Spanish prodigy wins maiden MotoGP in Portugal, and other scorchingly hot news

Move over Valentino Rossi, there’s a new genius in leathers. Jorge Lorenzo won his first senior MotoGP race, at Estoril on Sunday. It was only his third grand prix. The Spaniard now leads the championship, alongside compatriot Dani Pedrosa. As you can see from the photo above, young Jorge’s not afraid to spray his victory champagne prematurely, and all over a hotpants-wearing grid girl. Not the hair! This kid will go far. Crash.net has a more detailed race report.

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Mattias Ekstrom begins his DTM title defence with victory at Hockenheim. The Swede led home an Audi 1-2-3. [Autosport]

Teenager Jonathan Summerton wins his first ever A1 grand prix for Team America, in Shanghai. U-S-A! [Pitpass]

Jimmie Johnson wins latest Nascar event, at Phoenix, even though he coasted across the line after almost running out of petrol. Or gas, as our American cousins insist on calling it. JJ still had just enough in his tank to do a burnout for the crowd. Nice touch. [Motorsport]

BMW driver Mat Jackson takes his first British Touring Car Championship win of the season, at Rockingham. [Autosport]