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AutoGP - Hungaroring: Von Grunigen has returned to the fray but shot straight off at Turn 1. The track is clearly getting slippery - which bodes well for the upcoming WTCC race.
Zlobin is going backwards, losing fourth to Sa Silva and fifth to Cipriani. Two laps to go.
Zlobin is going backwards, losing fourth to Sa Silva and fifth to Cipriani. Two laps to go.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: To complicate matters, spots of rain are starting to fall.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Four laps to go and Pizzonia remains in command up front. Pulcini is a further five seconds back but he now has five seconds in hand over Cecotto.
Sa Silva was two seconds faster than Zlobin last time around and may be tilting for fourth place.
Sa Silva was two seconds faster than Zlobin last time around and may be tilting for fourth place.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Regalia comes off worse in a midfield tussle with Sa Silva and is now down to seventh.
Pulcini - a 16-year-old graduate from Italian Formula 4 - has raised his pace and is now 4.6s ahead of Cecotto.
Pulcini - a 16-year-old graduate from Italian Formula 4 - has raised his pace and is now 4.6s ahead of Cecotto.
Moto2 - Jerez: This is all closing up nicely - Folger isn't getting away from Rabat, Rins and Luthi are still with them, and Zarco is closing in. There's still 3s covering the quintet but we have 15 laps to go.
Meanwhile Lowes has dropped to 21st.
Slightly better race than qualifying for Alex Marquez - he's progressed to 12th.
Meanwhile Lowes has dropped to 21st.
Slightly better race than qualifying for Alex Marquez - he's progressed to 12th.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: On the comeback trail, Cecotto is taking a second a lap out of Pulcini but time is running out. Seven laps to go and he's got to make up 4.5s and get past.
Zlobin, meanwhile, has passed Regalia for fourth.
Von Grunigen has come into the pits and stopped.
Zlobin, meanwhile, has passed Regalia for fourth.
Von Grunigen has come into the pits and stopped.
Moto2 - Jerez: A little slip from Rabat sends him wide and Folger shoves his way through into the lead.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: While we've been following the battle for second there's been a shuffle further down the pack. Von Grunigen seems to be experiencing car trouble and has dropped to eighth behind Cipriani. His last lap was nearly four seconds slower than Pizzonia's.
Moto2 - Jerez: Lowes's tumble down the field has stabilised in 18th place, but while he's in a group of bikes that stretches up to ninth, he's not making any progress.
Folger is putting some proper pressure on Rabat for the lead, with Rins and Luthi not far behind, and Zarco inching closer to them all.
Folger is putting some proper pressure on Rabat for the lead, with Rins and Luthi not far behind, and Zarco inching closer to them all.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Half distance now - lap 10 of 20 - and Pulcini's mirrors are full of Cecotto's machine. But Cecotto spins at Turn 9 and the pressure is off for now.
Moto2 - Jerez: Beautiful stuff from Rins - he lines up Luthi around the outside through a left-hander and takes third into the next right, then fends off Luthi getting back alongside him in an effort to retake the place.
Can the rookie now hunt down Rabat and Folger up front?
Can the rookie now hunt down Rabat and Folger up front?
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Now it's just Von Grunigen and Zlobin in that battle for fifth, Sa Silva having slipped back to 1.7s adrift. Fourth-placed Regalia is nearly five seconds further up the road and pulling away, but he's making no inroads into the 10 seconds that separate him from Cecotto.
It was Cecotto who made most progress on the last lap, closing to 1.2s off Pulcini. Up front Pizzonia has relented a little but he still has over two seconds in hand.
It was Cecotto who made most progress on the last lap, closing to 1.2s off Pulcini. Up front Pizzonia has relented a little but he still has over two seconds in hand.
Moto2 - Jerez: Rabat and Folger are making a bit of a break in the lead, while Rins is all over Luthi for third.
Zarco has now reached fifth place, Lowes has fallen to 19th.
Zarco has now reached fifth place, Lowes has fallen to 19th.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Excitement clearly got the better of Mendez at the start. From seventh, Pizzonia was fourth going in to Turn 1 and then Sa Silva obligingly overshot into Turn 2, offering a window for Pizzonia to get a run on those ahead.
Moto2 - Jerez: Lowes is getting shuffled right down the order and is back to 17th now, while Zarco is up to seventh.
Lowes loses another place to Anthony West, it's looking like his bike might have a problem.
Lowes loses another place to Anthony West, it's looking like his bike might have a problem.
