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WRC - Poland: The Baranowo stage has gone live and is a 14.90km test. Let's hope this one is relatively straightforward...
MotoGP - Assen: The Yamahas are on the grid with wets, while Honda has both wet and dry bikes waiting outside its garage for its riders.
MotoGP - Assen: The pitlane will re-open at 2.05pm local time. Marquez is sat on a chair in the Honda garage looking surprisingly relaxed.
Some riders are still on the grid, others are in the pitlane, depending on whether they abandoned their out-laps or stuck with it. Officials will make sure the correct grid order is established for the start.
It does look like it's drying out quickly now...
Some riders are still on the grid, others are in the pitlane, depending on whether they abandoned their out-laps or stuck with it. Officials will make sure the correct grid order is established for the start.
It does look like it's drying out quickly now...
WRC - Poland: Ogier's SS14 time now appears to have been updated and results from the first run through Goldap now show:
1 Ogier 17m21.7s; 2 Mikkelsen +2.5s; 3 Neuville +23.5s; 4 Hanninen +25.9s; 5 Hirvonen +28.8s; 6 Kubica +28.8s.
Overall:
1 Ogier 1h23m24.3s; 2 Mikkelsen +16.7s; 3 Latvala +1m16.5s; 4 Hanninen +1m46.0s; 5 Hirvonen +1m59.3s; 6 Neuville +2m04.6s.
1 Ogier 17m21.7s; 2 Mikkelsen +2.5s; 3 Neuville +23.5s; 4 Hanninen +25.9s; 5 Hirvonen +28.8s; 6 Kubica +28.8s.
Overall:
1 Ogier 1h23m24.3s; 2 Mikkelsen +16.7s; 3 Latvala +1m16.5s; 4 Hanninen +1m46.0s; 5 Hirvonen +1m59.3s; 6 Neuville +2m04.6s.
Rain
MotoGP - Assen: The most likely scenario at the moment is that it's going to start as a wet race, but with a strong chance of drying out before the end, forcing pitstops.
Rain
MotoGP - Assen: The pitlane is being reopened so the riders can have two recce laps in the newly wet conditions.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Assen: Another delay to the start. The riders all set out on slicks just before the rain hit again. They're now being shuffled on and off the grid to make sure they're all starting on the right rubber.
Breaking news
WRC - Poland: DAVID EVANS has news of how the organisers are going to try to put the times right for Ogier after he stopped at the scene of Ostberg's crash on the last stage.
They will give Ogier back the time he lost but not immediately, as they want to be absolutely sure they're being fair given the tightness of the lead battle.
One option being strongly considered is that they will wait until the later re-run of Goldap, take Ogier's time from that running and apply it to this morning's stage.
But definitely don't expect any time correction before the next stage begins in 10 minutes, so Mikkelsen is our leader for now, but he knows Ogier will be put back in front of him... at some point...
As DAVID EVANS concluded: "nothing is straightforward in rallying."
They will give Ogier back the time he lost but not immediately, as they want to be absolutely sure they're being fair given the tightness of the lead battle.
One option being strongly considered is that they will wait until the later re-run of Goldap, take Ogier's time from that running and apply it to this morning's stage.
But definitely don't expect any time correction before the next stage begins in 10 minutes, so Mikkelsen is our leader for now, but he knows Ogier will be put back in front of him... at some point...
As DAVID EVANS concluded: "nothing is straightforward in rallying."
WRX - Kouvola: Championship leader Reinis Nitiss beat team-mate Andreas Bakkerud in their heat one race to head the order.
Timmy Hansen won his race and was third overall, with Anton Marklund, Timur Timerzyanov and Kryzstof Skorupski rounding out the top six.
Liam Doran had been fastest in morning warm up but was slow on the last lap with a smoking Citroen DS3, while rallycross debutant Markus Winkelhock failed to make it to the start line of the first heat.
Timmy Hansen won his race and was third overall, with Anton Marklund, Timur Timerzyanov and Kryzstof Skorupski rounding out the top six.
Liam Doran had been fastest in morning warm up but was slow on the last lap with a smoking Citroen DS3, while rallycross debutant Markus Winkelhock failed to make it to the start line of the first heat.
Crash
MotoGP - Assen: So if this turns out to be a changeable weather race where riders change bikes mid-event, Bradl won't have a second bike to jump onto...
Rain
MotoGP - Assen: It's started raining again and Stefan Bradl has crashed on his way to the grid.
