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DTM – Hungaroring: Here's the running order after 12 laps:
Wittmann -2.6s
Glock
Da Costa
Molina
Mortara
Rockenfeller
Wickens
Tomczyk
Hand
Di Resta
Spengler +42.5s
Martin
Tambay
Muller
Green
Ekstrom
Juncadella
Wehrlein
Vietoris
Petrov
Farfus
Scheider
Paffett
Drivers in bold are on option tyres.
Wittmann -2.6s
Glock
Da Costa
Molina
Mortara
Rockenfeller
Wickens
Tomczyk
Hand
Di Resta
Spengler +42.5s
Martin
Tambay
Muller
Green
Ekstrom
Juncadella
Wehrlein
Vietoris
Petrov
Farfus
Scheider
Paffett
Drivers in bold are on option tyres.
MotoGP - Mugello: Tech 3's young duo Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith did well in qualifying, taking fifth and seventh - despite both having some tumbles this weekend.
Espargaro's came on the out-lap for his second Q2 lap as he tried to put heat in his tyres, so hanging on to fifth was a relief.
Espargaro's came on the out-lap for his second Q2 lap as he tried to put heat in his tyres, so hanging on to fifth was a relief.
MotoGP - Mugello: Don't discount Dani Pedrosa today, he was very quick in practice and achieved fourth on the grid despite hitting an engine map button by mistake during Q2 and giving himself limited power.
If he avoids the switches, he should have good race pace.
If he avoids the switches, he should have good race pace.
MotoGP - Mugello: The tyre selection sheet is out and it's pretty much mediums all round for the frontrunners.
The only man doing anything different in the top part of the grid is Iannone, who has a softer rear on his Pramac Ducati in second place.
The only man doing anything different in the top part of the grid is Iannone, who has a softer rear on his Pramac Ducati in second place.
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DTM – Hungaroring: Gary Paffett is out of the race, and he's not happy. He just had this to say about Joey Hand, who hit him on the first lap:
"It's not bad luck, its bad driving. He just drove into me. I've never seen as much damage on a car that's been hit by another car. If he doesn't get a penalty, there's no point having an rules. He's an idiot. It's a stupid move."
"It's not bad luck, its bad driving. He just drove into me. I've never seen as much damage on a car that's been hit by another car. If he doesn't get a penalty, there's no point having an rules. He's an idiot. It's a stupid move."
MotoGP - Mugello: It's Valentino Rossi's 300th grand prix start, and he didn't want to be taking it from 10th place.
Widely tipped to win here - by Marquez in particular - after his recent form, he's optimistic about his race pace still but concerned about how long it will take to fight through the field.
"We did a big mistake," he said after qualifying, "we decided to change the front tyre and it was the wrong decision because I felt very bad with the softer front tyre and I wasn't able to improve my laptime.
"It was a great shame because I had good potential and I could've started at the front.
"But it's like this. From the fourth row everything will be more difficult, but we have the pace."
Widely tipped to win here - by Marquez in particular - after his recent form, he's optimistic about his race pace still but concerned about how long it will take to fight through the field.
"We did a big mistake," he said after qualifying, "we decided to change the front tyre and it was the wrong decision because I felt very bad with the softer front tyre and I wasn't able to improve my laptime.
"It was a great shame because I had good potential and I could've started at the front.
"But it's like this. From the fourth row everything will be more difficult, but we have the pace."
DTM - Hungaroring: Four laps completed here in Budapest, and Wittmann continues to lead. Glock isn't letting him go, the gap at 1.4s, while Da Costa is in the hunt too.
Best of the prime runners at the moment is Spengler in eighth. The pit window opens on lap 14, while all the soft runners have to pit by lap 20, and the prime runners can't pit until lap 20.
Best of the prime runners at the moment is Spengler in eighth. The pit window opens on lap 14, while all the soft runners have to pit by lap 20, and the prime runners can't pit until lap 20.
MotoGP - Mugello: Most of the crowd here is preparing to go nuts for Valentino Rossi, but there's also a grandstand full of Pramac guests cheering for the man who's actually the top Italian on the grid: Andrea Iannone.
AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live has made a habit of praising Iannone's progress this year just before he crashes. So we're saying nothing. Except that second on the grid is pretty decent for the second year rider, nicknamed 'Crazy Joe' or sometimes 'Joe the Maniac', on the satellite Ducati.
