo to the inside of Marquez for second at Turn 1, but Marquez hangs on around the outside.
This is letting Rossi get away a bit.
This is letting Rossi get away a bit.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: So we're on lap seven of 28, Rossi leads from Marquez, Lorenzo and Dovizioso.
And their wild race has let Iannone, Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro catch them.
And their wild race has let Iannone, Pedrosa and Pol Espargaro catch them.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Ambrose takes the lead for the first time today as Kasey Kahne, who's running an alternate fuel strategy, pits. Ambrose 'overcut' Gordon in their pitstop cycle.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: But now Marquez slides slightly wide and Rossi leads again!
Just behind them, Lorenzo barges past Dovizioso into third.
Just behind them, Lorenzo barges past Dovizioso into third.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Oh boys, you don't want to hand Marquez an open door like that...
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Onto lap six and Dovizioso does it! He sweeps through into Turn 1...
...but Rossi fights back at the next corner, they take each other wide, and Marquez moves from third to first!
...but Rossi fights back at the next corner, they take each other wide, and Marquez moves from third to first!
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Marquez is still just behind the leaders in third, and he's under pressure from Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Dovizioso is still having a nose at Rossi in every possible passing zone, but the Yamaha is a touch better under braking each time.
Crash
MotoGP - Indianapolis: The cameras haven't caught it yet, but Yonny Hernandez and Alvaro Bautista collided on lap one.
This displeased Hernandez's Colombian compatriot and IndyCar star Sebastian Saavedra:
"NOOOOO!!! @yonny68motogp Agh. Amazing start.. Sad 1st lap incident"
Hernandez still got further than Saavedra did when he had pole for the IndyCar road course race here in May...
This displeased Hernandez's Colombian compatriot and IndyCar star Sebastian Saavedra:
"NOOOOO!!! @yonny68motogp Agh. Amazing start.. Sad 1st lap incident"
Hernandez still got further than Saavedra did when he had pole for the IndyCar road course race here in May...
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Scratch one pre-race favourite from having a chance of victory at Watkins Glen today. Kyle Busch's race went from bad to worse to shocking, and he's in the garage having repairs to the front-left corner after he smacked into Martin Truex.
USC - Road America: Not long to go until the last of our American-based races gets underway at Road America.
Ryan Dalziel dazzled in qualifying with a stunning last-gasp lap to grab pole position in the #1 Extreme Speed HPD. That achievement makes him the first two-time pole winner in the Prototype class.
Richard Westbrook originally qualified second, but his #90 Spirit of Daytona failed a post-qualifying insepection and will start from the rear of the 50-car field.
Duncan Ende and Bruno Junqueira start on Prototype Challenge pole for RSR, while BMW's John Edwards took his first pole of the season and extended the GTLM record of no repeat polesitters in eight races.
James Davison also earned his first USC pole and starts at the front of the GTD field in the #007 TRG Aston Martin.
You can read our full qualifying report here.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Dovizioso has a look at Rossi into Turn 1 but the Yamaha holds on under braking.
Marquez is seven tenths of a second behind the battling Italians.
Marquez is seven tenths of a second behind the battling Italians.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Dovizioso is all over Rossi for the race lead. Marquez is up to fourth, and Lorenzo is passing Pedrosa now too to take fifth.
Marquez quickly takes third from Iannone too.
Rossi and Dovizioso need to be wary!
Marquez quickly takes third from Iannone too.
Rossi and Dovizioso need to be wary!
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Behind Rossi, Dovizioso and Iannone, it's Pedrosa who's flown up to fourth ahead of slow-starters Marquez and Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Valentino Rossi squeezes past Dovizioso in the tight turns to lead, with Andrea Iannone up to third with a very muscular first few corners.
Lights out
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Dovizioso shoots into the lead, with Marquez losing three or four places.
Green flag
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Warm-up lap under way.
Tyre-wise, everyone is on medium fronts bar the struggling Dani Pedrosa, who has a hard one.
The factory Yamahas and Hondas, Bradl's LCR Honda, the Tech 3 Yamahas and Bautista all have hard rears, it's mediums for everyone else.
Tyre-wise, everyone is on medium fronts bar the struggling Dani Pedrosa, who has a hard one.
