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WEC - Spa: Fassler is the first of the LMP1 cars to make a scheduled stop, pitting out of fourth with approaching 45 minutes on the clock.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Lopez, Monteiro and Michelisz break for the pits. Muller still P1 with 1m49.459s from Lopez, Ma, Monteiro, Huff, Loeb, Chilton, Michelisz, Bennani, D'Aste, Valente and Coronel.
WTCC - Hungaroring: After the first flying laps Muller is fastest by 0.251s from Lopez, with Ma third, a further 0.053s off. Monteiro is the fastest non-Citroen, 0.360s off Muller's benchmark.
DTM - Hockenheim: With 18 minutes left on the clock, racing resumes. Green got a good jump and crossed the line 0.8s clear of di Resta - pretty handy as he looks to get out of the one-second DRS window as quickly as possible.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Just Valente, Coronel and Chilton left in the pit lane now.
WTCC - Hungaroring: "It was my mistake. The track was not completely dry," says Tarquni. "The kerb was wet. But the car seems very competitive."
DTM - Hockenheim: We've got a safety car on circuit, Juncadella is in the barriers at Sachs Kurve. Doesn't look like he was helped.
We're about halfway through the 20-minute race, Green did have a 3.6 second lead over di Resta. He'll have to do it all again shortly.
We're about halfway through the 20-minute race, Green did have a 3.6 second lead over di Resta. He'll have to do it all again shortly.
Green flag
WTCC - Hungaroring: Yvan Muller leads the train out for the second portion of qualifying.
DTM - Hockenheim: Molina is into the pits as well. He copped a hit from Gotz at pitlane entry as he defended 18th, whether it was cause or effect isn't yet known.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Hungaroring: Loeb demotes Ma to fourth, but then comes a final flurry. Huff restores himself to second place with a 1m49.929s, Tiago Monteiro pops in a 1m50.053s to slot in to fourth behind Lopez, and Hugo Valente posts a 1m50.709s. That's fifth fastest, leaving Loeb sixth, followed by Ma, Chilton, Michelisz, Bennani, Coronel and D'Aste. Filippi, Thompson, Demoustier, Kozlovskiy and, of course, Tarquini are outside the top 12 and eliminated.
WEC - Spa: Mucke has pitted out of the GTE Pro for what is believed to be a scheduled pitstop – he's known to be on a different strategy to the other Astons.
WEC - Spa: Fassler has spun at the Bus Stop – but only loses one place to Audi team-mate Duval. He's now nearly 30s off the lead, but still ahead of Buemi in the best of the Toyotas.
DTM - Hockenheim: Blomqvist has joined the list of retirees. Replays show that he was tagged by da Costa at the Turn 3 hairpin, and pushed into Scheider, who retired at the end of the first lap.
On lap eight, Green leads by 3.7 seconds. Here's the order:
1. Green
2. di Resta
3. Wehrlein
4. Mortara
5. Rockenfeller
6. Muller
7. Tambay
8. Ekstrom
9. Wittmann
10. Martin
On lap eight, Green leads by 3.7 seconds. Here's the order:
1. Green
2. di Resta
3. Wehrlein
4. Mortara
5. Rockenfeller
6. Muller
7. Tambay
8. Ekstrom
9. Wittmann
10. Martin
WEC - Spa: Bird has pulled out an 11s lead at the head of P2, but the fastest man in class is Lapierre in the recovering KCMG ORECA,
WTCC - Hungaroring: Stefano D'Aste has just pushed Ma down to 13th temporarily. But Ma's flyer is good - he crosses line third fastest with a 1m50.754s. Lopez now second on 1m48.988. Muller has improved again, still P1 with 1m49.269s
WTCC - Hungaroring: 11th-placed James Thompson also back out to try to bank a faster lap.
WEC - Spa: Fassler is right with Lieb now after getting the better of the traffic. Hatley, meanwhile, is 7.4s up the road.
DTM - Hockenheim: Green's lead is up to 3.3 seconds, as di Resta moves past Mercedes stablemate Wehrlein and into second.
Of the other Brits in the field, Paffett is 17th and Blomqvist, having started eighth has obviously been caught up in the opening lap action and is 22nd and last.
Of the other Brits in the field, Paffett is 17th and Blomqvist, having started eighth has obviously been caught up in the opening lap action and is 22nd and last.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Ma Qing Hua is back out - he needs a good lap because he's currently 12th and on the cusp of elimination.