He's running back for his second LCR Honda.
He's running back for his second LCR Honda.
BTCC - Croft: So that leaves the top six as:
1. Sam Tordoff (Triple Eight MG) 1m24.115s
2. Andrew Jordan (Eurotech Honda) 1m24.390s
3. Adam Morgan (Ciceley Mercedes) 1m24.763s
4. Colin Turkington (WSR BMW) 1m24.832s
5. Glynn Geddie (United Autosports Toyota) 1m24.846s
6. Rob Austin (Rob Austin Audi) 1m25.045s
1. Sam Tordoff (Triple Eight MG) 1m24.115s
2. Andrew Jordan (Eurotech Honda) 1m24.390s
3. Adam Morgan (Ciceley Mercedes) 1m24.763s
4. Colin Turkington (WSR BMW) 1m24.832s
5. Glynn Geddie (United Autosports Toyota) 1m24.846s
6. Rob Austin (Rob Austin Audi) 1m25.045s
Breaking news
It's been an action-packed start today on one of motorsport's busiest weekends of the year. If you need to catch up with anything that has happened so far, check out our reports:
FR3.5 – Sirotkin takes maiden victory in Russia
BES – Parente puts ART McLaren on pole
F3 – Verstappen wins chaotic Norisring race
WRC – Mikkelsen handed lead amid mayhem in Poland
DTM – Mercedes on top in Norisring practice
Auto GP – Pommer beats Sato to Imola pole
FR3.5 – Sirotkin takes maiden victory in Russia
BES – Parente puts ART McLaren on pole
F3 – Verstappen wins chaotic Norisring race
WRC – Mikkelsen handed lead amid mayhem in Poland
DTM – Mercedes on top in Norisring practice
Auto GP – Pommer beats Sato to Imola pole
MotoGP - Assen: Twenty minutes to go untl the delayed start of the MotoGP race. This could be extraordinary given the uncertain weather and a grid that looks like this...
1 Aleix Espargaro
2 Marc Marquez
3 Dani Pedrosa
4 Andrea Iannone
5 Cal Crutchlow
6 Bradley Smith
7 Andrea Dovizioso
8 Stefan Bradl
9 Jorge Lorenzo
10 Alvaro Bautista
11 Pol Espargaro
12 Valentino Rossi
And this is how they ended up in that order, with a little help from a Q2 rain shower:
Assen MotoGP qualifying report
1 Aleix Espargaro
2 Marc Marquez
3 Dani Pedrosa
4 Andrea Iannone
5 Cal Crutchlow
6 Bradley Smith
7 Andrea Dovizioso
8 Stefan Bradl
9 Jorge Lorenzo
10 Alvaro Bautista
11 Pol Espargaro
12 Valentino Rossi
And this is how they ended up in that order, with a little help from a Q2 rain shower:
Assen MotoGP qualifying report
BTCC - Croft: Austin is in the barriers at Clervaux. He's OK and the session has been finished due to barrier damage.
Red flag
BTCC - Croft: Tordoff improves again to 1m24.115s just before we get a red flag. Not sure why yet. Only eight minutes left on the clock in FP2. It could be Rob Austin's Audi...
Stopwatch
BTCC - Croft: Might have spoken too soon - Sam Tordoff kicks off the qualifying simulation runs with a 1m24.203s a quarter of a second better than Turkington's 2013 pole time.
BTCC - Croft: Reigning champion Andrew Jordan is great to watch out the back, clearly pressing on harder than the rest in FP2, and is currently fastest with the best time of the weekend so far - 1m24.390s. Colin Turkington is second.
A shoot-out for pole between those two later this afternoon?
A shoot-out for pole between those two later this afternoon?
Breaking news
MotoGP - Assen: The start of the MotoGP race will start five minutes later than scheduled because of Moto2 being delayed due to an earlier downpour.
The MotoGP race will begin at 1:05pm UK time.
The MotoGP race will begin at 1:05pm UK time.
Trophy
Moto2 - Assen: The top 10 after that rather topsy-turvy race:
1 West
2 Vinales
3 Kallio
4 Zarco
5 De Angelis
6 Luthi
7 Simon
8 Rabat
9 Baldassarri
10 Syahrin.
1 West
2 Vinales
3 Kallio
4 Zarco
5 De Angelis
6 Luthi
7 Simon
8 Rabat
9 Baldassarri
10 Syahrin.
Checkered flag
Moto2 - Assen: But West manages to hang on and takes his maiden Moto2 win! That was a great ride by the Aussie in what were difficult conditions.