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Regalia didn't make quite such a decisive break from the penultimate row as Pizzonia, but is now up to fourth as Mendez peels in to take his penalty. Von Grunigen is fifth, ahead of Zlobin, Sa Silva and Cipriani. The latter is dropping off the back of that battle for fifth.
Moto2 - Jerez: Lowes runs very wide trying to make up ground and hands ninth to title rival Zarco.
Rabat leads ahead of Folger, Luthi, Rins and Nakagami.
Rabat leads ahead of Folger, Luthi, Rins and Nakagami.
Moto2 - Jerez: Not a good first lap for championship contenders Lowes and Zarco, who are down to ninth and 11th.
Checkered flag
World RX - Hockenheim: Petter Solberg wins the second round of the World Rallycross Championship, leading the final throughout with Reinis Nitiss following him all the way in second.
Drive of the race was by Swede Timmy Hansen, who made a great start from sixth on the grid to lie third. He waited until the last lap to take his joker, following Reinis Nitiss and returning to the main circuit third, just ahead of Robin Larsson who then spun, collecting Toomas Heikkinen.
Andreas Bakkerud retired on lap two.
That means Solberg extends his championship lead.
Drive of the race was by Swede Timmy Hansen, who made a great start from sixth on the grid to lie third. He waited until the last lap to take his joker, following Reinis Nitiss and returning to the main circuit third, just ahead of Robin Larsson who then spun, collecting Toomas Heikkinen.
Andreas Bakkerud retired on lap two.
That means Solberg extends his championship lead.
Lights out
Moto2 - Jerez: Rabat holds the lead at the start, while Folger emerges from a big jostle through the first corner to take second.
DTM - Hockenheim: Gary Paffett and Adrien Tambay - who qualified eighth and 11th - will start this afternoon's race from the rear of the grid.
They were excluded from the session for not having the rear wing spacer that blocks DRS during qualifying installed.
They were excluded from the session for not having the rear wing spacer that blocks DRS during qualifying installed.
Green flag
AutoGP - Hungaroring: Mendez was clearly rolling before lights-out and leads into the first corner. Pizzonia storms through to take the lead on the opening lap and, indeed, Mendez has been given a penalty for a jump start.
Pulcini is second with Cecotto third.
Pulcini is second with Cecotto third.
Moto2 - Jerez: The Moto2 field is now forming up. While Moto3 is providing fireworks on track but has a runaway points leader, Moto2 is the other way around - the races haven't been supremely thrilling stunners, but the title is still anyone's.
Jonas Folger, Sam Lowes and Johann Zarco have all won races, while Moto3 graduate Alex Rins has made a brilliant start to his Moto2 life with a run of top four finishes.
Here's how they stand:
1 Johann Zarco 53
2 Alex Rins 49
3 Sam Lowes 41
4 Franco Morbidelli 33
5 Jonas Folger 32
No sign of reigning champion Tito Rabat there - the man who dominated 2014 and stayed put to defend his crown with Marc VDS has not enjoyed the front-end feeling of the new Kalex and has had an incident-filled start to 2015, leaving him only 11th in the points.
But he's emphatically back on it on home ground this weekend and starts on pole ahead of Rins, Folger, Tom Luthi, Taka Nakagami and Lowes.
That made Marc VDS happy, as the picture shows. Not so great for its other rider Alex Marquez, though - Marc's Moto3 champion brother is only 17th.

Jonas Folger, Sam Lowes and Johann Zarco have all won races, while Moto3 graduate Alex Rins has made a brilliant start to his Moto2 life with a run of top four finishes.
Here's how they stand:
1 Johann Zarco 53
2 Alex Rins 49
3 Sam Lowes 41
4 Franco Morbidelli 33
5 Jonas Folger 32
No sign of reigning champion Tito Rabat there - the man who dominated 2014 and stayed put to defend his crown with Marc VDS has not enjoyed the front-end feeling of the new Kalex and has had an incident-filled start to 2015, leaving him only 11th in the points.
But he's emphatically back on it on home ground this weekend and starts on pole ahead of Rins, Folger, Tom Luthi, Taka Nakagami and Lowes.
That made Marc VDS happy, as the picture shows. Not so great for its other rider Alex Marquez, though - Marc's Moto3 champion brother is only 17th.

Tito Rabat takes Jerez Moto2 pole 2015
AutoGP - Hungaroring: The cars are driving to the grid for the second of this weekend's AutoGP races. Just nine entries thus far, though the series persists in running two qualifying sessions, the first of which is supposed to filter out all the drivers outside the top 10.
