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NASCAR - Fontana: Gordon watch: he's now up to 19th. Nearly half his career starts at Fontana have resulted in a top 10 finish, will the veteran add to that tally today?
NASCAR - Fontana: Gordon is driving like a man possessed this afternoon - he's up to 23rd, having made up 20 positions in just 10 laps!
NASCAR - Fontana: Johnson working his way towards the front along with Vickers as both depose of Kyle Busch, who is now running in fourth.
Trophy
MotoGP - Qatar:
1 Marquez; 2 Rossi; 3 Pedrosa; 4 A Espargaro; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Crutchlow; 7 Redding; 8 Hayden; 9 Edwards; 10 Iannone.
1 Marquez; 2 Rossi; 3 Pedrosa; 4 A Espargaro; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Crutchlow; 7 Redding; 8 Hayden; 9 Edwards; 10 Iannone.
MotoGP - Qatar: What a race. Pedrosa is third, Aleix Espargaro fourth.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Qatar: Rossi just can't quite get close enough on the final lap, and Marquez wins it!
NASCAR - Fontana: Interesting to see Kyle Busch down on the Apron through Turn 3/4, while Keselowski takes a higher line. Appears to have worked for the 2012 champion as he's back in the lead again.
Crash
MotoGP - Qatar: Meanwhile Bautista has crashed out of third. Agonising for the Gresini rider.
MotoGP - Qatar: Marquez hits back straight away, loses the position again, and once more hits the front. We're coming onto the final lap.
Green flag
NASCAR - Fontana: And we're back to racing on lap 24 of 200 and Kyle Busch slips by Keselowski to take the lead. Johnson, Bowyer and Brian Vickers complete the current top five.
MotoGP - Qatar: Two laps to go, and Rossi is sizing Marquez up. And he's through! The Italian dives down at Turn 4 with one a half laps to go.
NASCAR - Fontana: Gordon has been penalised for being too fast on pit road and falls back to 43rd.
MotoGP - Qatar: Marquez pulls a gap for all of half a lap, before Rossi slams straight back onto his tail. Bautista is closing too.
Rossi and Marquez go side by side into Turn 1, but the Spaniard prevails - for now at least - and keeps the lead.
Rossi and Marquez go side by side into Turn 1, but the Spaniard prevails - for now at least - and keeps the lead.
Crash
MotoGP - Qatar: The shocks keep coming. Smith is out at Turn 2. He was running in a very secure fifth with four laps to go.
MotoGP - Qatar: Bautista and Pedrosa are staging their own amazing fight for third. The former gets through at Turn 1.
NASCAR - Fontana: Pitlane open and just about everybody dives in. Keselowski the first to leave pit road.
NASCAR - Fontana: Replays show it was Harvick who shed sections of his left-rear quarter after his tyre blew up. He was running fifth at the time.
MotoGP - Qatar: How on earth do you call this? Rossi is staying with Marquez, who is trying desperately to get away. Pedrosa and Bautista are right there too, while Smith is just half a second further down the road. Five laps to go.
Yellow flag
NASCAR - Fontana: First caution of the day on lap 19. Reason being for debris on track. Everyone is currently on the lead lap.
MotoGP - Qatar: Into the final seven laps, and Marquez goes too deep into Turn 1. Rossi nips inside, the pair almost touch, but Marquez manages to save the situation and emerge ahead.
NASCAR - Fontana: Cue "Jaws" theme music as Gordon is up Keselowski's exhaust pipe. Bowyer, who has fallen to third also has Harvick for close comfort.
MotoGP - Qatar: Lorenzo, damaged left elbow taped up, watches on from the garage as Rossi now plays the attacker at Turn 1.
Further back, Pol Espargaro passes Crutchlow and moves into eighth, with Redding profiting from a Hayden mistake to go 10th.
Further back, Pol Espargaro passes Crutchlow and moves into eighth, with Redding profiting from a Hayden mistake to go 10th.
NASCAR - Fontana: Kenseth's day is getting worse as he slips to eighth as the Joe Gibbs racer seems to lack the pace to keep up with the frontrunners.
MotoGP - Qatar: Side by side from Marquez and Rossi - so aggressive by the Spaniard at Turn 12, but Rossi stays ahead.
