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FR3.5 - Spa: Sainz can cruise from here, more than 10s clear with nine minutes to go. Stevens, Stanaway, Rowland and Gasly complete the top five as things stand, and Stevens is being caught.
FR3.5 - Spa: Stevens has responded to the threat from behind, and has gained himself some breathing space in second.
FR3.5 - Spa: Final lap here and Sainz is well on his way to a double. He's 11s clear of Stevens.
Trophy
FR3.5 - Spa: Sainz wins comfortably, with Rowland's pitstop problem ending the fight for victory. Stevens salvages something from his weekend with second, while Stanaway is third across the line. However, that 20s penalty he was given mid-race will drop him down the order, and hand the final podium spot to Rowland.
FR3.5 - Spa: Stanaway's penalty was for pitting outside of the mandatory window. The window was open until lap 12, and the Lotus driver came in at the end of lap 12. However, according to the regulations, that counts as pitting at the start of lap 13 - thus outside of the window.
Red flag
Le Mans - Test Day: The session has been stopped: Dolan has gone off in the Jota Zytek LMP2 at the second chicane on the Mulsanne.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: After the excitement of yesterday's race, we're back to do it all again today, and the first qualifying group has just taken to the track.
Drivers involved in this group: Hinchcliffe, Power, Munoz, Andretti, Newgarden, Dixon, Aleshin, Kimball, Huertas, Conway and Rahal.
Drivers involved in this group: Hinchcliffe, Power, Munoz, Andretti, Newgarden, Dixon, Aleshin, Kimball, Huertas, Conway and Rahal.
IndyCar - Detroit: One minute left for this group, and Scott Dixon is still yet to crack the top six. The driver currently on the bubble is Graham Rahal.
IndyCar - Detroit: Slight contact with the tyres at Turn 3 by Will Power. There's no damage, but that will have gotten his attention.
Breaking news
Sainz
A perfect weekend for Sainz in Spa this weekend. Here's how the Red Bull protege sealed double victory in today's race:
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IndyCar - Detroit: Your line-up for the second group: Simon Pagenaud, Helio Castroneves, Ryan Hunter-Reay, Takuma Sato, Ryan Briscoe, Tony Kanaan, Sebastian Saavedra, Justin Wilson, Jack Hawksworth, Juan Pablo Montoya and Sebastien Bourdais.
IndyCar - Detroit: We've just heard from Rahal, who decided to qualify on an scrubbed set of reds and save a new set for the race. That will be worth keeping an eye on later this afternoon.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Green flag for group two.
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FR3.5 - Spa: Rowland reveals that his car stalled as he pulled into his pit during that race. "I pulled the clutch in and nothing happened. Considering we had to fire the engine back up, finishing third is a pretty good result. But I was quicker than Carlos [Sainz] today so it's still disappointing."
Red flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Ryan Hunter-Reay hits the wall and trashes his left-rear. That's his third hit of the weekend. As things stand, the two most recent series champions will share the back row.
IndyCar - Detroit: Michael Andretti shakes his head in disbelief as Hunter-Reay returns to the pits. The team was working late last night getting his car rebuilt for today, and how it faces another busy couple of hours to get it put back together for the race.
Green flag
IndyCar - Detroit: Green flag. The clock is showing just over four minutes to go, so things are going to be manic.
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IndyCar - Detroit: Ryan Hunter-Reay: "Been hard on that left-rear this weekend, just like yesterday. It snapped out, and I couldn't catch it. Colder tyre temps caught me out. Totally my fault."
Le Mans - Test Day: Chandhok goes quickest in P2 in the Murphy ORECA-Nissan. His 3m38.286s puts him over a second clear of the Judd/BMW-powered Race Performance version, which in turn was four tenths up on the first session best from Signatech Alpine.
IndyCar - Detroit: There's the flag, and Sato leaps to the top right at the end to take a surprise pole ahead of Hinchcliffe.
The top five:
1. Sato
2. Hinchcliffe
3. Castroneves
4. Conway
5. Briscoe
The top five:
1. Sato
2. Hinchcliffe
3. Castroneves
4. Conway
5. Briscoe
Le Mans - Test Day: This is the AF Corse set-up in the pits. It is running a total of 10 cars (two SMP P2s, two factory Ferraris and the six privateer cars), which must surely be some kind of record.
Reckon we should call their enclave 'Little Italy'...
Le Mans - Test Day: Bruni has restored order at the top of GTE Pro. He's shaded Parente by a couple of tenths with a 3m57.599s.
