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WTCC - Slovakia: After two glorious days of practice, it is raining in Slovakia on race morning. That's just what many of the dominant Citroen team's rivals desired.
We've got WTCC from Slovakia shortly, with the resumption of Rally Argentina to follow at 1pm BST.
Then the third European F3 race from Pau follows SS11 in Argentina, before the WRC action resumes.
The second WTCC encounter will see us out later on.
Then the third European F3 race from Pau follows SS11 in Argentina, before the WRC action resumes.
The second WTCC encounter will see us out later on.
Hello and welcome back to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live!
It's like we've never been away - although there has been a NASCAR, GP3 and GP2 race since we left.
More on that in a minute though. First, we'll tell you what's coming up today...
It's like we've never been away - although there has been a NASCAR, GP3 and GP2 race since we left.
More on that in a minute though. First, we'll tell you what's coming up today...
Jeff Gordon, NASCAR
That nerve-wracking IndyCar finish brings AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live to a close for Saturday night.
Coming up in our news section later will be the full Indianapolis IndyCar race report, our Saturday afternoon round-up from Rally Argentina, and a report from the Kansas NASCAR Sprint Cup night race.
Our F1 Live coverage resumes for the Spanish Grand Prix race day build-up from 11.30am UK time tomorrow, with Race Centre Live back on from 12.15pm ready for the final leg of Rally Argentina, the Slovakia World Touring Car Championship races and Formula 3 in Pau. See you then.
Coming up in our news section later will be the full Indianapolis IndyCar race report, our Saturday afternoon round-up from Rally Argentina, and a report from the Kansas NASCAR Sprint Cup night race.
Our F1 Live coverage resumes for the Spanish Grand Prix race day build-up from 11.30am UK time tomorrow, with Race Centre Live back on from 12.15pm ready for the final leg of Rally Argentina, the Slovakia World Touring Car Championship races and Formula 3 in Pau. See you then.
Checkered flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Their gamble pays off! Running on fumes, Pagenaud crosses the line to win the first IndyCar race on the IMS road course ahead of Hunter-Reay and Castroneves. The Schmidt and Andretti number-crunchers have earned their money today.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: One lap to go ... and Pagenaud and Hunter-Reay both stay out.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Servia pits from the lead. Just to rub salt into the wound, he is slow getting away from the stop.
Pagenaud is now P1, 2.1s ahead of Hunter-Reay, who in turn has Castroneves lurking behind him.
Pagenaud is now P1, 2.1s ahead of Hunter-Reay, who in turn has Castroneves lurking behind him.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: There's much speculation over whether Servia has enough fuel to go to the finish. He's certainly not driving like someone who is trying to save fuel, so it looks like RLL is betting the farm on another yellow. The Spaniard now leads Pagenaud by 9.8s.
Hunter-Reay is in P3 and on the same fuel load as Servia and Pagenaud, but right behind him is Castroneves, who is most definitely fuelled to the finish.
Hunter-Reay is in P3 and on the same fuel load as Servia and Pagenaud, but right behind him is Castroneves, who is most definitely fuelled to the finish.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Bourdais and Briscoe pit, and Oriol Servia moves into the lead. He, Pagenaud (P2) and Hunter-Reay (P3) are all on the same strategy, and if the race stays green they'll almost certainly have to stop for a splash of fuel.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: The caution that Castroneves was hoping for hasn't come, and he pits from the lead.
Indy Lights
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Quick check on how this weekend's Indy Lights results have closed up the title battle in IndyCar's feeder series.
Maiden wins for former GP2 title contender/F1 aspirant Luiz Razia and Matthew 'grandson of Jack' Brabham coupled with tough times for Zach Veach and Gabby Chaves have resulted in this tantalising points balance:
Championship standings after six of 14 rounds:
1 Zach Veach 229
2 Luiz Razia 224
3 Gabby Chaves 214
4 Jack Harvey 207
5 Matthew Brabham 190
6 Alex Baron 183
(50 points for a win)
Full 2014 Indy Lights statistics on FORIX
IndyCar - Indianapolis: It looks like Hinchcliffe's problem was physical rather than an issue with the car - he has been taken to the medical centre. We'll update you when we hear more.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Hawksworth pits from P3.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Hinchcliffe is off at Turn 7, but they should be able to clear that under a local yellow.
Meanwhile, Montoya has been issued a drive-through for jumping the restart and causing contact. His team-mate Castroneves leads, but is under huge pressure from Kimball and Hawksworth.
Meanwhile, Montoya has been issued a drive-through for jumping the restart and causing contact. His team-mate Castroneves leads, but is under huge pressure from Kimball and Hawksworth.
