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WEC - Silverstone: Rigon brings the GTE Pro class-leading Ferrari into the pits. He hands over to Calado.
BES - Monza: The safety car is in after 15 minutes on-track.
WEC - Silverstone: Things looking good fr the #7 Audi, with Lotterer now 38.783s ahead of the #1 Toyota of Nakajima. The #17 Porsche, driven by Lieb, is now 57s off the lead.
BES - Monza: There's bizarre scenes under safety car conditions as the #56 Porsche of Dimitrios Konstantinou travelled extremely slowly and backed roughly 18 other cars up so much that the safety car, leading the #19 Lamborghini and the frontrunners, almost caught them.
WEC - Silverstone: Rigon has taken the GTE Pro-class lead from team-mate Vilander.
BES - Monza: There's debris all over the track at Parabolica as replays show that Valori appeared to drop his McLaren under braking as he battled the the #84 Bentley of Mike Parisy and he struck the barriers at full speed very close to a marshal post.
It also looks like there's significant damage to the barrier and the safety car will be out for some time.
It also looks like there's significant damage to the barrier and the safety car will be out for some time.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer's lead is holding firm - he's 35.617s ahead of Nakajima. Lieb is third, 51 seconds off first, in the remaining Porsche.
BES - Monza: Huge crash for the #54 McLaren of Ronnie Valori at the Parabolica and the safety car is out.
WEC - Silverstone: Yacaman in the #28 Ligier is trying to make a fight of it in LMP2. He just took 3.7s out of class leader Canal, and is now 50 seconds behind.
BES - Monza: With 45 minutes remaining and the final pit stops completed at Monza the top five looks like this:
1: #19 Mul (GRT Grasser Lamborghini)
2: #333 Salikhov (Rinaldi Ferrari)
3: # 11 Bonacini (Kessel Ferrari)
4: #51 Cameron (AF Corse Ferrari)
5: # 71 Asmer (GT Russia Mercedes)
1: #19 Mul (GRT Grasser Lamborghini)
2: #333 Salikhov (Rinaldi Ferrari)
3: # 11 Bonacini (Kessel Ferrari)
4: #51 Cameron (AF Corse Ferrari)
5: # 71 Asmer (GT Russia Mercedes)
WEC - Silverstone: Christensen in the #91 Porsche is in third place in GTE Pro and closing the gap to the class-leading AF Corse Ferraris. He's now 20.686s down.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer is actually extending his lead at the front. He is now 33.568s ahead, although did lost time on the last lap completed.
WEC - Silverstone: And sure enough, out heads Jarvis for his first race stint as a full-time Audi LMP1 driver.
WEC - Silverstone: The front bodywork is being re-attached to the #8 Audi, so we might well see that car back out imminently.
WEC - Silverstone: The GTE Pro battle is still raging between the #51 Ferrari of Vilander and the #71 example of Rigon. Both are run by AF Corse and the gap between the two is just one second and closing.
WEC - Silverstone: Conway brings the #2 Toyota into the pits for its fifth stop. He is being relieved by Sarrazin. After that double stint, the car also gets fresh rubber.
WEC - Silverstone: We've also got the #8 Audi in the garage. The front bodywork is coming off.
WEC - Silverstone: But more importantly, Conway has taken third place from the #17 Porsche of Lieb.
WEC - Silverstone: Nakajima takes another three tenths out of Lotterer
WEC - Silverstone: Although second-placed Nakajima has fresher rubber, he isn't really closing on Lotterer. Was four-tenths faster last time round, but the gap is still 30.168s.
WEC - Silverstone: Big moment for Lieb at the exit of Stowe - the car snaps on him on the rumble strip. He gathers it up and there wasn't any significant time loss.
WEC - Silverstone: Here's how things stand up front with all of the top five having made four stops (although remember the #2 Toyota is out of synch).
1 #7 Audi (Lotterer)
2 #1 Toyota (Nakajima), +30.778s
3 #18 Porsche (Lieb), +45.602s
4 #2 Toyota (Conway), +48.326s
5 #8 Audi (Duval), +1 lap
1 #7 Audi (Lotterer)
2 #1 Toyota (Nakajima), +30.778s
3 #18 Porsche (Lieb), +45.602s
4 #2 Toyota (Conway), +48.326s
5 #8 Audi (Duval), +1 lap
BES - Monza: The top two, Palmer in the #19 Lamborghini and Siedler in the #333 Ferrari, have come in to make their final stops.
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MotoGP - Austin: Organisers have cancelled some of the walkabouts and parades scheduled for this morning in an effort to get the schedule back on time for MotoGP after the early fog delay.
European F3 - Silverstone: McLaren AUTOSPORT BRDC Award winner George Russell was happy to take good European F3 points for fifth in the final race after his stunning two performances earlier in the weekend.
Explaning his lack of pace early in the finale, he put it down to the change in direction of the strong wind, which meant he struggled to get the tyres working.
Explaning his lack of pace early in the finale, he put it down to the change in direction of the strong wind, which meant he struggled to get the tyres working.
WEC - Silverstone: As expected, Dumas brings the #18 Porsche into the pits. As always, it takes fresh rubber. That hands the lead back to Lotterer in the #7 Audi.
WEC - Silverstone: And in GTE Am, Dalla Lana leads in the #98 Aston Martin ahead of the #83 Ferrari of Collard. The Aston has a very comfortable lead.
WEC - Silverstone: In GTE Pro, Vilander leads in the #51 Ferrari with the #71 Ferrari of Rigon right behind.
WEC - Silverstone: In LMP2, the #26 Ligier continues to lead, as it has for the vast majority of the race, with Canal at the wheel. Yacaman is second in the sister #28 machine.
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BES - Monza: The green flag has come out and we're racing again at Monza.
Katsumasa Chiyo in the #23 Nissan in sixth place got caught out by the sudden switch back to full-speed racing and lost a lot of ground to the #1 Audi of Frijns and is now under severe pressure from the #7 Bentley of Andy Meyrick.
Katsumasa Chiyo in the #23 Nissan in sixth place got caught out by the sudden switch back to full-speed racing and lost a lot of ground to the #1 Audi of Frijns and is now under severe pressure from the #7 Bentley of Andy Meyrick.
WEC - Silverstone: Dumas now leads on the road, but the #18 Porsche has yet to stop and is due in very shortly. Lotterer has a a 30-second advantage over Nakajima.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer is double-stinting this set of tyres, so has an increased lead over Nakajima's Toyota.
BES - Monza: A full course yellow flag has come out as marshals retrieve some debris on the pit straight.
WEC - Silverstone: And Lotterer has also made his stop.
WEC - Silverstone: Davidson heads for the pits in the #1 Toyota. Nakajima jumps in and has fresh tyres at his disposal.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer's lead is up to 8.392s over Davidson. Dumas is now 20 seconds back in the sole remaining Porsche.
WEC - Silverstone: Bruni brings in the GTE Pro class-leading Ferrari into the pits for fuel and tyres.
WEC - Silverstone: Duval brings the fifth-placed #8 Audi into the pits.
WEC - Silverstone: We are now into the second half of the race. And the top three cars - the #7 Audi, the #1 Toota and the #18 Porsche are separated by just 14.450s.
BES - Monza: Andrew Palmer's lead over the #333 Ferrari of Siedler at the head of the race has been cut to 16.246s as he battles to lap a gaggle of slower cars.
By: Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw, Alex Kalinauckas, Matt Beer, Mark Glendenning
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