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WTCC - Salzburgring: Standing start of course for the second race of the weekend. James Nash and Norbert Michelisz take their places on the front row, and after the field files around we're green. Hints of premature movement from both front-row men, and its Michelisz who takes the lead.
WTCC - Salzburgring: The Salzburgring finale is now minutes away. James Thompson made it onto the track 40 seconds before the pitlane closed, but no such luck for Stefano D'Aste or Darryl O'Young, both of whom will not start due to damage. Campos meanwhile have just about got Hugo Valente's car turned around, but he will start from the pitlane.
DTM - Brands Hatch: Frantic start, but Rockenfeller keeps lead from Farfus. Stinkers for Hand and Priaulx, each losing two spots. Tomczyk up from P22 to P17.
WTCC - Salzburgring: Michel Nykjaer holds off James Nash to claim his second win of 2013, while Yvan Muller leads the penalised-driver charge with a remarkable surge from 13th to third. Full story here.
WTCC - Salzburgring: Nykjaer wins from Nash and Muller. Full story coming shortly.
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Superstars - Brno: "I think some people were trying to win the race on the first lap." – Christian Klien on being an innocent bystander in someone else's accident in Brno.
WTCC - Salzburgring: Nykjaer and Nash preserve their advantage at the start, but behind MacDowall has surged into eighth, Muller to 10th and Huff to 11th after the opening lap.
Green flag
WTCC - Salzburgring: Cars in formation and coming around the final bend...and race one is now underway.
WTCC - Salzburgring: We're 15 minutes away from the start of a very jumbled opening race. In case you missed it last night, stewards handed out a spate of fines and grid penalties in the wake of qualifying’s farcical finish.
The upshot is that Michel Nykjaer starts on pole, with James Nash Mehdi Bennani and Mikhail Kozlovskiy for immediate company. Provisional poleman Yvan Muller will line up 13th, alongside ex-Chevrolet team-mate and defending champion Rob Huff. Tom Chilton, who had qualified second, will start directly behind Muller in 15th. All three Honda Civics meanwhile start from the back due to a technical infringement (all three were also punished in the qualifying aftermath).
The upshot is that Michel Nykjaer starts on pole, with James Nash Mehdi Bennani and Mikhail Kozlovskiy for immediate company. Provisional poleman Yvan Muller will line up 13th, alongside ex-Chevrolet team-mate and defending champion Rob Huff. Tom Chilton, who had qualified second, will start directly behind Muller in 15th. All three Honda Civics meanwhile start from the back due to a technical infringement (all three were also punished in the qualifying aftermath).
Superstars - Brno: Can confirm it was a gearbox problem from Morbidelli. Full race report will be online soon.
Superstars - Brno: Thomas Biagi comfortably wins the first race here in Brno. Gianni Morbidelli a shock retirement from third place on the penultimate lap. Looks to be a mechanical problem. More details to follow.
Crash
Superstars - Brno: Crash! The BMW of Edoardo Piscopo and the Porsche of Max Fantini have a coming together on the run to the first corner. Roberto Benedetti's Cadillac was involved as well. Safety Car has been deployed.
Superstars - Brno: Cars are on the grid here in Brno. Thomas Biagi will start on pole for Romeo Ferraris Mercedes, with Giovanni Berton joining him on the front row in the lead Dinamic BMW. Race start about five minutes away.
European F3 - Brands Hatch: And following that incident, we've now had EIGHT drivers given drive-throughs for failing to slow under yellow flags. The upshot of this is that Roy Nissany and Andre Rudersdorf are, unbelievably, inside the top 10.
European F3 - Brands Hatch: Bizzarre incident here. Alex Lynn spins out of second exiting Paddock and stops in the middle of the track. Drivers head this way and that to avoid him, but Prema team-mate Cheever can't prevent clipping him and firing himself off at Druids. Lynn returns to pits while the safety car comes out.
DTM - Brands Hatch: Some quick news. After being sent to the back of the grid yesterday for failing a weight test, Martin Tomczyk's formerly pole-sitting car has now been removed from Parc Ferme. That means the RMG squad can tweak the set-up. He'll get a 10-place grid penalty for that, but as he's starting last anyway, it will make no difference.
DTM - Brands Hatch: It's overcast this morning, but the rain should hold off. Jenson Button is the star attraction today as he's here with Mercedes and will drive the race taxi during the lunch break.
