Le Mans MotoGP, Oschersleben DTM
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MotoGP - Le Mans: Rossi takes the lead from Dovizioso into the Dunlop chicane, but the Ducati fights back down the hill.
Rossi repasses him... only to run wide! Then he repasses Dovizioso at the corner after that.
Dovizioso fights back on the run to the Chemin aux Boeufs esses but can't do it, so Rossi finally has a hold on first place after four changes of lead in half a lap.
Rossi repasses him... only to run wide! Then he repasses Dovizioso at the corner after that.
Dovizioso fights back on the run to the Chemin aux Boeufs esses but can't do it, so Rossi finally has a hold on first place after four changes of lead in half a lap.
MotoGP - Le Mans: The big guns are beginning to recover, with Lorenzo up to sixth and Marquez now eighth.
DTM – Oschersleben: Jamie Green making up for the bad luck from the other Brits by jumping Scheider for second place. It's currently lap 18 of 51.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Rossi slices inside Bradl and takes second. Now his sights are on Dovizioso for the lead.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Lorenzo didn't have a great first lap, he's eighth ahead of Pedrosa and Marquez...
...and a replay explains why - Lorenzo had a moment dodging the dicing Espargaro and Rossi ahead, and Marquez had to run wide missing his 2013 title rival.
...and a replay explains why - Lorenzo had a moment dodging the dicing Espargaro and Rossi ahead, and Marquez had to run wide missing his 2013 title rival.
Green flag
DTM – Oschersleben: Back racing again. Let's see if lasts longer than a lap! Tambay leads Scheider and Jamie Green.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Marquez gets back on in 10th place. Dovizioso leads from Bradl and Rossi at the end of lap one.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Marquez runs wide off the track and tumbles down the order!
Crash
MotoGP - Le Mans: Aspar's Hiroshi Aoyama crashes in a fraught first turn.
Lights out
MotoGP - Le Mans: Dovizioso makes the best start and leads into the first corner, with Marquez slipping to fourth.
Green flag
MotoGP - Le Mans: The riders are off on the formation lap.
Iannone is having a crack at racing the extra-soft rear tyre available to Open class riders.
Iannone is having a crack at racing the extra-soft rear tyre available to Open class riders.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Honda isn't the only team with a big gap between its bikes on the grid. Bradley Smith is eight places adrift of Pol Espargaro, and Cal Crutchlow is nine back from Dovizioso.
Smith hasn't been able to get the set-up working for him this weekend, while Crutchlow feels he made much bigger progress yesterday than the qualifying result indicated, as he continues to get to grips with the Ducati.
Smith hasn't been able to get the set-up working for him this weekend, while Crutchlow feels he made much bigger progress yesterday than the qualifying result indicated, as he continues to get to grips with the Ducati.
Crash
DTM – Oschersleben: A lap later and the safety car is back. Timo Glock is out after a clash with Rockenfeller – and the former F1 driver pulls the door clean off his M4 as he jumps out.
Di Resta also had trouble on that lap, spinning after being hit by Maxime Martin.
This is one wild race!
Di Resta also had trouble on that lap, spinning after being hit by Maxime Martin.
This is one wild race!
MotoGP - Le Mans: Dani Pedrosa is back in ninth on the grid on the second works Honda. He put that down to adopting a less aggressive riding style for the weekend following pre-race arm pump surgery.
Stefan Bradl had the same operation and was less cautious - he's qualified fourth.
Stefan Bradl had the same operation and was less cautious - he's qualified fourth.
DTM – Oschersleben: It's lap 13 and we're racing again. Paffett leads as the only car on dries – and it doesn't last long. He's passed by Tambay into Turn 1.
At the same time Wittmann runs wide and slips back to seventh!
At the same time Wittmann runs wide and slips back to seventh!
DTM – Oschersleben: The safety car is out, and Da Costa has dived in the pits. Did he make it in before the boards came out? Pitting is not allowed under SC condition.
DTM – Oschersleben: Now everyone has pitted for wets, except for Da Costa and Paffett. What a roll of the dice from those two!
