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ERC - Poland: And the second pass through Biskupiec has gone live. As a guide, Kajetanowicz was the quickest this morning with a time of 8m17.6s.
Dominykuas Butvilas is the first to tackle the 15.5-kilometre test, followed by Jeremi Ancian who lost 20 minutes before the interval when his Peugeot suffered a transmission failure.
Dominykuas Butvilas is the first to tackle the 15.5-kilometre test, followed by Jeremi Ancian who lost 20 minutes before the interval when his Peugeot suffered a transmission failure.
BTCC - Rockingham: Shedden has now closed to within 0.9s of leader Austin, with Jackson 4s down the road in third. Collard meanwhile is fending off a gaggle of cars in the fight for fourth - Newsham, Neal and Turkington are all in the hunt.
ERC - Poland: Butvilas comes through in a time of 8m41.7s followed by Ancian who goes 16.2s quicker.
BTCC - Rockingham: There's missing your braking point, and then there's this - Fuller goes so deep into Turn 1 it looks like he forgot about stopping at all. He was 11th, but loses several spots rejoining.
ERC - Poland: Martin Kangur is the third driver to post a time, and a quick one too - 8m15.2s.
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BTCC - Rockingham: Turkington and Neal both slide off and nudge into the barriers. Something on the circuit? No, Neal has retired his car and is clambering out.
ERC - Poland: Craig Breen finishes the stage in 8m20.5s with a distinct smell of washing up liquid about him as his windscreen washer bottle appears to have burst.
BTCC - Rockingham: Shedden has slipped back from Austin, unable to match his pace. He's still comfortably clear of Jackson in third. Turkington working hard to stay ahead of Tordoff in fourth, Newsham doing likewise with Plato in sixth.
ERC - Poland: Rising Polish star Michal Kosciuszko is the fastest through at the moment with a time of 8m12.4s.
ERC - Poland: Krzystof Holowczyc is next up and fourth quickest through the stage.
"The rally is a fantastic sport," says the Dakar regular. "You take a lot of risk on all the stages, why not smile when you are on the finish?"
Quite, Holowczyc.
"The rally is a fantastic sport," says the Dakar regular. "You take a lot of risk on all the stages, why not smile when you are on the finish?"
Quite, Holowczyc.
ERC - Poland: Current championship leader Jan Kopecky sets a time of 8m16.9s, which is 4.5s slower than Kosciuszko. Will Michal Solowow be able to better that and take third place overall?
BTCC - Rockingham: Turkington steals ahead of Jackson and into third. Tordoff now all over Jackson as we head onto the final lap. Austin, chasing a first BTCC win, has a three second advantage.
ERC - Poland: And Solowow completes the stage in 8m24.4s, so Kopecky has increased the gap between the pair in their battle for third.
ERC - Poland: Rally leader Kajetanowicz sets the quickest time through Biskupiec. Now we wait and see if Bouffier is able to beat the 8m09.1s set by the Pole...
Checkered flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Austin has it. A first series win for the 32-year-old, who is followed over the line by Shedden and Turkington.
Jackson managed to hold off Tordoff for fourth, while behind Plato grabs sixth from Newsham.
Jackson managed to hold off Tordoff for fourth, while behind Plato grabs sixth from Newsham.
BTCC - Rockingham - Race 2:
1 Austin; 2 Shedden; 3 Turkington; 4 Jackson; 5 Tordoff; 6 Plato; 7 Newsham; 8 Jordan; 9 Onslow-Cole; 10 J Smith.
1 Austin; 2 Shedden; 3 Turkington; 4 Jackson; 5 Tordoff; 6 Plato; 7 Newsham; 8 Jordan; 9 Onslow-Cole; 10 J Smith.
ERC - Poland: ...which he does. Bouffier goes quickest with a time of 8m07.8s, which is 1.3s faster than Kajetanowicz and lead gap decreases from 20.6s to 19.3s with two stages to go.
ERC - Poland - SS11 results:
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetanowicz +1.3s; 3 Kosciuszko +4.6s; 4 Kangur +7.4s; 5 Kopecky +9.1s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +19.3s; 3 Kopecky +1m24.9s; 4 Solowow +1m45.4s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m11.2s.
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetanowicz +1.3s; 3 Kosciuszko +4.6s; 4 Kangur +7.4s; 5 Kopecky +9.1s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +19.3s; 3 Kopecky +1m24.9s; 4 Solowow +1m45.4s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m11.2s.
DTM - Oschersleben: Joey Hand took his first fastest lap in the series today.
No driver has set fastest lap more than once this year. Wittmann, Vietoris, Tambay, Wehrlein and now Hand are all first-timers to the award in 2013.
