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BTCC - Snetterton: Triple Eight Ian Harrison says the MGs aren't even working very well:
"It bodes well, but there are no points for this. The car's still not right so we've got work to do."
Goodness knows how quick they will go if they do get the MG6s working right!
"It bodes well, but there are no points for this. The car's still not right so we've got work to do."
Goodness knows how quick they will go if they do get the MG6s working right!
Jimmie Johnson
NASCAR - Pocono: Sprint Cup qualifying took place on Friday afternoon, with Jimmie Johnson securing another pole.
There should be two practice sessions this morning, but the first might be delayed by a damp track.
The Truck Series is with Cup at Pocono, while the Nationwide field has a night race at Iowa Speedway later today.
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WRC - Finland: For a change it's not Jari-Matti Latvala setting the early pace on SS21, Leustu, because Evgeny Novikov has just nipped ahead of him by a tenth.
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WRC - Finland: Dani Sordo reckons stages are getting very rough and he wouldn't want to be in a crucial battle right now.
"If you are having to push like Ostberg and Neuville, it's very easy to get a puncture or take a wheel off," he says.
"If you are having to push like Ostberg and Neuville, it's very easy to get a puncture or take a wheel off," he says.
WRC - Finland: Moderate drama for Kris Meeke with a half-spin on SS21, but it doesn't cost him too much.
WTCC - Argentina: We're just over five minutes away from first official practice in Argentina.
If you missed it, Yvan Muller led an RML Chevrolet one-two in pre-event testing. His 1m49.878s is the early benchmark.
If you missed it, Yvan Muller led an RML Chevrolet one-two in pre-event testing. His 1m49.878s is the early benchmark.
WRC - Finland: Ostberg might have lost second to Neuville as he has a half-spin on this short stage.
WRC - Finland: Ostberg keeps second, but only just. Neuville is exactly 0.1s behind his team-mate with only Ouninpohja and the power stage to go.
Green flag
WTCC - Argentina: Green, and first practice is underway at the Termas de Rio Hondo circuit. Cool conditions for now, but that's not expected to last for long.
DTM - Moscow: We're just 10 minutes away from DTM qualifying and with the track so unfamiliar, we could be looking at an upset in the order.
Practice didn't turn out that way as champion Bruno Spengler set the pace, ahead of Mattias Ekstrom.
Practice didn't turn out that way as champion Bruno Spengler set the pace, ahead of Mattias Ekstrom.
Red flag
WTCC - Argentina: We had three spins in testing yesterday, and we already have a red barely two minutes into today's practice session.
That said, the delay is apparently for technical issues with the broadcast rather than any on-track incident.
That said, the delay is apparently for technical issues with the broadcast rather than any on-track incident.
Tom Coronel WTCC 2013
WTCC - Argentina: No word yet on how long a delay we're facing. Tom Coronel and team-mate Darryl O'Young were the only men to have completed their first lap before the stoppage was called.
Checkered flag
WRC - Finland - SS21 results:
Stage: 1 Neuville 5m03.2s; 2 Ostberg +1.9s; 3 Ogier +2.7s; 4 Novkov +3.9s; 5 Latvala +4.0s; 6 Mikkelsen +4.9s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Ostberg +32.2s; 3 Neuville +32.3s; 4 Hirvonen +1m10.0s; 5 Meeke +1m57.8s; 6 Nikara +3m26.9s.
Stage: 1 Neuville 5m03.2s; 2 Ostberg +1.9s; 3 Ogier +2.7s; 4 Novkov +3.9s; 5 Latvala +4.0s; 6 Mikkelsen +4.9s.
Overall: 1 Ogier; 2 Ostberg +32.2s; 3 Neuville +32.3s; 4 Hirvonen +1m10.0s; 5 Meeke +1m57.8s; 6 Nikara +3m26.9s.
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NASCAR - Pocono: Cup practice day weather report from AJ Allmendinger:
"It's def not 78 and sunny here in Pocono. Weather man wrong so far. Damn rain. Hope we can get some practice in today."
"It's def not 78 and sunny here in Pocono. Weather man wrong so far. Damn rain. Hope we can get some practice in today."
Green flag
DTM - Moscow: Q1 gets underway. Remember the top 16 progress into Q2 with the slowest six eliminated.
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Green flag
WTCC - Argentina: Not too much of a delay then. Green flags fly once more, and we're back underway.
We'll have 30 minutes too - the clocks have been reset to cancel out those lost few minutes.
We'll have 30 minutes too - the clocks have been reset to cancel out those lost few minutes.
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NASCAR - Pocono: Add Richard Petty Motorsports to the list of NASCAR folk grimacing at the Pocono sky:
"It's dark, it's cloudy and light rain is still falling. Going to be a long morning."
Free practice should be 16 minutes away, but it won't be.
"It's dark, it's cloudy and light rain is still falling. Going to be a long morning."
Free practice should be 16 minutes away, but it won't be.
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DTM - Moscow: It's all Audi so far. Mike Rockenfeller was first into P1 in 59 seconds dead, but currently it's Abt driver Adrien Tambay at the front in 58.935s. So close.
WTCC - Argentina: Muller wastes no time getting up to speed - despite the cool conditions his first flyer is a 1m49.943s, less than a tenth off yesterday's benchmark. No one else is within half a second of him at present.
