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Auto GP - Mugello: After yesterday's revised race one results, when Sergio Campana was promoted to victory after on-the-road winner Meindert van Buuren was handed a post-race penalty, here's an update to the championship points situation.
Campana now leads the standings on 138 points. Kimiya Sato has dropped to second on 126, Vittorio Ghirelli is third on 110 and Narain Karthikeyan has 75 points in fourth.
Campana now leads the standings on 138 points. Kimiya Sato has dropped to second on 126, Vittorio Ghirelli is third on 110 and Narain Karthikeyan has 75 points in fourth.
DTM - Norisring: A bit of support race news now...
Kevin Estre won yesterday's Porsche Carrera Cup Germany race for Attempto Racing to increase his series lead to 29 points over Christian Engelhart. Norbert Siedler and Robert Lukas completed the podium with Brit Sean Edwards ninth.
DTM - Norisring: Late last night came news of the starting tyre selections for today's race.
Starting on the option Hankooks are front-row starters Wickens and Spengler plus Pafett, Merhi, Farfus, Green, Tomczyk, Priaulx, Juncadella, Rockenfeller, Molina, Wittmann and Scheider.
The remaining nine drivers start on the harder 'standard' tyres, the best-placed being Mortara in fourth.
Starting on the option Hankooks are front-row starters Wickens and Spengler plus Pafett, Merhi, Farfus, Green, Tomczyk, Priaulx, Juncadella, Rockenfeller, Molina, Wittmann and Scheider.
The remaining nine drivers start on the harder 'standard' tyres, the best-placed being Mortara in fourth.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Sachsenring - warm-up: 1 Marquez; 2 Crutchlow; 3 Bradl; 4 Rossi; 5 Smith; 6 Bautista; 7 Hayden; 8 Espargaro; 9 de Puniet; 10 Corti.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Hayden's incident aside, it's been a rather low-key warm-up. Though Marquez has seen fit to improve further as the flag falls - the new session best a 1m21.895s.
Crash
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Just as we were thinking we've finally had a trouble-free session, Nicky Hayden goes down at Turn 3 - where he crashed on Friday morning. The Ducati is wheeled away and the rider is fine.
DTM - Norisring: It's a very warm and dry morning as we get ready for the latest round of Germany's biggest tin-top series. Air temperature has reached 26 degrees C already.
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@HRC_MotoGP: "Dani still feeling dizzy and has decided not to take part in w/up. Will have another check in an hour and a half."
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Marquez improves to a 1m22.355s after a flurry of riders went a fraction quicker, but it's still the Honda rider at the top.
No sign of Dani Pedrosa yet - and confirmation he will not emerge before the end of the session. That does not necessarily mean he will miss the race. More on that as we get it.
No sign of Dani Pedrosa yet - and confirmation he will not emerge before the end of the session. That does not necessarily mean he will miss the race. More on that as we get it.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: After the first runs of the session, Marquez is on top on a 1m22.989s. That's still a second clear of the rest, despite being 1.6s off his qualifying time.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Andrea Iannone will not take part in warm-up after the dislocated shoulder he suffered in his FP4 crash yesterday. He will also miss the race.
Green flag
MotoGP - Sachsenring: We are underway for the warm-up. They will have to be cautious - the colder track and light fronts through Turn 11 will mean much care is needed.
MotoGP - Sachsenring: Pedrosa's Honda team-mate Marc Marquez claimed pole position after edging a battered and bruised Cal Crutchlow, and a resurgent Valentino Rossi.
What will warm-up bring? Hopefully not more crashes. We've seen more than enough of those already. Anyway, it's bright, warming up, and the cloud's burning off. And we're about to find out...
What will warm-up bring? Hopefully not more crashes. We've seen more than enough of those already. Anyway, it's bright, warming up, and the cloud's burning off. And we're about to find out...
Breaking news
MotoGP - Sachsenring: The talking point this morning was championship leader Dani Pedrosa's trip to the medical centre - which was successful, allowing the Spaniard to take part in the imminent warm-up session.
Good morning and welcome to the final part of this weekend's AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live. We'll be kicking things off from MotoGP warm-up in Germany in just a few minutes time.
IndyCar 2013
And with the conclusion of IndyCar's Toronto opener, we're closing down for the evening.
We'll be back in full swing tomorrow morning, kicking off with MotoGP, Moto2 and Moto3 at the Sachsenring and Euro F3's Norisring finale.
Will Dani Pedrosa be passed fit to compete? Will a Euro F3 race end without penalty? Join us tomorrow morning as we find out.