Moto2 - Assen: Last lap and Vinales has West in his sights!
Moto2 - Assen: Championship leader Rabat eighth at the moment. He'll still retain his position at the top of the points table after this race, but Kallio and Vinales will gain some ground on the Marc VDS rider.
Moto2 - Assen: Three laps to go and West has a 1.388s lead over Vinales. Kallio is third and desperately trying to pass the Spaniard.
Crash
Moto2 - Assen: And Salom is down from third position! The Spaniard lost the front end of his bike at Turn 10. He resumes running, but down in 14th place.
Moto2 - Assen: West has Vinales and Salom up his exhaust pipe with six laps to go. Kallio is back up to fourth and is rapidly gaining on the leaders.
Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Moscow: Sirotkin hangs on to take his maiden FR3.5 victory on home soil for Fortec.
Amberg follows him home in second, while Fantin takes a lonely third ahead of Merhi and Jaafar.
Sainz is the best of the leading championship contenders...in 14th.
Amberg follows him home in second, while Fantin takes a lonely third ahead of Merhi and Jaafar.
Sainz is the best of the leading championship contenders...in 14th.
Moto2 - Assen: A couple of fastest lap times by Vinales has brought him 0.064s within race leader West. The Aussie will have to do something amazing to fend off the Spaniard.
FR3.5 - Moscow: A small error from Amberg - locking a wheel while right under Sirotkin's rear wing - allows the leader some breathing space. The gap is back up to 0.7s.
Moto2 - Assen: Scary moment for Rea who takes a trip across the gravel at Rameshoek. No harm done, other than dropping down to 11th.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Five minutes remaining here and the leaders are the closest they have been all race. Amberg has closed to half a second adrift of Sirotkin, so the gap continues to fluctuate between the top two.
Moto2 - Assen: The order with 10 laps still to go:
1 West; 2 Simon; 3 Vinales; 4 De Angelis; 5 Luthi; 6 Salom; 7 Kallio; 8 Rabat; 9 Zarco; 10 Rea.
1 West; 2 Simon; 3 Vinales; 4 De Angelis; 5 Luthi; 6 Salom; 7 Kallio; 8 Rabat; 9 Zarco; 10 Rea.
Crash
Moto2 - Assen: Race leader Corsi has crashed! He had a comfortable 12s advantage before losing his Forward Racing Kalex during the 11th lap. His misfortune means West now leads proceedings.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Sirotkin appears to have this well under control now. In the last three laps he's pulled nearly a second on Amberg...
...and as we say that, Amberg pulls a tenth back. The gap is 1.4s with 11 minutes plus one lap remaining.
...and as we say that, Amberg pulls a tenth back. The gap is 1.4s with 11 minutes plus one lap remaining.
Moto2 - Assen: West rises to second and has 15 laps in which to make up the 10.931s gap to race leader Corsi.
Crash
Moto2 - Assen: And Lowes is down for a second time! It's game over for the Briton this time.
Breaking news
FR3.5 - Moscow: The Rowland/Sainz clash will be investigated after the race. It's certainly not an incident that requires a knee-jerk decision from the stewards before the chequered flag, as there was so little riding on it in terms of this race.
It could have an impact on tomorrow's second race, though, if the officials decide that somebody is worthy of a grid penalty.
Sirotkin has weathered the storm from Amberg out front now, and the same appears to be the case for Merhi in his fight with Jaafar.
It could have an impact on tomorrow's second race, though, if the officials decide that somebody is worthy of a grid penalty.
Sirotkin has weathered the storm from Amberg out front now, and the same appears to be the case for Merhi in his fight with Jaafar.
Crash
Moto2 - Assen: And Lowes is down while running in second! He lost it at Stekkenwal.
Moto2 - Assen: Eight laps done and dusted and a dry line is beginning to appear. This might make life very difficult for this running at the front.
Moto2 - Assen: Lowes is setting fastest laps while running in second. Crosi leads him by half a second, while West is 9.179s adrift in third.
By: Dan Cross, Matt Beer, Marcus Simmons, Glenn Freeman, Andrew van Leeuwen, Sam Smith, Kevin Turner, David Evans, Mark Glendenning, Charles Bradley, AUTOSPORT staff
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