Da Costa leads... but for how long?
Meanwhile, Robert Wickens is in the wall at Hasseroder Kurve.
Da Costa leads... but for how long?
Meanwhile, Robert Wickens is in the wall at Hasseroder Kurve.
DTM – Oschersleben: Cars starting to pit for wets now. Hand, Muller, di Resta, Mortara, Wehrlein, Petrov have all pitted.
MotoGP - Le Mans: Can anyone challenge Marquez today?
It probably won't be the men alongside him on the grid. Both Tech 3 rookie Espargaro and Ducati rider Dovizioso admit their front-row laps were qualifying wonders and will be hard to sustain over a race distance.
But there's more optimism at Yamaha, despite Rossi and Lorenzo qualifying back on row two.
Lorenzo reckons his longer-run pace is a lot better than his qualifying position hints, while Rossi ended Saturday hugely happier than he was when struggling with the set-up on Friday.
It probably won't be the men alongside him on the grid. Both Tech 3 rookie Espargaro and Ducati rider Dovizioso admit their front-row laps were qualifying wonders and will be hard to sustain over a race distance.
But there's more optimism at Yamaha, despite Rossi and Lorenzo qualifying back on row two.
Lorenzo reckons his longer-run pace is a lot better than his qualifying position hints, while Rossi ended Saturday hugely happier than he was when struggling with the set-up on Friday.
DTM – Hockenheim: Still damp, but nobody else has bothered to take on full wets at this point.
Wittmann continues to lead from Scheider, while Molina, who started dead last, is already in P10!
Wittmann continues to lead from Scheider, while Molina, who started dead last, is already in P10!
Lights out
DTM – Oschersleben: The second race of the 2014 DTM season is a goer!
Wittmann leads Scheider and Tambay – and there are a lot of windscreen wipers going! Vietoris and Juncadella opted to pit for wets rather than take the start.
Wittmann leads Scheider and Tambay – and there are a lot of windscreen wipers going! Vietoris and Juncadella opted to pit for wets rather than take the start.
MotoGP - Le Mans: The grid is forming up for the French Grand Prix.
Here's how the lead runners line up at Le Mans:
1 Marc Marquez
2 Pol Espargaro
3 Andrea Dovizioso
4 Stefan Bradl
5 Valentino Rossi
6 Jorge Lorenzo
7 Alvaro Bautista
8 Aleix Espargaro
9 Dani Pedrosa
10 Bradley Smith
11 Andrea Iannone
12 Cal Crutchlow
Le Mans MotoGP qualifying report
Here's how the lead runners line up at Le Mans:
1 Marc Marquez
2 Pol Espargaro
3 Andrea Dovizioso
4 Stefan Bradl
5 Valentino Rossi
6 Jorge Lorenzo
7 Alvaro Bautista
8 Aleix Espargaro
9 Dani Pedrosa
10 Bradley Smith
11 Andrea Iannone
12 Cal Crutchlow
Le Mans MotoGP qualifying report
Moto2 - Le Mans: This is how Kallio's win closed things up in what is becoming an all-Marc VDS title battle.
Championship standings after five of 18 rounds:
1 Tito Rabat 99
2 Mika Kallio 92
3 Maverick Vinales 62
4 Dominique Aegerter 58
5 Simone Corsi 53
6 Tom Luthi 40
(25 points for a win)
Full 2014 Moto2 statistics on FORIX
Championship standings after five of 18 rounds:
1 Tito Rabat 99
2 Mika Kallio 92
3 Maverick Vinales 62
4 Dominique Aegerter 58
5 Simone Corsi 53
6 Tom Luthi 40
(25 points for a win)
Full 2014 Moto2 statistics on FORIX
DTM – Oschersleben: Not long now until things get underway at Oschersleben. The track is dry, but the sky is very, very grey.
If it rains, and the drivers have to use wets, the tyre rules change a little bit. In a wet race, there is no obligation to use both dry weather compounds in the race. However, the rule that prohibits drivers from using the softer tyre for more than 50 per cent of the race stands regardless.
