Misano MotoGP, Kubica's home rally, Oschersleben DTM
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ERC - Poland: Scrap that, Kubica's just crossed the finish line 1.6s quicker than Bouffier - 0.1s slower than stage pacesetter Kopecky.
"We lost around three seconds on the chicane," confessed Kubica. "I went into it and I had to stop."
"We lost around three seconds on the chicane," confessed Kubica. "I went into it and I had to stop."
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DTM - Oschersleben: The rain intensified as Q2 drew on so drivers were unable to improve their times inside the final five minutes.
ERC - Poland: Holowczyc posts a fifth quickest time of 6m46.0s. The Polish legend is currently riding in sixth place overall.
ERC - Poland: Great time by Breen who is beginning to find his form as the event progresses. He's set a fourth quickest time of 6m33.3s.
"It's got a lot better," says the Irishman. "I was start to get in a good place. This morning I was just driving safe, now I have started to drive the road."
"It's got a lot better," says the Irishman. "I was start to get in a good place. This morning I was just driving safe, now I have started to drive the road."
Moto2 - Misano: Pol Espargaro leads the field at one-third distance, although Rabat, Luthi and Nakagami are all within two tenths of a second of the MotoGP-bound rider. Redding, who leads Espargaro by 38 points, is 12th at present.
Green flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Q3 is now underway. Ten minutes, after which the top four will progress to Q4.
AUTOSPORT ventured outside during the break and can report that the rain is still falling, albeit very lightly. It looks like it's now stopped altogether.
AUTOSPORT ventured outside during the break and can report that the rain is still falling, albeit very lightly. It looks like it's now stopped altogether.
ERC - Poland: Kangur continues to impress this afternoon by setting the fastest time of the stage! What has the Estonian had for lunch?
His 6m29.9s is 0.9s quicker than Kopecky and he's inching ever closer to Breen in the overall standings. Just 1.8s separates the pair for sixth.
His 6m29.9s is 0.9s quicker than Kopecky and he's inching ever closer to Breen in the overall standings. Just 1.8s separates the pair for sixth.
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DTM - Oschersleben: The times are coming down rapidly. Albuquerque now stops the timesheets, the Portuguese succeeding Werner, Molina and Scheider.
Five minutes remain with big-hitters Rockenfeller and Spengler outside the Q4 progression zone.
Five minutes remain with big-hitters Rockenfeller and Spengler outside the Q4 progression zone.
ERC - Poland: Kajetanowicz is next to finish, albeit 6.5s off Kangur's time and, as a result, drops to third overall behind Kubica.
ERC 2013
ERC - Poland - SS5 results:
Stage: 1 Kangur; 2 Kopecky +0.9s; 3 Kubica +1.0s; 4 Bouffier +2.6s; 5 Breen +3.4s.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kubica +18.2s; 3 Kajetanowicz +22.4s; 4 Kopecky +41.5s; 5 Solowow +53.6s.
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DTM - Oschersleben: Terrific lap from Rockenfeller puts him into P1, the points leader having started the lap 10th.
DTM - Oschersleben: Farfus climbs into P2 with a minute of Q3 remaining. The Brazilian had previously been eighth.
That drops Spengler out of the Q4 spots, and he's joined in the drop zone by Molina as Green climbs to second.
That drops Spengler out of the Q4 spots, and he's joined in the drop zone by Molina as Green climbs to second.
DTM - Oschersleben: The intensity of this session is just awesome. Now Spengler goes second, probably putting the mockers on team-mate Werner's hopes of making Q4.
DTM - Oschersleben: Paffett goes over the line on his final lap and stays seventh. With his penalty taken into account, he will start 12th.
Checkered flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Chequered flag is out and Rockenfeller tops Q3. He is joined in progressing to Q4 by Spengler, Farfus and Green.
Eliminated are: 5 Werner; 6 Albuquerque; 7 Paffett; 8 Molina; 9 Tomczyk; 10 Scheider.
Eliminated are: 5 Werner; 6 Albuquerque; 7 Paffett; 8 Molina; 9 Tomczyk; 10 Scheider.
Moto2 2013
Moto2 - Misano: Into the final 15 minutes now and its Espargaro who still leads, although Nakagami is up in the first sector...and sure enough he goes top with the fastest ever lap of this track on a Moto2 bike.