Antonio Pizzonia was on pole for yesterday's race but was usurped in changing conditions by GP2 refugee Facu Regalia. The top eight finishers were reversed to form the grid for today's race, which means Andres Mendez is on pole with Nikita Zlobin alongside. Luis Sa Silva and Johnny Cecotto (who started from the back yesterday after not running in qualifying) form the second row, ahead of Leonardo Pulcini and Christof Von Grunigen, who was quite spectacular on his way to a third-place finish in race one.
Pizzonia and Regalia start from the fourth row ahead of Giuseppe Cipriani, who spun off in race one at the first corner.

Antonio Pizzonia was on pole for yesterday's race but was usurped in changing conditions by GP2 refugee Facu Regalia. The top eight finishers were reversed to form the grid for today's race, which means Andres Mendez is on pole with Nikita Zlobin alongside. Luis Sa Silva and Johnny Cecotto (who started from the back yesterday after not running in qualifying) form the second row, ahead of Leonardo Pulcini and Christof Von Grunigen, who was quite spectacular on his way to a third-place finish in race one.
Pizzonia and Regalia start from the fourth row ahead of Giuseppe Cipriani, who spun off in race one at the first corner.

Hungaroring Auto GP 2015
World RX - Hockenheim: Reinis Nitiss claims semi-final two by leading from Turn 1 to the finish.
Robin Larsson climbed to second at the start and finished in the position.
Timmy Hansen pulled off the drive of the race - last on lap one, he stayed out, passed Johan Kristoffersson on lap five and left his joker until the last opportunity, returning to the main circuit ahead of Tord Linnerud.
Kristoffersson finished fifth and Davy Jeanney sixth.
Nitiss joins Solberg on the from row for the final, but the pole position slot seems to be the one with all the grip.
Robin Larsson climbed to second at the start and finished in the position.
Timmy Hansen pulled off the drive of the race - last on lap one, he stayed out, passed Johan Kristoffersson on lap five and left his joker until the last opportunity, returning to the main circuit ahead of Tord Linnerud.
Kristoffersson finished fifth and Davy Jeanney sixth.
Nitiss joins Solberg on the from row for the final, but the pole position slot seems to be the one with all the grip.
Trophy
Moto3 - Jerez: Dunlop has provided the podium finishers with traditional Andulacian hats, adding to Kent's novelty winner's headgear collection after his Texas stetson last month.
This is exactly what Kent needed to do this season. He's still only 21, but in MotoGP ladder terms he's been around a while and he's already lost career momentum once when he struggled in Moto2 with Tech 3 in 2013. That followed his breakthrough 2012 Moto3 campaign with Ajo, in which he was a match for champion team-mate Sandro Cortese (remember him? Still making little impression in Moto2...) in the second half of the season.
Stepping back to Moto3 with Ajo last year didn't deliver much for Kent, but linking up with the now-Leopard-branded Kiefer team that took Stefan Bradl to the 2011 Moto2 title ahead of Marc Marquez is definitely paying off. Three wins in a row and a growing championship lead.
Championship standings after four rounds:
1 Kent 91
2 Vazquez 60
3 Quartararo 52
4 Bastianini 47
5 Binder 44
6 I Vinales 38
(25 points for a win)
This is exactly what Kent needed to do this season. He's still only 21, but in MotoGP ladder terms he's been around a while and he's already lost career momentum once when he struggled in Moto2 with Tech 3 in 2013. That followed his breakthrough 2012 Moto3 campaign with Ajo, in which he was a match for champion team-mate Sandro Cortese (remember him? Still making little impression in Moto2...) in the second half of the season.
Stepping back to Moto3 with Ajo last year didn't deliver much for Kent, but linking up with the now-Leopard-branded Kiefer team that took Stefan Bradl to the 2011 Moto2 title ahead of Marc Marquez is definitely paying off. Three wins in a row and a growing championship lead.
Championship standings after four rounds:
1 Kent 91
2 Vazquez 60
3 Quartararo 52
4 Bastianini 47
5 Binder 44
6 I Vinales 38
(25 points for a win)
World RX - Hockenheim: Petter Solberg wins the first semi-final in Hockenheim with a lights to flag victory.
Solberg's SDRX team mate Liam Doran was passed by Andreas Bakkerud in the opening lap, before taking his joker on lap one.
The Brit returned to the main circuit in third but was hit in the rear by PG Andersson. Doran later stopped.
Solberg, Bakkerud and Toomas Heikkinen go through to the final. Tanner Foust, Andersson and Doran go out.
Solberg's SDRX team mate Liam Doran was passed by Andreas Bakkerud in the opening lap, before taking his joker on lap one.
The Brit returned to the main circuit in third but was hit in the rear by PG Andersson. Doran later stopped.
