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BTCC - Oulton Park: Final order was Plato, Tordoff, Shedden, Jordan, Turkington, Neal, Mat Jackson, Newsham. Adam Morgan holds off Rob Collard for ninth by 0.033s.
Full report to come.
Full report to come.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Oulton Park: Plato wins a tame first race, with MG team-mate Tordoff second and Shedden third.
BTCC - Oulton Park: Approaching half-distance, Plato leads from MG team-mate Tordoff and Shedden. Little gap back to Jordan, who has Newsham and Turkington close behind.
BTCC - Oulton Park: At the end of lap one the order is Plato, Tordoff, Shedden, Newsham, Jordan. Wrathall slows from sixth on lap two.
Green flag
BTCC - Oulton Park: And they're off for race one. Plato holds the lead from pole.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Moscow: Michel Nykjar wins the series' Russian finale, ahead of a charging Yvan Muller and Rob Huff. Pepe Oriola, Norbert Michelisz and Tom Chilton round out the top six.
That's Nykjaer's third win of the season - Muller is the only other man with multiple victories.
Full report on a frantic race coming shortly.
That's Nykjaer's third win of the season - Muller is the only other man with multiple victories.
Full report on a frantic race coming shortly.
BTCC - Oulton Park: The field heads out to form up on the grid for race one.
A quick reminder of the order from qualifying: Plato, Tordoff, Shedden, Newsham, Jordan, Wrathall, Turkington, Neal, Morgan, Onslow-Cole.
A quick reminder of the order from qualifying: Plato, Tordoff, Shedden, Newsham, Jordan, Wrathall, Turkington, Neal, Morgan, Onslow-Cole.
WTCC - Moscow: Huff and Bennani side by side at the final turn, but the Moroccan gets it wrong on the brakes, the car snaps sideways and he spins. With just over two laps to run, third becomes 10th.
WTCC - Moscow: Huff picks off Bennani at the final turn, but runs deep and in turn falls victim to Muller on the exit.
And Muller isn't finished there - he finds a gap past Bennani and is into second, 1.4s down on Nykjaer with three laps to run.
And Muller isn't finished there - he finds a gap past Bennani and is into second, 1.4s down on Nykjaer with three laps to run.
Le Mans - Test Day: It's lunchtime and the rain continues to fall, a horrible, insipid drizzle. Audi is fastest, with Duval's 3m46.277 set shortly before his shunt. #1 second fastest just 0.4s behind. Best of the Toyotas, #7, three seconds off Duval's best. Signatech Alpine and Aston Martin fastest in LMP2 and GTE Pro.
WTCC - Moscow: Great pass by Nykjaer to move into the lead. Huff still holding off Muller for third.
Not great for Lada though - Kozlovskiy comes into the pits to join Thompson, both cars are out of contention.
Not great for Lada though - Kozlovskiy comes into the pits to join Thompson, both cars are out of contention.
WTCC - Moscow: Far more lively this race. Nykjaer and Bennani touch - Nykjaer actually held the lead for all of 20 metres - while behind Tarquini, Chilton and O'Young are having a great scrap for seventh.
Stewards now investigating that clash between Tarquini and Coronel.
Stewards now investigating that clash between Tarquini and Coronel.
WTCC - Moscow: Three wide, then four wide as Coronel makes a move on Tarquini and Thompson on the back staright and Huff joins in on the pit straight. Coronel comes across the front of Tarquini and spins into Thompson heading into Turn 1, with Huff slipping into third and Muller fourth.
WTCC - Moscow: Bennani pulls out 1.3s on the opening lap. Behind him its Nykjaer, Tarquini, Thompson, Coronel, Huff, Muller and Oriola.
Charles Ng meanwhile pits to complete a miserable two races. Scant reward for a career-best qualifying.
Charles Ng meanwhile pits to complete a miserable two races. Scant reward for a career-best qualifying.
WTCC - Moscow: And we're underway.
Great start from Bennani, who storms into an early lead. Less so Nykjaer, although he hands onto second. Oriola and Tarquini fighting for third...and they touch, Oriola gets turned sideways and falls to seventh. Tarquini, who might face a penalty for that move, now third, with Thompson all over him.
Great start from Bennani, who storms into an early lead. Less so Nykjaer, although he hands onto second. Oriola and Tarquini fighting for third...and they touch, Oriola gets turned sideways and falls to seventh. Tarquini, who might face a penalty for that move, now third, with Thompson all over him.
Le Mans - Test Day: Audi has stated that the #2 car crashed by Duval earlier can be repaired for the second four-hour session after lunch. No surprise there: Audi and Joest are the masters of the quick repair.
Green flag
WTCC - Moscow: Pitlane lights go out, and race two is underway. One warm-up lap, then a standing start for race two. Mehdi Bennani starts from pole, with Michel Nykjaer for company on the front row.
WTCC - Moscow: Back-to-back races mean precious little time for teams to make fixes between races. Ng has made the grid, but after some confusion lines up at the back - we're not sure if he can come through to second on the warm-up lap or whether he was too late exiting his pits.
Freddy Barth meanwhile won't start - damage to the front of his car was too heavy to fix, with the mounting points twisted in his impact with Ng.
Freddy Barth meanwhile won't start - damage to the front of his car was too heavy to fix, with the mounting points twisted in his impact with Ng.
Checkered flag
Superstars - Slovakiaring: Comfortable win for Liuzzi there. He made it look very easy. Here's the top eight.
