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BTCC - Donington: The safety car is in and Tordoff continues to lead at the restart. Jordan takes fourth from Turkington into Redgate.
Yellow flag
BTCC - Donington: Menu spins across the track but everyone misses him. Could have been a big one. Safety car is coming out.
WEC - Silverstone: Two of the GTE Pro frontrunners have received penalties for overtaking under yellows. Holzer now leads in #92 after stop-goes for #91 and #51
Lights out
BTCC - Donington: Race two is underway and Tordoff takes the lead from Plato.
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: Only the top four have yet to stop. Giovesi leads Cerruti by 8.9s, Ibiza team owner/driver Guiseppe Cipriani is 27s in arrears in third, ahead of polesitter Yoshitaka Kuroda.
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: Kiss is closing on Cerruti for second at betwen 0.8 and 1.8s a lap. Championship leader Sato, who lost part of his front wing in an early skirmish, has pitted from fourth for a mandatory tyre change.
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: Kevin Giovesi appears in command of the race, having passed early leader Michela Cerruti.
Super Nova racer Cerruti has just run wide into Turn 1 on lap four, but maintains second ahead of Tamas Pal Kiss.
Super Nova racer Cerruti has just run wide into Turn 1 on lap four, but maintains second ahead of Tamas Pal Kiss.
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Blancpain - Nogaro: Ide doesn't think the clash with Proczyk is going to get him a penalty:
"I could not do anything about it. I was on the inside on the dry line, he was on the outside on the wet and he tried to come back."
The Grasser team will probably disagree, but for now, it's a WRT one-two and Ide and Rast will join Vanthoor and Ramos on the podium.
"I could not do anything about it. I was on the inside on the dry line, he was on the outside on the wet and he tried to come back."
The Grasser team will probably disagree, but for now, it's a WRT one-two and Ide and Rast will join Vanthoor and Ramos on the podium.
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Blancpain - Nogaro: Having won the final FIA GT title alongside Stephane Ortelli last year, Vandoorne is pleased that his new partnership with Ramos has got off to such a good start.
Or as the Belgian puts it: "We're starting to be a great romantic couple."
Or as the Belgian puts it: "We're starting to be a great romantic couple."
BTCC - Donington: Not too far away from race two, so here's a reminder of how Plato won wet race one, and here's how the grid will line up:
1 Plato
2 Tordoff
3 Jordan
4 Collard
5 Turkington
6 Shedden
7 Giovanardi
8 Neal
9 Smith
10 Ingram
1 Plato
2 Tordoff
3 Jordan
4 Collard
5 Turkington
6 Shedden
7 Giovanardi
8 Neal
9 Smith
10 Ingram
Checkered flag
Blancpain - Nogaro - qualifying race result:
1 #1 WRT Audi
2 #2 WRT Audi
3 #6 Phoenix Audi
4 #0 Brasil BMW
5 #3 G-Drive Audi
6 #84 HTP Mercedes
7 #85 HTP Mercedes
8 #4 WRT Audi
9 #24 Blancpain Lamborghini
10 #90 Villorba Ferrari
Zanardi is 15th on his comeback
1 #1 WRT Audi
2 #2 WRT Audi
3 #6 Phoenix Audi
4 #0 Brasil BMW
5 #3 G-Drive Audi
6 #84 HTP Mercedes
7 #85 HTP Mercedes
8 #4 WRT Audi
9 #24 Blancpain Lamborghini
10 #90 Villorba Ferrari
Zanardi is 15th on his comeback
Trophy
Blancpain - Nogaro: Ramos crosses the line to take qualifying race victory for WRT Audi after a dominant performance by him and team-mate Vanthoor.
Niccolo Schiro
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: Auto GP is set to have just 11 starters, as 2012 European Formula 3 Open champion Niccolo Schiro has abandoned his attempts to contest the meeting.
The Italian suffered persistent electrical problems in practice. A recurrence of the gremlins caused him to non-start Saturday's race one, and the Ibiza driver elected to head home last night.
BTCC - Donington: The track had just about dried, but a rain shower during the Porsche Carrera Cup race means it'll be wet again for race two. The MGs of Plato and Tordoff will start from the front.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The stewards are still considering whether second-placed Ide is going to get a penalty for punting Proczyk, and with only two minutes left until the flag, it's going to be a post-race penalty if one comes.
WEC - Silverstone: Nakajima is edging towards leader Lapierre, but the gap still isn't under a minute. Hartley in the remaining Porsche is dropping away in third.
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: The Auto GP race goes green in a little under a minute.
A very intense period of rain, that was rattling the roof of the media centre, has just eased off slightly - but it will be very much a wet race.
A very intense period of rain, that was rattling the roof of the media centre, has just eased off slightly - but it will be very much a wet race.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Ramos still holds a 20.8s lead up front despite Ide trying a bit of a charge.
Further back, Zanardi has overtaken the sister ROAL BMW to get up to 15th.
Further back, Zanardi has overtaken the sister ROAL BMW to get up to 15th.
WEC - Silverstone: Makowiecki has just passed Vilander for second in GTE Pro and now trails team-mate Pilet by 3.5s.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Sergio Jimenez has closed the Brazil BMW right up on Mayr-Melnhof's tail in what is now a tight battle for third - which could be second if Ide gets a penalty.
Ten minutes left, and the track is now drying.
Ten minutes left, and the track is now drying.
