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WEC - Spa: The #1 Audi, now in di Grassi's hands, is continuing to make progress towards the second Toyota. The Brazilian is 1.6s down on Wurz.
WEC - Spa: Vilander is still ahead in GTE Pro such was the advantage Bruni built up. That allowed the car to take new Michelins at its last stop and still come out ahead of the Senna Aston, which didn't.
WEC - Spa: Wurz takes over from Nakajima - three laps early.
WEC - Spa - order at half-distance (3 hours):
1 #8 Toyota
2 #14 Porsche
3 #7 Toyota
4 #2 Audi
5 #1 Audi
LMP2 leader: #26 OAK Morgan-Nissan
GTE Pro leader: #51 AF Ferrari
GTE Am leader: #98 Aston Martin
1 #8 Toyota
2 #14 Porsche
3 #7 Toyota
4 #2 Audi
5 #1 Audi
LMP2 leader: #26 OAK Morgan-Nissan
GTE Pro leader: #51 AF Ferrari
GTE Am leader: #98 Aston Martin
Checkered flag
BTCC - Thruxton - qualifying results:
No changes up front in the closing moments, here's the race one starting line-up:
1 Jordan
2 Neal
3 Shedden
4 Jackson
5 Ingram
6 Plato
7 Tordoff
8 Collard
9 Menu
10 Morgan
No changes up front in the closing moments, here's the race one starting line-up:
1 Jordan
2 Neal
3 Shedden
4 Jackson
5 Ingram
6 Plato
7 Tordoff
8 Collard
9 Menu
10 Morgan
BTCC - Thruxton: It's an all-Honda top three going into the final two minutes, with Jordan leading Neal and Shedden, then Jackson, Ingram and Plato.
WEC - Spa: Buemi is continuing to pull away from Lieb. Nakajima appears to be struggling in third - Bonanomi has just unlapped himself from the Toyota.
BTCC - Thruxton: Giovanardi has been pushed down to 12th, and he's just had to abandon a lap after a massive moment at Allard.
Checkered flag
DTM - Hockenheim: And Adrien Tambay is our first polesitter of the new season.
Top eight looks like this:
1 Tambay
2 Wittmann
3 Spengler
4 Da Costa
5 Ekstrom
6 Molina
7 Mortara
8 Tomczyk
Top eight looks like this:
1 Tambay
2 Wittmann
3 Spengler
4 Da Costa
5 Ekstrom
6 Molina
7 Mortara
8 Tomczyk
BTCC - Thruxton: Neal sets the best sector two so far and gets up to second alongside provisional polesitter Jordan.
BTCC - Thruxton: Now it's a big jump from star rookie Tom Ingram - he leaps from 23rd to fourth in the Speedworks Toyota.
BTCC - Thruxton: Great lap from Sam Tordoff to bring him up to fourth place in what is now the top MG.
BTCC - Thruxton: Motorbase boss David Bartrum told AUTOSPORT earlier today that the team has had "a eureka moment" with set-up.
It certainly looks that way in the moment with Jackson and Giovanardi third and sixth.
It certainly looks that way in the moment with Jackson and Giovanardi third and sixth.
BTCC - Thruxton: Our legends Giovanardi and Menu are currently sixth and seventh.
WEC - Spa: Buemi leads Lieb by 21s - that's 3s more than before the stops. Third-placed Nakajima has just lost a chunk of time to the Porsche.
BTCC - Thruxton: Mat Jackson flies up to thrid in the Motorbase Ford, with Matt Neal demoting Plato to fifth now.
Green flag
DTM - Hockenheim: The final segment of the new-look DTM qualifying is go! The final eight now have 11 minutes to decide who will start from that crucial pole position.
We do know it won't be a Mercedes driver. Paffett the best of those guys back in 15th for tomorrow's race. Tough, tough day for the Stuttgart lads.
We do know it won't be a Mercedes driver. Paffett the best of those guys back in 15th for tomorrow's race. Tough, tough day for the Stuttgart lads.
BTCC - Thruxton: Andrew Jordan is living up to his practice pace and is already under the qualifying lap record with a 1m16.192s.
Gordon Shedden is currently second and Jason Plato - who is really pushing the track limits at the chicane (but isn't the only one...) - is third.
Gordon Shedden is currently second and Jason Plato - who is really pushing the track limits at the chicane (but isn't the only one...) - is third.
World RX - Montalegre: Frustrating start for the Monster team in Portugal, neither Liam Doran nor new team mate Krzystof Skorupski make it to the grid, sidelined due to technical problems with their Citroen DS3 Supercars.
WEC - Spa: No tyres for Lieb. This is a big test for Porsche - the 919 only doubled once at Silverstone.
Checkered flag
DTM - Hockenheim: We have a top eight: Molina, Mortara, Tambay, Tomczyk, Ekstrom, da Costa, Wittmann, Spengler.
That means positions 9-18 will look like this:
9 Glock
10 Scheider
11 Rockenfeller
12 Farfus
13 Muller
14 Martin
15 Paffett
16 Wehrlein
17 Hand
18 Green
That means positions 9-18 will look like this:
9 Glock
10 Scheider
11 Rockenfeller
12 Farfus
13 Muller
14 Martin
15 Paffett
16 Wehrlein
17 Hand
18 Green
WEC - Spa: No tyres for Buemi either. What will Porsche do when Lieb stops?
