Misano MotoGP, Kubica's home rally, Oschersleben DTM
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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: Rising Polish star Michal Kosciuszko is the fastest through at the moment with a time of 8m12.4s.
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: 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.
Crash
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: Martin Kangur is the third driver to post a time, and a quick one too - 8m15.2s.
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: Butvilas comes through in a time of 8m41.7s followed by Ancian who goes 16.2s quicker.
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: 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: Jordan loses more ground as Shedden picks him off going into Turn 1, which allows Newsham to nick through and leaves him vulnerable to the BMWs of Collard and Turkington.
Lights out
BTCC - Rockingham: Jordan gets a poor start from race two pole, and it's Austin who leads from Jackson, with Jordan third.
DTM - Oschersleben: Points after 8/10 rounds: 1 Rockenfeller, 124; 2 Farfus, 91; 3 Vietoris, 71; 4 Wickens, 70; 5 Spengler, 67; 6 Paffett, 65; 7 Ekstrom, 44; 8 Wittmann, 39; 9 Green, 35; 10 Werner, 26.
ERC - Poland: The overall classification is currently as follows:
1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +20.6s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.1s; 4 Solowow +1m32.9s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m07.9s.
Kajetanowicz is the man in form today, his confidence no doubt boosted by the fact he clinched his fourth Polish championship title last night.
1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +20.6s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.1s; 4 Solowow +1m32.9s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m07.9s.
Kajetanowicz is the man in form today, his confidence no doubt boosted by the fact he clinched his fourth Polish championship title last night.
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ERC - Poland: Ten minutes or so until the final loop of Rally Poland gets underway. Kajetanowicz currently has a 20.6 lead over Bouffier, but the Frenchman's co-driver Xavier Panseri insists they will fight until the end.
"We are second and he (Kajetanowicz) is 20 seconds in front of us. If he has no problem it will be impossible to come back," admits Panseri. "But we will fight, we will push.
"It’s like this, this is the race. Kajetanowicz is a fast driver and the stages today are faster than yesterday in that they are better for R5 and RRC cars. But we try to the end to push. We don’t give up.”
"We are second and he (Kajetanowicz) is 20 seconds in front of us. If he has no problem it will be impossible to come back," admits Panseri. "But we will fight, we will push.
"It’s like this, this is the race. Kajetanowicz is a fast driver and the stages today are faster than yesterday in that they are better for R5 and RRC cars. But we try to the end to push. We don’t give up.”
Checkered flag
DTM - Oschersleben: Results: 1 Farfus; 2 Rockenfeller; 3 Green; 4 Albuquerque; 5 Scheider; 6 Paffett; 7 Ekstrom; 8 Molina; 9 Tambay; 10 Mortara.
Trophy
DTM - Oschersleben: Farfus wins for the second time in 2013 and vaults from fifth to second spot in the championship.
Mike Rockenfeller finishes second to lead the championship by a reduced 33 points, with Jamie Green completing the podium.
Mike Rockenfeller finishes second to lead the championship by a reduced 33 points, with Jamie Green completing the podium.
DTM - Oschersleben: Farfus begins his final lap.
DTM - Oschersleben: The order is more or less settled now in the top six, but the battle for seventh between Ekstrom, Molina, Tambay, Mortara and Wehrlein is an entertaining one
Surely four Audis won't make a race of it with each other...
Surely four Audis won't make a race of it with each other...
MotoGP - Misano: Has Marquez escaped? He's pulled seven tenths on Pedrosa heading into the final two laps. Does Pedrosa have anything left?
MotoGP - Misano: Huge move from Pedrosa, who gets back into second at Turn 10 - exactly what Marquez did to Rossi. It lasts all of four turns, before Marquez dives back down the inside at Turn 14. Pedrosa has it all to do again, with six laps to go. It's all helping Lorenzo, who now leads by four seconds.
MotoGP - Misano: Fascinating blend of styles here as Pedrosa matches Marquez over a lap - he's able to hold a tighter line in the slow stuff, but surrenders time over the quick sections. Lorenzo is beginning to look beyond reach, and now leads by three seconds.
DTM - Oschersleben: Mortara pits from the lead and rejoins 10th, ahead of Werner. Not bad for a guy who was last into the opening corner.
Farfus has the lead back with Rockenfeller second. At this rate the Audi man's championship lead will be reduced to 33 points, but with Farfus now second overall.
