Misano MotoGP, Kubica's home rally, Oschersleben DTM
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ERC - Poland: The frontrunners have now finished the Baranowo stage, so unless one of the Production Cup or 2WD goes blisteringly quick, here's the stage and overall classifications:
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetaniowicz +0.7s; 3 Kubica +3.5s; 4 Solowow +11.0s; 5 Holowczyc +12.2s.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetanowicz +5.8s; 3 Kubica +14.4s; 4 Kopecky +18.5s; 5 Solowow +18.9s.
Stage: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetaniowicz +0.7s; 3 Kubica +3.5s; 4 Solowow +11.0s; 5 Holowczyc +12.2s.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kajetanowicz +5.8s; 3 Kubica +14.4s; 4 Kopecky +18.5s; 5 Solowow +18.9s.
WRC - Australia: Citroen doesn't yet know how bad Meeke's car is, but he's still appearing in the results as if he will rejoin under Rally 2 tomorrow, and with only nine other top-class cars, a point is not completely out of the question. But it could've been a podium...
MotoGP - Misano: 20 minutes into the session, and Pedrosa is still fastest. Lorenzo is back out after a long delay and instantly jumps to second, ahead of Marquez - who comes incredibly close to hitting Pesek out on track - Rossi and Hayden.
WRC - Australia: The closest battle remaining is for fifth place, with Andreas Mikkelsen coming into the superspecial just one second ahead of Mads Ostberg, but the VW man is quicker around Coffs so that gap will creep upwards.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: A fair summary of this morning's action from title contender @svandoorne: "A bit of a non qualify session. Didn't get to put in a laptime. Too many red flags as the conditions were horrible. P12 for Race 1."
Vandoorne sits 27 points behind championship leader (and fellow McLaren junior) Kevin Magnussen heading into this weekend, and he starts 11th with the Dane 16th.
Vandoorne sits 27 points behind championship leader (and fellow McLaren junior) Kevin Magnussen heading into this weekend, and he starts 11th with the Dane 16th.
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MotoGP - Misano: Marquez becomes the first man to dip into the 1m33s this weekend - he's gone top, and improved upon his FP2 best, with a 1m33.975s. Lorenzo and Pedrosa are both three tenths of a second down the road.
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WRC - Australia: Sebastien Ogier takes the stage win on the first of tonight's two runs through Coffs.
He's got the title and rally win in his pocket, but can still be bothered to go flat-out on a one-kilometre street stage.
He's got the title and rally win in his pocket, but can still be bothered to go flat-out on a one-kilometre street stage.
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DTM - Oschersleben: AUTOSPORT's breakfast was made a tad more fever by the bloke who joined us for a chat.
He claims, incidentally, that he does not wear this ring all the time, but brings it out on special occasions as a conversation-starter.
It started a conversation. Any guesses who it was?
Red flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: Oliver Turvey - currently fifth fastest for Jota Sport - has crashed at Turn 1. The car doesn't look too heavily damaged as the marshals push it away from the tyre wall. Brendon Hartley leads the way for Murphy Prototypes at the moment, with 11 minutes still to go.
MotoGP - Misano: More work for Lorenzo now, who is sat in his pit garage and shaking his head. The good news is that he is at least second, albeit a quarter of a second down on Marquez.
MotoGP - Misano: With 15 minutes to run, Crutchlow, Iannone and Smith are below the top-10 cut and will therefore - if nothing changes - have to line-up in Q1. Michele Pirro and Nicky Hayden are on the bubble in ninth and 10th respectively.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: As the ELMS cars head back out to restart qualifying, @afelixdacosta is the latest FR3.5 driver to comment on the eventful session we had earlier: "Probably the hardest session of my career! Ended P4 and with that we are in the hunt! Hope it dries a bit for the race"
DTM - Hockenheim: Thinking time over. The answer was Arie Luyendyk, who is contesting this weekend's Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup races in one of the four 'legends' cars.
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DTM - Oschersleben: Dirk Werner goes fastest in 1m21.174s, taking the Schnitzer BMW driver a couple of tenths clear of Tambay.
Seconds later Albuquerque pops up into second in his Rosberg Audi. Robert Wickens is the best of the Mercedes drivers in ninth.
Seconds later Albuquerque pops up into second in his Rosberg Audi. Robert Wickens is the best of the Mercedes drivers in ninth.
ERC - Poland: There is quite a gap now until the final stage of this morning's loop which gets underway at 11:36 local time (10:36 BST).
You can fill the void by watching ERC highlights on our dedicated rallying page.
You can fill the void by watching ERC highlights on our dedicated rallying page.