Green flag
BTCC - Thruxton: Qualifying gets started at Thruxton, but we'll be without Rob Collard initially as WSR continues to work on the BMW. He was unhappy with the set-up in practice.
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Tom Blomqvist
European F3 - Hockenheim: Bad news for Tom Blomqvist. He set the pace in second qualifying and earned pole for both race two and race three, but an engine change means a 10-place grid penalty for both tomorrow's Hockenheim races and the first part of next weekend's Pau triple-header.
That means the poles in Germany go to rookie sensation Max Verstappen:
Hockenheim European F3 qualifying report
WEC - Spa: Nakajima is the first of the P1 pit callers for the third round of stops. He leaves without new tyres - Toyota is doubling stinting for the first time.
World RX - Montalegre: Timur Timerzyanov sets fastest time in the first heat of the World Rallycross Championship in Portugal.
Petter Solberg finishes second overall with Andreas Bakkerud in third.
Topi Heikkinen, Timmy Hansen and Alexander Hvaal round out the top six.
Jacques Villeneuve finishes 13th on the leaderboard.
Petter Solberg finishes second overall with Andreas Bakkerud in third.
Topi Heikkinen, Timmy Hansen and Alexander Hvaal round out the top six.
Jacques Villeneuve finishes 13th on the leaderboard.
WEC - Spa: The #20 Porsche, which lost two laps earlier, is back in its box. The team is looking at the front this time.
Green flag
DTM - Hockenheim: Q2 now running. Nine minutes to find out which eight drivers will fight it out for pole position.
Checkered flag
DTM - Hockenheim: That's Q1 done, and di Resta, Juncadella, Wickens, Vietoris and Petrov are out. What an absolute disaster for Mercedes! It has just Wehrlein and Paffett left in the running for pole.
Fastest time went to Wittmann, with da Costa right behind him.
Fastest time went to Wittmann, with da Costa right behind him.
MotoGP - Jerez: Only fourth on the grid for Valentino Rossi at Jerez today, behind the all-Spanish front row, but that's still the Italian's best qualifying result of 2014 so far, after a 10th and a pair of sixths previously.
Yamaha team boss Massimo Meregalli is adamant Rossi has the pace to match Marquez, Lorenzo and Pedrosa tomorrow in race trim.
Yamaha team boss Massimo Meregalli is adamant Rossi has the pace to match Marquez, Lorenzo and Pedrosa tomorrow in race trim.
Andrew Jordan
BTCC - Thruxton: Twenty minutes to go until the BTCC pole fight at the fastest track on the calendar.
Reigning champion Andrew Jordan goes into the session as the man to beat following his pace in today's two practice periods, but Jason Plato hasn't shown his hand yet.
Full story in KEVIN TURNER's practice round-up:
Thruxton BTCC practice report
WEC - Spa: Bruni is in the lead in GTE Pro after the AF Corse squad turned his Ferrari around much quicker than AMR managed with the two Astons.
WEC - Spa - order after 2 hours:
1 #8 Toyota
2 #14 Porsche
3 #7 Toyota
4 #1 Audi
5 #2 Audi
LMP2 leader: #26 OAK Morgan-Nissan
GTE Pro leader: #51 AF Ferrari
GTE Am leader: #61 AF Ferrari
1 #8 Toyota
2 #14 Porsche
3 #7 Toyota
4 #1 Audi
5 #2 Audi
LMP2 leader: #26 OAK Morgan-Nissan
GTE Pro leader: #51 AF Ferrari
GTE Am leader: #61 AF Ferrari
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WTCC - Hungaroring: Muller reckons it was a mega first-sector time that earned him that pole.
"This track is very long, which gives you different options. You can be fast in the beginning of the lap and suffer in the later sectors, or save your effort for the end of lap.
"I didn't really choose an option, I just tried to push everywhere, but certainly my first sector won me pole.
"My sector two time was the same as Seb [Loeb], but my sector three time was not very fast – although just fast enough for pole."
"This track is very long, which gives you different options. You can be fast in the beginning of the lap and suffer in the later sectors, or save your effort for the end of lap.
"I didn't really choose an option, I just tried to push everywhere, but certainly my first sector won me pole.
"My sector two time was the same as Seb [Loeb], but my sector three time was not very fast – although just fast enough for pole."
WEC - Spa: The gap is continuing to grow up front - Buemi is now 13s up on Lieb.
WTCC - Hungaroring: Here's the full report of how Yvan Muller took what he regards as his first proper pole of 2014:
Hungaroring WTCC qualifying report
Hungaroring WTCC qualifying report
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MotoGP - Jerez: Cal Crutchlow being a bit hard on himself after qualifying 14th with an injured hand:
"Trying my best! At the minute it's not good enough though … simple"
"Trying my best! At the minute it's not good enough though … simple"
Green flag
DTM - Hockenheim: Q1 is underway at Hockenheim. Thirteen minutes to decide which five drivers will be the first out.
WEC - Spa: Buemi is edging away from Lieb - the gap is now out to 9.2s. Nakajima is making slight inroads towards Lieb. The best Audi, the #1 with Kristensen at the wheel, is 42s down on the leader.
WEC - Spa: We're 50 laps in, and Buemi leads by 7.8s from Lieb. That's about what the Porsche lost in the pits at its last stop.
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