WTCC - Hungaroring: With the track now mostly dry and rubbering-in all the time, these final minutes are going to be very tense for those in the elimination zone.
DTM - Hockenheim: Green leads by 2.8 seconds at the end of the second lap. No doubt keen to put on a good show for the royal baby.
Meanwhile, Timo Scheider and Robert Wickens have come into the pits with damage and replays show Antonio Felix da Costa did a 360-degree spin on the opening lap.
Meanwhile, Timo Scheider and Robert Wickens have come into the pits with damage and replays show Antonio Felix da Costa did a 360-degree spin on the opening lap.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Jerez - Qualifying result:
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Iannone
4 P Espargaro
5 Rossi
6 A Espargaro
7 Crutchlow
8 Dovizioso
9 Hernandez
10 Smith
11 Petrucci
12 Redding
1 Lorenzo
2 Marquez
3 Iannone
4 P Espargaro
5 Rossi
6 A Espargaro
7 Crutchlow
8 Dovizioso
9 Hernandez
10 Smith
11 Petrucci
12 Redding
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Jerez: Lorenzo moves it right out of everyone's reach with a 1m37.910s. A stunning performance.
Marquez and Iannone keep second and third, as Dovizioso's lap tailed off.
Marquez and Iannone keep second and third, as Dovizioso's lap tailed off.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Lopez and Ma Qing Hua return to the pits. Tom Chilton, cannily, has held back and given himself a clear track. He's now fourth with 1m51.285s. Rob Huff is second in the Lada with 1m50.901s.
WEC - Spa: Tincknell is already back up to fifth in P2 despite his penalty – but he's 11s down on the top four in class.
MotoGP - Jerez: Aleix Espargaro moves up to fifth on the Suzuki, pushing Rossi down to seventh, but the championship leader responds and gets between the Espargaro siblings in fifth.
MotoGP - Jerez: Lorenzo is improving yet again, he's looking unstoppable this weekend.
DTM - Hockenheim: Jamie Green got the start and has bolted. Wehrlein is second, from di Resta and Mortara. Some contact back in the pack but nothing major.
MotoGP - Jerez: Dovizioso is on a very good lap - he's back in eighth right now but set to leap forward.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Yvan Muller fastest so far with a 1m50.757s.
MotoGP - Jerez: Marquez improves but is still only second, as Lorenzo hang on to provisional pole by 0.057s.
WEC - Spa: Tandy has pitted and the #19 Porsche is taken into the garage for repairs. Hartley's lead is up to 4.7s, though it is fluctuating massively with traffic.
MotoGP - Jerez: Rossi is sticking with his spare bike for his third qualifying attempt. He's still sixth right now, sharing the provisional second row with Marquez and Crutchlow.
Marquez now sets a new overall best in sector one.
Marquez now sets a new overall best in sector one.
MotoGP - Jerez: Iannone thrusts the Ducati (and its softer tyres) up from fourth to second, though he's still 0.225s off Lorenzo.
WEC - Spa: The Manthey 911 RSR was Kevin Estre - who is racing a factory Porsche for the first time today.
DTM - Hockenheim: We're about to get the first DTM race of the season underway.
Jamie Green will start on pole, sharing the front row of the grid with Pascal Wehrlein. As an update to the full report, below, Augusto Farfus (lack of fuel at the end of the session) and Gary Paffett (parc ferme infringement after ART had to change a sensor) will start at the back.
Jamie Green puts Audi on pole for Saturday race
Jamie Green will start on pole, sharing the front row of the grid with Pascal Wehrlein. As an update to the full report, below, Augusto Farfus (lack of fuel at the end of the session) and Gary Paffett (parc ferme infringement after ART had to change a sensor) will start at the back.
Jamie Green puts Audi on pole for Saturday race
WEC - Spa: Tandy has just made contact with one of the factory Manthey Porsche GTE Pro cars at Turn 11. He's nosed it into the barriers, but has got going.
Stopwatch
MotoGP - Jerez: Lorenzo makes his provisional pole more comfortable, improving to a 1m38.243s. He's now 0.296s clear.
Green flag
WTCC - Hungaroring: The flatbed has delivered Tarquini's damaged Civic back to the pits and we're rolling again. In what may be a portent of things to come, Jose Maria Lopez leads the field out.
MotoGP - Jerez: Rossi only gains one place to sixth.
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