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IndyCar - NOLA: And there it is. HInchcliffe's gamble rewards him with his fourth career win. Castroneves is second, Jakes third, de Silvestro fourth, Montoya fifth.
IndyCar - NOLA: White flag. Hinchcliffe has this in the bag, unless he spears off behind the pace car. Castroneves is second ahead of Jakes.
IndyCar - NOLA: Those three tried to go three-wide on a damp track. Pagenaud was on the outside, Hunter-Reay in the middle. Pagenaud ran out of track, spun into the Andretti car, and Bourdais was caught up in the mess.
Three minutes to go. Hinchcliffe is looking good here.
Three minutes to go. Hinchcliffe is looking good here.
IndyCar - NOLA: Pagenaud is shouting rude French words at Bourdais ... and now he's gone over to Hunter-Reay's car to shout at him, too. The Andretti driver might yet be able to rejoin; it doesn't look like he has much damage. This is all great news for Hinchcliffe, who gets more laps under yellow.
Crash
IndyCar - NOLA: Pagenaud, Hunter-Reay, Bourdais. Chaos.
IndyCar - NOLA: Restart. Great getaway by Hinchcliffe.
IndyCar - NOLA: There are 13 minutes left in the race, and every lap undr yellow will be welcomed by Hinchcliffe, who pitted 28 laps ago and is aiming to run to the end. Castroneves is second ahead of Jakes, de Silvestro, Kanaan and Montoya.
The top 10:
1. Marquez
2. Dovizioso
3. Rossi
4. Lorenzo
5. Iannone
6. Smith
7. Crutchlow
8. A Espargaro
9. Vinales
10. Petrucci
1. Marquez
2. Dovizioso
3. Rossi
4. Lorenzo
5. Iannone
6. Smith
7. Crutchlow
8. A Espargaro
9. Vinales
10. Petrucci
MotoGP - Austin: Dovizioso holds on for second, with Rossi third to maintain the championship lead. Lorenzo and Iannone took fourth and fifth, ahead of Brits Bradley Smith and Cal Crutchlow.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - NOLA: Karam's off again.
Trophy
MotoGP - Austin: Marc Marquez wins in Austin.
IndyCar - NOLA: Restart. Hinchcliffe leads the pack away, and miraculously, everyone has covered the first few corners without hitting anything. Oh, and it's raining again.
MotoGP - Austin: Final lap for Marquez. Dovizioso still ahead of Rossi.
MotoGP - Austin: Two laps remaining for Marquez, who's set to complete an Austin hat-trick.
MotoGP - Austin: But that proves too great a task, Lorenzo takes the position from Iannone.
MotoGP - Austin: Iannone has fallen away from the Dovizioso and Rossi battle, he's now set on defending fourth from Lorenzo with three laps to go.
MotoGP - Austin: Four laps remaining in this fight for second, primarily between Dovizioso and Rossi after their Qatar epic.
IndyCar - NOLA: We were about to go green ... and then Huertas spun off at the last corner.
MotoGP - Austin: With five laps to go, Marquez is 4.1s clear. Dovizioso, Rossi and Iannone have been joined in their scrap by Lorenzo.
MotoGP - Austin: Dovizioso is past Rossi, he made the move stick down the inside of Turn 3, after getting a great run out of Turn 2. There's six laps remaining.
MotoGP - Austin: Still nothing between Rossi and Dovizioso, Iannone is in the mix as well right behind his Ducati team-mate.
IndyCar - NOLA: Still under caution, and most of the leaders pit for new tyres. No change of position among the leaders as they all rejoin. Hinchcliffe and Huertas were on the same strategy as the leaders and have elected to stay out, while Castroneves sits in third as the leader of the early-stoppers. Montoya has slotted back into seventh.
MotoGP - Austin: Marquez's lead is now out to 3.2s. He's controlling the show, a third-straight MotoGP victory in Austin looks nine laps away...
MotoGP - Austin: The order with 10 laps to go:
1. Marquez, by 2.45s
2. Rossi
3. Dovizioso
4. Iannone
5. Lorenzo
6. Smith
7. Crutchlow
8. Espargaro
9. Petrucci
10. Vinales
1. Marquez, by 2.45s
2. Rossi
3. Dovizioso
4. Iannone
5. Lorenzo
6. Smith
7. Crutchlow
8. Espargaro
9. Petrucci
10. Vinales
MotoGP - Austin: Lorenzo has moved past smith to take fifth, Crutchlow is now up to seventh after getting past the Suzuki or Espargaro.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - NOLA: Another yellow. Karam has spun into a gravel trap.
IndyCar - NOLA: Restart. Rahal was caught out by a puddle and almost walled it, but managed to escape with nothing worse than the loss of a position to Hunter-Reay.
MotoGP - Austin: Marquez is now 2.2s clear, at the end of Lap 9. Rossi still leads Dovizioso, Iannone, Smith and Lorenzo.
IndyCar - NOLA: A lot of the cars toward the back - including Kanaan and Castroneves - have taken advantage of the caution to stop for fresh rubber. This will likely be a timed race, so they'll be hoping not to have to stop again.
MotoGP - Austin: Iannone has now passed Smith, at the back of a four-bike pack Rossi leads.
MotoGP - Austin: Rossi is past Dovizioso for second. Marquez is now 1.8s up the road.
Crash
MotoGP - Austin: Hernandez has crashed out of the race at the final corner.
IndyCar - NOLA: That yellow prevented Pagenaud from taking a swing at Power, so it's still Montoya, Power and Pagenaud occupying the top three. Right behind them, Bourdais was jumped by Rahal and Hunter-Reay.
Coletti is back in the pits, where the KV team suspects that the damage to his car is worse than it looks.
Coletti is back in the pits, where the KV team suspects that the damage to his car is worse than it looks.
MotoGP - Austin: Marquez is out to 1.2s clear, Rossi got up the inside of Dovizioso into Turn 11, but didn't have the power on the back straight to make it stick.
Ditto at Turn 20, Rossi gets past, but the Ducati powers clear again down the main straight.
Ditto at Turn 20, Rossi gets past, but the Ducati powers clear again down the main straight.
MotoGP - Austin: Meanwhile, having started sixth, Redding has retired from the race after his opening lap incidents.
MotoGP - Austin: Iannone's charge continues, passing Lorenzo at Turn 1 to take fifth.
MotoGP - Austin: Marquez sets a new fastest lap of the race, 2m04.653s, he leads by 0.582s at the end of Lap 6.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - NOLA: ... and we're back under caution because Stefano Coletti aquaplaned on the straight, snapped across the track, and slammed into the inside wall. That was a big hit although his car is still running, albeit with a screwy rear wing.
MotoGP - Austin: Rossi wants to get past the Ducati as well.
MotoGP - Austin: Dovizioso has been caught by the Marquez-led pack. The Spaniard now leads, having swapped the leads with Dovizioso twice in the space of several corners.
By: Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw, Alex Kalinauckas, Matt Beer, Mark Glendenning
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