Superstars - Brno: Good morning from the circuit that seems to be missing a vowel. The sun is out, the crowd is building, and the first Superstars race is just 45 minutes away.
Euro F3 - Brands Hatch: Will we get some overtaking today? Tincknell, 4th on grid, has two new tyres to use; Grenhagen, 6th, has complete new set...
WTCC - Salzburgring: Final grid for opening race now confirmed, after myriad penalties and fines. Michel Nykjaer and James Nash will share the front row, with provisional poleman Yvan Muller dropped to 13th. Full story and grid here.
WTCC Fines
WTCC - Salzburgring: Warm-up finishes with James Thompson's LADA on top, ahead of Yvan Muller, Rob Huff and Tom Chilton.
The latter trio were all part of the 12-strong group penalised for qualifying infringements yesterday, meaning it is Michel Nykjaer who will start from pole for race one.
And just in case you were wondering what en masse penalties did for paperwork, we've obliged...
NASCAR All-Star Charlotte: Another Busch win in segment four. Back to Kurt this time, as he makes fastest progress through the cars that had only changed two tyres at the last stops.
A 10-lap sprint will now need the result.
A 10-lap sprint will now need the result.
NASCAR All-Star Charlotte: Another Busch win in segment three, this time Kyle with brother Kurt in second.
NASCAR All-Star Charlotte: An extra $1 million bonus was on offer for any driver who could win every segment of his event, but that won't happen as Kurt Busch fell to fourth in part two.
It was his brother Kyle who won, breaking clear of Clint Bowyer.
It was his brother Kyle who won, breaking clear of Clint Bowyer.
NASCAR All-Star Charlotte: Kurt Busch wins the interrupted segment one ahead of brother Kyle.
Another 20-lap segment follows after this caution.
Another 20-lap segment follows after this caution.
NASCAR All-Star Charlotte: The rain has stopped, the track is dry and the field is back on track hoping to get the remaining 77 laps in.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: The red flag comes out for rain after 12 laps. Jet dryers get to work.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: The main event finally gets underway but the Sprint Cup champion is out of the hunt immediately, as Brad Keselowski cruises into the pits with broken transmission.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: A comfortable Showdown win for Jamie McMurray, with Ricky Stenhouse Jr joining him in the All-Star after finishing second.
Martin Truex Jr fell back to fifth in the second segment.
The result of the fan vote to determine the third driver moving into the All-Star has yet to be announced, but Danica Patrick is hot favourite...
Martin Truex Jr fell back to fifth in the second segment.
The result of the fan vote to determine the third driver moving into the All-Star has yet to be announced, but Danica Patrick is hot favourite...
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: Jamie McMurray led throughout the first 20-lap segment, with Martin Truex Jr edging closer to his tail.
Drivers have the option to pit for tyres during this halfway caution if they wish.
Drivers have the option to pit for tyres during this halfway caution if they wish.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: After a slight rain delay, the Showdown is about to get underway.
The top two finishers of this 40-lap race (split into two 20-lap segments with a caution in the middle) go into the All-Star, as does the winner of a fan vote.
The top two finishers of this 40-lap race (split into two 20-lap segments with a caution in the middle) go into the All-Star, as does the winner of a fan vote.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: After a slight rain delay, the final build-up to the Showdown qualifying race should commence shortly.
Checkered flag
V8 Supercars - Austin - race two result: 1 Whincup; 2 Lowndes; 3 Coulthard; 4 Webb; 5 van Gisbergen; 6 Winterbottom; 7 McLaughlin; 8 R Kelly; 9 W Davison; 10 Moffat.
V8 Supercars - Austin: It's going to take a lot to stop Jamie Whincup completing a Saturday double. He has pulled a 3.4s lead over Triple 8 team-mate Craig Lowndes before the pitstops.
NASCAR All-Star - Charlotte: Showers during the day mean track is currently being dried, but Showdown and All-Star shouldn't be delayed. An early finish due to rain is possible, though.
V8 Supercars - Austin: Race two formation lap is underway. Everyone is back out in time but Todd Kelly's Nissan bears scars from race one jostling, with its entire rear bumper absent.
V8 Supercars - Austin: Quick turnaround for the V8 teams with race two of the weekend just 40 minutes away.
By: Matt Beer, Jamie O'Leary, Marcus Simmons, Gary Watkins, Andrew van Leeuwen, Sam Tremayne, Pablo Elizalde
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