Manga comic strip comes to life
Rally Japan organisers have joined forces with filmmakers. Kobayashi Yoshinori, well known in Japan for directing action movies such as the recent major hit Unfair, is now filming a new blockbuster - The Special Stage.

The movie is based on the popular Japanese manga (comics) of the same name, portraying the life of a once ... [ more ]

During the upcoming Rally Japan
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation has announced that their new-generation high-performance 4WD sedan, the Lancer Evolution X (10) is to be used as course car for the Japanese round of the FIA World Rally Championship. Rally Japan is also the 6th round of the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship and will run in Tokachi, Hokkaido ... [ more ]

Capirossi thirteenth
Ducati Marlboro Team riders Casey Stoner and Loris Capirossi finished today's opening two Malaysian GP practice sessions second and 13th fastest.

Changeable conditions dominated the day with rain falling in the closing minutes of this morning's session and the track still damp as the afternoon outing got underway.

Both riders ... [ more ]

In Sepang
The Malaysian Grand Prix, the penultimate round of the 2007 season, got off to a poor start for Fiat Yamaha Team riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi today, the pair finishing the day a lowly 14th and 16th in the standings.

The combined timesheets were topped by Randy de Puniet after a best lap of 2'02.917.

With the track having ... [ more ]

At Sepang
Rizla Suzuki completed a full day's practice at Sepang in Malaysia despite tricky conditions caused by the track surface and the weather.

Chris Vermeulen (2'04.455, 38 laps) and John Hopkins (2'04.494, 32 laps) finished the day in eighth and ninth places respectively and both riders are confident that they will be able to improve on those times ... [ more ]

A positive day overall
Team Honda Gresini's two riders made the most of the first day of free practice in Malaysia, the penultimate Grand Prix of the season, as they worked on the set-up of their bikes at a circuit that was resurfaced only a few weeks ago.

Rainfall at the end of the morning session made track conditions difficult for the afternoon, whilst ... [ more ]

At Malaysian GP
Changeable weather conditions have once more hampered the KONICA MINOLTA Honda Team's progress during the first practice day for this weekend's MotoGP race.

Team rider Shinya Nakano also suffered two harmless crashes today – one a result of a mechanical problem for the rider ahead of him when the 30-year-old Japanese rider collided with ... [ more ]

Sepang : 250cc – Day One
World Championship rivals Jorge Lorenzo (Fortuna Aprilia) and Andrea Dovizioso (Kopron Team Scot) were the fastest two riders in today's 250cc QP1 session, with the reigning title holder just edging out his Italian opponent to take provisional pole.

Of course Lorenzo is well in charge in the quarter litre class with a 45 point ... [ more ]

Sepang : MotoGP – Day One
Kawasaki's Randy de Puniet was the man on the pace in the second MotoGP free practice session at the Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix on Friday, as he lapped a drying Sepang circuit in 2'02.917s to end the day at the head of the timesheets.

The Frenchman took plus three seconds off his morning best as the riders found ... [ more ]

Sepang : 125cc – Day One
In tricky conditions at the Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, Blusens Aprilia's Pablo Nieto has taken provisional pole at Sepang in the Friday 125cc QP1 outing.

After a brief but torrential storm just before midday local time at the Asian venue, there was plenty of water still on the track when the single cylinder competitors ... [ more ]

Race by race summary of the 2007 season
A race by race account of how one of the most dramatic seasons in Formula One has unfolded ahead of Sunday's finale in Brazil in which three drivers are going for championship glory.

Australian Grand Prix
Lewis Hamilton begins the year in ominous fashion coming third in his first ever F1 drive in Melbourne behind ... [ more ]

''We never had problems with each other'' - Alonso
Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton tried to cover up the cracks of their stormy relationship here Thursday, claiming ahead of Sunday's title decider in Brazil that instead of being warring team-mates they were in fact best of friends.

Alonso, the defending world champion, is locked in a showdown scrap ... [ more ]