Le Mans - Test Day: Another red flag courtesy of debris on the entry to Mulsanne Corner. No reports of anyone having gone off as yet.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Race three is about to get underway here in Hungary, and for the second time today, the European F3 field leaves the grid for the formation lap.
Esteban Ocon will be looking to repeat his performance from earlier in the day, with a lights to flag victory in the second race of the weekend.
Esteban Ocon will be looking to repeat his performance from earlier in the day, with a lights to flag victory in the second race of the weekend.
Lights out
European F3 - Hungaroring: Ocon leads into Turn 1 with a huge battle for second
European F3 - Hungaroring: Rosenqvist has moved up to second thanks to an excellent move at Turn 2 and into Turn 3.
Lucas Auer had challenged Ocon at Turn 1 but forgot about team-mate Rosenqvist, who stole second.
Lucas Auer had challenged Ocon at Turn 1 but forgot about team-mate Rosenqvist, who stole second.
Rain
European F3 - Hungaroring: Lap 3 and there are some umbrellas up in the stands, the track is starting to look a little greasy.
Ocon leads by 1.7s ahead of Rosenqvist, Fuoco and Auer.
Ocon leads by 1.7s ahead of Rosenqvist, Fuoco and Auer.
European F3 - Hungaroring: The order at Lap 5:
1 Ocon
2 Rosenqvist
3 Fuoco
4 Auer
5 Verstappen
6 Giovinazzi
7 Serralles
8 Blomqvist
9 Menezes
10 Latifi
1 Ocon
2 Rosenqvist
3 Fuoco
4 Auer
5 Verstappen
6 Giovinazzi
7 Serralles
8 Blomqvist
9 Menezes
10 Latifi
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DTM – Hungaroring: ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN has just been down to Audi to have a chat with Jamie Green, who scored his first points of the 2014 season today with seventh place.
"The aim was to finish, because this is the race of the year, and I hadn't finished one yet. I thought if I got some points, it would be a bonus. So I'm satisfied to finish seventh.
"It's nothing special, but we needed it to settle the ship."
During the Audi press call, Timo Glock arrived to have a private chat with Audi's DTM boss Dieter Gass. No prizes for guessing that the topic would have been driving standards, after Glock spent the majority of the race banging doors with RS5s...
"The aim was to finish, because this is the race of the year, and I hadn't finished one yet. I thought if I got some points, it would be a bonus. So I'm satisfied to finish seventh.
"It's nothing special, but we needed it to settle the ship."
During the Audi press call, Timo Glock arrived to have a private chat with Audi's DTM boss Dieter Gass. No prizes for guessing that the topic would have been driving standards, after Glock spent the majority of the race banging doors with RS5s...
European F3 - Hungaroring: Rosenqvist has picked up a drive through penalty for exceeding track limits. He was in second but will tumble down the order.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Ocon has pulled out a gap of 2.187s on lap 6.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Sandro Zeller has turned in on Alexander Toril at Turn 1, the damage will put Zeller out of the race.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Rosenqvist has served his drive through, he rejoins in 18th.
Antonio Giovinazzi and Jake Dennis have received warnings for exceeding track limits.
Antonio Giovinazzi and Jake Dennis have received warnings for exceeding track limits.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Verstappen would love a podium place here, he inherited fourth as Rosenqvist took his drive through penalty.
Verstappen retired from the first race of the weekend, and he suffered from a drive through himself in race two only finishing 16th.
Verstappen retired from the first race of the weekend, and he suffered from a drive through himself in race two only finishing 16th.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Mitch Gilbert is the latest to receive a drive through, no prizes for guessing the cause of the penalty, exceeding track limits
European F3 - Hungaroring: Ocon's lead on lap 8 is up to 6.898s, team-mate Fuoco in the same machinery is unable to match Ocon's pace today.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Fifth placed Antonio Giovinazzi has set a purple first sector, he's fifth just over 1s behind Verstappen in fourth.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Tom Blomqvist makes a great move into Turn 1, braking as late as he dared to steal sixth from Felix Serralles.
Rain
European F3 - Hungaroring: It's starting to rain heavily at the Hungaroring with six laps to go. Ocon's pace has reduced dramatically, signifying the conditions are worsening.
Ocon leads from Fuoco, Auer, Verstappen, Giovinazzi and Blomqvist.
Ocon leads from Fuoco, Auer, Verstappen, Giovinazzi and Blomqvist.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Jake Dennis has passed Roy Nissany for tenth. Dennis started 13th and is moving up slowly.
By: Matt Beer, Andrew van Leeuwen, Mark Glendenning, Glenn Freeman, Sam Smith, Dan Cross, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley
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