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Moto3 - Mugello: Championship leader Miller is only fifth at the moment, he won't want to be beaten by main rivals Rins and Fenati.
Moto3 - Mugello: From nowhere, Isaac 'cousin of Maverick' Vinales launches himself into the lead onto the last lap!
Moto3 - Mugello: Fenati regains the lead, Rins into second and Miller gets taken out in a three-bike tangle mid-pack!
Moto3 - Mugello: Fenati, Rins and Vinales cross the line three-abreast in a stunning photo finish and Valentino Rossi's protege gets a home win by just 0.008s over Rins and 0.010s over Vinales.

That was even better than we expected.
Moto3 - Mugello: Race direction is reviewing video of the finish to determine for certain who got second place. The timing system split Rins and Vinales by 0.002s.
Moto3 - Mugello: Replays of the last-lap shunt show that Oliveira cut across on Miller and caused the Australian to fall, with his sliding bike then taking out Bastianini and Marquez too.
AutoGP - Monza: La Rosa is off at Roggia as he tried to wrest third from Cipriani. Pommer is now up to fourth and right with Cipriani. The race one leader is flying. Giovesi still has a clear lead from Roda.
Moto3 - Mugello: The finishing order is confirmed and second/third are swapped, so here's your top 10 after what will probably be the best race anywhere in the world today, even better than the Legends at Cadwell Park:

1 Romano Fenati
2 Isaac Vinales
3 Alex Rins
4 Miguel Oliveira
5 Niklas Ajo
6 Alexis Masbou
7 Alessandro Tonucci
8 Juanfran Guevara
9 Brad Binder
10 Karel Hanika
Moto3 - Mugello: Race direction is going to investigate the crash that ended Miller, Bastianini and Marquez's races on the last lap.
AutoGP - Monza: Halfway point of the race and Giovesi still leads Roda and by a decent margin - 2.9s.

Third is now Kuroda after he took Cipriani at Rettifilo. Pommer has stopped and is setting fastest laps in clear air. His podium prediction looks on.

Kiss meanwhile is making up for a poor start and sits seventh.
Auto GP - Monza: Giovesi pits on lap 12 and takes two new rear tyres. No sticky wheels today for the Milanese. He now has a clear run to the flag with Roda 2.8s behind in second. Pommer is a net third, as Kuroda is yet to pit.
AutoGP - Monza: Kevin Giovesi takes a serene win for Eurotech in race two at Monza. Andrea Roda is second despite a late charge and Markus Pommer rounds off the podium. Yoshitaka Kuroda takes fourth and Tamas Pal Kiss finishes fifth.
Carlos Sainz Jr

Carlos Sainz Jr


FR3.5 - Spa: Earlier this morning the Formula Renault 3.5 field had their second qualifying session of the weekend - and there was still no stopping Red Bull protege Carlos Sainz Jr.

Yesterday's dominant winner took another pole, while his Saturday rival Pierre Gasly - another Red Bull junior - was only 11th.

Racing Steps Foundation-backed Brit Oliver Rowland joins Sainz on the front row. Rowland is still a title threat, although retiring from race one was a blow.

Spa FR3.5 qualifying two report
Moto3 - Mugello: That last-lap shunt for Miller has thrown the title battle back open again.

Championship standings after six of 18 rounds:


1 Jack Miller 104
2 Romano Fenati 99
3 Alex Rins 87
4 Efren Vazquez 76
5 Isaac Vinales 64
6 Alex Marquez 60

(25 points for a win)
Full 2014 Moto3 data on FORIX
Le Mans - Test Day: Earlier today GARY WATKINS rounded up the early news from the test, including call-ups for an Audi GT star and a rising British sportscar racer, and some administrative shuffling with the Greaves entry.
Moto2 - Mugello: Next up in Italy is Moto2. Tito Rabat has pole and his nearest title rival Mika Kallio is 10 places back.

But the Finn, Rabat's team-mate at Scott Redding's former home Marc VDS, is only seven points behind Rabat in the standings and was in much better shape in the warm-up.

Maverick Vinales has work to do, though. Third in the points and now 37 down on Rabat, he's only 16th on the grid.

After McPhee's heroic Moto3 ride, there's more for British fans to cheer in Moto2, where World Supersport champion Sam Lowes has qualified a breakthrough second.

Italy's eyes will be on Franco Morbidelli in eighth and Mattia Pasini in 13th, and maybe also on German-with-Italian-heritage Sandro Cortese in third.

There might be a charge from ex-MotoGP rider Alex de Angelis too, as a shunt left him only 30th on the grid for his home race.