The factory Yamahas and Hondas, Bradl's LCR Honda, the Tech 3 Yamahas and Bautista all have hard rears, it's mediums for everyone else.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Kyle Busch goes a lap down as he serves his penalty. He tops-off on fuel.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Kyle Busch pits, he is complaining bitterly about his car's handing: "Can't stop, can't turn, can't go." Now he rejoins with his fuel can still attached! Disaster. That's a penalty.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: With the green-flag lap about a minute away, here's your full grid line-up:
1 Marquez
2 Dovizioso
3 Lorenzo
4 A Espargaro
5 Rossi
6 P Espargaro
7 Iannone
8 Pedrosa
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Redding
12 Crutchlow
13 Hernandez
14 Bautista
15 Edwards
16 Camier
17 Petrucci
18 Aoyama
19 di Meglio
20 Barbera
21 Abraham
22 Parkes
23 Laverty
1 Marquez
2 Dovizioso
3 Lorenzo
4 A Espargaro
5 Rossi
6 P Espargaro
7 Iannone
8 Pedrosa
9 Smith
10 Bradl
11 Redding
12 Crutchlow
13 Hernandez
14 Bautista
15 Edwards
16 Camier
17 Petrucci
18 Aoyama
19 di Meglio
20 Barbera
21 Abraham
22 Parkes
23 Laverty
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Allmendinger has given up his third place, as he stopped as soon as he entered his pit window. He's down in 40th right now.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Alex Bowman has just spun wildly at the penultimate corner. No caution though.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Indianapolis: And to complete your round-up of recent news, here are all the things we've learned lately about the 2015 grid:
* Jorge Lorenzo is staying at Yamaha, so the top four are unchanged
* Aleix Espargaro is almost-certain to lead the returning Suzuki team, joined by Maverick Vinales
* Cal Crutchlow is leaving Ducati for LCR Honda
* Andrea Iannone is being promoted from Pramac Ducati to the works team to replace Crutchlow alongside Andrea Dovizioso
* Stefan Bradl is off to Forward after losing his LCR seat to Crutchlow
And there are about a million more rumours involving Smith, Folger, Rins, Miller, Aprilia, Redding, Bautista, Avintia getting Ducatis, Jonny Rea returning too... and that's without listing all the riders across seemingly every motorcycle racing discipline that Pramac has been linked to...
Five minutes until race time.
* Jorge Lorenzo is staying at Yamaha, so the top four are unchanged
* Aleix Espargaro is almost-certain to lead the returning Suzuki team, joined by Maverick Vinales
* Cal Crutchlow is leaving Ducati for LCR Honda
* Andrea Iannone is being promoted from Pramac Ducati to the works team to replace Crutchlow alongside Andrea Dovizioso
* Stefan Bradl is off to Forward after losing his LCR seat to Crutchlow
And there are about a million more rumours involving Smith, Folger, Rins, Miller, Aprilia, Redding, Bautista, Avintia getting Ducatis, Jonny Rea returning too... and that's without listing all the riders across seemingly every motorcycle racing discipline that Pramac has been linked to...
Five minutes until race time.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: This is a massive chance for road course experts Ambrose and Allmendinger to get into the Chase today. But Gordon is going to have something to say about that...
Further back, Keselowski and Kenseth have collided at Turn 1.
Further back, Keselowski and Kenseth have collided at Turn 1.
MotoGP - Indianapolis: Bradley Smith is top Brit on the grid in ninth, but he's going to be sore today after a crash at the end of qualifying that did yet more damage to what remains on his little finger.
We're not going to put a picture of the crash into Race Centre Live because it looks too painful.
We're not going to put a picture of the crash into Race Centre Live because it looks too painful.
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Allmendinger passes Johnson for third on that restart, and Kurt Busch demotes him too.
Green flag
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: We're racing again at The Glen. Gordon leads Ambrose, Johnson, Allmendinger, Earnhardt, Kurt Busch and Keselowski.
Of his Turn 1 crash, Witt reports that the front of his car wanted to stop, but the rear didn't.
Of his Turn 1 crash, Witt reports that the front of his car wanted to stop, but the rear didn't.
Breaking news
NASCAR - Watkins Glen: Tony Stewart has just issued the following statement regarding the sprint car incident in which Kevin Ward Jr was killed last night:
"There aren't words to describe the sadness I feel about the accident that took the life of Kevin Ward Jr.
"It's a very emotional time for all involved, and it is the reason I've decided not to participate in today's race at Watkins Glen.
"My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and everyone affected by this tragedy."
"There aren't words to describe the sadness I feel about the accident that took the life of Kevin Ward Jr.
"It's a very emotional time for all involved, and it is the reason I've decided not to participate in today's race at Watkins Glen.
"My thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and everyone affected by this tragedy."
By: Matt Beer, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley, Dan Cross
Published:
Lap:
