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DTM - Norisring: Wickens and Green are absolutely in a class of their own, with Paffett - still fending off Wehrlein - 10.9 seconds adrift of the Leicestershire man.
DTM - Norisring: Petrov under investigation, presumably for the manner in which he took that coveted 22nd position.
DTM - Norisring: Petrov has biffed his way past Muller to relegate the Swiss to the wooden-spoon slot.
DTM - Norisring: Green possibly lost a bit of time while lapping di Resta, who has dropped behind Tomczyk and Farfus out of those who've stopped.
DTM - Norisring: Glock, who lies 10th behind Ekstrom, has some trim flapping at the back of his BMW.
DTM - Norisring: Green is slashing the gap at the front to Wickens. Can Mr Norisring live up to his name?
DTM - Norisring: Crucially, di Resta - 17th - is at the front of those who have pitted.
DTM - Norisring: Di Resta has pitted. Meanwhile, Tambay runs wide at final corner, and Martin gets the run on him to take sixth into Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: So it's Wickens from Green, Paffett and Wehrlein. Top 10 completed by Vietoris, Tambay, Martin, Wittmann, Glock and di Resta.
DTM - Norisring: Muller has been punted into a spin at Turn 1 by Hand.
DTM - Norisring: Farfus, Molina, Tomczyk and da Costa have made very early mandatory pitstops. They can go to the end now.
DTM - Norisring: Juncadella and Molina have clashed in a Spanish civil war at the chicane, Juncadella spinning.
Checkered flag
BTCC - Croft: And Turkington takes his fifth win of the season, finishing a dominant 7.5 seconds clear of Shedden.
Plato's MG held up a train of cars including Collard, Jordan and Neal to complete the podium.
Plato's MG held up a train of cars including Collard, Jordan and Neal to complete the podium.
Green flag
DTM - Norisring: Green taps di Resta into a spin at the final hairpin as race gets under way. It's Wickens with a big lead over Green and Paffett, who passed Wehrlein at Turn 1.
DTM - Norisring: We're on lap four, and safety car is in at the end of this one.
DTM - Norisring: A reminder of the order: when the race starts, it'll be Wickens from di Resta, Green and Wehrlein. And Petrov has spun!
DTM - Norisring: In fact, this is the start of the race, as it's beginning under the safety car. Needless to say, no place changes yet or collisions at Turn 1!
DTM - Norisring: Green-flag lap under way.
DTM - Norisring: As the build-up continues before the race start, David Coulthard and Felipe Massa have just given TV interviews on the grid.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Considering what a disastrous weekend Sainz and DAMS have endured in Russia, to come away having only lost 10 points in the title fight to Gasly must be considered a triumph. Gasly still trails his fellow Red Bull junior by 33 points heading to the next round at the Nurburgring.
BTCC - Croft: Both MGs appear to be struggling and have cars right behind trying to find a way by.
Trophy
WRC - Poland: The Junior field is just finishing now, and young Frenchman Stephane Lefebvre is claiming his second win of the year.
That's a very quick young Frenchman in a Red Bull-backed Citroen... Probably a name worth bearing in mind.
That's a very quick young Frenchman in a Red Bull-backed Citroen... Probably a name worth bearing in mind.
BTCC - Croft: Plato's MG seems to be struggling as he holds Collard back, allowing the leading duo to pull away.
BTCC - Croft: So after contact between Jordan and Neal, and Morgan and Austin, we have:
Turkington leading Shedden, with a gap to Plato and Collard, Jordan, Tordoff. A recovering Neal is sixth.
Turkington leading Shedden, with a gap to Plato and Collard, Jordan, Tordoff. A recovering Neal is sixth.
Lights out
BTCC - Croft: After a delayed start, Turkington leads. Collard initially gets to second, then outbrakes himself into turn one.
Checkered flag
FR3.5 - Moscow: Merhi takes a thoroughly-deserved win, comfortably driving away from Gasly to give Russian-owned Zeta a victory on home soil.
1 Merhi; 2 Gasly; 3 Stanaway; 4 Sirotkin; 5 Rowland; 6 Sainz.
1 Merhi; 2 Gasly; 3 Stanaway; 4 Sirotkin; 5 Rowland; 6 Sainz.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Stevens has joined the queue that is forming behind Sainz, who must be looking forward to this weekend coming to an end so he can get away from the Moscow Raceway. Overtaking isn't easy here, so it looks likely that if he doesn't make a mistake he'll cling on to a solid salvage mission and finish sixth.
Michela Cerruti's mum
Auto GP - Imola: This is one of the most blurred shots you're ever likely to see on AUTOSPORT, but it also shows just how delighted Michela Cerruti's mother was in the Imola media centre when her daughter became Auto GP's first female winner earlier today.
FR3.5 - Moscow: With six minutes remaining here, Merhi's lead is over five seconds for the first time all race. Gasly, Stanaway, Sirotkin, Rowland and Sainz are all spread out, but the championship leader still has Laine and Amberg snapping at his heels.
FR3.5 - Moscow: While Sainz is minimising the damage Rowland can inflict on him in the standings, Gasly is going to get a bit closer if he hangs onto second today. The Frenchman, like Sainz a Red Bull junior, was second in the standings and 43 points adrift going into this race.
Stevens, who moved ahead of Rowland into third place yesterday, is in fact going to lose ground to Sainz today as he is only ninth.
Stevens, who moved ahead of Rowland into third place yesterday, is in fact going to lose ground to Sainz today as he is only ninth.
DTM - Norisring: It's just started pouring with rain here in Nuremberg. Those slick tyre choices we mentioned earlier are set to be very irrelevant.
So, here is AUTOSPORT's understanding of the sporting regulations for a wet race: Drivers do not have to use both compounds of the dry tyre if the race starts in wet conditions and then dries out. However, the rule that disallows using the option tyre for more than 50 percent of the race still stands. As for stops, there are no pit windows for a wet race.
So, here is AUTOSPORT's understanding of the sporting regulations for a wet race: Drivers do not have to use both compounds of the dry tyre if the race starts in wet conditions and then dries out. However, the rule that disallows using the option tyre for more than 50 percent of the race still stands. As for stops, there are no pit windows for a wet race.
Checkered flag
WRC - Poland - Powerstage results:
Stage times:
1 Ogier 7m22.3s
2 Mikkelsen +1.5s
3 Latvala +2.3s
4 Neuville +3.9s
5 Meeke +4.7s
6 Kubica +8.2s
Final results:
1 Ogier
2 Mikkelsen +1m07.7s
3 Neuville +2m13.5s
4 Hirvonen +2m32.4s
5 Latvala +2m33.1s
6 Hanninen +2m49.9s
7 Meeke +4m27.9s
8 Paddon +4m32.1s
9 Solberg +4m59.0s
10 Prokop +6m11.3s
Stage times:
1 Ogier 7m22.3s
2 Mikkelsen +1.5s
3 Latvala +2.3s
4 Neuville +3.9s
5 Meeke +4.7s
6 Kubica +8.2s
Final results:
1 Ogier
2 Mikkelsen +1m07.7s
3 Neuville +2m13.5s
4 Hirvonen +2m32.4s
5 Latvala +2m33.1s
6 Hanninen +2m49.9s
7 Meeke +4m27.9s
8 Paddon +4m32.1s
9 Solberg +4m59.0s
10 Prokop +6m11.3s
World RX - Kouvola: Heat four at Kouvola ran in wet conditions. American driver Tanner Foust was fastest ahead of Andreas Bakkerud and Finnish champion Joni-Pekka Rajala.
Krzysztof Skorupski continued his improved form with fourth, championship leader Reinis Nitiss was fifth and Irishman Derek Tohill in sixth.
Amazingly, Timmy Hansen's Peugeot-Hansen team repaired his car after his heat three roll, and he set the seventh fastest time in heat four.
Krzysztof Skorupski continued his improved form with fourth, championship leader Reinis Nitiss was fifth and Irishman Derek Tohill in sixth.
Amazingly, Timmy Hansen's Peugeot-Hansen team repaired his car after his heat three roll, and he set the seventh fastest time in heat four.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Merhi is flying. Back-to-back fastest laps have him more than three seconds clear. Gasly briefly slipped back into the clutches of third-placed Stanaway, but he is now edging away from the Kiwi.
Sixth-placed Sainz can't keep up with Rowland, but if it finishes like this with no cars between them, then the Spaniard is going to be very happy with his day's work.
It might not be straightforward though, as Laine and Amberg are closing on the Red Bull junior.
Sixth-placed Sainz can't keep up with Rowland, but if it finishes like this with no cars between them, then the Spaniard is going to be very happy with his day's work.
It might not be straightforward though, as Laine and Amberg are closing on the Red Bull junior.
BTCC - Croft: We're almost ready for race one. Most in the paddock feel the longer first gear is unlikely to harm the WSR BMWs too much, so poleman Colin Turkington starts as favourite, assuming he can keep the tyres alive with his 45kg of success ballast.
FR3.5 - Moscow: With all the stops complete, Merhi has set about stretching his lead over Gasly after seeing so much of it eaten away in the pits. With a new personal best he's already got it back towards two seconds, but is he using up too much tyre life too soon in the stint?
The last man to pit was van Buuren, who appears to have come in too late and has picked up a penalty for stopping outside of the pit window.
The last man to pit was van Buuren, who appears to have come in too late and has picked up a penalty for stopping outside of the pit window.
FR3.5 - Moscow: Merhi pits one lap after Gasly, and with a slower stop for the Spaniard his lead is trimmed to just over one second.
Stanaway is still effectively third, while Sirotkin has shaken-off Rowland, and Sainz is dropping back from the Fortec cars.
Stanaway is still effectively third, while Sirotkin has shaken-off Rowland, and Sainz is dropping back from the Fortec cars.
Stopwatch
WRC - Poland: Ogier was indeed fastest on the Powerstage. So it's 28 points for him and only 11 for Latvala, which brings the Frenchman's championship lead up to 50 points.
Title fight over? Well, it's Finland up next, so let's not count Latvala out completely yet...
Title fight over? Well, it's Finland up next, so let's not count Latvala out completely yet...
Trophy
WRC - Poland: And the WRC timing system fails to provide Ogier's time... but we do know he's the 2014 Rally Poland winner.
He leaps straight out of the VW to greet family, and gets given a bunch of flowers.
He leaps straight out of the VW to greet family, and gets given a bunch of flowers.
FR3.5 - Moscow: As the pitstops cycle through, Sainz has made progress from 11th on the grid and is now on the tail of a battle between the Fortec team-mates Sirotkin and Rowland. That's bad news for Rowland, who would have been desperate to make a serious dent into Sainz's points lead.
Out front Merhi still leads by nearly four seconds over Gasly - both yet to pit.
Out front Merhi still leads by nearly four seconds over Gasly - both yet to pit.
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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