Red flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: This time it's ex-F1 racer Christian Klien who causes a stoppage in the #43 Morand Racing Morgan-Judd with eight minutes remaining. He's currently being dragged out of the gravel by a tractor. Hartley continues to lead the way for Murphy Prototypes.
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WRC - Australia: And that's another sweep for Ogier as he wins the second running of the Coffs Harbour superspecial too.
This time tomorrow he will probably be the first champion of the post-Loeb era.
This time tomorrow he will probably be the first champion of the post-Loeb era.
Green flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: Klien has been able to drive his car back to the pits, so we're back underway.
MotoGP - Misano: Seven minutes to go, and Crutchlow, Iannone and Smith will still line-up in Q1 as it stands.
Red flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: Well, that didn't last long. This time it's Gary Hirsch in the gravel in the #49 LMPC entry. He's been one of the stars of the session up to this point, getting ahead of a handful of LMP2 cars to run sixth overall. He's been dragged back onto the track so we should be 'green' again shortly.
Green flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Greetings from a cold and wet Corby. Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Honda is setting the pace early on in first free practice.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Pirro, currently sitting in ninth, loses his bike. He could be in danger of missing out on the cut, and will now have no chance to respond - which is highlighted by the fact Hayden improves to eighth, putting Pirro on the bubble.
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DTM - Oschersleben: Championship leader Mike Rockenfeller goes quickest with three minutes remaining. He's the first man to dip below the 1m21s barrier.
Green flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: Green again, let's see if we can get through these final six minutes without another interruption.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Pedrosa falls just after improving to second overall. Iannone meanwhile vaults to seventh, meaning Pirro is now set to miss the cut - as are Crutchlow and Smith.
BTCC - Rockingham: Championship leader Matt Neal leads a Honda 1-2-3 with 10 minutes gone.
BTCC - Rockingham: Everyone on wet tyres at the moment. No rain, though, so expect times to tumble as the session wears on.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Misano: Chequered flag, and Crutchlow - who has started from pole twice this year - will indeed have to fight for a place in Q2.
MotoGP - Misano - third practice:
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Lorenzo; 4 Rossi; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Bautista; 7 Bradl; 8 Iannone; 9 Hayden; 10 Espargaro.
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Lorenzo; 4 Rossi; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Bautista; 7 Bradl; 8 Iannone; 9 Hayden; 10 Espargaro.
Red flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Session stopped. Motorbase Ford Focus of Liam Griffin stuck in the gravel at Pif Paf.
Checkered flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Chequered flag for practice with Mike Rockenfeller setting the pace on a weekend on which he could be crowned champion.
Red flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: Nearly made it. The session is stopped with 1m16s on the clock so will not restart. This stoppage was caused by Mathias Beche - team-mate to championship leader Pierre Thiriet - spinning off.
That leaves Murphy Prototypes with a comfortable pole position (by two seconds!) thanks to Brendon Hartley. The Race Performance Oreca-Judd of Patric Niederhauser is second, with Nelson Panciatici third for Signatech Alpine.
That leaves Murphy Prototypes with a comfortable pole position (by two seconds!) thanks to Brendon Hartley. The Race Performance Oreca-Judd of Patric Niederhauser is second, with Nelson Panciatici third for Signatech Alpine.
DTM - Oschersleben: Practice order: 1 Rockenfeller; 2 Werner; 3 Scheider; 4 Tambay; 5 Albuquerque; 6 Paffett; 7 Mortara; 8 Wickens; 9 Wehrlein; 10 Green.
BTCC - Rockingham: Motorbase boss David Bartrum welcomes Tom Onslow-Cole into his team: "We need more podiums and with three cars we've got a lot more chance of that."
Green flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Session back underway as Griffin's Focus is recovered to the pits.
BTCC - Rockingham: Form man Colin Turkington enters the fray and goes 12th fastest in WSR's BMW.
BTCC - Rockingham: Mat Jackson improves to sixth fastest in his Motorbase Focus, splitting the Triple Eight MGs of Sam Tordoff and Jason Plato.
Mikhail Aleshin
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: As the FR3.5 drivers (and some very dedicated fans) brave the elements for the pitwalk, we can point out that 2010 champion Mikhail Aleshin is celebrating his 100th race in the category this weekend. Thanks to Renault Sport Technologies sporting manager Benoit Dupont for this pic.
BTCC - Rockingham: Former Clio Cup champion Dave Newsham goes fourth fastest in his Speedworks Toyota Avensis, just before the session ends.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Session over. Top 10: Neal, Shedden. Jordan, Newsham, Wrathall, Bratt, Tordoff, Mat Jackson, Plato, Morgan.
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