Green flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Restart. This time it's clean.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: A lot of the leaders, including Wilson, Hunter-Reay, Huertas and Pagenaud have pitted. Castroneves stayed out, and will be the new leader.
Wilson won the race off pitlane and is currently seventh. There are 28 laps still to run, and it's marginal as to whether anyone can make it to the end under greens without stopping again.
Wilson won the race off pitlane and is currently seventh. There are 28 laps still to run, and it's marginal as to whether anyone can make it to the end under greens without stopping again.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: In other news, that Plowman/Montagny crash could have some impact on Kurt Busch's preparations for the Indy 500, which are scheduled to get underway tomorrow. Montagny's car is the same one earmarked for the NASCAR star, but the amount of running time he gets tomorrow will now depend upon how badly the car is damaged.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: It wasn't just Wilson who got past Hunter-Reay there - Huertas has also passed him and is in P2.
Elsewhere, Montoya has a broken front wing from his contact with Rahal.
Elsewhere, Montoya has a broken front wing from his contact with Rahal.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Restart. There was contact on the front straight that has ended with Rahal getting out of his broken car. Looks like he was punted by Montoya.
The yellows are back out, but while the race was still green, Wilson pulled a great move on Hunter-Reay to take the lead.
The yellows are back out, but while the race was still green, Wilson pulled a great move on Hunter-Reay to take the lead.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: While all that was going on, Huertas managed to get ahead of Hinchcliffe for third. We're still under caution.
Crash
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Two drivers are making cameos this weekend - Montagny and Plowman - and they've just collided. Plowman ran into the back of the Frenchman's car and was launched skyward, rotating though 360 degrees before landing again. Both are fine, but we're under full-course caution.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: And just as we hit 'post', Power's penalty is confirmed.
Green flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Restart. Hunter-Reay keeps the lead, and Wilson passes Hinchcliffe for P2 at the exit of Turn 1.
It looks like Power ran over an air hose during his stop, so expect a penalty to be announced for that shortly.
It looks like Power ran over an air hose during his stop, so expect a penalty to be announced for that shortly.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Still under yellows. Here is the current top five:
1. Hunter-Reay
2. Hinchcliffe
3. Wilson
4. Huertas
5. Castroneves
Pagenaud managed to leapfrog Hawksworth during that stop - they are P8 and P9 respectively.
1. Hunter-Reay
2. Hinchcliffe
3. Wilson
4. Huertas
5. Castroneves
Pagenaud managed to leapfrog Hawksworth during that stop - they are P8 and P9 respectively.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: The pits open, and Hawksworth, Pagenaud and Power take advantage to put under caution. Hunter-Reay has stayed out, and will be shown as the leader next time around.
Meanwhile, IndyCar has confirmed that Saavedra, Aleshin and Munoz have all been checked and cleared by the medical centre.
Meanwhile, IndyCar has confirmed that Saavedra, Aleshin and Munoz have all been checked and cleared by the medical centre.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Dixon's car has been rescued from the gravel trap, but he's now stuck back in 21st.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Power dived down the inside of Dixon at Turn 1 for P4, and Dixon tried to reclaim the place a couple of corners later. He moved to the inside of the Penske, Power turned into the corner, and the resultant contact has left Dixon stranded in the gravel.
Meanwhile, Montoya has pitted complaining of suspension problems. After some work by the Penske crew, he heads back out.
Meanwhile, Montoya has pitted complaining of suspension problems. After some work by the Penske crew, he heads back out.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: That 'stable' gap between Hawksworth and Pagenaud has blown out to 4.1s; Hunter-Reay is another 6.0s behind. Both Dixon and Power have the Andretti car just about within their sights.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Wilson and Huertas pit, and Hawksworth reclaims the lead ahead of Pagenaud. The gap is pretty stable at 2.3s.
1. Hawksworth
2. Pagenaud
3. Hunter-Reay
4. Dixon
5. Power
1. Hawksworth
2. Pagenaud
3. Hunter-Reay
4. Dixon
5. Power
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Most of the lead group has pitted over the past couple of laps, including Hawksworth. The current leader is Justin Wilson, although Hawksworth will cycle back into the lead once the stops are completed.
Meanwhile, Ryan Briscoe has just served a drive-through for a pitlane safety violation. We hear that he ran over an air hose.
Meanwhile, Ryan Briscoe has just served a drive-through for a pitlane safety violation. We hear that he ran over an air hose.
Crash
IndyCar crash
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Here's another view from LAT Photographic of how messy that Aleshin/Saavedra impact was at the start.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Montoya pits for scuffed reds. He was asking an awful lot of his previous set over the past few laps.
Breaking news
GP2 - Barcelona: One more post-race penalty to report, and you might've seen this one coming.
Daniel de Jong gets a 10-place 'unsafe release' grid drop for tomorrow due to being sent out from the MP with a loose wheel, which fell off soon after.