Farfus has the lead back with Rockenfeller second. At this rate the Audi man's championship lead will be reduced to 33 points, but with Farfus now second overall.
DTM - Oschersleben: Order on lap 41/51: 1 Mortara; 2 Farfus; 3 Rockenfeller; 4 Green; 5 Albuquerque; 6 Scheider; 7 Paffett; 8 Ekstrom; 9 Molina; 10 Tambay.
DTM - Oschersleben: Spengler, who has been given the black and orange flag, pits and pulls his car into the Schnitzer BMW garage.
Good job the 'Drive Like Bruno' logos weren't on his car today.
Good job the 'Drive Like Bruno' logos weren't on his car today.
DTM - Oschersleben: Green pits from the lead and rejoins in fourth place, right behind Rockenfeller.
Mortara now leads from Farfus, but the Audi man must make one final stop.
Mortara now leads from Farfus, but the Audi man must make one final stop.
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez fires it through at Turn 2. Can Pedrosa respond? His championship hopes could hinge on these final 10 laps.
Crash
DTM - Oschersleben: Spengler and Wickens collide at Turn 3, the pair having been passed by Ekstrom a lap earlier.
Spengler dived down the inside pretty late and turned his countryman around. Wickens is out while Spengler is continuing without his engine cover.
Spengler dived down the inside pretty late and turned his countryman around. Wickens is out while Spengler is continuing without his engine cover.
Dani Pedrosa MotoGP 2013
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez's charge has brought him right onto Pedrosa's tail now, with Rossi two seconds down the road. Lorenzo still leads by 2.4s with 12 laps to go.
DTM - Oschersleben: Scheider pits from second and rejoins ahead of Paffett in eighth.
DTM - Oschersleben: In case you were wondering, Farfus's performance today is guaranteeing that the title fight will run on to Zandvoort.
Rockenfeller, incidentally, is now just shy of 30s behind Green, so the Brit might well stay ahead of him after his final stop.
Molina pits from third on lap 36/51 and rejoins behind Paffett in 10th.
Rockenfeller, incidentally, is now just shy of 30s behind Green, so the Brit might well stay ahead of him after his final stop.
Molina pits from third on lap 36/51 and rejoins behind Paffett in 10th.
MotoGP - Misano: He's been strangely quiet at the start of this year, but Marquez pulls off a brilliant move on Rossi to capture third at Turn 10. The pair are one second down on Pedrosa, who is slowly - slowly - chipping away at Lorenzo's lead.
DTM - Oschersleben: Scheider passes Molina for second, which may well gain the German a top-five finish once the pitstops shake the order up.
Scheider is making use of his option rubber. He and fifth-placed Mortara are the only drivers in the top 10 on the softer Hankooks.
Scheider is making use of his option rubber. He and fifth-placed Mortara are the only drivers in the top 10 on the softer Hankooks.
MotoGP - Misano: Here comes Marquez. A new fastest lap moves him right onto Rossi's rear, with less than two tenths now to choose between them heading across the line. Pedrosa has checked Lorenzo's lead at 2.5s.
DTM - Oschersleben: Leader Green is lapping consistently half a second quicker than Farfus and Rockenfeller, but his 25.5s advantage over the pair does not seem likely to be enough to allow him to win today.
If he had 30s in hand, it might just be doable.
If he had 30s in hand, it might just be doable.
DTM - Oschersleben: Order after 30 of 51 laps: 1 Green; 2 Molina; 3 Scheider; 4 Tambay; 5 Wittmann; 6 Mortara; 7 Farfus; 8 Rockenfeller; 9 Hand; 10 Albuquerque.
DTM - Oschersleben: In among all of that, Green is now back in the lead, but still with a stop to go.
Molina, Scheider and Tambay - who have each also stopped once - comprise an all-Audi top four.
One man that could do some damage though is Albuquerque. He's made all his stops and is only five seconds behind Farfus. A top-five finish beckons.
Molina, Scheider and Tambay - who have each also stopped once - comprise an all-Audi top four.
One man that could do some damage though is Albuquerque. He's made all his stops and is only five seconds behind Farfus. A top-five finish beckons.
MotoGP - Misano: Several battles to focus on, but the field is largely strung out. Lorenzo leads by almost three seconds, Rossi continues to hound Pedrosa, while Marquez has fallen one second down the road. There's nothing to choose between Crutchlow and Bradl, or between Hayden and Dovizioso in the fight for eighth. Bautista a relatively solitary seventh.
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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