Solberg, Bakkerud and Toomas Heikkinen go through to the final. Tanner Foust, Andersson and Doran go out.
Moto3 - Jerez: And Quartararo may have come off fourth-best in that one, but bear in mind Kent has been at this level since 2010, Binder and Oliveira since 2011, Vazquez since 2007 and Quartararo for just over a month...
Checkered flag
Moto3 - Jerez - result:
1 Kent
2 Oliveira +0.097s
3 Binder
4 Quartararo
5 Vazquez
6 Fenati
7 Bagnaia
8 Navarro
9 Bastianini
10 McPhee
1 Kent
2 Oliveira +0.097s
3 Binder
4 Quartararo
5 Vazquez
6 Fenati
7 Bagnaia
8 Navarro
9 Bastianini
10 McPhee
Checkered flag
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo dived down the inside into the final corner, nearly lost control, swiped Kent - who somehow stayed upright and still in the lead - then slid very, very wide.
Kent managed to maintain enough momentum to fend off Oliveira and Binder to the line and claim his third grand prix win in a row, and Quartararo has to settle for fourth.
Kent managed to maintain enough momentum to fend off Oliveira and Binder to the line and claim his third grand prix win in a row, and Quartararo has to settle for fourth.
Moto3 - Jerez: That Moto3 finish was so good, it wiped out our internet for a minute... Here comes the recap.
Moto3 - Jerez: All three of them brake slightly too late into Dry Sack and it's Kent into the lead, but only briefly before Kent retakes it.
Moto3 - Jerez: Oliveira muscles past Quartararo to lead, while Kent is now working hard to retake second.
Moto3 - Jerez: Kent got a slight gap up front, then makes a tiny mistake and Quartararo and Oliveira breeze past him to lead onto the last lap.
ETCC - Hungaroring: Borkovic eases off at the end and takes the flag 1.72s ahead of Ficza. Fulin is 2.524s further back.
Moto3 - Jerez: As they cross the line to make it three laps left, Kent moves back into the lead.
Only four in it again now, Vazquez has been dropped by this four-bike lead group.
Only four in it again now, Vazquez has been dropped by this four-bike lead group.
Moto3 - Jerez: Into Dry Sack, Kent outbrakes Oliveira for the lead, but Quartararo is outbraking both of them and squeezes down a tiny gap into the lead.
Kent then takes a look at Quartararo through the right-handers and Quartararo just-just-just leaves enough space to avoid contact as he turns in and keeps the lead.
Kent then takes a look at Quartararo through the right-handers and Quartararo just-just-just leaves enough space to avoid contact as he turns in and keeps the lead.
ETCC - Hungaroring: Homola, whose front-left wheel has been rubbing against its arch and smoking intermittently, has just yielded fourth place to Davit Kajaia's BMW. Dusan Borkovic now leads by over two seconds and looks to have this one in the bag.
Meanwhile, an interesting spat has been brewing between Borkovic and Homola - or whoever operates their Twitter feeds - about precisely what happened between whom in race one.
Meanwhile, an interesting spat has been brewing between Borkovic and Homola - or whoever operates their Twitter feeds - about precisely what happened between whom in race one.
DTM - Hockenheim: A wet Friday was followed by a dry Saturday and although rain returned to the region last night, it looks like we're in for a bit of both on Sunday.
The warm-up was wet, qualifying dried rapidly and there is a strong chance of rain later this afternoon. What will we get when the race starts at 1:45pm local time? Who knows...
On paper, it's a bad qualifying session for Mercedes, with Gary Paffett the lead car in eighth, but he led a Merc 1-2-3-4 in the wet warm-up and Pascal Wehrlein and Paul di Resta were on the podium yesterday in the dry.
So much of the final results came down to when you started your final lap and who was around you, and it looks like that worked against the Mercedes drivers.
They - and yesterday's winner Jamie Green who'll start 19th - will have an hour to make up the ground this afternoon.
The warm-up was wet, qualifying dried rapidly and there is a strong chance of rain later this afternoon. What will we get when the race starts at 1:45pm local time? Who knows...
On paper, it's a bad qualifying session for Mercedes, with Gary Paffett the lead car in eighth, but he led a Merc 1-2-3-4 in the wet warm-up and Pascal Wehrlein and Paul di Resta were on the podium yesterday in the dry.
So much of the final results came down to when you started your final lap and who was around you, and it looks like that worked against the Mercedes drivers.
They - and yesterday's winner Jamie Green who'll start 19th - will have an hour to make up the ground this afternoon.
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo goes from third to first then swiftly back to third. Oliveira leads from Kent with four laps left.
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