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European RX - Loheac: The first semi-final is underway. Andreas Bakkerud leads and Sebastien Loeb is second, but the WRC legend is last to take his joker lap...
...Loeb rejoins fourth, that's one place too low to get into the final.
...Loeb rejoins fourth, that's one place too low to get into the final.
Checkered flag
ERC - Zlin - SS15 results:
Stage: 1 Vaolusek; 2 Wiegand +0.4s; 3 Tarabus +1.8s; 4 Kresta +2.1s; 5 Kopecky +2.7s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +1m01.6s; 3 Tarabus +2m32.7s; 4 Wiegand +3m04.3s; 5 Kresta +3m58.7s.
Stage: 1 Vaolusek; 2 Wiegand +0.4s; 3 Tarabus +1.8s; 4 Kresta +2.1s; 5 Kopecky +2.7s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +1m01.6s; 3 Tarabus +2m32.7s; 4 Wiegand +3m04.3s; 5 Kresta +3m58.7s.
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ERC - Zlin: And Kopecky wins his home event for a third time to further extend his lead in the championship!
"We are very happy," he said at the finish line. "Yesterday we did not have any problems. Today was about just surviving, it would be stupid to make a mistake."
"We are very happy," he said at the finish line. "Yesterday we did not have any problems. Today was about just surviving, it would be stupid to make a mistake."
ERC - Zlin: Pech sets the fifth fastest time in the privateer Mini to retain second overall while everyone awaits the arrival of Kopecky.
ERC - Zlin: Third-place Tarabus has come through in a time of 5m16.7s and seems rather happy.
"It was perfect," he says. "We are very, very happy. We enjoyed it. Perfect!"
"It was perfect," he says. "We are very, very happy. We enjoyed it. Perfect!"
Trophy
MotoGP - Silverstone: Wow. Just wow. Lorenzo does it, but what a finish we have. Marquez dives down the inside at Brooklands, but Lorenzo forces his way back inside at Luffield and wins the drag to the line. An absolute classic.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Onto the last lap, and the crowd are on their feet. Incredible, quite simply. Where on earth is your money now?
MotoGP - Silverstone: Lorenzo is back through at Vale. What a battle.
ERC - Zlin: Orsak has finished Zlutava for the second time - 6.8s slower than Valousek.The difference between seventh and eighth overall decided by just 0.5s!
MotoGP - Silverstone: Here we go! Marquez is through at Brooklands.
Lorenzo is forced to sit up through the corner. Two laps to go now.
Lorenzo is forced to sit up through the corner. Two laps to go now.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Three laps to go now. Rossi, matching the frontrunners pace now, is all over Bautista. Dovizioso has picked off Smith. And still there is absolutely nothing to choose between the leaders.
ERC - Zlin: And once again Valousek is the first to complete the stage, setting a time of 5m16.7s. He's currently 7.3s behind Jaroslav Orsak in the fight for seventh place.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Rossi starting to hunt Bautista, gaining half a second on the last lap alone.
Out front the pace situation takes a sudden swing - Lorenzo is slowest, Pedrosa quickest, and the gaps shrink once more.
Out front the pace situation takes a sudden swing - Lorenzo is slowest, Pedrosa quickest, and the gaps shrink once more.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Smith fending off the attention of two works Ducatis now.
Lorenzo is squeezing a few fractions of a second on every corner now, and his gap has grown. Has Pedrosa used too much to close onto the leaders?
To highlights the pace at the front, Bautista in fourth is now nine seconds down; Crutchlow in seventh a full 20.
Lorenzo is squeezing a few fractions of a second on every corner now, and his gap has grown. Has Pedrosa used too much to close onto the leaders?
To highlights the pace at the front, Bautista in fourth is now nine seconds down; Crutchlow in seventh a full 20.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Does Lorenzo have something saved? He's just upping the pace now, and Pedrosa slips back a touch. Marquez stays with Lorenzo. Of course.
MotoGP - Silverstone: You have to marvel at Lorenzo. He is somehow keeping the Hondas behind despite them being visibly faster on the straights, visibly better under braking and visibly better out the corners.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Remember Pedrosa saying he left it too late at Brno? He has a look of his own at Marquez heading into Brooklands, but the younger Spaniard is once again supreme on the brakes and fends off the attack.
MotoGP - Silverstone: As close as you like into Stowe. Marquez is almost down the inside, but Lorenzo sticks it out, cuts across his bows and keeps the lead - just. We're talking inches between these bikes now.
ERC - Zlin: Five minutes until the final stage of the rally begins. Kopecky currently has a 58.4s lead over Pech, who has an even greater advantage of 1m35.2s over Tarabus.
All things staying the same, it looks like we are about to see an all-Czech podium, which will give the home crowd something to celebrate.
All things staying the same, it looks like we are about to see an all-Czech podium, which will give the home crowd something to celebrate.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez sneaks a look at the inside of Lorenzo. It was around this time of the race that he made his move at Brno. It's also around this time that his painkillers will be starting to wear off...
MotoGP - Silverstone: Lorenzo still leads, but this is breathless at the front. There's still just 0.5s between the Yamaha man, Marquez and Pedrosa. There's also a beautiful clash of styles - the Hondas able to hold a tighter line in, the Yamaha hitting a later apex and carrying more speed through the curves.
Rossi has finally picked off Bradl, but is 1.6s down on Bautista.