Leading qualifiers:

1 Tito Rabat
2 Sam Lowes
3 Sandro Cortese
4 Jonas Folger
5 Dominique Aegerter
6 Luis Salom
7 Jordi Torres
8 Franco Morbidelli
9 Tom Luthi
10 Marcel Schrotter
Le Mans - Test Day: Audi has gone fastest with Bonanomi in the #3 car – he's now half a second faster than the Toyota on a 3m25.297s. Wurz is up to third in the second TS040.

Chatin has taken the Sigantech ORECA back to the top of the P2 times: his 3m39.992s is two seconds quicker than the previous best set by Mardenborough in the OAK Ligier.
Moto2 - Mugello: Folger makes the best start and is by far the best under braking for the first corner, emerging in the lead ahead of Rabat.

Rabat then runs wide further around the lap and drops to fourth, behind Salom and Aegerter, with Lowes in seventh behind Cortese and fast-starter Pasini.

Kallio is up to eighth, Vinales is 15th.
Moto2 - Mugello: Caterham isn't having a great time in motorcycle racing so far. Not long back from injury, Josh Herrin just crashed out from the midfielder. He's walking away but checking his collarbone.
Moto2 - Mugello: Rabat is now back up to third, but Kallio isn't far behind him in fifth, chasing Aegerter.

Up front, Salom - who won here in Moto3 last year - is keeping Folger under pressure.
European F3 - Hungaroring: Full results are now in for the second European Formula 3 race of the Budapest weekend.

It was a dominant win for Lotus F1 protege Esteban Ocon ahead of Ferrari F1 protege Antonio Fuoco, here's the full story and finishing positions:

Hungaroring European F3 race two report
DTM – Hungaroring: An hour until race start here in partially sunny Budapest. Here is a rundown of what tyres the drivers will be starting on, in grid order:

1 Wittman (BMW) OPTION
2 Glock (BMW) OPTION
3 Molina (Audi) OPTION

4 Martin (BMW) STANDARD
5 Da Costa (BMW) OPTION
6 Farfus (BMW) STANDARD
7 Tambay (Audi) STANDARD
8 Muller (Audi) STANDARD
9 Spengler (BMW) STANDARD
10 Green (Audi) STANDARD
11 Ekstrom (Audi) STANDARD
12 Mortara (Audi) OPTION
13 Rockenfeller (Audi) OPTION
14 Hand (BMW) OPTION
15 Scheider (Audi) OPTION

16 Wehrlein (Mercedes) STANDARD
17 Wickens (Mercedes) OPTION
18 Tomczyk (BMW) OPTION
19 Di Resta (Mercedes) OPTION

20 Juncadella (Mercedes) STANDARD
21 Paffett (Mercedes) STANDARD
22 Petrov (Mercedes) STANDARD
23 Vietoris (Mercedes) STANDARD
Moto2 - Mugello: Kallio has passed Aegerter for fourth so is now just one place behind title rival Rabat.

Folger continues to narrowly lead Salom, Vinales has progressed to 12th and Lowes has fallen to ninth.
DTM - Hungaroring: As for performance ballast, the majority of the field are back to the base weight of 1120kg. Here are those that aren't:

+2.5kg – Farfus, Tomczyk.

-2.5kg – Da Costa, Juncadella, Petrov, Martin, Wickens, Wehrlein.
Moto2 - Mugello: Pasini was upholding Italian honour in fifth but he's just crashed out at Scarperia.

Among those the right way up, Rabat has set a new fastest lap and is creeping up behind Folger and Salom with 12 laps left.
Moto2 - Mugello: It's now a three-bike lead train with Folger, Salom and Rabat covered by six tenths of a second and the top two side by side into the first corner, though Folger hangs on.

Vinales' salvage job is progressing better, as he battles past Torres and Morbidelli into ninth.

Kallio has fallen four seconds off the lead dice, so fourth looks like his limit for now.
Moto2 - Mugello: The leaders go three abreast down the pits straight and Salom emerges in first, with Folger down to third behind Rabat. Eight laps left.

In more good news for Rabat, Kallio is starting to drop back down the field again, falling to sixth behind Corsi and Aegerter, with Zarco on his tail.

Lowes runs eighth but is going to have to watch his back for Vinales.
Moto2 - Mugello: After biding his time, Rabat slips past Salom into the lead as the Moto3 graduate runs a little wide. Seven laps left.
FR3.5 - Spa: The second Formula Renault Eurocup race has finished, with championship contender Bruno Bonifacio leading a Prema Powerteam 1-2 ahead of race one winner Dennis Olsen.

