Misano MotoGP, Kubica's home rally, Oschersleben DTM
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Moto3 - Misano: Twelve laps to go, and its still Rins and Vinales out front. Marquez has now pulled away from Salom and is 1.3s off the lead fight, with the championship leader a further 2s down the road and now under pressure from a four-bike group led by team-mate Khairuddin.
Moto3 - Misano: Vinales hits the front for the the first time now. He and Rins have pulled a 1.9s gap to Salom, who has now been pushed down to fourth by Alex Marquez.
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Moto3 - Misano: Huge high-side for Folger, and he's lain stricken at the side of the track. He had been picked off by Rins and Vinales, with the latter pair looking to stretch away from the chasing Salom. Folger was working hard to stay with the pair in third, but loses his bike in a very nasty crash. The German is now being stretchered away.
Moto3 - Misano: Salom is charging, and is up to fifth at the end of lap two. His problem is that Folger, Rins and Vinales have already stretched away out front - can he close the gap?
Crash
Moto3 - Misano: Luca Marini, Valentino Rossi's half-brother, falls at the first turn on his grand prix debut. Folger leads from Rins and Vinales, with Khairuddin fourth. Luis Salom seventh.
Moto3 - Misano: We're onto the warm up lap at Misano. Can Vinales and Rins close on Salom to reignite the championship fight? Can Salom salvage a result from 10th on the grid? Bikes have come round and are waiting for the lights.
RallycrossRX - Austria: Heat three in Greinbach, and the championship contenders hit a variety of problems. Timur Timerzyanov and Timmy Hansen suffer punctures, while. Andreas Bakkerud's team fix his car following free practice engine problems, only for the Norwegian to go off at the first corner.
Heat three positions:
1 Solberg, 2 Jeanney, 3 Doran, 4 Hvaal, 5 Marklund, 6 Linnerud
Heat three positions:
1 Solberg, 2 Jeanney, 3 Doran, 4 Hvaal, 5 Marklund, 6 Linnerud
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Antonio Felix da Costa has taken responsibility for his race one clash with Mikhail Aleshin. "It was stupid, I didn't need to do it," he said. "Aleshin could have given me some more room - he had space to his left - but why would he?"
While da Costa is relishing the chance to go head-to-head with the series frontrunners for the first time in a while, Kevin Magnussen laughed off suggestions that it's good to have all his rivals at the front with him.
"I'd rather have an easy race with all those guys further back!" he said. "It's going to be a good fight, but it will be very tough."
While da Costa is relishing the chance to go head-to-head with the series frontrunners for the first time in a while, Kevin Magnussen laughed off suggestions that it's good to have all his rivals at the front with him.
"I'd rather have an easy race with all those guys further back!" he said. "It's going to be a good fight, but it will be very tough."
Moto3 2013
Moto3 - Misano: Ten minutes to the start of the Moto3 race in Italy. Jonas Folger will start from pole ahead of Alex Rins and Maverick Vinales.
ERC - Poland - ss10 results:
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Kajetanowicz +0.6s; 3 Kosciuszko +7.9s; 4 Solowow +13.9s; 5 Holowczyc +17.8s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +20.6s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.1s; 4 Solowow +1m32.9s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m07.9s.
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Kajetanowicz +0.6s; 3 Kosciuszko +7.9s; 4 Solowow +13.9s; 5 Holowczyc +17.8s.
Overall: 1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +20.6s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.1s; 4 Solowow +1m32.9s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m07.9s.
ERC - Poland: No, he won't. The Frenchman completes the stage in 15m09.4s - 11.7s slower than Kajetanowicz.
ERC - Poland: Kajetan Kajetanowicz is the quickest of the lot. Will Bryan Bouffier be able to beat his time of 14m50.5s to reclaim the lead of the rally?
ERC - Poland: Michal Solowow posts a time of 15m03.8s, which means Kopecky maintains his third place position overall.
ERC - Poland: Despite suffering a broken propshaft in the previous stage, Jan Kopecky completes Mateuzek in 14m49.9s.
ERC - Poland: Polish legend Krzystof Holowczyc completes the stage in 15m07.7s, which is enough to snatch sixth overall from Breen.
ERC - Poland: Kosciuszko is the first to break the 15-minute mark. He sets a time of 14m57.7s.
"We hit something on the left side," he reckons. "But we had a lot of fun."
"We hit something on the left side," he reckons. "But we had a lot of fun."
ERC - Poland: And here comes Craig Breen, who posts a time of 15m15.2s. The Irishman reckons he might have a puncture to the rear of his Peugeot.
And confirmation has come through that Ancian has been forced to retire.