Because he retired, there are only five places he can actually drop, so he'll have to start from the pitlane tomorrow.
Daniel de Jong gets a 10-place 'unsafe release' grid drop for tomorrow due to being sent out from the MP with a loose wheel, which fell off soon after.
Because he retired, there are only five places he can actually drop, so he'll have to start from the pitlane tomorrow.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Montoya is on an absolute mission here - having just passed his team-mate Castroneves for eighth, he's now reeling Bourdais in. What was a 5.1s gap is already down to 3.6s, and JPM is taking 0.6s out of the Frenchman's advantage each time around. Castroneves, for his part, pits to ditch his harder compound tyres in favour of a set of new reds.
Up at the front, Hawksworth still looks comfortable with a 2.5s lead over Pagenaud.
Up at the front, Hawksworth still looks comfortable with a 2.5s lead over Pagenaud.
Breaking news
GP2 - Barcelona: The stewards have been busy at Barcelona. Despite the shunts over the opening laps, no penalties for rough driving, but several for ignoring yellows.
Rene Binder, Conor Daly and Stefano Coletti have all had 20s added to their race times, the first two for failing to slow for yellows, and Coletti for going off course under double waved yellows.
The significant one here is Binder - he was seventh so would've been on the front row tomorrow. The penalty dumps him to 15th and brings his temporary Arden team-mate Tom Dillmann up to eighth and reverse grid pole.
That pole was previously destined to Tio Ellinas on his first weekend in GP2. He'll be second on the grid next to Dillmann tomorrow morning now. Still pretty decent for a debut!
Rene Binder, Conor Daly and Stefano Coletti have all had 20s added to their race times, the first two for failing to slow for yellows, and Coletti for going off course under double waved yellows.
The significant one here is Binder - he was seventh so would've been on the front row tomorrow. The penalty dumps him to 15th and brings his temporary Arden team-mate Tom Dillmann up to eighth and reverse grid pole.
That pole was previously destined to Tio Ellinas on his first weekend in GP2. He'll be second on the grid next to Dillmann tomorrow morning now. Still pretty decent for a debut!
WRC - Argentina: One last note from Amboy - thanks to their pace and some attrition among the midfielders, Ostberg and Hirvonen are now up to 10th and 11th.
Drivers' points are on the cards for both as they should be able to despatch Nasser Al-Attiyah's WRC2 Ford tomorrow.
Drivers' points are on the cards for both as they should be able to despatch Nasser Al-Attiyah's WRC2 Ford tomorrow.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Montoya is making excellent progress after his earlier problem, and has just passed Rahal for ninth.
Up at the front, Hawksworth isn't looking remotely intimidated by the fact that he's leading his fourth-ever IndyCar start. He is now 2.3s ahead of Pagenaud, and lapping 0.3s per lap quicker. It will be interesting to see how long his tyres last at this rate.
Meanwhile, Franck Montagny has been issued a drive-through penalty for jumping the restart.
Up at the front, Hawksworth isn't looking remotely intimidated by the fact that he's leading his fourth-ever IndyCar start. He is now 2.3s ahead of Pagenaud, and lapping 0.3s per lap quicker. It will be interesting to see how long his tyres last at this rate.
Meanwhile, Franck Montagny has been issued a drive-through penalty for jumping the restart.
WRC - Argentina: Bit of a break now as the drivers head back to the superspecial to conclude today's action. That takes place in a little under two hours.
IndyCar - Indianapolis: Hawksworth makes a great move on Hunter-Reay at Turn 1 to take the lead, and Pagenaud also sneaks through to move into second. Hunter-Reay's life isn't getting any easier -he now has Dixon bobbing around in his mirrors.
WRC - Argentina: Couple of things to note from that stage that were a bit lost amid the Ogier drama...
Neuville's recovery drive is flying along too, he's jumped past M-Sport's cautious duo Evans and Kubica into fifth now. Kubica's still on course though, and he's a good safe distance ahead of Evans and Prokop.
Meeke was very cautious in the fog there. He felt he had time to be, but that gap to Mikkelsen has come down from 2m50s to 2m01s pretty rapidly. Eighty km to go tonight and tomorrow...
Neuville's recovery drive is flying along too, he's jumped past M-Sport's cautious duo Evans and Kubica into fifth now. Kubica's still on course though, and he's a good safe distance ahead of Evans and Prokop.
Meeke was very cautious in the fog there. He felt he had time to be, but that gap to Mikkelsen has come down from 2m50s to 2m01s pretty rapidly. Eighty km to go tonight and tomorrow...
By: Matt Beer, David Evans, Mark Glendenning, Dan Cross, Marcus Simmons, Peter Mills, Scott Mitchell
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