1 Liuzzi; 2 Biagi; 3 Berton; 4 Giovanardi; 5 Mugelli; 6 Trentin; 7 Bacci; 8 Benedetti.
1 Liuzzi; 2 Biagi; 3 Berton; 4 Giovanardi; 5 Mugelli; 6 Trentin; 7 Bacci; 8 Benedetti.
WTCC - Moscow: Charles Ng's team is working flat out to get his car ready for the second race.
Le Mans - Test Day: Weather forecasts have been proved in correct. Rain has intensified — though still a light drizzle — at just the point that it was meant to be drying up.
Superstars - Slovakiaring: Just when it looked like Luigi Ferrara was cruising to second place, he's binned it. He's stuck in the gravel and his race is done. Five mins to go.
Superstars - Slovakiaring: 10 minutes to go in this race and Liuzzi is well and truly in control. Currently leads by more than two seconds. Ferrara and Biagi making it a Merc 1-2-3.
Superstars - Slovakiaring: Gianni Morbidelli is out of the race. He gave Giovanni Berton a little bump while the pair were scrapping over fifth spot, and it looks as if the contact broke something.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Moscow: Yvan Muller claims the series' first victory in Russia, with Tom Coronel and Norbert Michelisz completing the podium.
That's Muller's fourth win, and extends an already healthy championship lead. Rob Huff, James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini complete the top six, although the permanent yellows at Turn 1 helped neutralise overtaking ambitions.
Full report to follow.
That's Muller's fourth win, and extends an already healthy championship lead. Rob Huff, James Thompson and Gabriele Tarquini complete the top six, although the permanent yellows at Turn 1 helped neutralise overtaking ambitions.
Full report to follow.
WTCC - Moscow: Coronel gives Muller a little love kiss. BMW's tyre drop-off over a race simulation was around half a second better than Chevrolet's, meaning the Dutchman is coming alive in the final laps.
Green flag
Le Mans - Test Day: The track is live again following a red flag resulting from Loic Duval's shunt on the exit of Tertre Rouge. Both ends of the Audi are damaged — the Frenchman had just gone fastest in sector one.
Green flag
Superstars - Slovakiaring: Race one is underway in Slovakia, and it's Tonio Liuzzi leading the field through the first turn.
Euro RX - Kouvala: After heavy rain hit the end of heat four, the sun is now shining brightly in Kouvola, Finland. The semi-finals currently look like they will be run in the dry.
Euro RX - Kouvala: Supercar semi-final two grid:
Front Row: Toomas Heikkinen, Liam Doran.
Second Row: Andreas Bakkerud, Petter Solberg.
Third Row: Knut Ove Borseth, Alexander Hvaal.
Front Row: Toomas Heikkinen, Liam Doran.
Second Row: Andreas Bakkerud, Petter Solberg.
Third Row: Knut Ove Borseth, Alexander Hvaal.
Euro RX - Kouvala: Supercar semi-final one grid:
Front Row: Timmy Hansen, Tanner Foust.
Second Row: Davey Jeanney, Timur Timerzyanov.
Third Row: Anton Marklund, Ari Perkiomaki.
Front Row: Timmy Hansen, Tanner Foust.
Second Row: Davey Jeanney, Timur Timerzyanov.
Third Row: Anton Marklund, Ari Perkiomaki.
WTCC - Moscow: Great five-way fight for 13th between Tiago Monteiro (who promised to try something radical for Race 1), Marc Basseng, Alex MacDowall, Mikhail Kozlovskiy and Fernando Monje.
Tom Coronel and Rob Huff exerting a lot of pressure on Yvan Muller and Norbert Michelisz respectively heading into the final six laps.
Tom Coronel and Rob Huff exerting a lot of pressure on Yvan Muller and Norbert Michelisz respectively heading into the final six laps.
Green flag
WTCC - Moscow: We're back underway for the final nine laps. Green, but essentially yellow given the Turn 1 fuss. Muller therefore leads from Coronel, Michelisz, Huff and Thompson.
Yellow flag
WTCC - Moscow: Race back underway, albeit behind the safety car and the permanent yellows at Turn 1.
WTCC - Moscow: Race due to restart at 1350 local time - the digger can't be moved so there will be a permanent yellow at Turn 1.
Have to say, Harry Vaulkhard (on Eurosport duty) is bang on: "This is ridiculous, they can't start the race with that thing there, it's right in the run-off."
Stewards will investigate Freddy Barth and Stefano D'Aste for their roles in that turn one crash.
Have to say, Harry Vaulkhard (on Eurosport duty) is bang on: "This is ridiculous, they can't start the race with that thing there, it's right in the run-off."
Stewards will investigate Freddy Barth and Stefano D'Aste for their roles in that turn one crash.
WTCC - Moscow: A digger arrives to save its stricken counterpart, and we should be underway shortly (we hope)...
Strange to see all the drivers jumping out of their cars or giving interviews five laps into a race.
Strange to see all the drivers jumping out of their cars or giving interviews five laps into a race.
WTCC - Moscow: This red might just save Ng, who is facing a fight against time to fix his BMW in time to line up on the front row for the reverse-grid race two.
Darryl O'Young meanwhile tells Eurosport's Ben Constanduros: "When you start in the mid-pack it's a lottery, and I keep losing the lottery"
Darryl O'Young meanwhile tells Eurosport's Ben Constanduros: "When you start in the mid-pack it's a lottery, and I keep losing the lottery"
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