At wild and windy Phillip Island
The Phillip Island circuit lived right up to its reputation for fickle weather today as the first day of practice for the 2007 Australian Grand Prix took place in perpetually changing conditions.

With bright sunshine at one moment giving way to rain showers the next, the Repsol Honda squad made the most of limited consistent ... [ more ]

On the first day at Phillip Island
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers John Hopkins and Chris Vermeulen had to contend with the elements during today's free practice session for Sunday's Australian Grand Prix.

Heavy rain in the morning meant the track was wet for the majority of the first session and both riders were unable to get to grips with the important set-up ... [ more ]

“I'm quite happy”
Gresini Honda rider Marco Melandri started the Australian Grand Prix on the front foot, clocking the second fastest time on a day that was marked by dramatically changeable weather at Phillip Island.

Marco made the most of the short dry track time to work with his team on finding a good setting for the bike and at the end of today's ... [ more ]

De Puniet in the top five
Dramatically fluctuating weather conditions marked the start of the Australian Grand Prix today as MotoGP returned to Phillip Island for the 16th round of the world championship.

The first practice session, held after a prolonged morning downpour, saw the riders head out on to the 4.45km track with Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet ... [ more ]

Tricky first day on the Island
Phillip Island greeted the MotoGP paddock with a full spectrum of unstable conditions today, as the weather switched back and forth between heavy rain and bright sunshine.

Temperatures remained cool throughout the day thanks to a cold wind off the Bass Straight and it was a delicate day of set-up work for the Fiat Yamaha ... [ more ]

Phillip Island : Day One
Changeable weather conditions have once more been the hallmark of the first practice sessions for this weekend's Australian Grand Prix.

Tomorrow the Team will work on improving the turning capability of their Honda RC212V machine and test a number of Michelin tyres to find the best combination of set-up and suitable rubber for ... [ more ]

Phillip Island : MotoGP - Day One
Despite a crash with no great consequences towards the end of the second MotoGP free practice session, newly crowned World Champion Casey Stoner was well in control of proceedings on Friday at the GMC Australian Grand Prix.

On an overcast and somewhat windy afternoon at Phillip Island Ducati Marlboro's Stoner repeated ... [ more ]

Phillip Island : 250cc – Day One
Having delivered a powerful performance in free practice on Friday morning at Phillip Island, title defender Jorge Lorenzo (Fortuna Aprilia) took provisional pole in the afternoon at the GMC Australian Grand Prix by a healthy 0.717s margin.

The 250cc World Champion's time of 1'33.641s may have been a second and a half ... [ more ]

Phillip Island : 125cc – Day One
World Championship leader Gabor Talmacsi (Bancaja Aspar) took the 125cc provisional pole at Phillip Island on Friday ahead of his Bancaja Aspar team-mate and title rival Hector Faubel in second and Tomoyoshi Koyama (Red Bull KTM) in third, at the GMC Australian Grand Prix.

Although the Hungarian rider suffered a crash ... [ more ]

Brno - A1GP - Practice
Defending champion A1 Team Germany dominated today's free practice sessions at Brno circuit, as the second round of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport season got underway in the Czech Republic.

18-year-old Christian Vietoris, who has tested but never raced at Brno, topped the time sheets with a blisteringly quick 1m45.336s ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - BMW Sauber - Preview
While attention will largely be trained on the three-way battle for the drivers' crown in the Formula One World Championship, BMW Sauber has had its championship runner-up position safely wrapped up well before the finale in Brazil.

After the technical gremlins that wreaked havoc during the last three Grand Prix weekends, ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Super Aguri Honda - Preview
Ahead of the season finale in Brazil next weekend, Super Aguri Head of Aerodynamics Ben Wood looks ahead to the race Interlagos.

Ben, what are your feelings about the SA07's performance this year?
"In general, we have been pleased with the first half of the season's performance. We extracted a lot of performance ... [ more ]