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Spa WEC, Jerez MotoGP, Hockenheim DTM, Hungary WTCC

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Moto3 - Jerez: With Miller fourth, that win for Fenati closes the championship gap from 17 to just five points.
Moto3 - Jerez: Rins steams down the inside of Fenati into the last corner but runs slightly too wide and the Italian slips back ahead on the exit.

As both slide, Vazquez tries to get the run on both and it looks like he pips Rins for second on the line - but it's a second victory in a row for Fenati and his bosses Valentino Rossi and Vito Guareschi.
Moto3 - Jerez: Rins gets second back from Vazquez on the back straight, does he have time to catch Fenati...?
Moto3 - Jerez: Fenati is benefiting as Vazquez and Rins pass and repass each other for second, and Miller and Vinales do likewise for fourth.
Moto3 - Jerez: Rins has a big look down the inside of Fenati at the end of the back straight but can't make it through. Last lap coming up.
Auto GP - Hungaroring: Ghirelli is unsure whether he will return to Indy Lights for Team Moore Racing, having completed his initial three race deal.

The Italian revealed options in GP3 and GP2 for the second half of the season are being considered, but a full-time return to the States for 2014 is likely.
Moto3 - Jerez: After losing out to Rins, Vazquez has a bit of a moment and then delays Miller as he tries to pass. Vinales pounces on both of them for third.

Fenati leads Rins on to the penultimate lap.
Moto3 - Jerez: Three laps left, Fenati is trying to build a gap over Rins, who just slipped past Vazquez for second.
Vittorio Ghirelli

Vittorio Ghirelli


Auto GP - Hungaroring: Ghirelli was promoted to eighth and pole for race two when sixth place finisher Markus Pommer received a post-race time penalty.
European F3 - Hockenheim: Ocon takes a brilliantly measured win, from Giovinazzi and Ed Jones.
Auto GP - Hungaroring: Series returnee Vittorio Ghirelli is on pole for the reversed-grid Auto GP race this morning.

The Italian bent a steering arm in a collision with Giuseppe Cipriani at the start of race one, and soldiered onto ninth at the flag.
Moto3 - Jerez: This is starting to get serious now. Rins runs a bit wide and Fenati and Vazquez shoot back ahead. Vinales forces Miller off-line and down to fifth.
Moto3 - Jerez: Rins outbrakes Fenati into the last corner, then Vazquez into the first corner of the next lap and leads again.
Moto3 - Jerez: A massive slipstream for Vazquez brings him back into the lead ahead of Fenati and Rins into the Dry Sack corner. Miller is in the thick of this now too. Six laps left.
European F3 - Hockenheim: We'll have a three-lap sprint to the end here. Ocon does well on the restart and will continue to lead.
European F3 - Hockenheim: Safety car out with four laps left to run. Michele Beretta is beached. Ocon continues to lead.
Moto3 - Jerez: As Vinales gets his rear wheel on the grass and catches a massive moment in eighth place, Fenati retakes the lead, with Vazquez, Rins and Bagnaia right on him.
Moto3 - Jerez: Vazquez grabbed second from Fenati for a bit, but now the Italian's back to second and the lead group is up to eight bikes once again.
Moto3 - Jerez: Twelve laps left and it's a tight five-bike pack up front, with Rins back ahead of Fenati, then Vazquez, Bagnaia and Miller right behind.

Then Jakub Kornfeil, Marquez and Vinales are all over each other for sixth, and warring Ajo duo Kent and Ajo are along in ninth and 10th.

Herrera is 13th, second in a huge queue of bikes looking for 12th.
European F3 - Hockenheim: Half-way through the race, and Ocon continues to lead from Giovinazzi, Jones and Auer. Blomqvist up to fifth after starting 11th.
Moto3 - Jerez: Fenati is still holding off Rins out front, and they have a little bit of a break as Bagnaia and Vazquez are muscling each other aside for third place. Vinales just ran very wide at the end of the back straight trying to dodge them and fell to eighth.
Moto3 - Jerez: Another dice to watch: Ajo team-mates Danny Kent and Niklas Ajo are right together in 10th and 11th, and that's significant because they collided at the final corner in Argentina two weeks ago, leaving Kent deeply unimpressed.
Moto3 - Jerez: Fenati retakes the lead into the final corner. Vazquez lunges down the inside of Vinales and is back up to third, while Miller is having an edgy race and is down to seventh.
Moto3 - Jerez: Now Vinales, Fenati and Rins go three abreast down the pits straight - and Rins slips through the middle and into the race lead.

