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Moto3 2013
Moto3 - Misano: Ten minutes to the start of the Moto3 race in Italy. Jonas Folger will start from pole ahead of Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Antonio Felix da Costa has taken responsibility for his race one clash with Mikhail Aleshin. "It was stupid, I didn't need to do it," he said. "Aleshin could have given me some more room - he had space to his left - but why would he?"
While da Costa is relishing the chance to go head-to-head with the series frontrunners for the first time in a while, Kevin Magnussen laughed off suggestions that it's good to have all his rivals at the front with him.
"I'd rather have an easy race with all those guys further back!" he said. "It's going to be a good fight, but it will be very tough."
While da Costa is relishing the chance to go head-to-head with the series frontrunners for the first time in a while, Kevin Magnussen laughed off suggestions that it's good to have all his rivals at the front with him.
"I'd rather have an easy race with all those guys further back!" he said. "It's going to be a good fight, but it will be very tough."
RallycrossRX - Austria: Heat three in Greinbach, and the championship contenders hit a variety of problems. Timur Timerzyanov and Timmy Hansen suffer punctures, while. Andreas Bakkerud's team fix his car following free practice engine problems, only for the Norwegian to go off at the first corner.
Heat three positions:
1 Solberg, 2 Jeanney, 3 Doran, 4 Hvaal, 5 Marklund, 6 Linnerud
Heat three positions:
1 Solberg, 2 Jeanney, 3 Doran, 4 Hvaal, 5 Marklund, 6 Linnerud
Moto3 - Misano: We're onto the warm up lap at Misano. Can Vinales and Rins close on Salom to reignite the championship fight? Can Salom salvage a result from 10th on the grid? Bikes have come round and are waiting for the lights.
Crash
Moto3 - Misano: Luca Marini, Valentino Rossi's half-brother, falls at the first turn on his grand prix debut. Folger leads from Rins and Vinales, with Khairuddin fourth. Luis Salom seventh.
Moto3 - Misano: Salom is charging, and is up to fifth at the end of lap two. His problem is that Folger, Rins and Vinales have already stretched away out front - can he close the gap?
Crash
Moto3 - Misano: Huge high-side for Folger, and he's lain stricken at the side of the track. He had been picked off by Rins and Vinales, with the latter pair looking to stretch away from the chasing Salom. Folger was working hard to stay with the pair in third, but loses his bike in a very nasty crash. The German is now being stretchered away.
Moto3 - Misano: Vinales hits the front for the the first time now. He and Rins have pulled a 1.9s gap to Salom, who has now been pushed down to fourth by Alex Marquez.
Moto3 - Misano: Twelve laps to go, and its still Rins and Vinales out front. Marquez has now pulled away from Salom and is 1.3s off the lead fight, with the championship leader a further 2s down the road and now under pressure from a four-bike group led by team-mate Khairuddin.
Moto3 - Misano: Vinales and Rins still locked together out front, and they've now distanced Marquez. Expect this to really come alive in the last five laps - particularly because Salom is still caught up in a five-bike fight for fourth (comprising himself, Khairuddin, Oliveira, Miller and Antonelli).
Moto3 - Misano: Three laps to go, and Rins hits the front at Turn 1 - although Vinales hits back instantly. Marquez is a lonely third; Salom now 14s back from the lead fight in fourth.
Checkered flag
Moto3 - Misano: Onto the last lap, and just 0.054s separates Vinales and Rins across the line. Salom comes round fifth, behind Khairuddin. Rins does go ahead but runs too deep and Vinales uses the cut-back; into Turn 11 he takes the lead once more...Vinales running out of time here, he's got two more chances - and no, Rins takes the win by five hundredths of a second.
Moto3 - Misano: Damage limitation by Salom, who prevails in that five-way fight for fourth. Could have been a lot worse there.
Trophy
Moto3 - Misano: Salom's lead over Vinales is now cut to 19 points with five races to go, with Rins just two points further back.
Vinales' wait for victory goes on - he hasn't won now since Le Mans in May.
Vinales' wait for victory goes on - he hasn't won now since Le Mans in May.
Moto3 - Misano:
1 Rins; 2 Vinales; 3 Marquez; 4 Salom; 5 Miller; 6 Khairuddin; 7 Oliveira; 8 Antonelli; 9 Oettl; 10 Fenati.
1 Rins; 2 Vinales; 3 Marquez; 4 Salom; 5 Miller; 6 Khairuddin; 7 Oliveira; 8 Antonelli; 9 Oettl; 10 Fenati.
DTM - Oschersleben: Some good news for British fans this morning as Allan McNish protege Ross Wylie took his maiden podium finish in the Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup here.
Wylie started from pole but was passed by Dennis Trebing midway through the race at Turn 2.
His result has moved him up to eighth in the championship. He has a terrific chance of making the top-five with a strong result at the Hockenheim finale.
Wylie started from pole but was passed by Dennis Trebing midway through the race at Turn 2.
His result has moved him up to eighth in the championship. He has a terrific chance of making the top-five with a strong result at the Hockenheim finale.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Fourth-place starter Marco Sorensen believes that if the lead four (including himself, Kevin Magnussen, Antonio Felix da Costa and Stoffel Vandoorne) all get away at the front of the field, their battle for victory could be decided by who blinks first on pit strategy.
