“I'm looking forward to the racing”
The first round of the 2008 MotoGP World Championship takes place this weekend and the Kawasaki Racing Team is ready to launch itself in to the new season with a new rider and an updated Ninja ZX-RR.

Qatar's Losail circuit will host the inaugural round on Sunday 9th March and will do so, historically, at night. The ... [ more ]

Guintoli given the all clear
Sunday March 9th, in Qatar, the Alice Team adventure will begin in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship season.

The new structure that will compete with the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 Sat and Bridgestone tyres has completed its winter testing on the Losail International circuit, in Doha, last Friday, preparing in the best way possible ... [ more ]

Capirossi set for emotional time
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP will be hoping to start the 2008 MotoGP season in style this weekend as the first race of the year takes place at night from the Losail International Circuit in Qatar.

Loris Capirossi and Chris Vermeulen are both fresh from a two-night test at the 5.38km desert-based circuit, where they both made significant ... [ more ]

JiR Team Scot is ready for the new 2008 season
The 2008 Grand Prix season starts this weekend on the 9th March with the Grand Prix of Qatar in which JiR Team Scot is involved in two classes: the premier MotoGP class and 250cc GP.

In the premier class, JiR Team Scot is running Italian talent Andrea Dovizioso on a Honda RC212V and in the quarter litre class ... [ more ]

In the dark
The 2008 MotoGP World Championship will make history at Losail on March 9, with the first-ever night-time Grand Prix race.

Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa are looking forward to this new challenge but most of all they are raring to going racing after a long winter of testing and development work.

Since last November ... [ more ]

“It is going to be really exciting”
Just a few days after completing their preseason testing schedule in Qatar, the Ducati Marlboro Team return to the Losail International Circuit this weekend to begin their defence of the MotoGP World Championship.

Sunday 9th March 2008 will go down in history as the date that a Grand Prix took place at night for the ... [ more ]

Changes at B3 Technologies
B3 Technologies today announced that agreement has been reached for founder and owner John Barnard to sell his shares in the organisation to a new consortium headed by B3’s former commercial director, John Minett.

Former senior F1 engineers Steve Nichols and Matthew Jeffreys join as directors to bolster an already strong technical ... [ more ]

''We never design a new car to be fourth!''
Co-owner and Director of Engineering Patrick Head talks of the progress made at the Williams Toyota team ahead of the new season as well as giving an insight into his relationship with partner Frank Williams.

The team seems to have faired well in winter testing. What are your expectations for the season ahead?
"We ... [ more ]

"I am very bullish about the East"
Bernie Ecclestone is renowned as a shrewd operator and steering the glamorous sport of Formula One towards Asia and the Middle East has been in his plans for some time. As the Grand Prix circus fine-tunes for the first race of the season in Melbourne next week, there has never been more interest in this region, which will host ... [ more ]

Taking the battle to Raikkonen and Hamilton
Felipe Massa is putting his faith in the capability of Ferrari's new 2008 car to power him to his first ever Formula One title.

"Ferrari has managed to construct a really great car for this season, ironing out the weak points of the one we used last year," Massa said in Sao Paolo on Tuesday.

"All my ... [ more ]