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Spa WEC, Jerez MotoGP

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WEC - Spa: Dumas has got the lead back to 19s after Lotterer has to make his way past the two Toyotas in fourth and fifth positions.
WEC - Spa: Dumas now leads by 14s from Lotterer after the third round of stops at which the Porsche and the Audi both took fresh tyres.
WEC - Spa: Stanaway leads from out-of-sequence Aston team-mate Turner by 15s. Rigon, who got ahead of the sister AF Corse Ferrari in the last round of stops, is right behind him in the GTE Pro battle.
WEC - Spa: The short delay for the #9 Audi, which now has Rast at the wheel, was to replace the left-hand door after the window blew out on Bonanomi.
WEC - Spa: The #9 Audi, driven only by Bonanomi so far, pits more or less on schedule and is taken into the garage.
WEC - Spa: The gap between Dumas and Lotterer is going out - it's up to 19s now.
World RX - Hockenheim: Solberg finishes warm-up fastest with a 43.655 ahead of Johan Kristoffersson, Timmy Hansen, Tanner Foust, Edward Sandstrom and Reinis Nitiss.
World RX - Hockenheim: Warm-up is taking place at Hockenheim. Timur Timerzyanov has returned to the paddock without completing a lap in his Ford Fiesta.

Petter Solberg is currently fastest ahead of Johan Kristoffersson and Timmy Hansen.

In dry conditions, lap times have dropped by almost four seconds from yesterday.
WEC - Spa: Mitch Evans has taken the P2 lead for Jota and is pulling away from Canal in the G-Drive Ligier – but remember this is gold versus silver battle.
WEC - Spa: Lotterer has now got the lead down to 13s. The #17 Porsche's problem was a related to the rear suspension.
WEC - Spa: Lotterer is making some inroad into the Porsche's lead and has got the gap down to 16s. Jarvis is a further 7s down in third. Webber has resumed a lap down in seventh in the #17 car.
WEC - Spa: The #17 Porsche makes a scheduled stop and is then wheeled into its garage. Dumas now leads in the #18 car by 18s from Lotterer in the #7 Porsche.
WEC - Spa: Duval, who'd got ahead of Fassler, nips past Bernhard for second at the Bus Stop and just hangs onto the position going into Les Combes.
WEC - Spa: Bernhard takes the penalty for the #17 Porsche and emerges 24s down on Jani and second ahead of the battling Audis of Fassler and Duval.
WEC - Spa: The leading Porsche has been awarded a 15s stop-go for Hartley's misdemeanour at the Bus Stop during the opening stint. The penalty is for disrespecting track limits and causing danger to marshals.
WEC - Spa: Fassler has just taken third from team-mate Duval. Tincknell is edging in on Bird at the top of the P2 order and has reduced the gap from 20s to 11s.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Pole position for Yvan Muller, then. Full report to follow.
DTM - Hockenheim: Green takes the win, with Wehrlein second and di Resta third. Full report online shortly.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Lopez is down in sector one but goes fastest of all in the second sector. It's all going to come down to sector three. Can he usurp Muller? No! 1m49.567s is only good enough for P3. That scrappy first sector thwarted him. But with Valente's five-place penalty he will line up on the front row tomorrow.
WTCC - Hungaroring: What can Jose Maria Lopez do? He's just about to start his flying lap.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Yvan Muller steps up to the plate. He's fastest in sector one. Fastest in sector two. Tidy through the final corners. He's nailed it - 1m48.848s. P1.
WEC - Spa:The #97 Aston started by Mucke and now with Bell at the wheel leads in GTE Pro after the other frontrunners stopped on the hour.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Loeb cocks a right-rear tyre at Turn 5 and again at the final corner. It's scrappy. He crosses the line 0.491s short of Valente.
DTM - Hockenheim: Green's on his final lap. He's almost got a first win for Audi.
DTM - Hockenheim: With two minutes remaining, Green is in control. Behind him, Wehrlein has just passed di Resta, who says he's running out of brakes over the radio.

The Audis of Mortara, Rockeneller and Muller are behind him.
WTCC - Hungaroring: The single-lap shoot-out that is Q3 is go, but Ma has missed his shot - he couldn't get in from Q2 fast enough to change tyres and take his place for Q3.
WTCC - Hungaroring: The air horns have been parping all morning for local hero Norbert Michelisz, but now they rise to a crescendo as the crowd is informed that 'Nobby' has secured the reverse-grid pole.

Final qualifying gets going in just a few moment as Lopez, Muller, Loeb, Ma and Valente. Pole position is up for grabs - but not for Valente, who will be taking a five-place grid drop.
WEC - Spa: Beumi is demoted from third to fifth in one lap by both Audis.
WEC - Spa: Bernhard leads by 10s from team-mate Jani. Buemi is third, 11s behind, with Duval on his tail.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Loeb goes P1 with his final flyer! But elation turns to disappointment as Muller and Lopez both go faster. It's Lopez on top with 1m49.171s. Valente is fourth from Ma Qing Hua, Monteiro, Huff and Coronel.
DTM - Hockenheim: Don't look for Paffett to endorse Tomczyk for 'racecraft' on LinkedIn anytime soon... He was just interviewed and used the word stupid about four times, including twice in succession. Said Tomczyk was "out of control".

Meanwhile, with eight minutes remaining, Green still leads di Resta by 0.8 seconds.
WEC - Spa: Hartley pits and Bernhard takes over. Buemi is up to third for Toyota after forgoing new tyres.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Chequered flag is out but some drivers are still on a flying lap.
DTM - Hockenheim: Auer also retires as we get racing underway again, with 12 minutes remaining. Green still leads.

The carnage means we've only got 16 cars circulating from the original 24.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Coronel has also improved to P8. Who'll secure the reverse-grid pole?
WEC - Spa: The leader overshoots the Bus Stop in bizarrre fashion and nips through a gap in the tyre barrier. Lieb and Duval are in the pits for their first stops.
DTM - Hockenheim: Safety car again.

While Green looked to rebuild his lead, there was mayhem behind him on the restart. Tambay and Ekstom made contact, which sent Ekstrom to pitlane for a new set of tyres, while Tambay then ran wide after contact with Martin.

Half a lap later, Tomczyk lost the rear at the hairpin and got into Paffett (now in the pits) and Auer. Tough times for ART on debut.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Round of applause for Hugo Valente, now second overall in the Campos Chevrolet, just 0.059s off Muller. But wherever he ends up, he'll go back five places because of the penalty he incurred this morning.

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

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