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DTM - Moscow: Spengler puts his BMW on top in 58.791s, with four Audis right behind him and Gary Paffett the best of the Mercedes drivers in sixth.
WTCC - Argentina: Home favourite Jose Maria Lopez, who looked good yesterday in testing, vaults to third, just behind Norbert Michelisz. He's in the mid-1m50s though; Muller is in the 49s.
DTM - Moscow: Jamie Green and Filipe Albuquerque improve to go second and third ahead of Tambay.
With just four minutes left, the drivers heading out of qualifying are Tomczyk (again), Wickens, Wehrlein, Wittmann, Priaulx and Merhi.
Incredible, if you're more than 0.4s off the pace, you're not heading towards Q2.
With just four minutes left, the drivers heading out of qualifying are Tomczyk (again), Wickens, Wehrlein, Wittmann, Priaulx and Merhi.
Incredible, if you're more than 0.4s off the pace, you're not heading towards Q2.
Crash
DTM - Moscow: Merhi is off in the barrier. he won't be making Q2. The Spaniard, 22nd currently, put the power down too harshly on the outside kerbs and spun across the track.
He wound up in the gravel, kissing the barrier and stopping.
He wound up in the gravel, kissing the barrier and stopping.
DTM - Moscow: Miguel Molina pumps in a quick one just in time to go 16th and knock Timo Glock into the drop zone. Can the German regain some pride on his final lap?
Not quite. He's out.
Not quite. He's out.
Checkered flag
DTM - Moscow: Q1 ends with Spengler on top. Eliminated are: 17 Glock; 18 Wickens; 19 Tomczyk; 20 Wittmann; 21 Priaulx; 22 Merhi.
DTM - Moscow: Four BMWs eliminated in Q1 then, while another of the Bavarian machines goes fastest. Weird.
Lopez
'Pechito' is the only man other than Muller to break the 1m50s barrier.
WTCC - Argentina: Lopez incidentally is by far the quickest BMW driver - Stefano D'Aste is next up in 11th, more than one second down the road.
Stopwatch
WTCC - Argentina: Typical of the man. Muller responds instantly by finding three purple sectors and slashing almost a second off his previous best.
He's now dropped down to a 1m49.096s, which puts him eight tenths clear of the field. Only Lopez and Michelisz are within one second of the Frenchman.
He's now dropped down to a 1m49.096s, which puts him eight tenths clear of the field. Only Lopez and Michelisz are within one second of the Frenchman.
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DTM - Moscow: Timo Glock after not making Q2:
"I was behind Molina on the track and he was one place ahead of me in the times, and somehow he was very slow - especially in the final sector.
"I don't know if the team told him to go slow to stop me improving, because it was a very strange way to drive."
"I was behind Molina on the track and he was one place ahead of me in the times, and somehow he was very slow - especially in the final sector.
"I don't know if the team told him to go slow to stop me improving, because it was a very strange way to drive."
DTM - Moscow: Q2 is now underway. The best 10 will make it into Q3.
Stopwatch
DTM - Moscow: Rockenfeller is quickest from the get-go yet again. 58.654s is faster than Spengler managed on his way to setting the Q1 pace.
DTM - Moscow: Spengler is initially struggling to replicate his Q1 form. He's down in 10th after his first couple of laps. No problem if that's where he ends up though - 10th gets you into Q3 just the same as first.
DTM - Moscow: A couple of uber-quick laps from RSC Mucke Mercedes duo Pascal Wehrlein and Daniel Juncadella push Paffett and Spengler down into the drop zone.
With Vietoris and Mortara down there too, this final two minutes could get very interesting.
With Vietoris and Mortara down there too, this final two minutes could get very interesting.
WTCC - Argentina: We're into the final minutes now, and there's finally some cheer for Tiago Monteiro. After an earlier engine change - which means he'll start from the back of race one - he pops up into second, albeit still more than 0.7s down on Muller.
Lights out
WRC - Finland: The second run through Ouninpohja is underway. Is this where our incredible battle for second will be settled? And will anyone else throw away a position?
Stopwatch
DTM - Moscow: Ekstrom goes fastest and is immediatley knocked off the spot by Dirk Werner. We never saw that one coming....
Spengler, lying 16th, completes his lap and goes ninth. He - and pretty much everyone else, has one more lap to improve.
Spengler, lying 16th, completes his lap and goes ninth. He - and pretty much everyone else, has one more lap to improve.
Checkered flag
WTCC - Argentina: Tom Chilton now jumps into second, although he's still more than six tenths down on his team-mate. The chequered flag flies as he completes his lap.
WTCC - Argentina - Free Practice 1:
1 Muller; 2 Chilton; 3 Monteiro; 4 Lopez; 5 Michelisz; 6 Thompson; 7 Tarquini; 8 Valente; 9 Huff; 10 MacDowall.
1 Muller; 2 Chilton; 3 Monteiro; 4 Lopez; 5 Michelisz; 6 Thompson; 7 Tarquini; 8 Valente; 9 Huff; 10 MacDowall.
By: Scott Mitchell, David Evans, Mark Glendenning, Sam Tremayne, Matt Beer, Jamie O'Leary, Kevin Turner
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