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Marrakech WTCC, Austin MotoGP, Long Beach IndyCar

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WTCC - Marrakech: The pitlane is open and cars are heading out to the grid.

Tom Chilton has praised the job his Chevrolet car builder RML has done over the winter. Chilton will start third, having only completed two days of testing.
WTCC - Marrakech: FIA president Jean Todt and head of the touring car commision Alan Gow are present in Marrakech.

A group of media has just been briefed on the FIA's plans for a new pyramid structure for touring car categories. More details in next week's AUTOSPORT magazine.
WTCC - Marrakech: Here's how the top end of the race one grid lines up:

1 Lopez (Citroen)
2 Loeb (Citroen)
3 Chilton (ROAL Chevrolet)
4 Muller (Citroen)
5 Borkovic (Campos Chevrolet)
6 Munnich (Munnich Chevrolet)
7 Monteiro (Honda)
8 Michelisz (Zengo Honda)
9 Bennani (Proteam Honda)
10 Coronel (ROAL Chevrolet)
WTCC - Marrakech: Munnich Motorsport's Dominik Greiner told AUTOSPORT that Superstars champion Gianni Morbidelli "should be OK" to start today's opening round of the championship.

Morbidelli was involved in a practice collision with fellow 1990s grand prix Gabriele Tarquini.

Honda racer Tarquini will sit out today's race owing to damage to his Civic WTCC's roll-cage.
WTCC - Marrakech: First up is round one of the 2014 WTCC from Marrakech (followed very quickly by round two).

It's a Citroen on pole - but not the one you might expect, because Yvan Muller was beaten to the top spot then picked up a penalty

Marrakech WTCC qualifying report


Jose Maria Lopez, Citroen, Marrakech WTCC 2014

Jose Maria Lopez, Citroen, Marrakech WTCC 2014

Welcome to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live wherever you are in the world.

Over the next eight hours, we'll be bringing you as it happens commentary from the World Touring Car Championship season-opening races in Marrakech, all three MotoGP classes at Austin, and both Indy Lights and IndyCar from the famous streets of Long Beach.

We'll also recap what has already been a very eventful weekend of racing in Formula Renault 3.5, NASCAR and Auto GP.

By: Matt Beer, Peter Mills, Dan Cross, Charles Bradley, Mark Glendenning

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