Title-chasing Vandoorne says he's pretty happy with qualifying third this morning, although he described points leader Magnussen being on pole as "unfortunate".
Title-chasing Vandoorne says he's pretty happy with qualifying third this morning, although he described points leader Magnussen being on pole as "unfortunate".
BTCC - Rockingham: Dark skies and rain before the start of the first race at Rockingham. It all points to a wet event!
DTM - Oschersleben: We've had the odd bit of rain here in the past hour, but not even to the extent of what was seen in DTM qualifying yesterday.
Indications are that the race will be dry, even if grey clouds are flanking the circuit.
Indications are that the race will be dry, even if grey clouds are flanking the circuit.
BTCC - Rockingham: The rain has returned to Corby this morning, creating two incident-packed races in Porsche Carrera Cup and Formula Ford. BTCC next up for the first of three races.
Moto2 - Misano: We're ten minutes away from the start of Moto2, where Pol Espargaro will start from pole alongside Tito Rabat and Takaaki Nakagami.
Thomas Luthi and Scott Redding, who leads Espargaro by 38 points in the championship, are next up.
Thomas Luthi and Scott Redding, who leads Espargaro by 38 points in the championship, are next up.
BTCC - Rockingham: The pitlane is being cleared of spectators and guests ahead of the first race of the day.
Jason Plato starts from pole having produced a stunning lap in qualifying that edged out MG team-mate Sam Tordoff. Read all about it here.
Jason Plato starts from pole having produced a stunning lap in qualifying that edged out MG team-mate Sam Tordoff. Read all about it here.
Lights out
Moto2 - Misano: Lights out, and Espargaro preserves his advantage away from the line. Rabat, Nakagami and Redding complete the top four.
BTCC - Rockingham: Pole man Plato reckons there'll be no rain for the next hour or so. Triple Eight, in all fairness, haven't always been the best at predicting the weather...
Pol Espargaro Moto2 2013
Moto2 - Misano: Nakagami passes Rabat and closes rapidly on Espargaro, who had been threatening to free himself from the chasing pack. Redding now hounding Rabat, while also trying to fend off Aegerter behind.
BTCC - Rockingham: Frank Wrathall is about to start his 75th race in the BTCC; Adam Morgan his 50th.
Moto2 - Misano: Nakagami squeezes past Espargaro and into the lead, while Redding's attack on Rabat fails and he falls victim to Aegerter.
Moto2 - Misano: Nakagami really pushing on here, and he now leads by over one second from Espargaro, who is under pressure from Rabat. Redding gets by Aegerter and back into fourth with an excellent move around the outside. Brave stuff.
BTCC - Rockingham: Andrew Jordan made a great start and is lead. A collision further back has brought out the safety car, which has now completed five laps of the circuit.
Moto2 - Misano: Has Nakagami gone too early again? Espargaro has broken clear of Rabat and has now trimmed the lead to two seconds. Nakagami of course has finished second in the last three straight races.
Aegerter has picked off Redding, who is now under pressure from Zarco. That trio is more than one second down the road from Rabat.
Aegerter has picked off Redding, who is now under pressure from Zarco. That trio is more than one second down the road from Rabat.
BTCC - Rockingham: The order at the moment:
1 Jordan; 2 Plato; 3 Shedden; 4 Tordoff; 5 Neal; 6 M Jackson; 7 Newsham; 8 Collard; 9 Austin; 10 Goff.
1 Jordan; 2 Plato; 3 Shedden; 4 Tordoff; 5 Neal; 6 M Jackson; 7 Newsham; 8 Collard; 9 Austin; 10 Goff.
Green flag
BTCC - Rockingham: And the race resumes on lap seven of 16, minus Neal who spins on the restart!
Moto2 - Misano: Twelve laps to go, and Espargaro is indeed closing - the gap is now 1.8s despite Nakagami trying to respond. Redding is headed in the opposite direction: he's just been passed by Zarco and is sixth. If it stays like this, he'll surrender 10 of his 38-point championship lead.
BTCC - Rockingham: Jordan has pulled away from Plato, as Jackson moves ahead of Tordoff at Tarzan as they tip-toe around the circuit.
BTCC - Rockingham: Jordan has pulled out a 1.5s gap to Plato, who has Shedden right on his bumper. The Honda is a quicker car in these conditions so the double champion will have to defend well.
BTCC - Rockingham: Inevitably, Shedden finds a way through in the final turn while Jordan heads off into the distance.
Current championship leader Neal is making progress after his spin. He is 19th at the moment.
Current championship leader Neal is making progress after his spin. He is 19th at the moment.
BTCC - Rockingham: Austin is starting to filter his way through the field. He's just passed Collard for sixth, while Jackson does likewise on Plato to go third.
BTCC - Rockingham: Lap 11 or 19 and Jordan is 4.6s ahead of the rest of the field, with Shedden second and Matt Jackson third.
Moto2 - Misano: More bad news for Redding - Luthi picks him off at Turn 11 and he's now down to seventh. Nakagami is still holding onto a 1.9s lead at the front, and now Rabat is closing on Espargaro. Seven laps to go.
By: Sam Tremayne, David Evans, Jamie O'Leary, Pablo Elizalde, Dan Cross, Glenn Freeman, Connell Sanders Jr, Ben Anderson, Matt Beer
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