WEC Silverstone - lead order after 2 hours:
1 #8 Toyota
2 #7 Toyota
3 #20 Porsche
4 #12 Rebellion Lola
5 #2 Audi
LMP2 leader: KCMG ORECA
GTE Pro leader: #91 Manthey Porsche
GTE Am leader: #81 AF Corse Ferrari
1 #8 Toyota
2 #7 Toyota
3 #20 Porsche
4 #12 Rebellion Lola
5 #2 Audi
LMP2 leader: KCMG ORECA
GTE Pro leader: #91 Manthey Porsche
GTE Am leader: #81 AF Corse Ferrari
Crash
Blancpain - Nogaro: The battle for second ends in contact as Ide's Audi taps Proczyk's polesitting Lamborghini into a spin.
The Lambo is dumped in the gravel and out, and the stewards are investigating the incident...
Niki Mayr-Meinholf is now up to third in the Phoenix Audi, and there's a good chance of that becoming second if Ide gets a penalty.
The Lambo is dumped in the gravel and out, and the stewards are investigating the incident...
Niki Mayr-Meinholf is now up to third in the Phoenix Audi, and there's a good chance of that becoming second if Ide gets a penalty.
Auto GP - Paul Ricard: Race two of the Auto GP weekend is going to be one of our next events.
Tamas Pal Kiss took his maiden series win in race one yesterday, but on the reverse grid he has work to do today. Here's the starting order:
1 Kuroda
2 Cerruti
3 Spinelli
4 Roda
5 Giovesi
6 Sato
7 Pommer
8 Kiss
9 La Rosa
10 Cipriani
Tamas Pal Kiss took his maiden series win in race one yesterday, but on the reverse grid he has work to do today. Here's the starting order:
1 Kuroda
2 Cerruti
3 Spinelli
4 Roda
5 Giovesi
6 Sato
7 Pommer
8 Kiss
9 La Rosa
10 Cipriani
Blancpain - Nogaro: The pit delay for the Grasser Lamborghini means leader Ramos now has a 23s cushion with 20 minutes left.
Proczyk is keeping the Lambo half a second ahead of Ide's Audi.
Proczyk is keeping the Lambo half a second ahead of Ide's Audi.
WEC - Silverstone: Leader Lapierre has just put Lotterer another lap down. The remaining Audi is lapping nowhere near the pace of the Toyotas and the Porsche.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The WRT Audi's lead is going to grow as it's a slow stop for the Grasser Lamborghini. Harry Proczyk takes over from Bleekemolen and still makes it out just ahead of Enzo Ide in the other WRT Audi that Rene Rast started.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The leaders are leaving it late in the pit window to make their stops.
Vanthoor pits the WRT Audi with 26 minutes left to hand over to Cesar Ramos, having built a 14.3s lead over Bleekemolen.
Vanthoor pits the WRT Audi with 26 minutes left to hand over to Cesar Ramos, having built a 14.3s lead over Bleekemolen.
WEC - Silverstone: Bernhard pits out of second - 17s behind Lapierre – and Hartley jumps in and slicks go on.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The pit window opens after 25 minutes, and it's Goetz and Ortelli who dive straight in from seventh and eighth places.
WEC - Silverstone: The garage door is down on the #14 Porsche's pit so we won't be seeing it back on track. Jani reported a 'hydraulic problem'.
WEC - Silverstone: Buemi pits and Lapierre jumps in and slicks go on.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Bad news for Piquet, his BMW picks up a front puncture and he has to pit for a new one.
And it happened three minutes before the pit window opened so he'll still have to come in again for his mandatory stop.
And it happened three minutes before the pit window opened so he'll still have to come in again for his mandatory stop.
WEC - Silverstone: Nakajima spins at Becketts as Lotterer has to back off to avoid a GTE car.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The closest battle is now for sixth, where Caca Bueno in the Brazilian BMW is all over the Phoenix Audi of Markus Winkelhock.
There's then a relatively close train in seventh to 10th featuring Maxi Goetz's HTP Mercedes, Stephane Ortelli's G-Drive Audi, Andrea Montermini's Villorba Ferrari and Nelson Piquet Jr in the second BMW Brasil entry.
The other ex-F1 names in the field are struggling: Giorgio Pantano is down in 14th in the BhaiTech McLaren and Alex Zanardi still trails the pack in 19th after his lap one excursion.
There's then a relatively close train in seventh to 10th featuring Maxi Goetz's HTP Mercedes, Stephane Ortelli's G-Drive Audi, Andrea Montermini's Villorba Ferrari and Nelson Piquet Jr in the second BMW Brasil entry.
The other ex-F1 names in the field are struggling: Giorgio Pantano is down in 14th in the BhaiTech McLaren and Alex Zanardi still trails the pack in 19th after his lap one excursion.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Fifteen minutes in and Bleekemolen manages to nose inside Rast's Audi and reclaim second place.
But the polesitter's Lamborghini now has a 9.1-second gap to close to leader Vanthoor's Audi.
But the polesitter's Lamborghini now has a 9.1-second gap to close to leader Vanthoor's Audi.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Vanthoor has pulled a five-second gap over WRT team-mate Rast, who has Bleekemolen's Lamborghini right behind him.
The rain has stopped but it's going to be a while before we have a dry track.
The rain has stopped but it's going to be a while before we have a dry track.
WEC - Silverstone: Wurz spins at Club and then pits a lap later. Wets weren't working for him.
Blancpain - Nogaro: Early problems for Alex Zanardi in his first motor race in four years. His BMW is edged onto the grass in the middle of the pack and he rejoins firmly last.
WEC - Silverstone: The #1 Audi has been retired. More trouble for #14 Porsche - Jani is going slowly.
Lights out
Blancpain - Nogaro: The Audis burst to the front on lap one, with Laurens Vanthoor leading from Rene Rast and polesitter Bleekemolen's Lamborghini down to third.
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