During the second free practice session of the DTM at Brands Hatch, the drivers of Audi and Mercedes-Benz searched for the limit in preparation for qualifying. Eventually, Paul Di Resta set the fastest lap time with his AMG Mercedes C-Class. The Scot completed his fastest lap of the 1.929 kilomtres short Indy circuit in 41.101 seconds and thus toppled erstwhile leader Timo Scheider with seven minutes remaining. The Audi works driver had been on top of the time sheets for most of the session with his personal best time of 41.166 seconds.

Scheider ended up fourth in second free practice, after Oliver Jarvis and Gary Paffett moved up into second and third place respectively in the closing stages of the session. Thus, three local drivers from the UK locked out the top three positions. The nice balance between the two manufacturers competing in the DTM also became apparent in the following positions: Bruno Spengler (Mercedes-Benz), Mattias Ekström (Audi), Ralf Schumacher (Mercedes-Benz) and Martin Tomczyk occupied fifth to eighth place

Ralf Schumacher

On Saturday morning, the search for the best possible set-up took its toll. Yellow flags were out for a while after David Coulthard, Maro Engel and Markus Winkelhock went off the track. Apart from a few kilograms of gravel, the cars remained largely undamaged, so that all drivers were able to resume their session. The longest distance, 54 laps, was completed by fastest driver Paul Di Resta. Scheider and Winkelhock only completed 24 laps each.

Susie Stoddart

Tom Sykes celebrated his first BSB race win since Knockhill in 2008 this afternoon, as the Kawasaki WSB time secured the second race win of the weekend at Brands Hatch as he fended off the challenges of Ryuichi Kiyonari. However, following mixed results Josh Brookes, Tommy Hill and Ryuichi Kiyonari are now equal on points in the overall standings going into the final race of the day.

Sykes said: “It’s nice to be back and that was a good race. I was pleased to get out front and we made big changes since yesterday and they clearly paid off, so thanks to the team for their hard work. We now want a repeat performance in the next one to try and make it a double.”

I had great time shooting Jean-Mare and David’s this weekend, what a lovely couple, I wish them all the best. Its was a very changeable day weather wise but the rain stopped at the right time even time for me to take the photographs.

They ceremony started at 12:00 at St Nicholas Church in Harpenden, It is the oldest known church in Harpenden, Hertfordshire. It was originally built as a Chapel-of-Ease in about 1217, until it was enlarged and the existing tower added in 1470. The old church was demolished in 1861 to make way for a larger building. The tower contains a ring of eight bells, the oldest of which dated from 1612.

He are just some of the images for the day.

I spent a very present morning looking around Luton Hoo with Laura and Russell, this is the venue that they have chosen for there wedding reception. They are getting married in Harpenden in October which is about 10 minutes from Luton Hoo.

Lying on the borders of Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire, Luton Hoo is one of the most famous historical buildings in the area,

The Mansion House has a choice of beautifully appointed rooms in which to exchange your wedding vows. These include the walnut panelled Churchill Room and the Library – the latter part of an original, impressively large Ballroom designed by Robert Adams and used for the filming of ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’.

Those who marry at Luton Hoo will be following in illustrious footsteps. In the year of their marriage, Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh visited Luton Hoo and returned to the mansion on their anniversary for several years after the event to the rooms that now form part of the Queen Elizabeth State Suite.

Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha Sterilgarda) took a home pole position at Silverstone, with a record fastest lap of 2’04.091.

The Coventry man held off the charge of Jonathan Rea (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) and Michel Fabrizio (Ducati Xerox) in fine style, while Jakub Smrz (Pata B&G) moved forward impressively with some great single laps to go fourth on the grid.

Smrz beat both of the official factory Aprilia machines and was one place up on championship challenger Leon Haslam (Suzuki Alstare).