Breaking news
IndyCar - Toronto: Scott Dixon becomes the first back-to-back winner of the 2013 season, triumphing in the opening race of this weekend's Toronto double-header.
Sebastien Bourdais finished second, while Marco Andretti was promoted to third after Dario Franchitti and Will Power clashed on the final lap.
Sebastien Bourdais finished second, while Marco Andretti was promoted to third after Dario Franchitti and Will Power clashed on the final lap.
Breaking news
IndyCar - Toronto: Dario Franchitti has been issued a time penalty for blocking Will Power on the last lap. That drops him from third to 13th, and promotes Marco Andretti onto the podium.
IndyCar - Toronto - race one:
1 Dixon; 2 Bourdais; 3 Franchitti; 4 Andretti; 5 Kanaan; 6 Castroneves; 7 Conway; 8 Hinchcliffe; 9 Pagenaud; 10 De Silvestro.
1 Dixon; 2 Bourdais; 3 Franchitti; 4 Andretti; 5 Kanaan; 6 Castroneves; 7 Conway; 8 Hinchcliffe; 9 Pagenaud; 10 De Silvestro.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Toronto: Dixon crosses the line to become the first back-to-back winner of the season. Bourdais and Franchitti complete the podium. What a great result for Dragon Racing.
It was a bad final lap for Power, who made a diving move on Franchitti and ended up nosing into the wall instead. Power is classified 15th.
It was a bad final lap for Power, who made a diving move on Franchitti and ended up nosing into the wall instead. Power is classified 15th.
Green flag
IndyCar - Toronto: Clean restart.
IndyCar - Toronto: It will be a single-file restart with one lap to go.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Toronto: A battle between Pagenaud and Tagliani ends with Tag spinning to a stop in the middle of the track, and it's a full course caution with four laps to go. Dixon had a 3.3s lead; now he has to survive another restart.
IndyCar - Toronto: Hunter-Reay's bad day just became worse - he and team-mate EJ Viso bumped while fighting, and Hunter-Reay has nosed into the wall and damaged his wing. Local yellows only.
IndyCar - Toronto: A great move by Dixon is rewarded with the lead. Seven laps remaining, and now Franchitti is closing on Bourdais for second.
IndyCar - Toronto: The battle for third has quietened down, as Power has lost touch with Franchitti.
IndyCar - Toronto: The restart has been declared clean, which leaves Bourdais free to concentrate on the fact that Dixon is still right on his tail. Bourdais is out of push-to-pass; Dixon has two left. Ten laps remaining.
IndyCar - Toronto: Bourdais is on the red tyres, but he's really struggling on them and Dixon is all over him. That might not be his only problem - race control is reviewing whether he jumped the restart.
Green flag
IndyCar - Toronto: Restart. Dixon locks up going into Turn 1 and Bourdais takes the lead, while Franchitti has taken third from Power. Further back, Hinchcliffe's hometown curse is continuing - he either has a puncture or bodywork rubbing on his right-rear tyre.
Crash
IndyCar - Toronto: Wilson and Kimball and made contact, and Ryan Briscoe got caught up in that too. So did Saavedra, who arrived on the scene after everyone else had come to a stop. Full course yellows.
Will Power IndyCar 2013
IndyCar - Toronto: ... and rejoins just ahead of Power. The Penske racer lunges past, but overcooks it and Dixon keeps the lead. Now Bourdais has popped out of the pits in front of Power, and again, Power can't do anything about him.
IndyCar - Toronto: Dixon pits next time around ...
IndyCar - Toronto: Penske calls Power in from the lead. Dixon stays out.
IndyCar - Toronto: We're into the second round of stops, and incredibly, Hunter-Reay has stalled in the pits again.
IndyCar - Toronto: Dixon is closing on Power for the lead - the gap between the two is 0.6s. A Penske v Ganassi lead battle: so 2010.
IndyCar - Toronto: Vautier serves a drive-through for causing avoidable contact.
Green flag
IndyCar - Toronto: Restart. Dixon has taken second from Bourdais.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Toronto: Power had shot off to a 2.4 lead but that's gone now - back in the pack, Tristan Vautier got out of shape trying to pass Graham Rahal, and both have stopped in the middle of the track. Full-course yellow.
IndyCar - Toronto: Big move down the inside from Power - and it works. Kimball is just pitting from the lead now, so next time around Power will be shown in P1.
Sebastien Bourdais
IndyCar - Toronto: Bourdais pits from the lead. He rejoins just ahead of Power but his gap has vanished - Power's all over his rear wing.
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