That changes at Turn 1 however, as Marquez finally makes a move stick.
That changes at Turn 1 however, as Marquez finally makes a move stick.
NASCAR - Fontana: Keselowski continues to lead as the race enters lap 10 of 200. Bowyer is managing to hang on to second, ahead of Jeff Gordon.
Polesitter Kenseth, meanwhile has dropped back to sixth.
Polesitter Kenseth, meanwhile has dropped back to sixth.
MotoGP - Qatar: The race hits the halfway point, and we're already exhausted.
Rossi still leads from Marquez and Pedrosa, while Bautista has bridged to the top four. Smith is just about keeping pace in fifth.
Rossi still leads from Marquez and Pedrosa, while Bautista has bridged to the top four. Smith is just about keeping pace in fifth.
NASCAR - Fontana: Looks like a few drivers might need some new fillings after this race - it's incredibly bumpy down the back straight.
MotoGP - Qatar: Fantastic from Marquez, who tucks into Rossi's slipstream and dives for the inside at Turn 1. Fantastic from Rossi, who is having none of it and cuts straight across to keep the lead.
Bautista and Smith are just slipping off this lead fight as they stage their own excellent battle for fourth.
Aleix Espargaro meanwhile is up to sixth, having picked off Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow. He hasn't escaped however, and there is a a four-way fight - including Pol Espargaro - for sixth.
Bautista and Smith are just slipping off this lead fight as they stage their own excellent battle for fourth.
Aleix Espargaro meanwhile is up to sixth, having picked off Andrea Dovizioso and Cal Crutchlow. He hasn't escaped however, and there is a a four-way fight - including Pol Espargaro - for sixth.
NASCAR - Fontana: Kenseth now has Clint Bowyer on his bumper as Keselowski makes small gains out front.
NASCAR - Fontana: Five-wide action already and Keselowski quickly takes the lead from Kenseth.
Green flag
NASCAR - Fontana: The green flag flies and we're racing at Fontana! Forty-three cars thunder across the line, led by Kenseth. Will he still be there at the end?
MotoGP - Qatar: Scratch that. It really is all happening, as Rossi once again picks off Marquez and now leads. Pedrosa is up to third after passing Smith, who has Bautista swarming all over him.
MotoGP - Qatar: Horrible for Bradl, who was doing all the donkey work at the front. Marquez inherits the lead.
Crash
MotoGP - Qatar: Wow. Bradl crashes out at Turn 6.
MotoGP - Qatar: And it keeps changing. Rossi slips by Marquez at Turn 15, but the Spaniard hits back immediately down the straight.
MotoGP - Qatar: How close is this? Bradl, Marquez and Rossi are covered by half a second; the top six by 1.1s.
MotoGP - Qatar: Massive moment and amazing save for Bautista, who runs wide and drops behind Marquez in the process.
He manages to fend off Rossi initially, but the Italian picks him off and is up to third.
Bautista then slips up at the final corner, allowing Smith and Pedrosa to come through. All happening.
He manages to fend off Rossi initially, but the Italian picks him off and is up to third.
Bautista then slips up at the final corner, allowing Smith and Pedrosa to come through. All happening.
MotoGP - Qatar: Rossi isn't hanging on, it seems - he dives down the inside of Smith at Turn 1 and is into fourth.
Bautista is hounding Marquez, and the pressure tells as the defending champion runs wide and cedes the position. Rossi is right with him now. Breathless start to this race.
Bautista is hounding Marquez, and the pressure tells as the defending champion runs wide and cedes the position. Rossi is right with him now. Breathless start to this race.
MotoGP - Qatar: Bautista flying, as he demotes Smith and moves into third.
Pedrosa in sixth is losing touch with Rossi, who is hanging on to Bautista and Smith.
Bridgestone meanwhile has confirmed that Marquez is the only rider to have selected the harder rear compound.
Pedrosa in sixth is losing touch with Rossi, who is hanging on to Bautista and Smith.
Bridgestone meanwhile has confirmed that Marquez is the only rider to have selected the harder rear compound.
MotoGP - Qatar: Bautista sets a new fastest lap of the race as he bids to bridge to the top three. One second now between the top five.
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