The title is the target
Third in the 2007 MotoGP World Championship, beaten by young guns Dani Pedrosa and Casey Stoner, Valentino Rossi starts this year campaign with one simple aim : winning.

Riding a Bridgestone-shod Yamaha YZR-M1, the five-time World Champion will go all out to clinch a sixth crown in the premier-class, as he explained at his Fiat ... [ more ]

The Spaniard is ready for his MotoGP debut
Lorenzo's new life as a MotoGP rider officially started this week, with the Fiat Yamaha Team launch – held in Turin on Friday.

Here is an interview with the double 250cc World Champion…

Jorge, can you tell us about your feelings and emotions the very first time you rode Yamaha's MotoGP bike ?
“My very ... [ more ]

At 2008 team launch in Turin
Yamaha Motor Company Ltd. and Fiat Automobiles S.p.A. marked the second year of their MotoGP partnership today, at the official 2008 Fiat Yamaha Team Launch in Turin, Italy.

The presentation was hosted by Italian TV star Simona Ventura and took place at the historic Lingotto building, which was Fiat's car factory from 1923 ... [ more ]

Dakar : The adventure is not over
Groggy but still standing, I confirm today that the adventure is not over. We believed in the 2008 Dakar. We wanted a demanding, tough and intense thirtieth edition. You had chosen to register for it, to spend time, energy and money. Our common challenge was wrecked at the precise moment when it was shaping up. The shock was ... [ more ]

Solberg and Atkinson are up for the challenge
For the Subaru World Rally Team drivers, the off-season was filled with a mixture of testing and media commitments, time with family and friends and preparations for this season.

In early January, Petter Solberg and Chris Atkinson took part in an asphalt tyre test near Lyon, France in preparation for the season-opening ... [ more ]

Four cars at the first round
New crews, new colours and a new challenge for the Stobart M-Sport Ford rally team as they head to Rally Monte Carlo for the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship's season opener. This will be the third season in which the Stobart outfit will contest the WRC as a privately-backed manufacturer team.

Nominated to score points in ... [ more ]

Ten WRC rounds aboard a C4
Estonian driver Urmo Aava and co-driver Kuldar Sikk recently signed a contract with Citroën Sport which will allow them to drive a Citroën C4 WRC in ten World Rally Championship events this year. The pair will also make an appearance during the summer in their national South Estonian Rally.

Several test sessions are additionally ... [ more ]

Monte Carlo : Subaru World Rally Team - Preview
Rally Monte Carlo heralds the return of the World Rally Championship with one of the most unpredictable events of the year. In its 76th running, this four-day rally is a notoriously tricky combination of snow, ice and demanding routes which often produces some surprise results.

Crews will leave the service ... [ more ]

Monte Carlo : Ford World Rally Team - Preview
Just 53 days after ending its FIA World Rally Championship winning season with victory in Britain, back-to-back manufacturers' champion Ford launches its title defence on the legendary Rallye Monte Carlo (24-27 January).

Much is new for 2008 in the Blue Oval squad with a new team identity, a striking new colour ... [ more ]

Monte Carlo : Citroën Sport - Preview
A year after making its competition debut with a resounding one-two finish on the 2007 Monte Carlo Rally, the Citroën C4 WRC is poised to tackle the World Rally Championship's longest-standing event for the second time. For the first round of the 2008 season, Citroën Sport has entered two cars for four-time World Champions ... [ more ]

Taupo - A1GP - Sprint Race
New Zealand made A1GP history today by dominating the Taupo Sprint race from lights-to-flag to take its first-ever A1GP win at home. It became only the second team to win a home race in the history of the thrilling series. Jonny Reid led from pole to take the chequered flag and scored 15 crucial points, moving ahead of France for second ... [ more ]

76th Rally Monte Carlo : Entry list
1 LOEB Sebastien-ELENA Daniel Citroën C4 WRC A8
2 SORDO Daniel-MARTI Marc Citroën C4 WRC A8
3 HIRVONEN Mikko-LEHTINEN Jarmo Ford Focus WRC A8
4 LATVALA Jari-Matti-ANTTILA Miikka Ford Focus WRC A8
5 SOLBERG Petter-MILLS Philip Subaru Impreza WRC A8
6 ATKINSON ... [ more ]

Fine tuning the WRC2007, developing the WRC2008
The Subaru team put the Impreza WRC2007 through its paces recently as drivers and technicians prepared for next week's opening round of the championship in Monte Carlo.

A separate testing programme with the new Impreza WRC2008 is also well underway however, ahead of its planned launch later on in the season. ... [ more ]

Class victory in Norway aboard a Fiesta
FIA World Rally Championship driver Henning Solberg has successfully contested his first-ever event in a front-wheel-drive car by winning his class on the opening round of the Norwegian Rally Championship, the Mountain Rally, in a bio-fuelled Ford Fiesta ST.

Contesting the event as a fun exercise and to refresh his ... [ more ]