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WRC - Argentina: That time is going to put Latvala into the rally lead by 3.3s over Ogier.
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European F3 - Pau: Take it from us, Max Verstappen is a Formula 1 World Championship star in the making. He'd never been to Pau, and nor even had his team, Van Amersfoort Racing.
As team boss Frits van Amersfoort said: "This place makes Monaco look like a boulevard."
But his unbelievable late-braking commitment into the final chicane made it look like he was a veteran of the place. It was driving to make the hairs stand up on the back of your neck.
WRC - Argentina: Mikkelsen loses 17s to pacesetter Latvala and says he had to do 20kms with "more or less no power steering" after hitting a stone.
WRC- Argentina: As we know, Ascochinga isn't quite the longest stage of the season so far, but it is the longest time-wise for a single section. Latvala's fastest time in SS3 today was 1m20s longer than Ogier's run through Otates in Mexico in March.
WRC - Argentina: Neuville is in, 24s down on Latvala and 7s off Mikkelsen.
WRC - Argentina: Neuville heard some odd noises from his Hyundai and took it easy for a bit in case of a transmission problem. But he says the biggest issue is that the car loses out hugely to its rivals on traction.
"We're still a bit basic on the suspension side," he admits.
"We're still a bit basic on the suspension side," he admits.
GP2 - Barcelona: The first qualifying session of GP2's European season commences in 15 minutes now the F1 cars have finished their Friday practice in Spain.
Jolyon Palmer was fastest this morning, and he leads the points after the Sepang opener too:
Championship standings after two of 22 rounds:
1 Jolyon Palmer 38
2 Julian Leal 28
3 Stoffel Vandoorne 25
4 Simon Trummer 18
5 Felipe Nasr 12
6 Stefano Coletti 12
Full 2014 GP2 statistics on FORIX
Jolyon Palmer was fastest this morning, and he leads the points after the Sepang opener too:
Championship standings after two of 22 rounds:
1 Jolyon Palmer 38
2 Julian Leal 28
3 Stoffel Vandoorne 25
4 Simon Trummer 18
5 Felipe Nasr 12
6 Stefano Coletti 12
Full 2014 GP2 statistics on FORIX
IndyCar - Indianapolis: We're about 15 minutes from the start of today's opening practice session on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. Scott Dixon was quickest in practice yesterday, but the weekend is in the process of throwing its first curveball - there's a greasy drizzle of rain; just enough to make the track slippery; not enough for wet tyres. At least, not yet.
WRC - Argentina: Elfyn Evans is 1m22s off the pace on Ascochinga.
He admits that taking it easy on this round means the rally is lacking "the thrill" of the last round in Portugal, when M-Sport told him to just push and have fun after an early shunt, but the Welshman accepts "we're here to do a job, and we've got a lot to learn."
He admits that taking it easy on this round means the rally is lacking "the thrill" of the last round in Portugal, when M-Sport told him to just push and have fun after an early shunt, but the Welshman accepts "we're here to do a job, and we've got a lot to learn."
WRC - Argentina: Meeke loses a bit of time to Neuville on that stage, the gap between them now 10.1s.
The Citroen driver says the stage was getting "soft and cut up" by the time he was on it, so he took it fairly easy.
The Citroen driver says the stage was getting "soft and cut up" by the time he was on it, so he took it fairly easy.
WRC - Argentina: Kubica comes in with a time just a little faster than team-mate Evans.
WRC - Argentina: Kubica says the places where he has to drive one-handed because of his unique system were tough on that stage, and he admits a road like that has "nothing to do with my 23 years of [motorsport] experience". He's just trying to take in as much information as possible this weekend.
Green flag
GP2 - Barcelona: Thirty minutes of qualifying kicks off at the Circuit de Catalunya and of the 27 cars present, most head out straight away.
WRC - Argentina: Looks like the struggling Sordo will lose at least another five minutes on this stage.
GP2 - Barcelona: First flying laps are underway. As a guidance, Palmer's best this morning was 1m30.448s.
Stopwatch
GP2 - Barcelona: Stephane Richelmi goes to the top of the timesheets with a 1m29.293s, ahead of Palmer and Felip Nasr.
Green flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: The session goes green, and Simon Pagenaud leads an intrepid little group out onto the track. Just to prove how tricky the conditions are, Tony Kanaan has a harmless spin on his out lap.
WRC - Argentina: Ketomaa was a brilliant sixth overall as well as leading WRC2 after SS2, but he's stopped on SS3.
