On day one of Sepang test
The Repsol Honda Team was back on track at Sepang today for the second pre-season test at the 5.548 km Malaysian grand prix circuit.

American Nicky Hayden, MotoGP World Champion in 2006, is the sole factory Team rider present at Sepang his team mate, Spaniard Dani Pedrosa at home in Barcelona working on his recovery from a hand ... [ more ]

In Sepang
New Fiat Yamaha pilot Jorge Lorenzo resumed the task of getting to grips with his YZR-M1 in Sepang today, ahead of his inaugural MotoGP race in Qatar in one month's time.

After a promising showing here last time out, Lorenzo and his team's clear focus for this test is to refine and improve set-up, and they began work today with the same bike ... [ more ]

“We're pleased with the way things are going”
Alex de Angelis' swift adaptation to MotoGP has perhaps gone undeservedly unnoticed amidst the attention lent to fellow rookies Jorge Lorenzo and Andrea Dovizioso, but the San Marino rider has been raising his profile in 2008 with some mercurial times onboard the Honda RC212V.

Finishing ahead of some of the ... [ more ]

After impressive times in Sepang
The second Fiat Yamaha Team test of 2008 began in Sepang, Malaysia today, with Valentino Rossi picking up just where he left off at the same track 12 days ago.

After several teams opted to test at Phillip Island last week, it was a somewhat depleted MotoGP field on track today and Rossi and new team-mate Jorge Lorenzo ... [ more ]

This week-end in Sweden
Rally Sweden, the upcoming second round of the World Rally Championship season, will be the 100th world class start for the Citroën pairing composed of driver Sébastien Loeb and co-driver Daniel Elena.

"It's a nice round figure, but it's not that important to me," said Loeb, he prefers to concentrate on the job at hand.

"Our ... [ more ]

Sakhir -Toyota - Test day 2
The Toyota Racing team was back in action for the second day of its Bahrain test today with race drivers Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock taking the wheel of the TF108. A warm and sunny morning made for perfect testing conditions and both drivers were kept busy working on programmes of mechanical set-up changes.

Some development ... [ more ]

Sakhir - Ferrari - Test day 2
Testing continued today on the Sakhir circuit in Bahrain amid temperate conditions and clear skies.

Kimi Raikkonen and Luca Badoer each worked on different programmes with a little help coming from the improved weather conditions, which were milder and presented almost no wind in comparison to yesterday's session.

The ... [ more ]

Leading the field in pre-season Sebring running
With the results of the first two days of testing at Sebring International Raceway, most people expected to see the name Franck atop the timing sheets at the conclusion of the first pre-season open test for the Champ Car World Series. What they may not have expected is that his last name would be Perera.

Driving ... [ more ]