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IndyCar - Baltimore: Scott Dixon claimed pole for tomorrow's IndyCar race after a hectic qualifying session. Dario Franchitti struggled, and we imagine here he's asking Dixon for tips after qualifying well down.
Dixon beats Power in wild qualifying
ERC - Zlin: Jan Kopecky completes a rather successful day at the office, completing SS9 in 9m50s flat. Pech comes in 1.8s slower.
WEC - Interlagos: Aston is on the GTE Pro pole — but it's not the one we were expecting. Pedro Lamy and Richie Stanaway have topped the lists with an average just over a tenth quicker than the Porsche shared by Marc Lieb and Richard Lietz. Free practice pacesetters Stefan Mucke and Darren Turner are third, just a couple of hundredths further back.
ERC - Zlin: Well, that run was less impressive for Wiegand, but he's quite pleased and eager to get stuck into to the (possibly wet) stages tomorrow. 10m13.4s for him, and his sluggish run means he now drops behind Tarabus, who takes fourth overall with the third fastest stage time.
WEC - Interlagos: Am honours have gone to Matt Griffin and Marco Cioci in the AF Corse Ferrari. They ended up a couple of hundredths up on the Danish-crewed Aston Martin.
Checkered flag
ERC - Zlin - SS9 results: Impressive run for Pavel Valousek, who beats Wiegand to take fifth place on that stage.
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +1.8s; 3 Tarabus +4.9s; 4 Kresta +7.7s; 5 Valousek +15.8s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +37.5s; 3 Kresta +1m05.5s; 4 Tarabus +1m51.7s; 5 Wiegand +1m56.9s.
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +1.8s; 3 Tarabus +4.9s; 4 Kresta +7.7s; 5 Valousek +15.8s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +37.5s; 3 Kresta +1m05.5s; 4 Tarabus +1m51.7s; 5 Wiegand +1m56.9s.
WEC - Interlagos: For the record, Stanaway set the fastest lap of the session with a 1m32.992s - the only sub-1m33s lap of the weekend for a GTE car.
WEC - Interlagos: Fassler has set the fastest time of the weekend with a 1m20.784s.
WEC - Interlagos: The three factory P1 cars are all in the pits after their runs by the first drivers. Fassler leads the way from Duval (a couple of tenths back) and Buemi (a further half a second behind).
WEC - Interlagos: Treluyer, Kristensen and Davidson have now taken over the three factory cars.
WEC - Interlagos: #2 Audi leapfrogs #1 in the averages before Treluyer does another lap, lowers his average and jumps to the top of the pile.
Breaking news
European RX - Loheac: Fabien Pailler and title contender Timmy Hansen share top spot and Sebastien Loeb holds ninth place after day one at Loheac.
European RX day one report
Remember you can watch it unfold live on AUTOSPORT from 1pm BST tomorrow!
European RX day one report
Remember you can watch it unfold live on AUTOSPORT from 1pm BST tomorrow!
WEC - Interlagos: The Pecom/AF Corse heads P2 thanks to the efforts of Nic Minassian and Pierre Kaffer, with an average four tenths up on the Greaves Zytek with Bjorn Wirdheim and Gunnar Jeannette.
MotoGP - Silverstone: From France to Silverstone, where Cal Crutchlow has said he does not expect his heavy pair of practice shunts to affect his race.
Crutchlow sure crashes won't hamper race
WEC - Interlagos: Mike Conway and John Martin have moved back to the top in P2 in the G-Drive/Delta-ADR ORECA by a cool half second.
Breaking news
NASCAR news: AJ Allmendinger will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup full-time in 2014 with JTG Daugherty.
Red flag
WEC - Interlagos: The session is stopped - for the most bizarre of reasons. An errant flag has drifted onto the start-finish straight. There are still three minutes left on the clock, so any celebrations are premature.
ERC - Zlin: Here's how the action unfurled in the Czech Republic, where the challenge to points leader Jan Kopecky is non-existent.
Kopecky continues home rally domination
Kopecky continues home rally domination
Green flag
WEC - Interlagos: The clock has restarted, but the track is silent. That means Fassler and Treluyer have taken the pole from Audi team-mates Loic Duval and Tom Kristensen.