No driver has set fastest lap more than once this year. Wittmann, Vietoris, Tambay, Wehrlein and now Hand are all first-timers to the award in 2013.
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ERC - Poland: Jan Kopecky has revealed the full extent of the problem he encountered before today's (rather lengthy) interval.
"We had a problem with the propshaft on the middle joint," says the Skoda driver. "A bolt came out but it is stuck in the joint touching the tunnel.
"It was not easy to find what the problem was at first because the bolt is inside the car and I was lying 20 minutes under the car checking what was going on, trying to find the place.
"Now we are in third place and of course that will be a good result."
"We had a problem with the propshaft on the middle joint," says the Skoda driver. "A bolt came out but it is stuck in the joint touching the tunnel.
"It was not easy to find what the problem was at first because the bolt is inside the car and I was lying 20 minutes under the car checking what was going on, trying to find the place.
"Now we are in third place and of course that will be a good result."
ERC - Poland: The penultimate stage of the rally kicks off at 16:17 local time (15:17 BST).
ERC - Poland: The second run through Uzranki has begun and we expect the first car - that'll be Butvilas - to come through in approximately eight minutes or so.
ERC - Poland: Twelfth-placed Butvilas sets the first time, which is a rather slow 9m05.6s. Sounds like a couple of stones got wedged in the brake callipers of his Mitsubishi.
ERC - Poland: And here's Ancian who says he had a problem with his gearbox in the stage. Even so, he posts a respectable time of 8m47.5s.
ERC - Poland: Breen is next to cross the finish line. He is two seconds behind Holowczyc at the moment in their battle for sixth, so we'll wait and see if the Polish legend can beat 8m41.1s.
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ERC - Poland: "We are just trying to coast around and not make any mistakes," admits Breen. "I am just enjoying the driving now."
ERC - Poland: Holowczyc's time of 8m37.3s is 6.2s slower than Breen, so the Irishman has now moved up to sixth overall.
ERC - Poland: Kopecky continues to take a cautious approach to today's stages and sets a time of 8m16.9s.
RallycrossRX - Austria: Alexander Hvaal wins the Supercar final and the eight round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship in Austria.
He beat championship leader Timerzyanov and Frenchman Davy Jeanney. Early leader Liam Doran held a commanding lead but retired on lap four.
Petter Solberg failed to get his car off the startline.
He beat championship leader Timerzyanov and Frenchman Davy Jeanney. Early leader Liam Doran held a commanding lead but retired on lap four.
Petter Solberg failed to get his car off the startline.
ERC - Poland: Current rally leader Kajetanowicz completes the stage in 8m36.9s, but Bouffier pips him by 0.6s to reduce his overall advantage to 18.7s.
"Now we have a good feeling," says Kajetanowicz. "Bryan (Bouffier) is a very fast driver. I try to find compromise between risk and fun."
"Now we have a good feeling," says Kajetanowicz. "Bryan (Bouffier) is a very fast driver. I try to find compromise between risk and fun."
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ERC - Poland: "I am really pushing, but it's not enough," suggests Bouffier. "I fell 100% and I am really pushing as hard as I can, but it's not really enough."
ERC - Poland - SS12 results: An impressive performance by Kangur who clinched his second stage win of the event.
Stage: 1 Kangur; 2 Bouffier +1.4s; 3 Kajetanowicz +2.0s; 4 Kosciuszko +2.1s; 5 Kopecky +4.4s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +18.7s; 3 Kopecky +1m27.3s; 4 Solowow +1m57.0s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m11.3s.
Stage: 1 Kangur; 2 Bouffier +1.4s; 3 Kajetanowicz +2.0s; 4 Kosciuszko +2.1s; 5 Kopecky +4.4s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +18.7s; 3 Kopecky +1m27.3s; 4 Solowow +1m57.0s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m11.3s.
ERC - Poland: We now have a bit of a wait until the final stage of the rally, which will be the second pass through Mateuszek. The 26-kilometre test begins at 18:06 local time (17:06 BST).
ERC - Poland: Not long to go before Rally Poland nears its conclusion. Enough time, however, for you to check out our dedicated rallying page where you'll find a plethora of ERC video highlights.
ERC - Poland: Production Cup leader Butvilas is the first to start the final stage of the event. He has 25 kilometres of tricky conditions ahead of him.
ERC - Poland: Quickest through this stage this morning was Kopecky, which was quite remarkable given his propshaft problems. The Skoda driver completed it in 14m49.9s.
ERC - Poland: Butvilas, Ancian and Kangur are in the final test at the moment. The latter is pushing rather hard and almost has a moment which cutting a corner in the opening section.
ERC - Poland: Breen is next out of the blocks and will be wanting to increase the 4.2s gap he has over Holowcyzc in sixth place.
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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