If it rains, and the drivers have to use wets, the tyre rules change a little bit. In a wet race, there is no obligation to use both dry weather compounds in the race. However, the rule that prohibits drivers from using the softer tyre for more than 50 per cent of the race stands regardless.
Breaking news
BSS - Brands Hatch: Earlier this morning Jeroen Bleekemolen and Hari Proczyk took a narrow win in the qualifying race at the Brands Hatch Blancpain Sprint round. Here's the full story from GARY WATKINS:
Brands Hatch BSS qualifying race report
Brands Hatch BSS qualifying race report
DTM
DTM - Oschersleben: This is the scene around Timo Scheider's Audi on a packed DTM grid with 10 minutes to go before the start of round two.
Moto2 - Le Mans: Rabat is having a big gulp from his drinks bottle in parc ferme. Good move, fluids can help kidney stones.
Team-mate Kallio rolls in next to him and does some low-key Finnish celebrations.
Team-mate Kallio rolls in next to him and does some low-key Finnish celebrations.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Le Mans: Race direction has just announced a penalty for Andrea Iannone for rejoining dangerously after a trip off the road in qualifying yesterday.
It's one point on his licence rather than a grid drop though, so the Italian rising star keeps 11th on the grid for today's race, which is just over 50 minutes away.
It's one point on his licence rather than a grid drop though, so the Italian rising star keeps 11th on the grid for today's race, which is just over 50 minutes away.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Le Mans: Kallio takes his second straight Moto2 win by a second, and nibbles a bit more from Marc VDS team-mate Rabat's championship lead in the process.
Results:
1 Mika Kallio
2 Simone Corsi
3 Tito Rabat
4 Maverick Vinales
5 Luis Salom
6 Jonas Folger
7 Dominique Aegerter
8 Tom Luthi
9 Sam Lowes
10 Franco Morbidelli
Results:
1 Mika Kallio
2 Simone Corsi
3 Tito Rabat
4 Maverick Vinales
5 Luis Salom
6 Jonas Folger
7 Dominique Aegerter
8 Tom Luthi
9 Sam Lowes
10 Franco Morbidelli
Moto2 - Le Mans: As Kallio takes a comfortable lead onto the last lap, Rabat is all over Corsi for second.
Chaz Mostert and Craig Lowndes
V8 Supercars - Barbagallo: There was some cracking racing from the V8 Supercars pack at Perth's Barbagallo circuit this weekend.
Saturday's sprint races were shared between Scott McLaughlin - taking the Volvo S60's first win in a championship round - and Craig Lowndes, but today it was Chaz Mostert who won the long-distance race, his first triumph since joining Ford Performance Racing.
Mark Winterbottom was in the top four every time, and that's good news for his title battle - which right now is with Lowndes as Jamie Whincup remains muted.
Chamapionship standings after 16 of 36 rounds:
1 Mark Winterbottom 1199
2 Craig Lowndes 1098
3 Fabian Coulthard 1059
4 Jamie Whincup 986
5 James Courtney 928
6 Shane van Gisbergen 861
(Points for a win vary from 50 to 300 subject to race length)
Full 2014 V8 Supercars statistics on FORIX
Moto2 - Le Mans: Now Salom and Folger are back on the run-off in separate errors, helping Rabat and Vinales gain ground. Kallio has got his lead over Corsi up to 1.1s
Moto2 - Le Mans: Salom puts a move on Corsi but runs so wide he pretty much covers the 24 Hour race layout before returning to the track. That lets Rabat up to third, but only briefly before Salom puts him back.
Moto2 - Le Mans: With Kallio beginning to creep away, the pressure on Corsi is growing not only from Salom, but now Rabat, Folger and Vinales too. Six laps left.
Moto2 - Le Mans: Sorry Simone... that was another AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live commentary jinx - Kallio overtakes him for the lead and tries to make a break.
Moto2 - Le Mans: So if Corsi can hang on and win this, it will not only be his first Moto2 triumph, it will end a victory drought that stretches back to 2008, when he was runner-up to Mike di Meglio in the 125cc title fight.
