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Checkered flag
WTCC - Hungaroring: Norbert Michelisz sends the home crowd into rapture as he takes the chequered flag by 7.103s from Tom Coronel. And what a commanding performance it's been by the Zengo Honda driver.
Tom Chilton follows in third place, 2.21s behind Coronel. No Citroen presence on the podium for what seems like an age.
The conga line follows: Monteiro, Loeb, Lopez, Muller, Valente, Ma, Demoustier, Filippi, D'Aste, Tarquini.
Tom Chilton follows in third place, 2.21s behind Coronel. No Citroen presence on the podium for what seems like an age.
The conga line follows: Monteiro, Loeb, Lopez, Muller, Valente, Ma, Demoustier, Filippi, D'Aste, Tarquini.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Three laps to go and Michelisz still leads from Coronel, Chilton, Monteiro, Loeb, Lopez, Muller, Valente, Ma and Demoustier.
The air horns, naturally, continue to blare.
The air horns, naturally, continue to blare.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Kozlovskiy has parked his Vesta again, completing a miserable weekend for Lada.
Michelisz looks to have an unassailable lead, and Coronel is looking comfortable in P2 with a 1.5s margin over Chilton. Perhaps Tom asked too much of his tyres running behind his team-mate in the opening laps. But at least they didn't hit each other this week.
Tarquini may be running dead last but he's just set the fastest lap - 1m50.386s. Michelisz has just done a 1m50.838s and he's not hanging around.
Michelisz looks to have an unassailable lead, and Coronel is looking comfortable in P2 with a 1.5s margin over Chilton. Perhaps Tom asked too much of his tyres running behind his team-mate in the opening laps. But at least they didn't hit each other this week.
Tarquini may be running dead last but he's just set the fastest lap - 1m50.386s. Michelisz has just done a 1m50.838s and he's not hanging around.
MotoGP - Jerez: Here's how the standings look after that closing-it-up-a-bit result:
1 Rossi 82
2 Dovizioso 67
3 Lorenzo 62
4 Marquez 56
5 Iannone 50
6 Crutchlow 47
(25 points for a win)
1 Rossi 82
2 Dovizioso 67
3 Lorenzo 62
4 Marquez 56
5 Iannone 50
6 Crutchlow 47
(25 points for a win)
WTCC - Hungaroring: No further action, say the stewards. They mean, of course, the Turn 1 accident, but the phrase might equally apply to this race.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Replays indicate that it was a veritable tag-team assault on Huff as Ma tried to avoid a swerving Loeb, who tapped Lopez, who in turn got a tankslapper as they rounded Turn 1.
WTCC - Hungaroring: As the field settles down after that opening-lap fracas it's Michelisz up front with a lead of 3.6s over Coronel at the start of lap 4.
Chilton is on Coronel's bootlid, followed by Monteiro, Loeb, Lopez, Muller, Valente, Ma, Demoustier, Filippi, D'Aste and Kozlovskiy.
Tarquini is the last runner after making a trip to the pitlane. He went on the grass at the start in an effort to go around the outside of Filippi. Bennani and Huff are in the pits.
We continue our efforts to find out who hit Huff, although it may be quicker to identify those who didn't, since everyone seemed determined to biff the yellow Lada...
Chilton is on Coronel's bootlid, followed by Monteiro, Loeb, Lopez, Muller, Valente, Ma, Demoustier, Filippi, D'Aste and Kozlovskiy.
Tarquini is the last runner after making a trip to the pitlane. He went on the grass at the start in an effort to go around the outside of Filippi. Bennani and Huff are in the pits.
We continue our efforts to find out who hit Huff, although it may be quicker to identify those who didn't, since everyone seemed determined to biff the yellow Lada...
MotoGP - Jerez: Endearingly bonkers celebrations from Lorenzo. It's a bit of a 'best of' as he tries to plant his 'Lorenzo's Land' flag in a gravel trap but snaps the pole, and then parks his bike and runs towards the circuit's infield lake as if to reprise his victory swim from a few years ago... before peeling round in a circle on the edge and running back to the track again.
Now he's stood atop his Yamaha in pard ferme and going pretty crazy.
Lorenzo is happy again.
Now he's stood atop his Yamaha in pard ferme and going pretty crazy.
Lorenzo is happy again.
Trophy
DTM - Hockenheim: Mattias Ekstrom wins, completing Audi's clean sweep.
Edoardo Mortara leaves with the championship lead after finishing second, 7.3s behind Ekstrom and only 0.8s ahead of Gary Paffett at the flag. Big drive from Paffett.
