Misano MotoGP, Kubica's home rally, Oschersleben DTM
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MotoGP - Misano: Chequered flag, and Marquez completes a comprehensive clean sweep of practice.
It wasn't all good news for the Spaniard however after his Turn 13 fall, which means he will ride his second bike in qualifying - which is coming up in around 15 minutes.
Crutchlow, who will make his first appearance of the year in FP1, was seventh fastest overall.
It wasn't all good news for the Spaniard however after his Turn 13 fall, which means he will ride his second bike in qualifying - which is coming up in around 15 minutes.
Crutchlow, who will make his first appearance of the year in FP1, was seventh fastest overall.
BTCC - Rockingham: Matt Neal now up to 6th in works Honda. Plato back into the pits for more work on the MG.
BTCC - Rockingham: Colin Turkington goes 3rd fastest in WSR BMW and is immediately dumped to 4th by team-mate Rob Collard. Matt Neal is currently 10th fastest.
BTCC - Rockingham: No Dan Welch Proton so far. Team replacing a driveshaft we're told.
BTCC - Rockingham: Jordan does an absolute best in the first sector but doesn't improve. Mat Jackson comes up to 5th in Motorbase Focus.
BTCC - Rockingham: Rob Austin puts his Audi second fastest, just moments before Andrew Jordan pips him in his Eurotech Honda. Tordoff still has a tenth in hand.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Lukas Pesek is down now, but marshals are on the scene quickly and do well to rescue the situation before the red flags are obliged to fly. Seven minutes to run, and we're then into qualifying.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: It's almost time for the FR3.5 cars to leave the pits and head to the grid for race one. At the moment track conditions are a lot better than they were for qualifying this morning. It's still wet, but most of the standing water has cleared.
BTCC - Rockingham: Apparent problems for Jason Plato's MG. Triple Eight busy working on the car. JP shrugs his shoulders.
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BTCC - Rockingham: Tordoff shaves another second off his best, and is half a second clear of Smith.
MotoGP - Misano: Pedrosa also has a huge moment on his Honda, and returns to the pits visibly unhappy.
He switches onto his second bike, complete with different springs.
He switches onto his second bike, complete with different springs.
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Sam Tordoff BTCC 2013
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BTCC - Rockingham: Tom Onslow-Cole beats Tordoff by 0.475s to go fastest for Motorbase. Team-mate Aaron Smith goes second quickest.
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BTCC - Rockingham: Sam Tordoff leaps to the top of the times with a 1m25.883s lap in his Triple Eight MG.
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BTCC - Rockingham: Will Bratt does the first proper dry flying lap of the weekend, 1m29.044s to top the times.
Crash
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez loses it, but once again he's OK. The Spaniard drops it at Turn 13, losing the front going in. We saw a similar moment yesterday, although incredibly he was able to save that by pushing the bike back up with his elbow.
The smallest of chinks in his armour? Don't bet on it if Silverstone is anything to go by.
The smallest of chinks in his armour? Don't bet on it if Silverstone is anything to go by.
BTCC - Rockingham: Second free practice gets underway. Track now dry so some meaningful pre-qualifying running for the BTCC boys.
BTCC - Rockingham: World Touring Car Championship race winner James Nash is among the interested spectators at Rockingham today. Says he "loves" coming to see the BTCC.
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MotoGP - Misano: Flurry of changes at the top now - Lorenzo demotes Bautista before both are rudely shoved aside by Marquez, who sets the fastest time of the weekend with a 1m33.912s. Very ominous form ahead of tomorrow's race.
Breaking news
DTM - Oschersleben: Bad news for Gary Paffett. He's been given a five-place grid penalty for tomorrow's race for using an illegal set of tyres in free practice this morning.
The tyres in question were not allocated for use by his car at this event.
Daniel Juncadella has received an identical penalty for using a single slick that was not allocated to his RSC Mucke Mercedes.
The tyres in question were not allocated for use by his car at this event.
Daniel Juncadella has received an identical penalty for using a single slick that was not allocated to his RSC Mucke Mercedes.
MotoGP - Misano: From Moto3 we move straight onto MotoGP, and the fourth and final practice in Italy. Times of course do not count towards qualifying, unlike the previous three sessions.
Checkered flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Kirchhofer takes his 10th German F3 win of the year and with it becomes champion.
The teenager is 124 points clear of Markelov with only 108 available from the final five races.
Bryant-Meisner and Menezes complete the podium while Bernstorff's fourth spot means he's now a reduced 18 points behind Markelov in the battle for second in the championship.
The teenager is 124 points clear of Markelov with only 108 available from the final five races.
Bryant-Meisner and Menezes complete the podium while Bernstorff's fourth spot means he's now a reduced 18 points behind Markelov in the battle for second in the championship.
Moto3 - Misano - Qualifying:
1 Folger; 2 Rins; 3 M Vinales; 4 Khairuddin; 5 Antonelli; 6 Oliveira; 7 Granado; 8 I Vinales; 9 Marquez; 10 Salom.
1 Folger; 2 Rins; 3 M Vinales; 4 Khairuddin; 5 Antonelli; 6 Oliveira; 7 Granado; 8 I Vinales; 9 Marquez; 10 Salom.
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Moto3 - Misano: It all kicks off in the final minutes. Luis Salom was looking at a second-row start, but suddenly finds himself bumped to 10th as Granado and Khairuddin lead a spate of improvements.
