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MotoGP - Sepang: Pedrosa tails off in the last two sectors, he retakes second but is 0.182s off Marquez.
MotoGP - Sepang: Lorenzo improves his time and takes second from Pedrosa - for now...
WTCC - Suzuka: Morbidelli was in the danger zone in 11th. The Italian has just jumped to sixth, surviving an untidy moment running wide under the Crossover.
MotoGP - Sepang: Pedrosa abandoned his last lap but now he's fighting back - and he's up on Marquez so far.
MotoGP - Sepang: Bradl and Rossi improve to fourth and fifth, then Dovizioso grabs fifth from his countryman.
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MotoGP - Sepang: Marquez surges to a 1m59.791s, the first sub-two-minute lap in a MotoGP race weekend here.
MotoGP - Sepang: A searing lap from Marquez so far, while Pedrosa is off the pace.
WTCC - Suzuka: The Citroen pitwall can breathe a sigh of relief. Muller moves into top spot, ahead of Lopez.
Chilton is bumped back to third, but the Briton's time is good enough to remain clear of Loeb and Tarquini's factory cars.
Chilton is bumped back to third, but the Briton's time is good enough to remain clear of Loeb and Tarquini's factory cars.
MotoGP - Sepang: Here we go, three minutes left, everyone back out for a final shot at pole.
There's a clear split at the moment: 0.2s covering Marquez, Pedrosa and Lorenzo, then 0.6s back to Espargaro, Dovizioso, Rossi, Crutchlow, Smith and Bradl, who are very closely matched.
There's a clear split at the moment: 0.2s covering Marquez, Pedrosa and Lorenzo, then 0.6s back to Espargaro, Dovizioso, Rossi, Crutchlow, Smith and Bradl, who are very closely matched.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: Whincup has managed to close the gap to van Gisbergen to 1.7s, though he's just been shown a black-and-white sportsmanship flag for excessive kerb use.
Green flag
WTCC - Suzuka: Q1 has resumed with, unsurprisingly, the bottom men out on track first.
Tarquini leads the pack out and has a clear road ahead. The Italian is 15th on the timing screens.
Tarquini leads the pack out and has a clear road ahead. The Italian is 15th on the timing screens.
MotoGP - Sepang: Lorenzo also tried a second flying lap and couldn't improve.
Order after first runs:
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Lorenzo; 4 A Espargaro; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Rossi; 7 Crutchlow; 8 Smith; 9 Bradl; 10 Bautista.
Order after first runs:
1 Marquez; 2 Pedrosa; 3 Lorenzo; 4 A Espargaro; 5 Dovizioso; 6 Rossi; 7 Crutchlow; 8 Smith; 9 Bradl; 10 Bautista.
MotoGP - Sepang: Aleix Espargaro goes fourth for Forward.
Pedrosa completes his lap and doesn't improve, despite being stronger in sector one.
Pedrosa completes his lap and doesn't improve, despite being stronger in sector one.
MotoGP - Sepang: Lorenzo is third, 0.224s off Marquez.
Pedrosa is on another quick lap.
Pedrosa is on another quick lap.
WTCC - Suzuka: The session will restart in two minutes. Chilton enoys a 1.4s advantage over fellow Cruze driver Gianni Morbidelli.
Some big names have yet to record representative times, including Tarquini, Huff, Loeb, Lopez and Coronel. They will have 10 minutes of track time remaining to try and earn a place in the top-12 (only the 12 fastest cars in Q1 progress).
Some big names have yet to record representative times, including Tarquini, Huff, Loeb, Lopez and Coronel. They will have 10 minutes of track time remaining to try and earn a place in the top-12 (only the 12 fastest cars in Q1 progress).
MotoGP - Sepang: Dovizioso, Rossi and Crutchlow go third, fourth and fifth, all 0.8/0.9s down on the Hondas.
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MotoGP - Sepang: Marquez edges out Pedrosa for provisional pole by 0.063s after the first runs.
They're a second clear of the other early runners but we're yet to see times from the Yamahas and Ducatis.
They're a second clear of the other early runners but we're yet to see times from the Yamahas and Ducatis.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: Slade moves up to third as Tander begins to drop down the order with a front-left puncture.
Crash
MotoGP - Sepang: Early trouble for Q1 hero Aoyama, who has crashed at Turn 6. He's OK and back on his feet, but the Aspar Honda looks pretty broken.
