Ahead of Corsica WRC debut
Alessandro Bettega, 2006 Fiesta SportingTrophy International Champion, visited M-Sport last week ahead of his FIA World Rally Championship debut in the 2006 Ford Focus RS world rally car.

It was announced in July, as part of his package for winning the 2006 FSTi series, that the Italian will enter the event as part of the Stobart ... [ more ]

Elpa Rally - Citroën Sport - Preview
After a break of more than a month, it's back to work for Simon Jean-Joseph and Jack Boyère, whose European Rally Championship campaign resumes with this weekend's Elpa Rally in Greece. The French pair will contest the ninth round of the series with the PH Sport-run Citroën C2 Super 1600.

For the first time since 2002, ... [ more ]

Catalunya - BFGoodrich - Preview
After a month's break in September, which was marked by the sad news of the death of Colin McRae (1995 World Champion, 25 WRC wins), WRC action resumes next weekend on the Costa Daurada in Spain where asphalt experts Sébastien Loeb, Dani Sordo and François Duval (Citroën) will be looking to see off Ford's Mikko Hirvonen and the ... [ more ]

Catalunya - Fiesta Sporting Trophy International - Preview
Having settled the Fiesta Sporting Trophy International (FSTi) championship on last month's Rally Deutschland, 2007 Champions Barry Clark and co-driver Scott Martin will arrive for Rally Catalunya next weekend (5 -7 October) with the intention of gaining further tarmac experience in their GpN Fiesta ST.

The ... [ more ]

Higher expectations for the Chinese GP
It has been something of a roller-coaster ride for Adrian Sutil and the Spyker Ferrari team so far this year. The Japanese Grand Prix was no exception with a poor run in qualifying leading to a strong race where the rookie scored the team its first championship point. Sutil and team-mate Sakon Yamamoto talk ahead of the ... [ more ]

“Win or lose, the effort never changes”
Renault Race Chief Engineer Alan Permane looks back on the Japanese Grand Prix which saw Heikki Kovalainen finish in a second position and then ahead to this weekend's Chinese Grand Prix.

Alan, the team achieved its best result of 2007 last weekend in Japan. What was the feeling afterwards?
"It was very satisfying, ... [ more ]

To pay tribute to Barry Sheene at Phillip Island
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP is set to 'go retro' with Chris Vermeulen at his home Grand Prix in Australia, as the hometown hero pays tribute to his hero and mentor, Suzuki's legendary 1976 and 1977 World Champion Barry Sheene.

The 25-year-old Queenslander will be riding a one-off Rizla Suzuki GSV-R inspired by ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Spyker Ferrari - Preview
Fresh from scoring its first-ever World Championship point in last weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, the Spyker Ferrari team moves to Shanghai for the Chinese Grand Prix this weekend. After a strong all-round performance in Japan, the team will be aiming for another top eight finish at the 5.451km Shanghai International Circuit ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Renault - Preview
Hot on the heels of his first Formula One podium finish, Heikki Kovalainen heads to the Chinese Grand Prix in a positive mood and with 30 points on the board with two rounds remaining. Giancarlo Fisichella returned to the points at Fuji Speedway and is looking to finish a difficult season on a more positive note.

Heikki, ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - McLaren Mercedes - Preview
The penultimate race of the championship takes place this coming weekend at the Shanghai International Circuit. This year will mark the fourth running of the Chinese Grand Prix, which due to its positioning towards the end of the season, has often seen exciting racing as Championship battles are drawn to a close.

With ... [ more ]