Martin Tomczyk, Marco Wittmann and Mike Rockenfeller complete the top six.
We'll have the full report online shortly.
Edoardo Mortara leaves with the championship lead after finishing second, 7.3s behind Ekstrom and only 0.8s ahead of Gary Paffett at the flag. Big drive from Paffett.
Martin Tomczyk, Marco Wittmann and Mike Rockenfeller complete the top six.
We'll have the full report online shortly.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Our error - it's Tom Coronel in P2 ahead of Chilton into Turn 1. A sterling effort from the flying Dutchman, who has neither the latest engine nor the latest aero on his Chevrolet.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Jerez - result:
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Rossi
4 Crutchlow
5 P Espargaro
6 Iannone
7 A Espargaro
8 Smith
9 Dovizioso
10 Hernandez
11 Vinales
12 Petrucci
13 Redding
14 Barbera
15 Bautista
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Rossi
4 Crutchlow
5 P Espargaro
6 Iannone
7 A Espargaro
8 Smith
9 Dovizioso
10 Hernandez
11 Vinales
12 Petrucci
13 Redding
14 Barbera
15 Bautista
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Jerez: Second for Marquez and his wonky hand, and Rossi decides third and a safe championship lead is worth a big wheelie.
Green flag
WTCC - Hungaroring: Michelisz and Chilton are safely though into P1 and P2 but Rob Huff is outdragged by the Citroens and biffed off the circuit entirely at Turn 1. How rude!
Trophy
MotoGP - Jerez: Huge, huge cheers from the crowd as Lorenzo comes through the final corner and wins the Spanish Grand Prix.
MotoGP - Jerez: It's in the bag for Lorenzo, as he starts the final lap 5.3s ahead of Marquez and 8.4s ahead of Rossi.
MotoGP - Jerez: Two laps left and the top three looks settled.
One last battle developing: Smith has caught Aleix Espargaro for seventh, that soft tyre perhaps tiring on the Suzuki.
One last battle developing: Smith has caught Aleix Espargaro for seventh, that soft tyre perhaps tiring on the Suzuki.
DTM - Hockenheim: With 90 seconds-plus-one-lap remaining, Wittmann and Rockenfeller are fighting over fifth.
Ekstrom is 8.6s clear.
Ekstrom is 8.6s clear.
MotoGP - Jerez: Lorenzo continues to sit on a 4s lead with three laps left now.
Marquez has inched up to a 2s advantage over Rossi again, but third would still give Rossi a record 200th podium at grand prix level.
Marquez has inched up to a 2s advantage over Rossi again, but third would still give Rossi a record 200th podium at grand prix level.
MotoGP - Jerez: Petrucci, Hernandez, Vinales, Redding and Barbera are doing their best to bring a bit of Moto3 spirit into this race in their battle for 10th. All still upright.
MotoGP - Jerez: It's not really coming alive between Marquez and Rossi yet - they're still a second and a half apart.
Dovizioso's charge has pretty much reached its limit. Having reached ninth, he's 6s behind Smith and not catching.
This isn't Ducati's greatest track, and throwing it into the gravel on lap one didn't help Dovizioso's damage-limitation bid.
Interestingly while most teams are testing here tomorrow, Ducati is heading home to Mugello to do so instead.
Dovizioso's charge has pretty much reached its limit. Having reached ninth, he's 6s behind Smith and not catching.
This isn't Ducati's greatest track, and throwing it into the gravel on lap one didn't help Dovizioso's damage-limitation bid.
Interestingly while most teams are testing here tomorrow, Ducati is heading home to Mugello to do so instead.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Pressure now for Norbert Michelisz as he sits on pole in front of his home crowd. Air horn noise is reaching a deafening pitch...
DTM - Hockenheim: With six minutes left, Ekstrom leads by 8.8s over Mortara, with Paffett a further 6.3s behind, but now 2.2s clear of Tomczyk.
And what of yesterday's podium finishers? Wehrlein is ninth, Green 12th and di Resta 22nd and the last of the runners after being turned around by Muller earlier.
And what of yesterday's podium finishers? Wehrlein is ninth, Green 12th and di Resta 22nd and the last of the runners after being turned around by Muller earlier.
MotoGP - Jerez: Some wild place swapping going on between Hernandez, Petrucci and Vinales on the edge of the top 10, allowing Redding and Barbera to close in on them.
MotoGP - Jerez: Lead order with seven laps left:
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Rossi
4 Crutchlow
5 P Espargaro
6 Iannone
7 A Espargaro
8 Smith
9 Dovizioso
10 Hernandez
Redding is 12th, and Bautista and Bradl have demoted Laverty to 17th.
