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Moto3 - Jerez: Oliveira takes second off Kent with six laps left, then outbrakes Quartararo for the lead at the second attempt.
Moto3 - Jerez: Nasty collision at the end of the back straight between Hiroki Ono and Jakub Kornfeil.

That was Ono's fault - he basically lost the bike under braking - but Kornfeil running over to yell at Ono while the Japanese was trapped under his bike and not looking especially healthy was bad form. Your rivals' wellbeing matters more than whatever minor points position you just lost...

All turns out well though, Ono is now walking away looking chastened but basically OK.

Up front, Quartararo has just shoved Kent aside again to retake the lead.
Moto3 - Jerez: Two more changes of lead, Kent back in front, nine laps to go. It would be amazing if this didn't come down to the very last corner.
ETCC - Hungaroring: Borkovic still leads and he's set the fastest lap. Race-one winner Ferenc Ficza lies second, 1.5s down, with Petr Fulin and Mato Homola lying further back for a SEAT 1-2-3-4.

Having adjudicated the Artemyev contact with great vim, the stewards have taken a more relaxed view of an incident outside the top 10 between Daniel Conrad (whose startling resemblance to Leo Sayer has provoked amusement in some quarters) and Galip Atar. This will be investigated after the race. Will the verdict make Daniel feel like dancing?
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo spends a short time back in first, but then Kent outbrakes both the French rookie and Oliveira to go from third to first!

Only for half a lap though: Quartararo is back in front at Dry Sack.

Oliveira, Binder and Vazquez give chase.

Through the long corners towards the end of the lap, Kent is back through into the lead.

Three lead changes in less than a lap - hello Moto3.
Moto3 - Jerez: Oliveira retakes the lead, and Kent is on his way back - now third behind Quartararo.
DTM - Hockenheim: This Moto3 race is almost as wild as the timing screens in DTM second qualifying. Here's how that session unfolded:

Hockenheim qualifying two report

Mike Rockenfeller, Phoenix Audi, Hockenheim DTM 2015

Mike Rockenfeller, Phoenix Audi, Hockenheim DTM 2015

ETCC - Hungaroring: As surely as night follows day and eggs don't bounce, race control takes a poor view of Alexandr Artemyev's first-corner antics and he's handed a drive-through penalty. Time elapsed between the announcement that the incident was under review and notification of penalty? 34 seconds.
Moto3 - Jerez: This is really kicking off now, with 12 laps left.

Quartararo hustled his way back into the lead in a move that cost Kent momentum and dropped the championship leader from first to fifth.

Binder, Oliveira and Vazquez now split Quartararo from Kent.
WTCC - Hungaroring: The second European Touring Car Cup race is under way and there's been contact at the first corner, of course. Polesitter Michal Matejovsky's BMW was assaulted from behind by fellow front-row starter Alexandr Artemyev's SEAT at the first corner. Artemyev seemed to be trying to take a short-cut across the kerb and grass on the inside and practically T-boned the BMW. A drive-through penalty will no doubt ensue. Dusan Borkovic is currently leading, having started fourth.
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo stuffs himself back into second place, and has to work very hard to keep it. That's giving Kent a very, very slight breather.
Moto3 - Jerez: Oliveira retakes second from Quartararo and is onto Kent's tail. Vazquez is getting ever closer to Binder too. Sixteen laps to go.

For about half a lap, Kent looked like he might be poised to do his 'run away and hide' trick but Oliveira is all over the back of him now.
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo gets up to second, then makes a bit of a mistake and has to work hard to fend off the Ajo pair for a moment. But he regains momentum without losing touch with Kent.

This could be a five-way fight soon, as Kent's Leopard Racing team-mate Efren Vazquez has made it past Fenati and broken clear of that pack.
WTCC - Hungaroring: After his shunt in qualifying yesterday Gabriele Tarquini has had to change engines, which carries the penalty of starting at the back of the grid for the next race. Happily, this was where he was due to start anyway after failing to set a time.
Moto3 - Jerez: Quartararo is in a hurry to get himself back to the front - he's giving Kent plenty of hassle for second.

That might've given Kent some inspiration - he now dives past Oliveira into Dry Sack. Will he now escape again?

Hanika, another Ajo man, just had a high-side tumble and hopped back on his bike again. Bold stuff.
Moto3 - Jerez: Maria Herrera has crashed out of her home race. She's being taken away on a stretcher but is moving and removing her own gloves.

Kent had a big, big look at Oliveira for the lead but is staying patient for now. Still a four-bike pack up front.
Moto3 - Jerez: Oliveira, riding for the Ajo team that nearly took Jack Miller to the title last year, is hanging on in the lead on lap three, with Kent on his tail and Quartararo scrapping with Oliveira's team-mate Binder for third.
WTCC - Hungaroring: The air horns have been in full cry for local WTCC star Norbert Michelisz since 8am, and fellow Hungarian Ferenc Ficza has just given them even more to cheer about. He rose from fifth on the grid to prevail in an entertaining European Touring Car Cup thrash after polesitter Dusan Borkovic was handed a drive-through penalty for contact with Petr Fulin while they battled for the lead. The top five in qualifying all drove SEAT Leons.
Moto3 - Jerez: Valentino Rossi's protege Fenati - who rose to prominence by winning here in the wet in only his second GP start three years ago - has muscled his way up to fifth.

