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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.
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
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
Breaking news
NASCAR news: AJ Allmendinger will return to the NASCAR Sprint Cup full-time in 2014 with JTG Daugherty.
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.
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: 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.
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: #2 Audi leapfrogs #1 in the averages before Treluyer does another lap, lowers his average and jumps to the top of the pile.
WEC - Interlagos: Treluyer, Kristensen and Davidson have now taken over the three factory cars.
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: Fassler has set the fastest time of the weekend with a 1m20.784s.
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.
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: 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.
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: 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: Jan Kopecky completes a rather successful day at the office, completing SS9 in 9m50s flat. Pech comes in 1.8s slower.
Breaking news
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
Breaking news
MotoGP - Silverstone: News from Silverstone, where the title rivals have spoken. Jorge Lorenzo will attack from the start in tomorrow's race, with the defending champion desperate to end poleman Marc Marquez's run of victories.
Marquez, though, believes Lorenzo is the favourite for victory tomorrow. Gamesmanship? Perhaps...
Marquez, though, believes Lorenzo is the favourite for victory tomorrow. Gamesmanship? Perhaps...
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Auto GP - Donington: Narain Karthikeyan gave a succint reaction to securing his fourth consecutive Auto GP pole position at Donington.
"It was a scrappy qualifying session," said Karthikeyan. "The circuit was slippery, but also I didn't get the best out of my tyres. Anyway, now the goal has to be to make it five poles in a row at [the final round] Brno!"
"It was a scrappy qualifying session," said Karthikeyan. "The circuit was slippery, but also I didn't get the best out of my tyres. Anyway, now the goal has to be to make it five poles in a row at [the final round] Brno!"
WEC - Interlagos: Qualifying has started — with the GTE Pro and Am cars out first. For those who have forgotten about the qualifying system for the six-hour WEC races — and it is easily forgettable — the grid is determined by the aggregate of four timed laps, split between two drivers, for each car.
ERC - Zlin: No rest for the wicked. Nor ERC competitors. Straight onto SS9, and this should be a tricky one. As mentioned not too long ago, rain and darkness could feature heavily on this 18.43km stage.
Checkered flag
ERC - Zlin - SS8 results:
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Wiegand +3.1s; 3 Kresta +4.2s; 4 Tarabus +4.5s; 5 Pech +6.3s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +35.7s; 3 Kresta +57.8s; 4 Wiegand +1m33.5s; 5 Tarabus +1m46.8s.
Stage: 1 Kopecky; 2 Wiegand +3.1s; 3 Kresta +4.2s; 4 Tarabus +4.5s; 5 Pech +6.3s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +35.7s; 3 Kresta +57.8s; 4 Wiegand +1m33.5s; 5 Tarabus +1m46.8s.
ERC - Zlin: Pavel Valousek, driving the Fiesta R5, is a content man after coming through sixth fastest. He's ninth overall after losing a chunk of time earlier on in the rally.
"Now is much more better as we did this stage without any problems," he reckons. "It is only about learning with this car."
"Now is much more better as we did this stage without any problems," he reckons. "It is only about learning with this car."
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Auto GP - Donington: Vittorio Ghirelli was pleased to recover from an off in free practice to claim a place on the front row for tomorrow's opening Auto GP race at Donington.
"I didn't really use the soft tyres in practice," explained the Super Nova driver. "So, without having had much feel on them, I was quite happy to qualify second. My tyres were starting to go off on that last run, and I had lots of wheelspin so I think I lost around a tenth."
Ghirelli ended the session 0.097s behind team-mate Narain Karthikeyan.
ERC - Zlin: Wiegand puts in his most impressive stage performance of the rally so far, as he goes second quickest, 3.1s slower than Kopecky. Kresta and Tarabus are also through faster than Pech, who is now 35.7s behind the rally leader.
ERC - Zlin: 4m54.6s for Kopecky as we get our SS8 benchmark. That's a fraction off his time from the first run on the stage this morning, and 6.3s quicker than Pech manages.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Wow. Power held provisional pole by 0.3s in the final seconds, only for Dixon to beat his time on his final lap. Power had one more shot at improving, but made a mistake in the chicane.
Dixon therefore takes pole, which could be significant from a championship perspective given that both Castroneves and Hunter-Reay will start three rows behind him.
Dixon therefore takes pole, which could be significant from a championship perspective given that both Castroneves and Hunter-Reay will start three rows behind him.
IndyCar - Baltimore: That was an attempt at a time: Vautier shoots up to provisional pole. We're still yet to see a flying lap from Dixon or Power.
Breaking news
ERC - Zlin: The big news as the stage starts is that Lappi will not carry on after service, due to roll cage damage. Rain is also expected on the final two stages. That includes the 18km Pindula stage, due to be run tonight.
IndyCar - Baltimore: Slowish lap on black tyres by Vautier. That wasn't an attempt at a time; merely an exploratory lap to make sure everything is pointing in the right direction.
Green flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Not only did Vautier's car get fixed in time for him to take part in the Fast Six, but he's the first car out at the green flag.
ERC - Zlin: We're just about ready for action to resume in the Czech Republic. SS8 awaits; the second running of the 8.81km Biskupice.
In a nutshell, this is what's happened so far: Points leader Jan Kopecky has dominated, with Vaclav Pech doing a solid job in second, as has Roman Kresta in third. But we've been denied any meaningful battles for position following a penalty for Jaromir Tarabus and dramas for Esapekka Lappi.
Breaking news
Auto GP - Donington: Narain Karthikeyan's impressive form continued as he claimed pole position at Donington Park.
He popped up at just the right time during an eventful session to claim pole, despite earlier having a previous-best time disallowed.
Auto GP qualifying: Karthikeyan on pole
He popped up at just the right time during an eventful session to claim pole, despite earlier having a previous-best time disallowed.
Auto GP qualifying: Karthikeyan on pole
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Baltimore: Graham Rahal hits the tyres at Turn 8, and Tristan Vautier runs straight into the back of him. That ends the session early. Making things worse for both drivers is that they were in the top six.
Currently showing in the top six are Power, Newgarden, Vautier, Pagenaud, Wilson and Dixon, who progresses after Rahal is penalised for causing the red.
Vautier will be lucky to take any part in this final phase though, considering the damage to his car.
Eliminated: Castroneves, Hunter-Reay, Kimball, Sato, Hinchcliffe, Rahal.
Currently showing in the top six are Power, Newgarden, Vautier, Pagenaud, Wilson and Dixon, who progresses after Rahal is penalised for causing the red.
Vautier will be lucky to take any part in this final phase though, considering the damage to his car.
Eliminated: Castroneves, Hunter-Reay, Kimball, Sato, Hinchcliffe, Rahal.
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