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Rossi
4 Crutchlow
5 P Espargaro
6 Iannone
7 A Espargaro
8 Smith
9 Dovizioso
10 Hernandez
Redding is 12th, and Bautista and Bradl have demoted Laverty to 17th.
MotoGP - Jerez: Eight laps left and Rossi is within 1.2s of Marquez for second. Chances of another late Marquez/Rossi fight seem good.
DTM - Hockenheim: Paffett makes the move around the outside of the hairpin. Left Tomczyk a football field of room, just to be safe.
DTM - Hockenheim: Just over 10 minutes left, Ekstrom still leads Mortara, 8.2s is the gap now. Tomczyk is a further 6.4s back and he now has Paffett right behind him.
MotoGP - Jerez: Further back, Eugene Laverty is clinging onto the final point for 15th ahead of Alvaro Bautista (who's got some decent pace out of the Aprilia this weekend) and Stefan Bradl (less said about his Forward Racing career so far, the better).
Laverty had a scare yesterday when a bird crashed through the windshield on his Honda. The bird did not fare well.
Laverty had a scare yesterday when a bird crashed through the windshield on his Honda. The bird did not fare well.
DTM - Hockenheim: The two Canadians, Spengler and Wickens are immersed in a fierce dice for seventh place. Great racing.
MotoGP - Jerez: Wonderful stuff between Iannone and Aleix Espargaro for sixth place. After four chances of position in as many corners, the Ducati looks like it has now made it clearly past the Suzuki.
Dovizioso is past Redding for 11th now on the other works Ducati.
Dovizioso is past Redding for 11th now on the other works Ducati.
Crash
MotoGP - Jerez: Aoyama has crashed out... Quite a big shunt at the fast Turn 5, but he's OK.
Honda top brass gave a lengthy press conference earlier this weekend in which many of the questions were about why Casey Stoner isn't on that bike, and many journalists came away not entirely satisfied the answers stood up to logic.
And will Dani Pedrosa be back for Le Mans? That's the plan, but he hoped to be back here too...
Honda top brass gave a lengthy press conference earlier this weekend in which many of the questions were about why Casey Stoner isn't on that bike, and many journalists came away not entirely satisfied the answers stood up to logic.
And will Dani Pedrosa be back for Le Mans? That's the plan, but he hoped to be back here too...
MotoGP - Jerez: Lorenzo is ramming home his superiority as we pass half-distance, getting his lead up to over four seconds.
Marquez's pace is fading but Rossi isn't making much progress towards him, staying 2s adrift for now.
Marquez's pace is fading but Rossi isn't making much progress towards him, staying 2s adrift for now.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Some activity under Tarquini's car; the JAS team are making an experimental setup change to the Civic's rear suspension.
DTM - Hockenheim: And Wittmann for fourth.
Paffett's next target is his close, personal friend, Martin Tomczyk.
Paffett's next target is his close, personal friend, Martin Tomczyk.
MotoGP - Jerez: This isn't looking like one of MotoGP's thrillers so far, but it's good for the title battle, bringing Lorenzo back within 20 points of Rossi and giving Marquez a bit of help too.
The first decent fight on track is for sixth, where Iannone has caught Aleix Espargaro, then further back Petrucci is resisting Hernandez and Redding for ninth.
Dovizioso is up to 13th and pushing Vinales.
The first decent fight on track is for sixth, where Iannone has caught Aleix Espargaro, then further back Petrucci is resisting Hernandez and Redding for ninth.
Dovizioso is up to 13th and pushing Vinales.
DTM - Hockenheim: Paffett's charge continues, he's now past Rockenfeller and into fifth place.
DTM - Hockenheim: Paffett is now past Spengler, thanks to a forceful move at Turn 2. There was a decent hit between the two.
Di Riesta and Muller have spun exiting the same corner, after Muller made contact with the rear of the ex-Force India F1 man's Mercedes.
Meanhile, Ekstrom has the race under control. He leads by six seconds - essentially pulling away at a second during each minute of the race since he took the lead.
Di Riesta and Muller have spun exiting the same corner, after Muller made contact with the rear of the ex-Force India F1 man's Mercedes.
Meanhile, Ekstrom has the race under control. He leads by six seconds - essentially pulling away at a second during each minute of the race since he took the lead.
Crash
MotoGP - Jerez: Crashers so far - Mike di Meglio (who remounted), Karel Abraham and now Loris Baz too. Awful weekend for Forward Racing here.
By: Matt Beer, Gary Watkins, Stuart Codling, Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw
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