And confirmation has come through that Ancian has been forced to retire.
ERC - Poland: With Ancian attending his poorly Peugeot it's Kangur who is second to complete the stage. He sets a time of 15m10.9s.
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ERC - Poland: "The conditions are quite good," says Butvilas. "Part of the stage is quite fast and dry."
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ERC - Poland: Dominykas Butvilas, who is currently leading the Production Cup category, is the first to complete the 26-kilometre test. The Lithuanian's time is 15m20.5s.
ERC - Poland: Jeremi Ancian has stopped within the stage and has the bonnet up on his Peugeot 207. Martin Kanguar appears to have rear damage, but he's still making progress.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Full qualifying report for race two is now online. The race will start in less than two hours.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Misano: End of the session, with Lorenzo leading from Marquez, Pedrosa, Rossi and Bautista.
Race start will be in four hours.
Race start will be in four hours.
MotoGP - Misano: And now it's championship leader Marquez who loses control of his bike. The Spaniard has fallen after losing the front end of his bike.
He is fine, although angry, as the warm-up comes to an end.
He is fine, although angry, as the warm-up comes to an end.
MotoGP - Misano: Marquez matched Lorenzo's splits, but found traffic and could not get any closer to his compatriot.
Meanwhile, Aoyama has crashed without consequences.
Meanwhile, Aoyama has crashed without consequences.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Race 2 grid - 1 Magnussen; 2 da Costa; 3 Vandoorne; 4 Sorensen; 5 Pic; 6 Negrao; 7 Buller; 8 Muller; 9 Huertas; 10 Melker.
ERC - Poland: The order at the moment looks like this:
1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +1.7s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.7s; 4 Solowow +1m19.6s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m00.7s.
And don't forget that you can watch ERC highlights on our dedicated rally page, where there's plenty of shunts, mud and rain for you to enjoy.
1 Kajetanowicz; 2 Bouffier +1.7s; 3 Kopecky +1m17.7s; 4 Solowow +1m19.6s; 5 Kosciuszko +2m00.7s.
And don't forget that you can watch ERC highlights on our dedicated rally page, where there's plenty of shunts, mud and rain for you to enjoy.
Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Despite a car going off in front of him into Turn 1, da Costa pulls a lap out of the bag and grabs a front row berth just behind championship leader Magnussen.
MotoGP - Misano: Just three minute remaining in the warm-up. The order at the top of the times remains unchanged, with Lorenzo leading Marquez, now ahead of Cal Crutchlow and Pedrosa.
Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: The flag is out, with Magnussen and Vandoorne on top ahead of Sorensen and Pic. P5 at the moment for da Costa, but he was last man across the line and is on a hot lap...
MotoGP - Misano: Rossi is taking things easy this morning, but he moves up to seventh on the Yamaha.
ERC - Poland: And sad news, Kubica fans. Because despite featuring on today's start list, the former Formula 1 driver has been unable to restart.
FR3.5 - Hungaroring: Vandoorne up to second, so we currently have the two title hopefuls sharing the front row.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Misano: Slight improvement for Lorenzo at the top of the times. The Spaniard is over seven tenths of a second ahead of Marquez now.
Ducati's Nicky Hayden has jumped up to third ahead of Gresini's Alvaro Bautista.
Ducati's Nicky Hayden has jumped up to third ahead of Gresini's Alvaro Bautista.
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FR3.5 - Hungaroring: As everyone's tyres come up to temperature, Magnussen goes fastest. Sorensen briefly slots into second, before da Costa takes that away from him.
ERC - Poland: It has been a rather hectic morning so far in the Rally Poland.
Kajetan Kajetanowicz has been blisteringly quick through the opening two stages and has displaced Bryan Bouffier from the lead of the event.
The Frenchman reported a broken right-rear damper upon completion of the Uzranki test, so it will be interesting to see if that hampers his progress in the final stage of the morning.
Jan Kopecky has moved up to third, but his Skoda has developed a a broken propshaft which he is endeavouring to fix before Mateuszek kicks off at 10:06 local time (09:06 BST).
Kajetan Kajetanowicz has been blisteringly quick through the opening two stages and has displaced Bryan Bouffier from the lead of the event.
The Frenchman reported a broken right-rear damper upon completion of the Uzranki test, so it will be interesting to see if that hampers his progress in the final stage of the morning.
Jan Kopecky has moved up to third, but his Skoda has developed a a broken propshaft which he is endeavouring to fix before Mateuszek kicks off at 10:06 local time (09:06 BST).
MotoGP - Misano: With half the session gone, local hero Valentino Rossi is down in 12th position, over two seconds off team-mate Lorenzo's pace.
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