CAL CRUTCHLOW

JAMES TOSELAND

SHANE BYRNE

MICHEL FABRIZIO

LUCA SCASSA

NORIYUKI HAGA

BROC PARKES

CARLOS CHECA

ROGER LEE HAYDEN

ROGER LEE HAYDEN

JAMES TOSELAND

Mark Webber beat his Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel into the first corner and never looked back in Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Vettel then dropped to the back of the field with a puncture, leaving McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton as Webber’s only serious challenger.

Nico Rosberg was an excellent third for Mercedes GP, with Jenson Button fourth for McLaren after a safety-car period aided his recovery from 14th on the grid…

F1 Silverstone 2010 Mark Webber 1st place

F1 Silverstone 2010 Lewis Hamilton 2nd place

F1 Silverstone 2010 Nico Rosberg 3rd place

In no big surprise, Red Bull F1 driver Sebastian Vettel has taken the Pole for the 2010 British Grand Prix at the re-vamped Silverstone circuit with an amazing lap of 1:29.615. For Vettel, it is his fifth pole of the 2010 season and 10th of his Formula One career. This is Vettel’s second straight Pole as he also took the front starting position at the European Grand Prix at Valencia. This is also Vettel’s second straight Pole at the British Grand Prix.

For Red Bull it is their 9th Pole in ten Grand Prix of the 2010 season. It is also the team’s fifth lock-out of the front row starting-grid in 2010.

Vettel said of his Pole, “Wacka, Wacka baby! This Silverstone is amazing! It is so much fun as our car works very well. The speeds we reach are a bit crazy, and the new section is really great! I really like this track!”

Mark Webber is running in the repaired version of Lucious Liz – the car that Sebastian Vettel struggled with earlier this season – and was able to qualify second.

Webber said, “Coming back here after last the crash at Valencia was not ideal, but the team has done a good job.”

Fernando Alonso was the best of the rest as Red Bull’s dominance that has been clear all weekend continued. Ferrari have made a significant step forward this weekend as both Alonso and Massa have moved up the grid relative to the competition.

Alonso looked ahead to tomorrow’s race saying, “We are better, but we need to continue to improve the car. We are performing better now, I think here we are competitive and we hope to score some good points!”

Lewis Hamilton grabbed a respectable fourth place starting position on the grid while his teammate and 2009 Formula One world drivers champion Jenson Button had a horrible outing way back in P14 nearly a full second slower.

In the Mercedes garage Michael Schumacher – starting 10th – was once again beat out by his remarkable teammate Nico Rosberg – who will start P5.

Toro Rosso Jaime Alguersuari was the biggest loser today as he was knocked out

On one of the hottest day in June Lisa and Lee got married at St Stephens church St Albans believed to have been originally founded in AD948 by Abbot Ulsinus of St Albans, the reception was held at Sopwell House a local Country Club, It has gained fame as the gathering place for the England national football team before international football events.

Here are just a few images from the day.

A third victory of the 2010 season was forthcoming at the AirAsia British Grand Prix for the Fiat Yamaha rider as he won by a margin of 6.743s with a commanding display. Andrea Dovizioso and Ben Spies completed the podium.

World Championship leader Jorge Lorenzo took victory from pole position at Silverstone on Sunday as he stretched his lead at the top of the standings to 37 points over Andrea Dovizioso, who placed second in the race. Ben Spies achieved his first MotoGP podium with third place.

With three laps to go Hayden and Spies both managed to pass De Puniet, and Stoner scented the chance to get in the hunt. He soon made a move on the Frenchman to slot into fifth in a rousing finale.

Midway through Stoner’s lap times were almost identical to race leader Lorenzo’s, but in eighth place he was forced to chase down Pedrosa and the Australian found it hard work trying to pass the Spaniard. He eventually managed to do so on lap 13, and then proceeded to make up further ground.

Just a few images from a Saturday Cricket match at Harpenden Cricket Club. This shot made a boundary for 4 runs. It landed a few feet from me.

Great shot for a 6.