Breaking news
WEC - Interlagos: The rogue flag that stopped the session was actually attached to some kind of a ballon. Where it came from is anyone's guess?
That's it for AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live for today. We'll be back tomorrow morning at 9.30am BST for what promises to be a grandstand Sunday of racing and riding.
It's been set up wonderfully by today, and here are the big talking points:
Marc Marquez edged Jorge Lorenzo after a titanic scrap for MotoGP pole at Silverstone.
Sebastien Loeb ended his first day of European RX running in ninth, as Fabier Pailler and Timmy Hansen led.
Scott Dixon claimed IndyCar pole after a fraught qualifying session.
Narain Karthikeyan's strong Auto GP form continued as he claimed pole position at Donington Park.
Despite not running in second practice, Luigi Ferrara pipped Tonio Liuzzi to Superstars pole.
ERC points leader Jan Kopecky started his day in dominant fashion, and continued that form with a clean sweep of Saturday's stages.
Good morning from AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live on Sunday September 1.
It's race day at Silverstone for MotoGP, at Interlagos for the World Endurance Championship, in Baltimore for IndyCar, and at Donington Park for Auto GP and Superstars, while in the Czech Republic, Rally Zlin is heading for the finish.
And in France, the European Rallycross stars are joined by Sebastien Loeb - and you can watch this afternoon's decisive action LIVE on AUTOSPORT from 1pm BST
It's race day at Silverstone for MotoGP, at Interlagos for the World Endurance Championship, in Baltimore for IndyCar, and at Donington Park for Auto GP and Superstars, while in the Czech Republic, Rally Zlin is heading for the finish.
And in France, the European Rallycross stars are joined by Sebastien Loeb - and you can watch this afternoon's decisive action LIVE on AUTOSPORT from 1pm BST
European Rallycross - Loheac: Heat three is done here at Loheac.
Frenchman Davy Jeanney was fastest after a clean and fast drive in the penultimate heat race.
Results: 1 Davy Jeanney; 2 Timur Timerzyanov; 3 Jermone Grosset-Janin; 4 Timmy Hansen; 5 Liam Doran; 6 Andreas Bakkerud; 7 Petter Solberg; 8 Tanner Foust.
Sebastien Loeb was involved in small contact heading into the joker lap in the last race of the heat, and set the 10th fastest time.
Kris Meeke had a poor start and was unable to do better than 25th, leaving him with it all to do to qualify for the semi-finals with one heat to go.
Frenchman Davy Jeanney was fastest after a clean and fast drive in the penultimate heat race.
Results: 1 Davy Jeanney; 2 Timur Timerzyanov; 3 Jermone Grosset-Janin; 4 Timmy Hansen; 5 Liam Doran; 6 Andreas Bakkerud; 7 Petter Solberg; 8 Tanner Foust.
Sebastien Loeb was involved in small contact heading into the joker lap in the last race of the heat, and set the 10th fastest time.
Kris Meeke had a poor start and was unable to do better than 25th, leaving him with it all to do to qualify for the semi-finals with one heat to go.
Red flag
MotoGP - Silverstone: Delayed start to the premier class warm-up at a cold Silverstone after a nasty accident at the end of the Moto2 warm-up.
As a large group of riders slowed at the end to do practice starts, Dani Rivas came into the pack at speed and hit Xavier Simeon, Steven Odendaal and Jordi Torres.
An ambulance is currently on track at the scene.
As a large group of riders slowed at the end to do practice starts, Dani Rivas came into the pack at speed and hit Xavier Simeon, Steven Odendaal and Jordi Torres.
An ambulance is currently on track at the scene.
Francesco Sini
Superstars - Donington: Solaris Chevrolet driver Francesco Sini has confirmed that it was a clutch failure that left him a lowly 12th on the grid yesterday, after he'd been in the top four in both practice session.
Race one is set to kick off at 11:00. Mercedes drivers Luigi Ferrara and Tonio Liuzzi locked out the front row.
