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Moto3 - Mugello: Still got 14 bikes within about a second of the lead with a lap and a half left.
The last two runs out of the final corner are going to be wild.
Oliveira still leads Fenati.
The last two runs out of the final corner are going to be wild.
Oliveira still leads Fenati.
Moto3 - Mugello: Bagnaia pinches second from Kent but the points leader is trying to draft him back as they cross the line to begin the penultimate lap.
It didn't go well for Kent, he chose the wrong side and fell to eighth while Fenati is the big winner and flies through to second between Red Bull Ajo pair Oliveira and Hanika.
It didn't go well for Kent, he chose the wrong side and fell to eighth while Fenati is the big winner and flies through to second between Red Bull Ajo pair Oliveira and Hanika.
DTM - Lausitzring: We're a couple of minutes away from Sunday's 20-minute qualifying session. Can the Audis be stopped?
Yesterday, Gary Paffett said they were in "a different league". We'll know more shortly, either way.
Yesterday, Gary Paffett said they were in "a different league". We'll know more shortly, either way.
Moto3 - Mugello: Kent has shuffled his way back through to second place, tucked in behind current leader Oliviera, with Bagnaia and Bastianini nearly touching just behind them.
Fenati is back in 10th right now.
Fenati is back in 10th right now.
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Moto3 - Mugello: Daniel Ricciardo is wise:
"#Moto3 reminds me of karting. Big trains, bit of bumping, back teeth clenched, combination of strategy and minerals. So good"
We've got four laps left and Oliviera is leading from Bagnaia, whose team-mate Juanfran Guevara just had a big tumble from the tail of this huge lead pack.
Kent and Fenati are now seventh and eighth.
"#Moto3 reminds me of karting. Big trains, bit of bumping, back teeth clenched, combination of strategy and minerals. So good"
We've got four laps left and Oliviera is leading from Bagnaia, whose team-mate Juanfran Guevara just had a big tumble from the tail of this huge lead pack.
Kent and Fenati are now seventh and eighth.
European F3 - Monza: It was a West-Tec that Tveter tripped over, and judging by the rear-wing angle on Schiller's car it must have been him.
European F3 - Monza: Looks like Ferrucci had an off at Ascari chicane, losing three places and promoting Maisano to sixth.
European F3 - Monza: Safety car as Tveter mess is mopped up.
European F3 - Monza: Rosenqvist leads Leclerc, Dennis, Giovinazzi, Menezes and Ferrucci as Tveter goes flying off at first chicane.
European F3 - Monza: And it looks as though Stroll is starting from his 11th on the grid, under appeal. Rosenqvist on pole from Leclerc, Giovinazzi and Dennis.
European F3 - Monza: Cars just setting off on green-flag lap now.
Crash
Moto3 - Mugello: French teenage sensation Fabio Quartararo is the first of the lead group to crash out. He fell in qualifying yesterday too and just had a low-side at the last corner from near the foot of the top 10.
Vazquez, Oliveira and Kornfeil are currently three abreast into San Donato all trying to lead.
Vazquez, Oliveira and Kornfeil are currently three abreast into San Donato all trying to lead.
Moto3 - Mugello: Miguel Oliveira, who we haven't had much cause to mention all morning, just outbraking about five bikes in one move to take the lead having snuck up through the lead pack.
Fenati was leading a lap ago, lost a bit of momentum and is now 14th. It's THAT close in this group and it's changing at every corner. Eleven laps left.
Fenati was leading a lap ago, lost a bit of momentum and is now 14th. It's THAT close in this group and it's changing at every corner. Eleven laps left.
European F3 - Monza: Forgot to mention that two further runners are starting from the pitlane as punishment for driving yesterday: Lance Stroll and Sergio Sette Camara.
Moto3 - Mugello: Championship leader Kent is still within a second of the lead, but he's down to 11th at the moment after running wide.
It's Fenati up front over the line but expect that to change by San Donato.
It's Fenati up front over the line but expect that to change by San Donato.
European F3 - Monza: We've had some scintillating Italian F4 action here, which just like F3 turned into a Prema-versus-Mucke battle. Prema's very promising Ferrari Driver Academy talent Guan Yu Zhou has won both races so far. In the second the Chinese methodically picked his way through from 10th on the reversed grid. Impressive.
European F3 - Monza: Emerson Fittipaldi is also here to support his grandson Pietro. He's also disturbed about the driving, and you can read the story about that on AUTOSPORT.com during the week.
European F3 - Monza: It was nice to bump into 2013 champion Raffaele Marciello yesterday, here cheering on his mates from Prema Powerteam. He told AUTOSPORT the driving standards were dangerous - and that was after the first race. After the second, we'd imagine he's hoping he moves out of GP2 before the current F3 crop arrive there.
European F3 - Monza: There are lot of angry people in the paddock venting frustration over shoddy driving standards. An emergency meeting was called yesterday evening for drivers and team managers. Let's just hope for a good race this time.
