Japan - OMV Kronos Citroën WRT - Preview
The OMV Kronos Citroen World Rally Team will start another attempt for a top result at Rally Japan. The signs are good since, including Austrian OMV driver Manfred Stohl, only 13 WRC teams will compete in the Land of the Rising Sun.

Furthermore, most of these have little experience in Japan. Stohl, on the other ... [ more ]

Ford will have a busy schedule
The Ford World Rally Team has divulged additional details regarding its Asian campaign and the upcoming Japanese rally itself.

There are few changes to the route, with Rally Japan again based in Obihiro and a central service park at Kita Aikoku, a few kilometres south. After a city centre start ceremony on Thursday evening, ... [ more ]

Keeping the pressure on
The Citroën Sport WRC team has come away from the last two tarmac rallies ahead of the rest. Rally Japan will begin in a few days, which marks a return to gravel roads in very uncertain conditions.

Team boss Guy Fréquelin answers a few questions and explains the objectives he has determined for the Japanese trails.

The ... [ more ]

Antibes ERC - Citroën Sport - Finish
Simon Jean-Joseph, Jack Boyère and their Citroën C2 Super 1600 took second place on this weekend's Rallye d'Antibes, a performance that maintains the Citroën driver's chances of claiming a second European Rally Championship title when the decision regarding an appeal involving the result of his chief rival on the recent ... [ more ]

Japan - Munchi's Ford World Rally Team - Preview
The Munchi's Ford World Rally Team will be back on a familiar surface next week as they tackle the penultimate round of their 2007 ten-event campaign at Rally Japan. This 14th round of the FIA World Rally Championship is an event which both Munchi's drivers will be competing on for the second time in their careers.

Luis ... [ more ]

Japan - Subaru World Rally Team - Preview
The FIA World Rally Championship heads to the Far East for the fourteenth round of the 2007 calendar, and the last long haul event of the season. Rally Japan, Subaru's home event, is based in the city of Obihiro on Hokkaido, the most northerly of Japan's islands, and takes place from 26-28 October.

As the only ... [ more ]

First victory with a natural gas driven car at a Championship run
The OMV CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) Team has made rally history: for the first time worldwide at an international Championship, Beppo Harrach and Andreas Schindlbacher won in a natural gas driven car.

That this happened at the Ostarrichi-Rallye makes it a seminal victory since it was at ... [ more ]

“I'm very happy with my race”
Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino rounded off a difficult weekend with a strong ride in today's Malaysian Grand Prix, bringing his Yamaha M1 home in fifth position from ninth on the grid.

His team-mate Colin Edwards, who started from 13th, finished 11th.

The usual hot and steamy Sepang conditions ensured that the ... [ more ]

“We certainly raced on the right day”
Following the Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix several teams stayed on for a day of testing, but the proceedings were disturbed by heavy rain at the Sepang circuit.

It had been expected that Ben Spies would take to the track for a test ride of the Suzuki GSV-R800, but the American rider who recently retained ... [ more ]

“This was a weekend to forget”
The Malaysian Grand Prix held in stifling conditions at the Sepang circuit near Kuala Lumpur did not provide the results the team was expecting.

After travelling from the cold climes of southern Australia in early spring to the humidity of the tropics, Casey Stoner continued his dominant form in 2007 with another victory. ... [ more ]

In Rizla Suzuki's private battle
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP racers Chris Vermeulen and John Hopkins had a race-long battle during today's Malaysian Grand Prix at Sepang, with Vermeulen just beating his team-mate to the line.

Both riders got good starts and moved up through the field in the early stages of the 21-lap race. By lap-four they were neck-and-neck ... [ more ]

''I hope we can take another step forward''
Dani Pedrosa guided his Repsol Honda RC212V to third place in a tightly-fought Malaysian Grand Prix held in sweltering conditions at Sepang on Sunday.

Starting from his third pole position in as many races Pedrosa was second into the first corner behind Casey Stoner and immediately began to apply relentless ... [ more ]

In Malaysian MotoGP race
Shinya Nakano suffered a disappointing Malaysian Grand Prix.

The 30-year-old KONICA MINOLTA Honda rider spent most of the 21-lap race struggling with front-end issues at the 3.447-mile circuit, which meant he was unable to hold onto the points-winning positions.

The Team will now re-group and check the data from today's ... [ more ]

''We have given it thought''
The next career move of two-time Formula One World Champion Fernando Alonso will be decided during the next fortnight, McLaren team chief Ron Dennis has said.

Alonso, the 2005 and 2006 World Champion, has had a controversial year with McLaren which has seen him at loggerheads with Dennis for much of the season, and it is widely ... [ more ]

For clarification purposes only, says Haug
Formula One team McLaren formally appealed Tuesday against the BMW Sauber and Williams teams for their use of allegedly irregular fuel during Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, according to official Norbert Haug.

"It's not about our team winning the world title by default: we just want to obtain clarification on ... [ more ]

Obtaining it from the courts is 'not the way'
British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton told BBC radio on Tuesday he had no interest in winning the 2007 world drivers' championship by disqualification of other drivers.

The McLaren Mercedes-Benz Formula One team said Sunday night it was ready to appeal a stewards decision at the Brazilian Grand Prix, keeping ... [ more ]

Pushing to the end pays dividends at Ferrari
Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher congratulated Kimi Raikkonen for claiming the world Formula One title in Brazil at the weekend, saying he had never expected such a dramatic finish.

Raikkonen won the 2007 championship after finishing first ahead of Ferrari team-mate Felipe Massa at Interlagos on ... [ more ]