Green flag
MotoGP - Sepang: Q2 is under way. Fifteen minutes to battle for pole between the 11 participants.
Dani Pedrosa led the first two dry practice sessions, Marc Marquez topped practice four (despite crashing).
Jorge Lorenzo has been close to Pedrosa's pace, but Valentino Rossi - another practice four crasher - has been trailing a little so far.
Dani Pedrosa led the first two dry practice sessions, Marc Marquez topped practice four (despite crashing).
Jorge Lorenzo has been close to Pedrosa's pace, but Valentino Rossi - another practice four crasher - has been trailing a little so far.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: On older tyres, Whincup can't live with van Gisbergen's pace - he's now fallen 2.8s back from the leader, and will be relying on a mistake from the Kiwi to get back in contention now.
Red flag
WTCC - Suzuka: Team Engstler TC2 driver Filipe de Souza has beached his BMW in the gravel after spinning at Degner. Q1 has been stopped while the Liqui Moly car is extracted.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: 20 laps left and things are going less well for the second Triple Eight Holden of Craig Lowndes, who has just made an unscheduled stop after reporting steering trouble.
That promotes his rival in the battle for second in the points, Mark Winterbottom, to sixth place.
That promotes his rival in the battle for second in the points, Mark Winterbottom, to sixth place.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: With Michael Caruso now stopping, van Gisbergen takes the lead, Whincup now 1.4 seconds adrift.
Behind, Garth Tander and Tim Slade are nose to tail in the battle for third place.
Behind, Garth Tander and Tim Slade are nose to tail in the battle for third place.
WTCC - Suzuka: Tom Chilton sets the early pace on 2m06.790s, ahead of Morbidelli, Valente and Muller.
WTCC - Suzuka: Sebastien Loeb is probably more pleased than most to be out on track.
Around a dozen Japanese fans have been loyally waiting for the great man's appearance outside the Citroen team's race office for much of the day, and a similar number armed with autograph books have stood in anticiaption behind the Citroen garage.
Around a dozen Japanese fans have been loyally waiting for the great man's appearance outside the Citroen team's race office for much of the day, and a similar number armed with autograph books have stood in anticiaption behind the Citroen garage.
Checkered flag
MotoGP - Sepang: So the back of the Malaysian Grand Prix grid looks like this:
13 Hernandez
14 Hayden
15 Abraham
16 Barbera
17 Redding
18 de Angelis
19 Petrucci
20 Laverty
21 di Meglio
22 Parkes
Iannone will not start.
Bautista and Aoyama go through to join Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Stefan Bradl, Cal Crutchlow, Valentino Rossi, Aleix Espargaro and Bradley Smith in the pole shootout in a few minutes.
Pol Espargaro is in Q2 too on paper but will miss the session due to his broken foot. That'll make him 12th on the grid if he can race.
13 Hernandez
14 Hayden
15 Abraham
16 Barbera
17 Redding
18 de Angelis
19 Petrucci
20 Laverty
21 di Meglio
22 Parkes
Iannone will not start.
Bautista and Aoyama go through to join Dani Pedrosa, Jorge Lorenzo, Marc Marquez, Andrea Dovizioso, Stefan Bradl, Cal Crutchlow, Valentino Rossi, Aleix Espargaro and Bradley Smith in the pole shootout in a few minutes.
Pol Espargaro is in Q2 too on paper but will miss the session due to his broken foot. That'll make him 12th on the grid if he can race.
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MotoGP - Sepang: Bautista grabs the Q1 top spot from Aoyama, but the Japanese rider is still going through to Q2 as Hernandez only manages third.
Karel Abraham improved late on too and was fifth in the session.
Karel Abraham improved late on too and was fifth in the session.
MotoGP - Sepang: Hayden takes third from Hernandez, but won't make it to Q2.
Green flag
WTCC - Suzuka: Qualifying is up and running. Suzuka expert Tom Coronel bucks the trend and remains in the pits while a gaggle of cars exits the pitlane.
MotoGP - Sepang: The Q1 pack are on their final flying laps, and all the leaders are improving bar pacesetter Aoyama, who now looks in jeopardy.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: Mark Winterbottom pits from the lead, while Whincup has closed the gap to van Gisbergen in the effective battle for the win - just 1.2 seconds now separate them.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: Van Gisbergen pits from the lead with 30 laps to go, and crucially he gets out a few seconds ahead of fellow Holden man Jamie Whincup, the best of the cars that had already stopped.
