10 Things To Catch Up On From Last Weekend's Motorsport Action

In another busy weekend of motorsport - which included F1, WRC and Nascar - here are 10 things for you to catch up on:

A dark cloud was cast over the Suzuka circuit after Jules Bianchi’s crash during the Japanese Grand Prix. The incident did, however, unite the motorsport community.

#ForzaJules trended worldwide on Twitter as messages of support flooded in from around the globe. It was a heart-warming thing to see and our thoughts continue to be with Bianchi, his family and friends.

Sebastian Vettel’s announcement on Saturday morning that he’s leaving Red Bull Racing at the end of 2014 caught many by surprise, with Ferrari looking like his next destination. But what about Fernando Alonso? There is plenty of speculation over the Spaniard’s future and his former team-mate Felipe Massa joined in after qualifying.

Joey Logano dominated last weekend’s Hollywood Casino 400 Nascar Sprint Cup race at the Kansas Speedway, leading 122 laps to register his second victory in this year’s Chase for the Sprint Cup. It was a dramatic race, with several big names crashing. Rookie Kyle Larson was second, with Kyle Busch in third.

Kyle Busch stormed past Kevin Harvick with 20 laps to go at the Kansas Speedway to take his sixth Nascar Nationwide Series win of 2014. Harvick came home in second place, with Ryan Blaney in third. Chase Elliott finished 10th, extending his lead in the championship.

Kyle Larson suffered a big hit on lap 89 of the Nascar Nationwide Series race at the Kansas Speedway. He spun at turn two, collecting Chris Buescher.

After a two-month break, the FIA World Touring Car Championship returned to the track at the Goldenport Park Circuit in China. Tom Chilton started from pole for race one and took a controlling lights-to-flag victory from Citroen drivers Yvan Muller and José María López completing the podium.

Rob Huff started from the front of the field in the reverse grid of race two. He went on to secure Lada’s first WTCC win, six years after the Russian manufacturer made its debut in the series. Tom Coronel finished in second place and Sebastien Loeb was third.

7. Latvala takes the win

Jari-Matti Latvala took his first WRC victory on asphalt at last weekend’s Rally de France-Alsace. His VW team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen settled for second, with Kris Meeke in third. The result means the title fight goes on to the penultimate round in Spain.

8. Finale at Road Atlanta

The 2014 TUDOR United SportsCar Championship season finale took place last weekend at Road Atlanta. The 10-hour Petit Le Mans race was won by brothers Ricky and Jordan Taylor and Max Angelelli, driving the No.10 Prototype Corvette DP. The Prototype Challenge class was won by the Martini-backed No.8 ORECA FLM09 car of Renger van der, Mirco Schultis and Alex Popow.

Meanwhile Bryan Sellers, Wolf Henzler and Marco Holzer piloted their Porsche 911 RSR to GTML class victory. Bryce Miller, Christopher Haase and Matt Bell triumphed in the GTD class, driving an Audi R8 LMS.

The conclusion of Petit Le Mans at Road Atlanta saw the 2014 TUDOR SportCar Championship titles wrapped up. Action Express Racing Corvette DP drivers Joao Barbosa and Christian Fittipaldi were crowned Prototype drivers’ champions and Core autosport’s Colin Braun and Jon Bennett secured the Protoype challenge title.

Kuno Wittmer took the overall GTLM win and Dane Cameron won the GTD title. Action Express, Core autosport, SRT Motorsports and Turner Motorsport took the teams’ titles in their respective classes.

The World Superbike Championship was in action at Magny-Cours in France last weekend. The first race was shortened to 19 laps due to wet weather conditions and was won by Aprilia Racing’s Sylvain Guintoli, after his team-mate Marco Melandri let him through.

Melandri was asked to do the same in race two but didn’t, taking the victory. However, second place still helped Guintoli to close on Tom Sykes in the championship.