Since then he's had to settle for occasional poles and podiums, though he was in the top six in the points in the first two seasons of Moto2. He had a bit of a boost after the last race when his Forward team invited him to ride its MotoGP bike in the Jerez test in lieu of Colin Edwards.
Since then he's had to settle for occasional poles and podiums, though he was in the top six in the points in the first two seasons of Moto2. He had a bit of a boost after the last race when his Forward team invited him to ride its MotoGP bike in the Jerez test in lieu of Colin Edwards.
DTM - Oschersleben: Less than an hour until kick-off in Germany. Here's the starting grid, complete with tyre choice:
1 Wittmann (BMW) OPTION
2 Tambay (Audi) OPTION
3 Felix da Costa (BMW) OPTION
4 Scheider (AUDI) OPTION
5 Rockenfeller (AUDI) STANDARD
6 Spengler (BMW) OPTION
7 Mortara (Audi) STANDARD
8 Farfus (BMW) STANDARD
9 Wehrlein (Mercedes) STANDARD
10 Green (Audi) OPTION
11 Ekstrom (Audi) STANDARD
12 Tomczyk (BMW) OPTION
13 Martin (BMW) STANDARD
14 Muller (Audi) STANDARD
15 Hand (BMW) OPTION
16 Vietoris (Mercedes) STANDARD
17 Paffett (Mercedes) OPTION
18 Glock (BMW) STANDARD
19 Wickens (Mercedes) OPTION
20 di Resta (Mercedes) STANDARD
21 Juncadella (Mercedes) STANDARD
22 Petrov (Mercedes) STANDARD
23 Molina (Audi) OPTION
1 Wittmann (BMW) OPTION
2 Tambay (Audi) OPTION
3 Felix da Costa (BMW) OPTION
4 Scheider (AUDI) OPTION
5 Rockenfeller (AUDI) STANDARD
6 Spengler (BMW) OPTION
7 Mortara (Audi) STANDARD
8 Farfus (BMW) STANDARD
9 Wehrlein (Mercedes) STANDARD
10 Green (Audi) OPTION
11 Ekstrom (Audi) STANDARD
12 Tomczyk (BMW) OPTION
13 Martin (BMW) STANDARD
14 Muller (Audi) STANDARD
15 Hand (BMW) OPTION
16 Vietoris (Mercedes) STANDARD
17 Paffett (Mercedes) OPTION
18 Glock (BMW) STANDARD
19 Wickens (Mercedes) OPTION
20 di Resta (Mercedes) STANDARD
21 Juncadella (Mercedes) STANDARD
22 Petrov (Mercedes) STANDARD
23 Molina (Audi) OPTION
Moto2 - Le Mans: Half-distance reached on lap 13, and the top three have begun to break clear. Corsi still has Kallio and Salom on his tail, then there's a gap back to the next pack, now headed by Rabat.
Points leader Rabat has been struggled with pain from kidney stones this week, which isn't the best situation for trying to ride a Moto2 bike around Le Mans. He's got a 16-point cushion over team-mate Kallio in the championship at present.
Points leader Rabat has been struggled with pain from kidney stones this week, which isn't the best situation for trying to ride a Moto2 bike around Le Mans. He's got a 16-point cushion over team-mate Kallio in the championship at present.
Moto2 - Le Mans: Approaching one-third distance and we've still got six bikes within 2.5s up front. It's Moto2 tense not Moto3 wild for now, with Corsi leading Kallio, Salom, Folger, Rabat and Vinales.
BSS - Brands Hatch: Procyzk hangs on to claimed the victory by a shade under half a second. The order in this, the qualifying race, for this afternoon's main event is:
1 Bleekemolen/Proczyk
2 Gotz/Buhk
3 Bueno/Jiminez
4 Brito/Stumpf
5 Winkelhock/Mayr-Melnhof
6 Vanthoor/Ramos
1 Bleekemolen/Proczyk
2 Gotz/Buhk
3 Bueno/Jiminez
4 Brito/Stumpf
5 Winkelhock/Mayr-Melnhof
6 Vanthoor/Ramos
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