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Blancpain - Nogaro: One car missing from the grid - the Benji Hetherington/Armaan Ebrahim Fortec Mercedes could not be repaired in time after an incident in qualifying.
Rain
Blancpain - Nogaro: After yesterday's dry weather, it's firmly wet for the qualifying race today. Points are awarded for this one, but its main function is to set the grid for Easter Monday's main event.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer is back on his way, but he's now two laps down. Buemi on inters is pulling away from Wurz on wets, while Bernhard, also on inters, is closing on the second Toyota.
Blancpain - Nogaro: The qualifying race for round one of the Blancpain Sprint Series - successor to FIA GT - is about to get going.
Jeroen Bleekemolen's Grasser Lamborghini beat the WRT Audis to pole yesterday. Here's the full story and grid line-up:
Nogaro Blancpain qualifying report
Jeroen Bleekemolen's Grasser Lamborghini beat the WRT Audis to pole yesterday. Here's the full story and grid line-up:
Nogaro Blancpain qualifying report
Crash
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer is off at Stowe and beached in the gravel. Decision to stay on slicks looks bizarre.
WEC - Silverstone:
Lead order at the one-hour mark:
1 #8 Toyota
2 #7 Toyota
3 #20 Porsche
4 #2 Audi
5 #12 Rebellion
LMP2 leader: KCMG ORECA
GTE Pro leader: #92 Manthey Porsche
GTE Am leader: #98 Aston Martin
Lead order at the one-hour mark:
1 #8 Toyota
2 #7 Toyota
3 #20 Porsche
4 #2 Audi
5 #12 Rebellion
LMP2 leader: KCMG ORECA
GTE Pro leader: #92 Manthey Porsche
GTE Am leader: #98 Aston Martin
WEC - Silverstone: Slick-shod Lotterer in fourth is losing time hand over fist to the top three.
WEC - Silverstone: Jani is back on track after suspension repairs.
Crash
Donington BTCC
BTCC - Donington: Warren Scott and Hunter Abbott were the only retirements from race one an hour ago. Here's a picture that gives a hint as to why...
WEC - Silverstone: Buemi leads Wurz by approx 30s. Buemi has just put Lotterer, who is still on slicks, a lap down.
WEC - Silverstone: The #1 car is back on track and making its way back to pits, minus its nose.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer loses second to Wurz and finally ducks into the pits.
WEC - Silverstone: Buemi, lapping 20s quicker than the leader, passes Lotterer to take the top spot.
Checkered flag
WTCC Paul Ricard race one results:
1 Muller
2 Loeb
3 Tarquini
4 Lopez
5 Huff
6 Valente
7 Michelisz
8 Monteiro
9 Chilton
10 Thompson
1 Muller
2 Loeb
3 Tarquini
4 Lopez
5 Huff
6 Valente
7 Michelisz
8 Monteiro
9 Chilton
10 Thompson
WEC - Silverstone: The Porsche lost its front left wheel and is back in its pit box
WTCC - Paul Ricard: A huge cheer goes up from the grandstands as Loeb passes Tarquini for second. The WRC ace completes the move at Chicane Nord.
Huff has hauled the Lada up to fifth, passing Michelisz at Virage de Bendor on the penultimate lap.
Huff has hauled the Lada up to fifth, passing Michelisz at Virage de Bendor on the penultimate lap.
Crash
WEC - Silverstone: Di Grassi is off at Woodcote and into the barriers. #14 Porsche pits with sparks coming from under the car.
WEC - Silverstone: Wurz pits and takes the traditional Michelin wet.
WEC - Silverstone: #8 Toyota and the two Porsches pit - not clear yet what tyres they have taken.
Breaking news
BTCC - Donington: Here's the full report and results from the MG one-two in that wet first race:
Donington Park race one report
Donington Park race one report
WTCC - Paul Ricard: Lopez and Michelisz clash after the Argentine passes Zengo driver Michelisz for fourth. Both continue.