The Japanese rider is chasing a third straight pole, but has yet to convert into a first win of 2013 - he's finished as bridesmaid in the last three straight races.
Behind the lead fight its now Rabat, Luthi, Redding and Aegerter.
Stopwatch
DTM - Oschersleben: Q4 gets underway with Green the first man out and setting the benchmark time of 1m20.263.
Farfus will be the first man to attempt to beat that marker.
Farfus will be the first man to attempt to beat that marker.
DTM - Oschersleben: Farfus is nearly two tenths slower than Green, so at the very least the Briton has equalled his best grid spot of the year with third.
It could, of course, be so much better than that. Now on the track and going for pole is Spengler.
It could, of course, be so much better than that. Now on the track and going for pole is Spengler.
Stopwatch
DTM - Oschersleben: Spengler takes provisional pole in a time 0.123s faster than Green managed.
Just Rockenfeller remains to try and deny the Canadian his day in the, erm, cloud..
Just Rockenfeller remains to try and deny the Canadian his day in the, erm, cloud..
Moto2 - Misano: So close at the top. Luthi is up through the first sector, loses time over the remainder of the lap - some of it through traffic - and winds up 0.170s off pole, which is only enough for fourth.
Rabat currently leads the way from Espargaro (+0.056s) and Nakagami (+0.058s). Redding is fifth, half a second down the road.
Rabat currently leads the way from Espargaro (+0.056s) and Nakagami (+0.058s). Redding is fifth, half a second down the road.
Checkered flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Spengler takes pole as Rockenfeller's lap is only good enough for fourth.
The Q4 order is: 1 Spengler; 2 Green; 3 Farfus; 4 Rockenfeller.
The Q4 order is: 1 Spengler; 2 Green; 3 Farfus; 4 Rockenfeller.
Stopwatch
Moto2 - Misano: Rabat comes through but can't improve. Can he hang on? Espargaro and Nakagami are both on flyers, this is a breathless finish...
And Espargaro does indeed steal it at the death by just three hundredths of a second. Nakagami and Luthi are both frustrated by traffic and end third and fourth respectively, with just over one tenth of a second to choose between the top four. Redding is fifth, half a second down the road.
And Espargaro does indeed steal it at the death by just three hundredths of a second. Nakagami and Luthi are both frustrated by traffic and end third and fourth respectively, with just over one tenth of a second to choose between the top four. Redding is fifth, half a second down the road.
Moto2 - Misano - Qualifying:
1 Espargaro; 2 Rabat; 3 Nakagami; 4 Luthi; 5 Redding; 6 Simeon; 7 Zarco; 8 Simon; 9 Schrotter; 10 Aegerter.
1 Espargaro; 2 Rabat; 3 Nakagami; 4 Luthi; 5 Redding; 6 Simeon; 7 Zarco; 8 Simon; 9 Schrotter; 10 Aegerter.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Just before we switch our attention to the ELMS race, here's a couple of snippets from the top two in today's FR3.5 race.
Winner Nico Muller toyed with the idea of declaring this win as special as his Monaco GP support race success earlier in the year, before he admitted "that one is always going to be more special".
Kevin Magnussen described his charge from 16th to 2nd as "nothing special". He went on to explain: "Every move I made was when someone else made a mistake. It wasn't a spectacular drive through the field, I was just the only one who didn't make any errors."
Winner Nico Muller toyed with the idea of declaring this win as special as his Monaco GP support race success earlier in the year, before he admitted "that one is always going to be more special".
Kevin Magnussen described his charge from 16th to 2nd as "nothing special". He went on to explain: "Every move I made was when someone else made a mistake. It wasn't a spectacular drive through the field, I was just the only one who didn't make any errors."
Green flag
ELMS - Hungaroring: As the field sets off for two formation laps, the track is drying.
In the main LMP and GTE classes both championship leaders have some work to do after qualifying. Pierre Thiriet starts only seventh in the Thiriet by TDS Oreca-Nissan, while GTE leaders Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem - who can win the championship today - are ninth in the GT ranks after deciding against taking any risks in qualifying.
The GT race has the added element of the wet conditions playing into the hands of the usually slower GTC cars, as they have ABS. But unless it rains again, the track conditions are unlikely to play into their hands as they did this morning.