Nasser Al-Attiyah has just come through when Ketomaa was expected, and reports that the Finn was parked 10km from the end and looked like he had damage on his car.
Nasser Al-Attiyah has just come through when Ketomaa was expected, and reports that the Finn was parked 10km from the end and looked like he had damage on his car.
GP2 - Barcelona: The ART cars of Takuya Izawa and Stoffel Vandoorne remain in the pitlane. Looks like they're going to go out when everyone else has finished their first runs...
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Rooster tails down the main straight at Indy. That's not something you see often around these parts.
GP2 - Barcelona: Ten minutes completed and Richelmi leads the way ahead of DAMS team-mate Palmer. Nasr is third, with Mitch Evans and Alexander Rossi completing the top five.
GP2 - Barcelona: And the ART duo have pretty much got the track to themselves at the moment.
WRC - Argentina: Ketomaa manages to get to the end of the stage and reports that he had a puncture first of all, then had electrical problems while trying to restart.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Only 10 drivers have ventured out so far, with Pagenaud the current pace-setter. It looks like the rain has stopped, so presumably the bulk of the field are happy to let these guys dry the track a little. Seems smart, although it might end up biting them if they're faced with a wet track for qualifying later today.
GP2 - Barcelona: Pressure on McLaren-backed Vandoorne to reap the rewards of a clear track. He's quick in the first two sectors...
GP2 - Barcelona: ...and not too shabby in the third. He goes sixth with a 1m29.904s - 0.611s off Richelmi.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Another spin, this time from Bourdais. No harm done, and he rejoins the track and continues on.
GP2 - Barcelona: Final lap of this stint for Vandoorne, will he make any improvement?
WRC - Argentina: Sordo makes it to the end of SS3, and is so far reluctant to talk to reporters...
Now he's regained his composure and confirms that a turbo issue is what has cost him so many minutes over those two stages.
Now he's regained his composure and confirms that a turbo issue is what has cost him so many minutes over those two stages.
GP2 - Barcelona: The Belgian doesn't improve and remains sixth. The only other car out on the track at the moment is Simon Trummer, who is currently in 22nd position.
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WRC - Argentina: "I tried to fix it, but everything was very hot and it was just impossible," says Sordo.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Backing up what we said a couple of minutes ago, AUTOSPORT's twitter feed has suddently filled with rooster tail photos taken by baffled Indianapolis natives.
Meanwhile, all but six cars are now out on the track, although Pagenaud remains the benchmark at 1m23.6144s. That's about 13s slower than Dixon went in the dry yesterday afternoon.
Meanwhile, all but six cars are now out on the track, although Pagenaud remains the benchmark at 1m23.6144s. That's about 13s slower than Dixon went in the dry yesterday afternoon.
Red flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Ryan Briscoe is off at Turn 5, and we have a red flag.
GP2 - Barcelona: Trummer is running solo at the moment in the final 10 minutes of the session. The Rapax driver is clearly trying too hard and is 0.5s down already through his current lap.
GP2 - Barcelona: And here comes the rest of the field with under eight minutes remaining. Will anyone beat Richelmi's time of 1m29.293s?
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Actually we lied - Briscoe is off at Turn 6. Looks like he made it all the way through the gravel to the tyre barrier. He's fine, and from what we can see his car has escaped significant damage as well.
Checkered flag
WRC - Argentina - SS3 results:
Stage times:
1 Latvala 3m00.7s
2 Ogier +10.3s
3 Mikkelsen +17.6s
4 Neuville +25.1s
5 Meeke +33.5s
6 Prokop +1m10.6s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Latvala
2 Ogier +3.3s
3 Mikkelsen +18.5s
4 Neuville +32.4s
5 Meeke +42.5s
6 Prokop +2m10.9s
Stage times:
1 Latvala 3m00.7s
2 Ogier +10.3s
3 Mikkelsen +17.6s
4 Neuville +25.1s
5 Meeke +33.5s
6 Prokop +1m10.6s
Overall leaderboard:
1 Latvala
2 Ogier +3.3s
3 Mikkelsen +18.5s
4 Neuville +32.4s
5 Meeke +42.5s
6 Prokop +2m10.9s
GP2 - Barcelona: Conor Daly is going like the clappers at the moment. The Lazarus driver currently sits in 26th.
GP2 - Barcelona: No improvement by Daly, who appeared to have been impeded by GP2 returnee Tom Dillmann on the last lap.
Green flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Back to greens, and most of the drivers head out immediately. Briscoe has returned to the pits, and the Ganassi crew is poking around his car. They don't seem particularly concerned.
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