MotoGP - Silverstone: The warm-up will start at 9.38am local time, five minutes behind schedule.
Auto GP - Donington: Our first race of the morning will Auto GP from Donington Park.
Narain Karthikeyan stormed to yet another pole yesterday, here's the full story and starting line-up:
Donington Park Auto GP qualifying report
And this is how the championship is poised with just this weekend's Donington double-header and the decisive two races at Brno to go.
Championship standings after 12 of 16 rounds:
1 Kimiya Sato 171
2 Sergio Campana 158
3 Vittorio Ghirelli 156
4 Narain Karthikeyan 131
5 Tamas Pal Kiss 71
6 Daniel de Jong 64
(25 points for race one win, 15 for race two win)
Full season statistics on FORIX
Narain Karthikeyan stormed to yet another pole yesterday, here's the full story and starting line-up:
Donington Park Auto GP qualifying report
And this is how the championship is poised with just this weekend's Donington double-header and the decisive two races at Brno to go.
Championship standings after 12 of 16 rounds:
1 Kimiya Sato 171
2 Sergio Campana 158
3 Vittorio Ghirelli 156
4 Narain Karthikeyan 131
5 Tamas Pal Kiss 71
6 Daniel de Jong 64
(25 points for race one win, 15 for race two win)
Full season statistics on FORIX
Breaking news
MotoGP - Silverstone: Moto2 riders Dani Rivas and Steven Odendaal are being taken to the medical centre for further checks after their horrible warm-up crash. Both are conscious.
Simeon and Torres were unhurt.
Simeon and Torres were unhurt.
Green flag
MotoGP - Silverstone: The warm-up has begun.
Crash
MotoGP - Silverstone: Yonny Hernandez has another crash, falling on the way onto the Hangar Straight.
His PBM Aprilia doesn't look too badly damaged and the Colombian is puzzled but unhurt.
His PBM Aprilia doesn't look too badly damaged and the Colombian is puzzled but unhurt.
Crash
MotoGP - Silverstone: Michele Pirro loses it at Vale. He walks away looking like he has a bit of a sore arm, and with a marshal carrying his Ducati's front fairing.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Silverstone: Jorge Lorenzo is fastest so far on a 2m03.647s.
Valentino Rossi and Bradley Smith are next up.
Valentino Rossi and Bradley Smith are next up.
Auto GP - Donington: The five minute board has been shown for the opening Auto GP race of the weekend.
Roberto La Rocca, who qualified eighth, is absent from the grid and appears set for a pitlane start.
Roberto La Rocca, who qualified eighth, is absent from the grid and appears set for a pitlane start.
Aleix Espargaro
MotoGP - Silverstone: Aleix Espargaro is on track and has been cleared to race today.
The king of CRT had a crash in final practice yesterday and sustained a compound fracture to a finger, which ruled him out of qualifying. He'll start 12th as he had already booked a Q2 spot.
ERC - Zlin: The promised rain arrived for this morning's loop of three stages in the Czech Republic.
The field is just getting to the finish of the last one before midday service. Jan Kopecky has backed off to protect his lead so his run of stage wins has finally ended.
Vaclav Pech is still a comfortable second, but punctures for Jaromir Tarabus and Roman Kresta have enlivened the podium battle - which is now Tarabus versus Sepp Wiegand.
The field is just getting to the finish of the last one before midday service. Jan Kopecky has backed off to protect his lead so his run of stage wins has finally ended.
Vaclav Pech is still a comfortable second, but punctures for Jaromir Tarabus and Roman Kresta have enlivened the podium battle - which is now Tarabus versus Sepp Wiegand.
Crash
MotoGP - Silverstone: Huge drama now as Crutchlow crashes and then Marquez falls at the same place.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez walks straight into an ambulance to go to the medical centre. He is holding his collarbone.
Crash
MotoGP - Silverstone: Now Nicky Hayden crashes his Ducati at the Farm kink. He's OK.
Auto GP - Donington: Kevin Giovesi has jumped front row man Vittorio Ghirelli at the start. Karthikeyan leads.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez has arrived at the medical centre with a suspected left collarbone injury.
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