In the main LMP and GTE classes both championship leaders have some work to do after qualifying. Pierre Thiriet starts only seventh in the Thiriet by TDS Oreca-Nissan, while GTE leaders Matt Griffin and Johnny Mowlem - who can win the championship today - are ninth in the GT ranks after deciding against taking any risks in qualifying.
The GT race has the added element of the wet conditions playing into the hands of the usually slower GTC cars, as they have ABS. But unless it rains again, the track conditions are unlikely to play into their hands as they did this morning.
DTM - Oschersleben: That's Spengler's 16th DTM pole, drawing him level with Kurt Thiim and Klaus Ludwig on the all-time list.
ERC - Poland: Next up is the Mikolajki superspecial where thousands of local fans are lining the course to see their most famous motorsport icon in action on home soil.
Kubica begins the stage 18.2s behind rally leader Bouffier, with Kajetanowicz 4.2s behind his fellow countryman in third place.
Kubica begins the stage 18.2s behind rally leader Bouffier, with Kajetanowicz 4.2s behind his fellow countryman in third place.
ERC - Poland: Kopecky and Kosciuszko will be the first to go head-to-head around the 2.5-kilometre course.
ELMS - Hungaroring: With 10 minutes in the books, Pierre Ragues leads the race for the Signatech Alpine squad. He's just taken the lead from the Murphy Prototypes car of Jonathan Hirschi, who survived an attack from the SMP Racing Oreca of Maurizio Mediani at the start.
Mediani has settled back into third since then, and he's now got Oliver Turvey giving chase for Jota Sport.
Mediani has settled back into third since then, and he's now got Oliver Turvey giving chase for Jota Sport.
ERC - Poland: Kopecky emerges victorious with a time of 1m50.3s, with Kosciuszko 2.4s slower.
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ERC - Poland: Interestingly, Kopecky admits that choosing to go first on the road today has been a disadvantage.
"We expected that the first position should be a good position, now we know next year..."
"We expected that the first position should be a good position, now we know next year..."
ERC - Poland: Kubica and Bouffier have just finished their tour of the stage and the home hero posts a time of 1m49.3s, beating yesterday's quickest effort by 1.1s.
ERC - Poland: Dakar regular Holowczyc beats Breen in their encounter by 1.0s.
"There are a lot of spectators," says the 51-year-old. "OK, the weather is not so nice, but staying in the nice rally car is a great place to be!"
"There are a lot of spectators," says the 51-year-old. "OK, the weather is not so nice, but staying in the nice rally car is a great place to be!"
ERC - Poland: The fifth pairing have just finished, with Kajetanowicz beating Kangur by 1.7s with a time of 1m50.4s.
BTCC - Rockingham: Sam Tordoff is confident he has a shot at pole in BTCC qualifying. Triple Eight boss Ian Harrison is not so sure. "We're just not quick enough," he says, predicting a row two slot for his driver.
ERC - Poland - SS6 results:
Stage: 1 Kubica; 2 Bouffier +1.0s; 3 Kopecky +1.0s; 4 Kajetanowicz +1.1s; 5 Holowczyc +1.5.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kubica +17.2s; 3 Kajetanowicz +22.5s; 4 Kopecky +41.5s; 5 Solowow +55.1s.
Stage: 1 Kubica; 2 Bouffier +1.0s; 3 Kopecky +1.0s; 4 Kajetanowicz +1.1s; 5 Holowczyc +1.5.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kubica +17.2s; 3 Kajetanowicz +22.5s; 4 Kopecky +41.5s; 5 Solowow +55.1s.
ERC - Poland: One more stage remains today, which is the second pass through Mragowo at 18:06 local time (17:06 BST).
BTCC - Rockingham: We're almost set for the qualifying session. It's cloudy but still dry here at Rockingham. Can Dave Newsham convert his practice pace into pole?
Green flag
BTCC - Rockingham: Qualifying underway here at Rockingham. Works Hondas lead the cars out of the pits.
ELMS - Hungaroring: Pierre Ragues continues to dominate in the Signatech Alpine car, leading by 47 seconds over Jonathan Hirschi in the Murphy Prototypes entry. Oliver Turvey is third, another seven seconds back for Jota Sport.
Jean-Karl Vernay's #67 Porsche leads the GTE race ahead of Matt Griffin's #52 Ferrari.
Jean-Karl Vernay's #67 Porsche leads the GTE race ahead of Matt Griffin's #52 Ferrari.
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