McLaren junior Nyck de Vries once again couldn't convert pole position into victory, but he completed the podium at a circuit where Prema always seems to be strong with its FR2.0 cars.
Moto2 - Mugello: Salom didn't give up on that, rallying late on to cross the line just 0.248s behind winner Rabat.

Folger was third, but now we've got another video review in progress with Corsi, Aegerter and Kallio split by 0.097s on the timing system in fourth, fifth and sixth.

Lowes came home eighth behind Zarco, staying just ahead of Vinales.
Moto2 - Mugello: Race direction gives Aegerter the nod for fifth place ahead of Kallio, making Rabat's win a bit better still as it knocks his title rival team-mate back to sixth.
Auto GP - Monza: The Auto GP weekend is done and dusted at Monza, and here's SAM SMITH's full recap of Kevin Giovesi's victory in race two, as the field did its utmost to take advantage of pre-race points leader Kimiya Sato's absence.

Monza Auto GP race two report
Le Mans - Test Day: There's a flurry of quick times right at the end of the first of the two four-hour sessions: Bonanomi improves to a 3m23.799s, while Hartley jumps to third in the Porsche.

The timesheets read like this:

1 #3 Bonanomi/Jarvis/Albuquerque Audi 3m23.799s
2 #8 Buemi/Davidson/Lapierre Toyota 3m25.881s
3 #20 Hartley/Webber/Bernhard Porsche 3m26.179s
4 #7 Wurz/Nakajima/Sarrazin Toyota 3m26.371s
5 #2 Lotterer/Treluyer/Fassler Audi 3m26.886s
6 #1 Kristensen/Duval/Di Grassi Audi 3m27.517s

LMP2 Chatin/Webb/Panciatici ORECA 3m39.922s
GTE Pro Bruni/Vilander/Fisichella Ferrari 3m57.982s
GTE Am Giammaria/Case/Mann Ferrari 3m59.296s
DTM - Hungaroring: Not long until the race begins in Hungary, but there's time to get up to speed with yesterday evening's qualifying session, in which Marco Wittmann starred again and Mercedes flopped again...

Hungaroring DTM qualifying report

...and to have a browse at the championship standings after the first two of 10 rounds:

1 Mike Rockenfeller 30
2 Christian Vietoris 25
3 Marco Wittmann 25
4 Mattias Ekstrom 18
5 Adrien Tambay 16
6 Edoardo Mortara 15

(25 points for a win)
Full 2014 DTM data on FORIX
DTM grid

DTM grid


DTM - Hungaroring: Our DTM correspondent ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN is on his way back from the grid, this was the scene down there.
Moto2 - Mugello: Rabat's third win of 2014 and Kallio's mediocre race have made things looked more comfortable for the Spaniard in the points again.

Championship standings after six of 18 rounds:


1 Tito Rabat 124
2 Mika Kallio 102
3 Maverick Vinales 69
4 Dominique Aegerter 69
5 Simone Corsi 66
6 Luis Salom 59

(25 points for a win)
Full 2014 Moto2 data on FORIX
MotoGP - Mugello: With the Moto2 podium done, it's time for the main event: MotoGP's Italian Grand Prix.

Valentino Rossi won it every year from 2002-08, Jorge Lorenzo has won it for the past three seasons... but it's Marc Marquez who has won everything so far this year.
DTM – Hungaroring: Less than 10 minutes until the race starts, and the weather has finally warmed up.

Yesterday, Hankook's DTM engineer Christophe Stucke said that track temp needed to be 20 degrees for the option to work properly. It would certainly be above that now.

Still, an early safety car could undo any of the option starters. Might play into the hands of the likes of Martin, Farfus and Tambay.

However, should the race play out in a more straightforward manner, Wittmann is going to be very, very tough to beat.
MotoGP - Mugello: Right at the back of the grid, we've got a surprise returnee.

World Superbike racer Michel Fabrizio is about to make his 13th ever MotoGP start and his first since a one-off supersub run with Pramac at Brno in August 2009.

The 29-year-old Italian jumped on Ioda's Aprilia Open bike on Saturday morning after the team's regular rider Danilo Petrucci failed to get a medical all-clear to return following his Jerez arm injury.

Stand-in #1 Luca Scassa had already injured a leg in testing before Le Mans, but with new Italian sponsors for this race, Ioda had to get someone on the grid, so welcome back Fabrizio.

By: Matt Beer, Andrew van Leeuwen, Mark Glendenning, Glenn Freeman, Sam Smith, Dan Cross, Gary Watkins, AUTOSPORT staff, Charles Bradley

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