Rossi has finally picked off Bradl, but is 1.6s down on Bautista.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Great stuff from Rossi and Bradl, who launch a series of attacks and counters. Bradl is ahead, for now at least, after a brave move on the outside at Farm.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Once again it's Lorenzo fending off a Honda swarm. Just 0.6s to cover the top three now - while Bautista and Bradl make it four Hondas in the top five, despite Rossi's best efforts.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Pit board for Lorenzo comes out with +0 for Marquez. It might also need to start talking about Pedrosa too - he's just 1s down now, eating a full 0.8s of the lead pair on that lap alone. Will this push prove Pyrrhic, or is Pedrosa also a factor?
Bautista meanwhile has got by Bradl, who now has Rossi all over him.
Bautista meanwhile has got by Bradl, who now has Rossi all over him.
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Auto GP - Donington: Meindert van Buuren will line up on the reversed-grid pole for race two this afternoon, after finishing eighth in race one.
Van Buuren was involved in a frantic battle with Andrea Roda for the coveted position during the final laps of this morning's opener.
"I made a bad start and got boxed in by Michele La Rosa for several laps," said Roda. "I think that probably cost me eighth, although I really tried everything I could to get past Meindert on that last lap."
Van Buuren was involved in a frantic battle with Andrea Roda for the coveted position during the final laps of this morning's opener.
"I made a bad start and got boxed in by Michele La Rosa for several laps," said Roda. "I think that probably cost me eighth, although I really tried everything I could to get past Meindert on that last lap."
MotoGP - Silverstone: Pedrosa really pushing now, and he's got the gap down to 1.8s. Bradl and Bautista locked together, with Rossi half a second down the road.
Checkered flag
ERC - Zlin - SS14 results: ... and it's alive! Kopecky completed the penultimate stage 3.3s behind Kresta.
Stage: 1 Kresta; 2 Kopecky +3.3s; 3 Valousek +4.6s; 4 Tarabus +5.1s; 5 Wiegand +10.9s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +58.4s; 3 Tarabus +2m33.6s; 4 Wiegand +3m06.6s; 5 Kresta 3m59.3s.
Stage: 1 Kresta; 2 Kopecky +3.3s; 3 Valousek +4.6s; 4 Tarabus +5.1s; 5 Wiegand +10.9s.
Overall: 1 Kopecky; 2 Pech +58.4s; 3 Tarabus +2m33.6s; 4 Wiegand +3m06.6s; 5 Kresta 3m59.3s.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Pedrosa's turn for a lap record now. He's got a 2.3s gap to close though. Marquez, somehow - somehow - is still with Lorenzo.
ERC - Zlin: Kresta has emerged as the quickest driver through the stage with a time of 11m08.9s while rally leader Kopecky continued his tentative approach to the day and set a time that's yet to appear on the live timing facility...
MotoGP - Silverstone: Pedrosa does indeed get by Bradl, but he's already 2.6s down on Lorenzo. Marquez has just set a new lap record - he's down into the 2m01s bracket. Incredible, quite simply.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Bautista, who like Bradl is on the softer rear tyre, is motoring. He's through on Rossi and up to fifth. Pedrosa now swarming all over Bradl.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Pedrosa gets by Rossi now, and is into fourth.
Marquez is still hanging onto Lorenzo, who sets a new lap record on his second effort. Just 0.4s between the pair (it's now 2s back to Bradl in third). But we know Lorenzo will just keep churning these laps out - can Marquez do likewise?
Marquez is still hanging onto Lorenzo, who sets a new lap record on his second effort. Just 0.4s between the pair (it's now 2s back to Bradl in third). But we know Lorenzo will just keep churning these laps out - can Marquez do likewise?
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Auto GP - Donington: "When [Kimiya] looked up from checking his mirrors he had slightly missed his braking point," continued Sospiri.
"It is the only mistake he has made all season, so I can't really complain. He will start at the back for race two, but that's motor racing."
"It is the only mistake he has made all season, so I can't really complain. He will start at the back for race two, but that's motor racing."
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Auto GP - Donington: Euronova team boss Vincenzo Sospiri talked AUTOSPORT through his driver Kimiya Sato's incident in the opening Auto GP race this morning:
"Unfortunately, Kimiya said he missed his braking point. That's all. He was fighting with Robert Visoiu, and had already cleared him, but wanted to check his mirrors to make sure he had left room in case Visoiu tried something again."
"Unfortunately, Kimiya said he missed his braking point. That's all. He was fighting with Robert Visoiu, and had already cleared him, but wanted to check his mirrors to make sure he had left room in case Visoiu tried something again."
MotoGP - Silverstone: Bad news for the home fans, as Crutchlow's early-lap problems hit again. He's now seventh after being passed by Bautista. His podium chances could be scuppered here.
Lukas Pesek meanwhile has crashed out.
Lukas Pesek meanwhile has crashed out.
MotoGP - Silverstone: Marquez is right with Lorenzo here. He couldn't, could he? Bradl through on Rossi at Stowe, and Pedrosa has also picked off Crutchlow.
Lights out
MotoGP - Silverstone: Lorenzo straight into the lead at Copse, Rossi into third, down the inside of Crutchlow, who is hung out on the outside and loses out to Bradl. Pedrosa sixth.
ERC - Zlin: A downcast Wiegand is next through. He finished 5.8s behind Tarabus and has his sights set on finishing the event in fourth.
"My goal was to have more stage mileage," he said. "We don't push, the goal is to stay on the road for sure."
"My goal was to have more stage mileage," he said. "We don't push, the goal is to stay on the road for sure."
MotoGP - Silverstone: Lorenzo pledged to attack from the outset last night, so expect to see a charging Yamaha regardless of Marquez's injury. Whether anyone can stick with 'the Hammer's will be key...
Bikes on the grid now, and we're waiting on the lights.
Bikes on the grid now, and we're waiting on the lights.
Green flag
MotoGP - Silverstone: Here we go then. Lights go green, and we're away for the warm-up lap.
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