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Indy Lights - Baltimore: It's a great, easy win for Hawksworth, who comes home over 13 seconds ahead of Karam in second. It wasn't a classic...
WEC - Interlagos: Lotterer is slowly extending his advantage over Kristensen. The gap is now up to 13s.
WEC - Interlagos: Fisichella pits out of the GTE Pro lead. He'd extended his lead over Mucke's Aston to six seconds by the time he had pitted.
European RX - Loheac: Andreas Bakkerud claimed his second European RX win in succession at Loheac today. The Norwegian's recent success has promoted him to fourth in the points table, which currently looks like this:
Championship standings after seven of nine rounds
1 Timur Timerzyanov 143
2 Timmy Hansen 128
3 Davy Jeanney 123
4 Andreas Bakkerud 115
5 Anton Marklund 74
6 Alexander Hvaal 74
Full season stats on FORIX.
Championship standings after seven of nine rounds
1 Timur Timerzyanov 143
2 Timmy Hansen 128
3 Davy Jeanney 123
4 Andreas Bakkerud 115
5 Anton Marklund 74
6 Alexander Hvaal 74
Full season stats on FORIX.
WEC - Interlagos: Lotterer is about to pit; he's 17s up on Kristensen right now.
WEC - Interlagos: Lotterer pits, Treluyer climbs in.
WEC - Interlagos: Now it's Kristensen's turn to pit (three laps after Lotterer). Duval gets in.
WEC - Interlagos: The #1 car was slightly quicker in the pits, but the gap has gone up big time - Duval now trails Treluyer by half a minute.
Kopecky
ERC - Zlin: Jan Kopecky dominated his home event this weekend to take his fifth European Rally Championship win of the season.
The Czech was faultless through the first nine stages on the first leg before adopting a more cautious approach after an overnight downpour made today's stages rather tricky.
He now enjoys a 109-point advantage in the championship and, with four events remaining, it looks like the Skoda ace is on course for title glory.
Championship standings after eight of 12 rounds
1 Jan Kopecky 223
2 Craig Breen 114
3 Bryan Bouffier 99
4 Francois Delecour 75
5 Vaclav Pech 49
6 Jari Ketomaa 39
(25 points for rally win, up to seven bonus points awarded to the top seven drivers at the end of each leg)
Full season statistics on FORIX
WEC - Interlagos: Duval is nibbling away at Treluyer's lead - it's down to 24s. Turner is doing likewise to Bruni's advantage in GTE Pro. That gap is down to just under five seconds.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Silverstone: Post-race news still filtering in from Silverstone, where race winner Lorenzo admits he nearly gave up fighting for the win and home hero Crutchlow says the weekend's crashes took their toll in the event.
IndyCar - Baltimore: The cars are on their installation laps. The green flag will be a special moment for Tony Kanaan, as it will mark is 212th consecutive start, making him the new holder of that particular record. The driver whose record is about to be broken? His team boss, Jimmy Vasser.
Green flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Green flag, and Will Power passes Scott Dixon for the lead at the first corner.
WEC - Interlagos: Treluyer pits from a 26s lead - this should be for diesel only.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Early problems for two of the title contenders. Helio Castroneves hit the rear of Josef Newgarden and is pitting for a new front wing; Ryan Hunter-Reay mysteriously lost drive and has fallen to 20th.
WEC - Interlagos: Treluyer did get a fresh set of Michelins. The big question is whether Duval will just stop for fuel and really open this race up.
Breaking news
IndyCar - Baltimore: Tristan Vautier has been fined $10,000 and placed on probation until the end of the season for his involvement in yesterday's qualifying crash with Graham Rahal.
WEC - Interlagos: Duval has lost the right rear at the end of the pitlane. Bizarrely, the wheel and tyre has landed on the rear deck and is being carried around back to the pits.
WEC - Interlagos: Mucke is flying and coming back at Fisichella. The gap is down to 1.7s at the head of GTE Pro
IndyCar - Baltimore: Dario Franchitti's miserable weekend continues. He's already had three engine problems, and now he's stuck in the pits with brake dramas.
Takuma Sato is also in the pits with mechanical problems, and James Jakes has stopped out on the track.
Up at the front, Power leads Dixon by 1.5s, followed by Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden.
Takuma Sato is also in the pits with mechanical problems, and James Jakes has stopped out on the track.
Up at the front, Power leads Dixon by 1.5s, followed by Simon Pagenaud and Josef Newgarden.
IndyCar - Baltimore: It sounds like Sato's problem is engine-related. His afternoon appears to be over.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Ed Carpenter is in the tyres at Turn 9. Luca Filippi's race is over, too - another engine problem, judging from the smoke pouring from the rear of his car.
IndyCar - Baltimore: We're still under yellows as officials take advantage of the caution to sweep up some debris. The delay has worked out well for Carpenter, who made it back to the pits for repairs and is now back out on the track.
WEC - Interlagos: Mucke is right with Fisichella, but has yet to have a decent look at the leader.
Green flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Restart, and Pagenaud takes P2 from Dixon at the first corner.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Graham Rahal is having a good race - he's just passed Tony Kanaan for sixth. Power still leads, with five Honda-powered cars behind him.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Franchitti has rejoined the race, albeit seven laps down.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Newgarden glances the wall and loses three places. Kimball is now fourth.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Pagenaud is rapidly losing ground to Power, whose lead is now 4.5s.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Pagenaud lost 1.2s on that last lap. His tyres must be shot.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Pagenaud pits. Dixon will be relieved about that, as he was losing a ton of time stuck behind the Schmidt car. Power's lead has blown out to 9.7s.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Franchitti's car has stopped again.
The leaders have pitted. Power overshot his stall and lost a lot of time - he's now just 1.3s ahead of Dixon. Bourdais, who is out of sequence. leads.
The leaders have pitted. Power overshot his stall and lost a lot of time - he's now just 1.3s ahead of Dixon. Bourdais, who is out of sequence. leads.
WEC - Interlagos: The #2 Audi has just taken a 30-second stop-go for speeding in the pitlane and now it is back to take a one-minute stop for an unsafe release. It's not going to alter the result, though. The Rebellion Lola is just a little bit too far behind to benefit
IndyCar - Baltimore: Power and Dixon are catching - and passing - some of the guys who are ahead through being out of sequence, including Marco Andretti.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Bourdais pits from the lead, promoting the soon-to-pit Tristan Vautier to P1.
WEC - Interlagos: Having said that, Duval makes a 'proper' stop for fuel and tyres, allowing Prost up into second. The Rebellion car is due a stop of its own, however.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Stefan Wilson hits the wall at Turn 7. Vautier and Castroneves are straight into the pits.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Bourdais has retained the lead after the pitstops have shaken out, with Power just behind him. Impressive.
It was a bad stop for Castroneves, who lost a lot of time when the team dropped his car off the jack before his right-front wheel had been attached.
It was a bad stop for Castroneves, who lost a lot of time when the team dropped his car off the jack before his right-front wheel had been attached.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Another blow to Ryan Hunter-Reay's title defence - his car has stopped at Turn 11. We're still under caution.
Green flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Hunter-Reay's car appeared to be stuck in gear, so it took a while for it to be retrieved from the track. Back to green.
By: Matt Beer, Scott Mitchell, Sam Tremayne, Mark Glendenning, Gary Watkins, Connell Sanders Jr, Peter Mills, Andrew van Leeuwen, Andrew van de Burgt, Dan Cross
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