Marquez reckons Iannone will be the early leader, but no one expects him to stay the front - using the softer tyre available to Open runners helped him in qualifying but Ducati's longer-run pace isn't so great.
AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live has made a habit of praising Iannone's progress this year just before he crashes. So we're saying nothing. Except that second on the grid is pretty decent for the second year rider, nicknamed 'Crazy Joe' or sometimes 'Joe the Maniac', on the satellite Ducati.
Marquez reckons Iannone will be the early leader, but no one expects him to stay the front - using the softer tyre available to Open runners helped him in qualifying but Ducati's longer-run pace isn't so great.
MotoGP - Mugello: Here's the top half of the field on the grid:
1 Marc Marquez
2 Andrea Iannone
3 Jorge Lorenzo
4 Dani Pedrosa
5 Pol Espargaro
6 Cal Crutchlow
7 Bradley Smith
8 Andrea Dovizioso
9 Stefan Bradl
10 Valentino Rossi
11 Alvaro Bautista
12 Aleix Espargaro
Scott Redding starts 14th between the Ducatis of Yonny Hernandez and Michele Pirro.
1 Marc Marquez
2 Andrea Iannone
3 Jorge Lorenzo
4 Dani Pedrosa
5 Pol Espargaro
6 Cal Crutchlow
7 Bradley Smith
8 Andrea Dovizioso
9 Stefan Bradl
10 Valentino Rossi
11 Alvaro Bautista
12 Aleix Espargaro
Scott Redding starts 14th between the Ducatis of Yonny Hernandez and Michele Pirro.
Lights out
DTM – Hungaroring: Race three of the 2014 DTM season is go!
Wittmann makes a clean start and holds off Glock into Turn 1. Da Costa is third.
Paffett has a less impressive start, and gets turned around at the second corner.
Wittmann makes a clean start and holds off Glock into Turn 1. Da Costa is third.
Paffett has a less impressive start, and gets turned around at the second corner.
Green flag
DTM - Hungaroring: Warm-up lap is underway. Seems to be a swarm of bees somewhere around the circuit that the cameras have spotted.
Martin, meanwhile, has stalled on the grid. Luckily for the rookie he's been helped out by Spengler, who doesn't pass him, therefore meaning he can keep his P4 grid spot.
Martin, meanwhile, has stalled on the grid. Luckily for the rookie he's been helped out by Spengler, who doesn't pass him, therefore meaning he can keep his P4 grid spot.
MotoGP - Mugello: We're still one bike down today, though, as Nicky Hayden withdrew before third practice when he decided it was time to listen to the doctors and stop riding so he could get surgery on the old wrist injury that has flared up.
Hayden's absence means just one Aspar Honda on the grid for Hiroshi Aoyama.
Hayden's absence means just one Aspar Honda on the grid for Hiroshi Aoyama.
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.
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.
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.
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: 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.
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.
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
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
DTM grid
DTM - Hungaroring: Our DTM correspondent ANDREW VAN LEEUWEN is on his way back from the grid, this was the scene down there.
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
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
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
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
Breaking news
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
Monza Auto GP race two report
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.
Trophy
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.
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.
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.
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: After biding his time, Rabat slips past Salom into the lead as the Moto3 graduate runs a little wide. Seven laps left.
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.
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: 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.
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.
Crash
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.
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.
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.
+2.5kg – Farfus, Tomczyk.
-2.5kg – Da Costa, Juncadella, Petrov, Martin, Wickens, Wehrlein.
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.
Folger continues to narrowly lead Salom, Vinales has progressed to 12th and Lowes has fallen to ninth.
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
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
Breaking news
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
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
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.
Up front, Salom - who won here in Moto3 last year - is keeping Folger under pressure.
Crash
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.
Lights out
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.
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.
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.
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: 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
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
Twitter
MotoGP - Mugello: In the indestructible MotoGP rider style, Stefan Bradl tweeted this picture to show all is well and he's fine to race after his warm-up crash.
It was a vicious shunt - beginning as a low-side then somehow turning into a high-side when the tyre gripped as the crash was already underway, flicking him high into the air.
It was a vicious shunt - beginning as a low-side then somehow turning into a high-side when the tyre gripped as the crash was already underway, flicking him high into the air.
Breaking news
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.
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
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
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
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