WTCC - Suzuka: Muller may still be mathematically in with a shot of denying Lopez this year’s drivers’ crown but the Frenchman is realistic about his huge 93-point deficit to the Argentinean.
Since being punted out of the preceding race at Shanghai, Muller has repeatedly said his focus has shifted towards 2015.
Since being punted out of the preceding race at Shanghai, Muller has repeatedly said his focus has shifted towards 2015.
MotoGP - Sepang: We're currently in Q1 for those who didn't make the top 10 on combined practice times. Two places in the pole shootout are up for grabs.
Iannone is technically in this session and would normally be the obvious favourite to go through, but he's watching from the pits due to his arm injuries.
And it's not going too well for his Pramac Ducati team-mate Yonny Hernandez either. The Colombian is only third after the first runs.
The pacesetter is birthday boy Hiroshi Aoyama, a man still fighting to earn a 2015 ride.
He's put his production-spec Aspar Honda on top by 0.068s over Alvaro Bautista's factory Gresini version.
The other main contenders are Hector Barbera, Nicky Hayden and Scott Redding in fourth, fifth and sixth.
Iannone is technically in this session and would normally be the obvious favourite to go through, but he's watching from the pits due to his arm injuries.
And it's not going too well for his Pramac Ducati team-mate Yonny Hernandez either. The Colombian is only third after the first runs.
The pacesetter is birthday boy Hiroshi Aoyama, a man still fighting to earn a 2015 ride.
He's put his production-spec Aspar Honda on top by 0.068s over Alvaro Bautista's factory Gresini version.
The other main contenders are Hector Barbera, Nicky Hayden and Scott Redding in fourth, fifth and sixth.
WTCC - Suzuka: The cars have been wheeled out of their pit garages in preparation for this afternoon's qualifying session.
Reigning champion Yvan Muller set the pace in this morning's two practice sessions, but the Frenchman was a second slower than the 2m06.987s lap recorded by his Citroen team-mate Jose Maria Lopez on new tyres during Friday's test.
Reigning champion Yvan Muller set the pace in this morning's two practice sessions, but the Frenchman was a second slower than the 2m06.987s lap recorded by his Citroen team-mate Jose Maria Lopez on new tyres during Friday's test.
V8 Supercars - Surfers Paradise: There are 34 laps here to go at Surfers, and it's currently Shane van Gisbergen who leads by five seconds.
But, the Tekno Holden driver still needs to make one more stop, while the majority of other lead runners have just taken to the pits and will be able to run to the end.
But, the Tekno Holden driver still needs to make one more stop, while the majority of other lead runners have just taken to the pits and will be able to run to the end.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Sepang: It's already been a hugely dramatic day in Malaysia.
Pol Espargaro and Andrea Iannone are both out of action due to injuries, and Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi both had minor crashes in the practice four session that preceded qualifying just now.
Pol Espargaro and Andrea Iannone are both out of action due to injuries, and Marc Marquez and Valentino Rossi both had minor crashes in the practice four session that preceded qualifying just now.
Good morning and welcome back to AUTOSPORT Race Centre Live.
Coming up this morning...
* Qualifying for MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix
* Day two of the Rally of Spain
* World Touring Car Championship qualifying from Suzuka
* V8 Supercars in Surfers Paradise
* European Rally Championship in Switzerland
Coming up this morning...
* Qualifying for MotoGP's Malaysian Grand Prix
* Day two of the Rally of Spain
* World Touring Car Championship qualifying from Suzuka
* V8 Supercars in Surfers Paradise
* European Rally Championship in Switzerland
That's just about it for our Race Centre Live coverage for today, but make sure you check back at 7am UK time as we bring you qualifying updates from MotoGP from Sepang and WTCC from Suzuka, along with the first V8 Supercars race at Surfers Paradise.
After that, we'll be bringing you more blow-by-commentary of the Rally of Spain, which resumes tomorrow just after 8am, as well as updates from the final day of ERC at Valais.
Thanks for joining us today - hope you'll be back with us tomorrow.
After that, we'll be bringing you more blow-by-commentary of the Rally of Spain, which resumes tomorrow just after 8am, as well as updates from the final day of ERC at Valais.
Thanks for joining us today - hope you'll be back with us tomorrow.
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