• Echipajul romanesc ocupă locul 8 dupa prima zi în Raliul Japoniei
• Mici probleme tehnice pe specialele 6 şi 7
• Claudiu David s-a acomodat repede cu suprafata alunecoasa
Echipajul Claudiu David / Mihaela Beldie a început excelent Raliul Japoniei. După 10 probe speciale echipajul OMV Bixxol se află pe locul 8 în clasamentul P-WRC (dedicat maşinilor ... [ more ]

Japan - Ford World Rally Team - Leg 1
Ford World Rally Team drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen lead Rally Japan after today's dramatic opening leg in which three frontrunners were sidelined. The Finns returned to the rally base in Obihiro with a 10.3sec advantage in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car after a long and tiring day's competition in the forests ... [ more ]

Japan - Suzuki Motor Sport - Leg 1
Estonian Urmo Aava, competing on his first Rally Japan with the Junior Championship-winning Suzuki Swift Super 1600, had no major problems today on the opening 10 stages of the all-gravel event despite some extremely tough conditions.

The weather was foggy in the morning, but this soon gave way to cloudy conditions and ... [ more ]

Japan - OMV Kronos Citroen WRT - Leg 1
The OMV Kronos Citroen World Rally Team is back on the road to success at Rally Japan, the 14th run to the FIA World Rally Championship: Manfred Stohl and Ilka Minor were able to secure a place in scoring ranks after the first day.

Sixth intermediate place also means that the Austrian OMV duo is on their way to their ... [ more ]

Japan - Stobart M-Sport Ford - Leg 1
Round 14 of the FIA World Rally Championship, Rally Japan, has offered the Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team its best opening leg with both nominated points scoring drivers inside the top five.

Leading the event after five stages were Finns Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila who ended up with their best-ever leg 1 result: ... [ more ]

Japan - Subaru World Rally Team - Leg 1
Leg one took the competitors through ten gravel stages totalling 106.18 kilometres, and a massive 465.40km of liaison sections. The first eight were run to the north of the Obihiro service park as two loops of four, and the last two were run on the Obihiro Super Special, the shortest stage of the event.

The day started ... [ more ]

Japan - Citroen Sport - Leg 1
The long and challenging first leg of the 2007 Rally Japan has seen Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena conclude the day in second position overall with their Citroën C4 WRC, 10.3s behind the provisional leader. Their Citroën-Total team-mates Dani Sordo and Marc Martí follow two places behind in fourth, 40.6s off the lead.

The ... [ more ]

Double WRC winner has title in his grasp
Carlos Sainz can bridge a 15-year gap by clinching a third world rally crown in next week's UAE Desert Challenge.

The dashing Spaniard goes into the spectacular 2,210-km event holding a six-point lead over big rival and defending Desert Challenge champion Luc Alphand in the race for the drivers' title in this year's ... [ more ]

An interview with Loris
Looking back on another eventful season and giving his thoughts on his move away from Ducati Marlboro to another Bridgestone supplied team, Rizla Suzuki, veteran MotoGP rider Loris Capirossi has given a typically positive insight into his current frame of mind - with one round of the 2007 World Championship remaining.

Regarding ... [ more ]

Germany goes for youth and experience
Formula One’s youngest new star Sebastian Vettel is teaming up with seven-time F1 Champion Michael Schumacher for The Race of Champions (RoC) when it takes over Wembley Stadium later this year.

The Toro Rosso rookie, who amazed the F1 paddock by finishing fourth in the recent Chinese Grand Prix, is a big RoC fan ... [ more ]

Japan - Leg 1 - ReviewWith the retirement of Marcus Grönholm during the first leg of Rally Japan, the championship has now swerved to Sébastien Loeb's advantage... as long as he finishes the rally, that is. If Loeb is not presently leading the competition itself, he occupies a spot on the provisional podium and therefore finds himself potentially leading the championship.

Despite ... [ more ]

Japan - Ford World Rally Team - After SS
An estimated 64,000 people attended last night's start ceremony for this 14th round of the FIA World Rally Championship in Obihiro. Despite temperatures dropping rapidly towards freezing, fans on this most northerly of Japan's four main islands began lining the streets in the city centre more than four hours before the ... [ more ]

Alongside Sylvain Guintoli
The Pramac-d'antin Team and Toni Elias have reached an agreement that sees both parties committed to working together next year.

The young pilot of 24 years, native of Manresa, already has nine years of experience racing in the World Championship, and for the 2008 season he will ride a Ducati GP8 for the Pramac-d'antin Team. ... [ more ]

For the 2008 season
Fausto Gresini and Shinya Nakano are pleased to announce that they have reached an agreement for the 2008 season.

The experienced Japanese rider, Shinya Nakano, 30 years old, along side the Italian Alex De Angelis, 23 years old, at his debut on Motogp, complete the Gresini Honda riders line up.

Fausto Gresini :
"I'm happy ... [ more ]

After a few weeks of uncertainty
Putting an end to an uncertain few weeks for the tyre manufacturers involved in the MotoGP World Championship, the proposal put forward by Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta for the introduction of a control tyre rule has now been withdrawn.

An official statement from the FIM, on behalf of The Grand Prix Commission, confirmed ... [ more ]

A short break before 2008 preparations begin
Jarno Trulli scored his eighth championship point of the season last Sunday in Brazil and while the season may not have brought the results the Italian veteran had hoped for, he is happy to head into the off-season with another championship point.

Eighth place in Brazil, was that a positive end to the season?
"Yes, ... [ more ]