Eleven bikes within 1.5s in this lead pack with 17 laps left. This is stunning.
Moto3 - Jerez: Vinales makes it stick at the hairpin and takes the lead from Fenati. Isaac has spent his career so far in the shadow of his illustrious cousin but is making a name for himself this year.
Moto3 - Jerez: Fenati moves into the lead as Vazquez begins to slip back. Vinales is up to second and pushing very hard for the lead.

Order with 18 laps to go: 1 Fenati, 2 Vinales, 3 Rins, 4 Vazquez, 5 Miller, 6 Marquez.
Moto3 - Jerez: Miller tries to repass Fenati at the first corner and they early clash. The Australian falls back to fifth as Isaac (cousin of last year's champion Maverick) Vinales and Rins slip through.
Moto3 - Jerez: No sign of the pack breaking up yet, after three laps we have 27 bikes within 8.6s!

Vazquez still leads Miller, with Fenati now up to third... and now second as he passes the points leader, this time without a collision.
Moto3 - Jerez: Gresini's Antontelli, who started second, is on the deck at the hairpin after a barge from VR46 man Bagnaia. He's rejoining at the back.
Moto3 - Jerez: Vazquez outbrakes Miller to take the lead into the hairpin after the back straight on lap two.

Eric Granado is the first man to crash and looks a bit sore.

Fenati has moved up to seventh, Rins and Marquez are sixth and 10th.
European F3 - Hockenheim: Fuoco looks as if he's spun on the first lap. Currently second last.
Moto3 - Jerez: Miller holds the lead ahead of Vazquez and Antontelli as the race begins. The Monlau pair have slipped back a bit.
Maria Herrera

Maria Herrera


Moto3 - Jerez: A wildcard to keep an eye on today is Maria Herrera. The 17-year-old currently leads Spain's ferociously competitive Moto3 championship and has Repsol and Estrella Galicia patronage. She qualified 16th for her second world championship start.
European F3 - Hockenheim: We're underway at Hockenheim. Ocon makes a great start to lead.
WTCC Hungaroring: Local hero Nobert Michelisz will hope the adverse conditions continue until this afternoon's 13.30 race one start time.

"Everyone starting at the back wants rain," said Michelisz, who lines-up 12th after a suspension breakage in Q2 yesterday.
European F3 - Hockenheim: Verstappen now out of the car. His race is over. And if it's an engine problem, and needs to be changed, he could be facing 10 grid spot penalty for the next three races.
WTCC - Hungaroring: As in 2011, rain has not deterred a mass turnout of Hungarian race-goers at the Hungaroring WTCC meeting.

Although the forecast showers missed Saturday's qualifying session, rain has fallen almost continously since around 6pm yesterday.
Moto3 - Jerez: Miller still has a decent championship lead despite the Termas de Rio Hondo blow. And Monlau duo Alex (brother of Marc) Marquez and Alex Rins - who were expected to dominate by many - aren't out of it yet despite being win-less so far. Indeed Marquez junior is still hunting for his first world championship race win.

Championship standings after three of 18 rounds:

1 Jack Miller 66
2 Romano Fenati 49
3 Efren Vazquez 52
4 Alex Marquez 40
5 Alex Rins 35
6 Alexis Masbou 24

(25 points for a win)
Full Moto3 season statistics on FORIX
European F3 - Hockenheim: Weird stuff. Verstappen has now got going (he had been parked off the track at the hairpin), but the warm-up lap is underway.

And now he's stopped again...

By: Matt Beer, Gary Watkins, Pablo Elizalde, Kevin Turner, Peter Mills, Andrew van Leeuwen, Scott Mitchell

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