Loeb is piling on the pressure against second placed Tarquini, but there are just five laps remaining.
Loeb is piling on the pressure against second placed Tarquini, but there are just five laps remaining.
Rain
WEC - Silverstone: Rain is falling over at Becketts.
WEC - Silverstone: Wurz is edging towards Lotterer as the first stint nears an end. Di Grassi is a further five or so seconds back.
WTCC - Paul Ricard: There are three Citroens in the top five. Muller leads Tarquini by 4.4s, Loeb is third, a further four seconds adrift.
WTCC: Loeb is fourth, having passed Hugo Valente and Rob Huff on lap four. Lada racer Huff is doing a brilliant job to hold Jose Maria Lopez's C-Elysee at bay.
WEC - Silverstone: Lotterer takes lead out of Club when the leaders get bottled up behind a GTE Am Aston.
Quote
BTCC - Donington: Plato had a few interesting words to say on the podium about the close proximity of MG team-mate Tordoff.
"I knew we had the pace over the opposition behind and I wanted to slow down, but I had Sam behind who wanted to nobble his team-mate!"
"I knew we had the pace over the opposition behind and I wanted to slow down, but I had Sam behind who wanted to nobble his team-mate!"
WTCC: Loeb has overtaken Gianni Morbidelli for P6. The third Citroen of Lopez has been engaged in door-banging with Tiago Monteiro.
Green flag
WTCC - Paul Ricard: Muller again bogs down at the start proper. Tarquini led Michelisz into Turn 1, but Muller recovers second at the start of lap two.
WEC - Silverstone: Tandy takes the lead in GTE Pro from Bruni at Brooklands.
WEC - Silverstone: Fastest lap from Lotterer as he homes in on leader Wurz.
WTCC - Paul Ricard: Polesitter Yvan Muller must have caused a few jitters on the Citroen pitwall by pulling away very uncertainly on the formation lap.
The three factory Citroen drivers and the two works Honda drivers have an advantage over the opposition in having tested in wet conditions at Paul Ricard pre-season.
The three factory Citroen drivers and the two works Honda drivers have an advantage over the opposition in having tested in wet conditions at Paul Ricard pre-season.
WEC - Silverstone: Great battle in GTE Pro. Bruni has the two Manthey Porsches on the tale of his Ferrari.
WEC - Silverstone: Lap 6: Wurz leads from the two Audis, which have made it past Buemi, by approximately three seconds.
Sebastien Loeb
WTCC - Paul Ricard: As if the uncertain track conditions weren't providing enough intrigue, there is the proposition of Sebastien Loeb and Jose Maria Lopez fighting through the field from the last row of the grid.
The two Citroen drivers lost their provisional front row starting positions after a fault on their automatic fuel cut-off system was discovered after qualifying yesterday.
WEC - Silverstone: Wurz leads by nearly three seconds, with the Audis – Lotterer ahead of di Grassi – bottled up behind Buemi.
WTCC - Paul Ricard: The home crowd should have been seeing Sebastien Loeb on pole, but instead it's his compatriot Yvan Muller.
Here's the full story of the post-qualifying changes and the revised grid:
Loeb and Lopez lose Ricard front row spots
Here's the full story of the post-qualifying changes and the revised grid:
Loeb and Lopez lose Ricard front row spots
European F3 - Silverstone: Max Verstappen has escaped any penalties from this morning's European F3 race, despite being investigated for potentially passing Tom Blomqvist under yellow flags.
Silverstone European F3: No penalty for Max Verstappen
Silverstone European F3: No penalty for Max Verstappen
WTCC - Paul Ricard After a pair of wet ETCC races this morning, the rain has eased off at Le Castellet. The WTCC cars have assembled on the grid.
Checkered flag
BTCC Donington race one - results:
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
By: Matt Beer, Kevin Turner, Gary Watkins, Peter Mills, Andrew van Leeuwen
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