Moto3 - Mugello: They're not just doing the 4-5-6-abreast stuff down the straight now, they're plunging into the downhill braking areas in much the same fashion.
Bagnaia and Fenati are currently swapping first place at corner after corner. Fifteen laps to go.
Bagnaia and Fenati are currently swapping first place at corner after corner. Fifteen laps to go.
European F3 - Monza: To recap, Facu Reglia withdrew after qualifying; Alex Albon is sitting out races two and three due to engine problems; Michele Beretta's tub was destroyed in his scary barrel-roll yesterday; while Matt Rao and Dorian Boccolacci have been banned from participation for misdemeanours in race two.
European F3 - Monza: It's been a turbulent weekend so far. Felix Rosenqvist has shown his class with two wins, but we've lost five cars from the grid for Sunday morning's finale...
European F3 - Monza: Good morning from our (other) man in Italy. If MotoGP action isn't enough, 280km up the road the European F3 boys are getting ready for their third battle of the weekend.
Moto3 - Mugello: They were only four abreast past the pits next time... Niccolo Antonelli got in front for a bit, but Kent is very good at getting himself in first by the end of the straight.
Four Italians in the thick of this up front: Fenati, Antonelli, Enea Bastianini and Pecco Bagnaia, with Jakub Kornfeil, Brad Binder and Karel Hanika in the mix too and Fabio Quartararo on the tail of the lead pack after a qualifying crash.
Four Italians in the thick of this up front: Fenati, Antonelli, Enea Bastianini and Pecco Bagnaia, with Jakub Kornfeil, Brad Binder and Karel Hanika in the mix too and Fabio Quartararo on the tail of the lead pack after a qualifying crash.
Lights out
Moto3 - Mugello: A frantic first lap sets the tone for what is sure to follow.
Kent and Fenati have swapped places repeatedly already, with Kent briefly edged down to fourth but now drafting back right through to first as the leaders go six - yes, SIX - abreast down the pits straight.
Kent and Fenati have swapped places repeatedly already, with Kent briefly edged down to fourth but now drafting back right through to first as the leaders go six - yes, SIX - abreast down the pits straight.
Moto3 - Mugello: The racing is about to begin in front of a huge crowd Italy and in pretty perfect conditions.
Championship leader Danny Kent is on pole and his Leopard Racing team-mate Hiroki Ono is second, having benefited from a tow to thrust himself rather higher up the grid than he's accustomed to.
But watch the man in third - Romano Fenati, who races for Valentino Rossi's VR46 team and rarely qualifies well but is on form here.
Championship leader Danny Kent is on pole and his Leopard Racing team-mate Hiroki Ono is second, having benefited from a tow to thrust himself rather higher up the grid than he's accustomed to.
But watch the man in third - Romano Fenati, who races for Valentino Rossi's VR46 team and rarely qualifies well but is on form here.
DTM - Lausitzring: 'Dominant' is the best - perhaps only - word to describe Audi at the Lausitzring. Yesterday, its drivers locked out the top four in qualifying and the race.
Jamie Green overcame a DRS failure and a lack of voice to win the 40-minute sprint, leading home Edoardo Mortara, Mattias Ekstrom and Miguel Molina, who led the first half an hour before fading.
The new championship leader, Green topped Sunday's morning warm-up in another Audi 1-4, and the good news is that he's got more voice at his disposal today.
Qualifying is coming up at 10:40am BST, and the hour-long race starts at a very precise 1:23pm BST.
Lausitzring DTM: Audi's Jamie Green takes second win of 2015
Jamie Green overcame a DRS failure and a lack of voice to win the 40-minute sprint, leading home Edoardo Mortara, Mattias Ekstrom and Miguel Molina, who led the first half an hour before fading.
The new championship leader, Green topped Sunday's morning warm-up in another Audi 1-4, and the good news is that he's got more voice at his disposal today.
Qualifying is coming up at 10:40am BST, and the hour-long race starts at a very precise 1:23pm BST.
Lausitzring DTM: Audi's Jamie Green takes second win of 2015
Crash
MotoGP - Mugello: It's already been an eventful morning in Italy - Jorge Lorenzo was fastest in the warm-up ahead of our first-time polesitter Andrea Iannone.
But Iannone's team-mate Andrea Dovizioso was in the wars, crashing on his out-lap - somewhat embarrassingly after having been waving to the crowd.
Cal Crutchlow, who is top Honda on the grid in fourth, had a rather more vicious crash. He'll be fine for the race but was nursing a sore hand.
But Iannone's team-mate Andrea Dovizioso was in the wars, crashing on his out-lap - somewhat embarrassingly after having been waving to the crowd.
Cal Crutchlow, who is top Honda on the grid in fourth, had a rather more vicious crash. He'll be fine for the race but was nursing a sore hand.
Cal Crutchlow, LCR Honda, Mugello MotoGP 2015
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