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NASCAR - Martinsville: It's an all-Joe Gibbs Racing front row today at chilly Martinsville.
Kyle Busch qualified on pole on Friday, ahead of team-mate Denny Hamlin.
Here's the full line-up:
Martinsville NASCAR qualifying report
Kyle Busch qualified on pole on Friday, ahead of team-mate Denny Hamlin.
Here's the full line-up:
Martinsville NASCAR qualifying report
Paddock
IndyCar - St Petersburg: This shot is interesting for what it doesn't show, rather than what it does - it's the space in the St Petersburg paddock NOT being filled by Panther Racing, which failed to make it to this weekend's race.
Coming up next, Indy Lights from St Petersburg (featuring a man who was an F1 driver for a few weeks last year and a recent British F3 champion) and NASCAR from Martinsville.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Further back, Jordan fell to 13th in the end, Giovanardi was 16th and Hynes 18th. Poleman Foster came home 19th following his penalty.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch - race three result:
1 Turkington
2 Neal
3 Plato
4 Collard
5 Menu
6 Shedden
7 M Jackson
8 Goff
9 Newsham
10 Morgan
1 Turkington
2 Neal
3 Plato
4 Collard
5 Menu
6 Shedden
7 M Jackson
8 Goff
9 Newsham
10 Morgan
Checkered flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Neal manages to stay ahead of Plato for second by three tenths of a second.
Trophy
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Turkington claims race three victory
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Menu is surging up the order on his hard tyres too as those on softs ahead begin to struggle. He now takes Shedden for fifth.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Collard drops from second to fourth in a single corner as both Neal and Plato outbrake him into Paddock.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Neal has decided to ignore Plato trying to pass him and attack Collard for second instead. That's giving Turkington a bit of space up front.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Plato is now on Neal for third, but his arch-rival makes it very clear he won't be letting him past...
They're right behind the BMWs of Turkington and Collard too. Five laps left.
They're right behind the BMWs of Turkington and Collard too. Five laps left.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Plato is on a mega charge. He flies down the inside of Shedden for fourth now. The MG has no ballast after its race two troubles.
Menu has passed Jordan for eighth.
Menu has passed Jordan for eighth.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: MG team-mates Tordoff and Plato go side by side through both Paddock and Druids before the multiple champion secures fifth and sets off after Adam Morgan's Mercedes...
...and then dive-bombs past Morgan into Paddock.
Tordoff has lost another place to Mat Jackson in their wake.
...and then dive-bombs past Morgan into Paddock.
Tordoff has lost another place to Mat Jackson in their wake.
Green flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Back to green on lap 16 of 27. Two BMWs leading two Honda estates.
NASCAR - Martinsville: There was snow at Martinsville this morning... but though it remains cold, forecast looks reasonable for the day.
Green flag will be in just under an hour.
Green flag will be in just under an hour.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Lead order under yellow after 13 laps:
1 Turkington
2 Collard
3 Neal
4 Shedden
5 Morgan
6 Tordoff
7 Plato
8 M Jackson
9 Jordan
10 Menu
1 Turkington
2 Collard
3 Neal
4 Shedden
5 Morgan
6 Tordoff
7 Plato
8 M Jackson
9 Jordan
10 Menu
Crash
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Ingram is fine but there's a reasonable amount of debris on the track.
Yellow flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Safety car! Ingram is in the wall on Cooper Straight after contact from Menu.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Wise hand Menu just slipped past BMR team-mate Jack Goff as the latter was battling with debutant Tom Ingram.
While Menu heads off in 11th place, Goff ends up in a wild four-way fight with Dave Newsham, Rob Austin and Aron Smith.
While Menu heads off in 11th place, Goff ends up in a wild four-way fight with Dave Newsham, Rob Austin and Aron Smith.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jason Plato was Jordan's big challenger in race one, but stalled at the start of race two and ended up 14th. But he's made it up to ninth now.
Breaking news
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Foster is given a drive-through penalty for a start infringement. It's not going to be an all-WSR BMW podium.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Turkington is trying to pass Collard for the lead at virtually every corner, and that's letting Foster close back in.
A little nudge at Clearways unsettles Collard a tad and Turkington gets alongside on the pits straight before sweeping into the lead at Paddock.
A little nudge at Clearways unsettles Collard a tad and Turkington gets alongside on the pits straight before sweeping into the lead at Paddock.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Champion check... Menu running 14th, Giovanardi back up to 23rd after his first-corner spin.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Not looking like it'll be a clean sweep for Jordan today. He fell from sixth to 10th on lap one.
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Turkington is all over the back of team-mate Collard for the lead as they go onto lap four of 24.
Crash
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Lots of first-lap mayhem... Fabrizio Giovanardi is spun onto the infield at Paddock Hill Bend, then Glynn Geddie, Marc Hynes and Martin Depper get tangled up at Graham Hill.
Second race in a row that Hynes and Depper have collided, and at the same spot...
Second race in a row that Hynes and Depper have collided, and at the same spot...
Lights out
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Unsurprisingly it's immediately an all-BMW top three off the line, with Collard leading Foster and Turkington.
Green flag
BTCC - Brands Hatch: The field are on their second and final warm-up lap.
It's WSR BMW men Nick Foster and Rob Collard sharing the front row, then Matt Neal's Honda estate, the third BMW of Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden's Honda and double winner Andrew Jordan in sixth.
It's WSR BMW men Nick Foster and Rob Collard sharing the front row, then Matt Neal's Honda estate, the third BMW of Colin Turkington, Gordon Shedden's Honda and double winner Andrew Jordan in sixth.
Trophy
ERC - Acropolis: Big news for Ireland and France a couple of hours ago.
Peugeot's new 208 T16 rally car won on its European Rally Championship debut in Greece in the hands of Craig Breen.
Read about how the Irishman did it here, and watch highlights videos here.
Peugeot's new 208 T16 rally car won on its European Rally Championship debut in Greece in the hands of Craig Breen.
Read about how the Irishman did it here, and watch highlights videos here.
Breaking news
BTCC - Brands Hatch: 1999 British F3 champion Marc 'man who beat Button' Hynes has had a turbulent BTCC debut so far in Triple Eight's third MG.
Power steering failure pre-race prevented him from starting race one, and now he's been thrown out of race two for putting Martin Depper in the wall.
Power steering failure pre-race prevented him from starting race one, and now he's been thrown out of race two for putting Martin Depper in the wall.
Brands Hatch BTCC
BTCC - Brands Hatch: Jordan's first win came despite him going through the first corner broadside...
Welcome back to AUTOSPORT Live - Formula 1 is done for the weekend, but there's still several hours of racing to come courtesy of the British Touring Car Championship, IndyCar, Indy Lights and the NASCAR Sprint Cup.
And you can follow it all as it happens right here.
And you can follow it all as it happens right here.
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