Quartararo took the lead from Oliveira for a second at the Dry Sack but couldn't hold it. Kent is now right with them, as is Binder.
Moto3 - Jerez: Veteran Oliveira jumped Quartararo through the first corner, while Kent was edged down to fifth, though he's already regaining that ground.
MotoGP - Jerez: First up today at an already-packed (but not as hot as yesterday) Jerez is Moto3.

The start of something big here as Fabio Quartararo has pole position.

MotoGP tweaked its rules a little to get the then-15-year-old Frenchman into the Moto3 field this year after his stunning run to back-to-back titles in the Spanish CEV series, Europe's hotbed of emerging motorbike talent.

Quartararo, who's now turned 16, has been rapid from the outset and he starts on pole today in only his fourth GP.

Alongside him is Danny Kent. The Brit is starting to run away with this championship having run away with the last two races.

Miguel Oliveira, whose qualifying session ended with young Italian Stefano Manzi running into the back of him in the practice start area, completes the front row.

Here's how they line up:

1 Fabio Quartararo
2 Danny Kent
3 Miguel Oliveira
4 Brad Binder
5 Philipp Ottl
6 Karel Hanika
7 Enea Bastianini
8 Romano Fenati
9 Niccolo Antonelli
10 Jorge Navarro
Welcome back to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live - where over the next five hours we'll be taking you through...

* The Jerez MotoGP race day with Moto3, Moto2 then MotoGP

* World Rallycross semi-finals and final from Hockenheim

* The main race of the DTM opener at Hockenheim

* Both WTCC races from the Hungaroring

Timur Timerzyanov rolls, Hockenheim World Rallycross 2015

Timur Timerzyanov rolls, Hockenheim World Rallycross 2015

That's it for our live coverage today. Thanks for following. We will be back at 0945 tomorrow morning for a packed day of racing including DTM, European F3, World Rallycross and NASCAR.
WEC - Spa: So that's two wins in two WEC races so far for the #7 Audi of Treluyer, Lotterer and Fassler. With Le Mans next up, who would bet against yet another Audi triumph there?
WEC - Spa: And the winners in the three other classes:

LMP2: #38 Jota Gibson (Tincknell/Dolan/Evans)
GTE Pro: #99 Aston Martin (Stanaway/Rees/MacDowall
GTE Am: #98 Aston Marti (Dalla Lana/Lamy/Lauda)
WEC - Spa: So, here's the final classification up front:

1 #7 Audi (Treluyer/Lotterer/Fassler)
2 #18 Porsche (Jani/Dumas/Lieb), +13.424s
3 #17 Porsche (Bernhard/Hartley/Webber), +1 lap
4 #9 Audi (Albuquerque/Bonanomi/Rast), +2 laps
5 #2 Toyota (Wurz/Sarrazin/Conway), +3 laps
6 #19 Porsche (Tandy/Hulkenberg/Bamber), +3 laps
7 #8 Audi (Jarvis/Duval/Di Grassi), +8 laps
8 #1 Toyota (Davidson/Buemi), +14 laps
WEC - Spa: Treluyer crosses the line to make it two from two for Audi in this year's WEC.
WEC - Spa: Jarvis is off at Stavelot in the #8 Audi. He nudges the tyres and is trying to get going.
NASCAR - Talladega - pole qualifying results:

1 Gordon
2 Kahne
3 Blaney
4 Earnhardt
5 Johnson
6 Stewart
7 Menard
8 Kenseth
9 Ragan
10 Bowyer
11 Mears
12 Hornish
NASCAR - Talladega: Gordon is last to run, and he absolutely storms it.

This session has been all about tiny, tiny margins, but Gordon's lap of 49.160s and 194.793mph thrust him onto pole by 0.281s.
NASCAR - Talladega: Kenseth is running now, then we should have Gordon and Menard to finish the session.
NASCAR - Talladega: Next after Wood Brothers' rookie Blaney, that is. He's just split up the Hendrick formation by getting between Kahne and Earnhardt into second.
WEC - Spa: At least, not when I said. He has now. But again that's pretty much irrelevant!
NASCAR - Talladega: Every time another Hendrick car comes out, it takes provisional pole - now it's Kahne's turn...

...and it's Gordon up next.
WEC - Spa: Sorry, Bruni didn't actually pass the Aston — but that's irrelevant now.
NASCAR - Talladega: Here's a crowd-pleaser: Earnhardt takes provisional pole by 0.044s over Johnson.
WEC - Spa: But the Ferrari has just been given a one-minute stop-go for a pitstop infringement.
WEC - Spa: Bruni is past the Aston with another forceful move, this time at La Source.
NASCAR - Talladega: That didn't last too long for Stewart, Johnson just deposed him by 0.002s.
NASCAR - Talladega: Biggest name to lose out in the first session was champion Kevin Harvick - he was only 24th.

Two of his three Stewart-Haas team-mates had similar struggles: Danica Patrick was only 25th and last year's Richmond winner Kurt Busch 19th.

But their team-mate and boss Tony Stewart is flying: he's currently on provisional pole ahead of Clint Bowyer, Casey Mears and Sam Hornish Jr.

Still to run: Jimmie Johnson, Jeff Gordon, Paul Menard, Matt Kenseth, Ryan Blaney, Kasey Kahne, Dale Earnhardt Jr and David Ragan.

By: Matt Beer, Gary Watkins, Stuart Codling, Mitchell Adam, Edd Straw

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