Advantage Rins and Vinales in the championship then, but neither man is on pole - that honour does indeed belong to Folger, who is more than 1.5s faster than the existing pole record.
Advantage Rins and Vinales in the championship then, but neither man is on pole - that honour does indeed belong to Folger, who is more than 1.5s faster than the existing pole record.
Moto3 - Misano: Folger could just have secured a second pole of 2013 - and fourth of his fledgling Moto3 career - after coming round in a 1m42.707s. Rins gets within 0.061s of that, but no-one else is within four tenths of the pair.
Moto3 - Misano: Salom, who fell and bruised his knee - to add to his ongoing heel injury - sets his best lap of the weekend to move into seventh. He's still more than one second down on Folger however, which means his 26-point lead could be vulnerable this weekend.
Seven minutes to go now.
Seven minutes to go now.
DTM - Oschersleben: Bryant-Meisner has nipped inside Menezes for second and British racer Bernstorff is now pressuring the American for the final podium spot in this first of three German F3 races.
Crash
DTM - Oschersleben: A big incident in championship terms as Artem Markelov - second in the points - crashes out.
Markelov was defending fourth place from his Lotus team-mate Emil Bernstorff when he locked his brakes and slid wide at Turn 1 and then whacked the tyres at Turn 2 after driving through the gravel to rejoin.
Markelov was defending fourth place from his Lotus team-mate Emil Bernstorff when he locked his brakes and slid wide at Turn 1 and then whacked the tyres at Turn 2 after driving through the gravel to rejoin.
Moto3 - Misano: Eighteen minutes to go now, and we have a new provisional pole man - Jonas Folger goes top with a 1m43.002s, almost quarter of a second clear of a field led by Rins, Vinales and Oliveira. Luis Salom down in 12th.
Lights out
DTM - Oschersleben: The first German F3 race of the day is underway, championship leader Marvin Kirchhofer leading away easily from pole with Gustavo Menezes, John Bryant-Meisner and Artem Markelov behind him.
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Alex RIns Moto3 2013
Crash
Moto3 - Misano: Nasty crash for Zulfahmi Khairuddin, who hits a bump and loses the front at Turn 13. Team-mate and points leader Luis Salom is fifth, with chief title rival Maverick Vinales currently top of the pile.
Alex Marquez - who comes into the weekend on the back of two podiums in three races - has also crashed, losing his bike at Turn 14.
Alex Marquez - who comes into the weekend on the back of two podiums in three races - has also crashed, losing his bike at Turn 14.
Green flag
Moto3 - Misano: Over in Italy, qualifying for this year's Moto3 San Marino Grand Prix is now underway.
RallycrossRX - Austria: Free practice is over at Greinbach. Petter Solberg finished the two hour session fastest, ahead of fellow Norweigan Alexander Hvall and Liam Doran.
WTCC driver Rene Munnich topped Super1600, while Robin Larsson was fastest in TouringCar.
WTCC driver Rene Munnich topped Super1600, while Robin Larsson was fastest in TouringCar.
WRC - Australia: Kris Meeke will be back for the final leg of Rally Australia. Citroen has confirmed to Autosport that the car has been cleared as safe to run by the event scrutineers. The team will now start repairing the DS3 WRC.
Meeke could still finish as the eighth registered manufacturer car tomorrow, bringing Citroen much needed points in the makes' race.
Meeke could still finish as the eighth registered manufacturer car tomorrow, bringing Citroen much needed points in the makes' race.
ERC - Poland - SS3 results:
Stage: 1 Kubica; 2 Bouffier +2.1s; 3 Kajetanowicz +12.8s; 4 Breen +21.7s; 5 Kosciuszko +24.4s.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kubica +12.3s; 3 Kajetanowicz +16.5s; 4 Kopecky +41.7s; 5 Solowow +42.8s.
Stage: 1 Kubica; 2 Bouffier +2.1s; 3 Kajetanowicz +12.8s; 4 Breen +21.7s; 5 Kosciuszko +24.4s.
Overall: 1 Bouffier; 2 Kubica +12.3s; 3 Kajetanowicz +16.5s; 4 Kopecky +41.7s; 5 Solowow +42.8s.
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ERC - Poland: "I just keep going, it's a very tricky stage," says Kajetanowicz.
"Many deep ruts, so much to lose, but for me we still have so much fun."
"Many deep ruts, so much to lose, but for me we still have so much fun."
ERC - Poland: Kajetanowicz sets a time of 16m14.1s, the third quickest of the stage, but loses second overall to Kubica.
ERC - Poland: Michal Solowow is sixth quickest on what is a rare appearance after his semi-retirement from the sport. He finished 26s off the pace and is fifth overall at the moment.
Formula Renault Eurocup - Hungaroring: Pierre Gasly takes a crucial victory in the FR3.5-supporting FR2.0 Eurocup. But the big story surrounds his title rival Oliver Rowland.
A collision with fellow Racing Steps Foundation driver Jake Dennis forces Rowland into a spin in the closing stages, and with a damaged car he drops from fighting for the podium to a costly eighth place by the chequered flag.
A collision with fellow Racing Steps Foundation driver Jake Dennis forces Rowland into a spin in the closing stages, and with a damaged car he drops from fighting for the podium to a costly eighth place by the chequered flag.
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