A deserved podium finish for Sordo/Marti and Citroen in Jordan
The finish ceremony of the first Jordan Rally to count for the World Rally Championship (Round 5) was held near Amman, close to the Dead Sea. Dani Sordo/Marc Marti steered their C4 WRC to second place overall which earns Citroen eight valuable points. Following their misadventure on Saturday, Sebastien ... [ more ]

Suzuki man Niegel takes points on his JWRC debut
Germany's Florian Niegel turned in a faultless drive on his first ever round of the Junior World Rally Championship, guiding his Suzuki Rallye Junior Team Germany-run Swift Super 1600 to a highly credible fourth place on the Jordan Rally. Niegel's car ran without any problems through the final day. Unwilling to ... [ more ]

Hirvonen sweeps to Jordan win as Ford extends world series lead

Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen claimed their first victory of the season on an enthralling Jordan Rally today. The BP Ford Abu Dhabi World Rally Team pair returned to the lead of the drivers' standings in the FIA World Rally Championship after winning by 1min 15.7sec in a Focus RS World Rally Car. ... [ more ]

Gigi Galli and Giovanni Bernacchini 8th overall at Rally Jordan in their Ford Focus RS WRC of the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford team

Gigi Galli and Giovanni Bernacchini finished 8th overall the difficult and tricky Rally Jordan, that entered the main rally championship this year as fifth round of the season. A real good recover for Galli after he had to retire yesterday ... [ more ]

Victory and second place for the C2 Super 1600
The very first Jordan Rally was an important event for the country but also an extremely tricky rally for the Juniors. After three days of action not far from the Dead Sea, Sebastien Ogier in his Citroen C2 Super 1600 run by PH-Sport, took the class win. In the C2 Junior Experience, Shaun Gallagher was first and ... [ more ]

Super Solberg spears Stobart to success in Jordan
The fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship has been a successful outing for the Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team this weekend with all three drivers finishing with point scoring results in the Drivers' Championship.

Henning Solberg/Cato Menkerud's strong finish today saw them end up top Stobart ... [ more ]

Points for Villagra and dream finish for Clark in Jordan
Federico Villagra/Jorge Perez Companc have equalled their best ever WRC result to make it three point scoring results on the trot, finishing the fifth round of the FIA World Rally Championship in sixth position. The result also sees the Munchi's Ford World Rally Team increase the gap on Suzuki and maintain ... [ more ]

Suzuki take positives from tough Jordan Rally
Prior to the event, the third and final day of the Jordan Rally had been billed as the toughest. With the arduous Jordan River stage at 41.45km, the longest of the event run twice, it was not going to be a battle to the finish in the continued scorching temperatures. The day started well for P-G Andersson and his ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Ferrari - Race
Kimi Raikkonen's victory in Spain this afternoon was the third win of the season for Ferrari and the second consecutive one-two finish for defending champions. Starting from the Pole Position, Raikkonen claimed his second victory of the year and win number 204 from 762 Grand Prix entered by Ferrari, the 17th from 126 races for Finn.

Kimi ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
McLaren Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finished the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona in third place. After 66 laps (307.104 kms), Hamilton came home 4.1 seconds behind winner Kimi Raikkonen. Team-mate Heikki Kovalainen hit the tyre barrier at the Campsa corner on lap 22 and the exact cause of the accident is still to be officially ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Honda - Race
Honda scored its first World Championship points of the season in today’s Spanish Grand Prix, when Jenson Button finished in sixth position. A solid drive from the Briton, plus some astute strategy calls from the team’s pitwall, saw him climb through the field from 13th position on the grid.

Button drove a 29-lap middle stint, ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Toyota - Race
Toyota leaves Barcelona with one point after Jarno Trulli finished in eighth position. An error saw Trulli pit when he did not need to, losing position to Jenson Button and Kazuki Nakajima. Timo Glock meanwhile struggled for pace from the start after damaging his wing and later ran into the back of David Coulthard on his way to 11th ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Renault - Race
Renault has a disappointing afternoon in Barcelona as both Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet retired from the Spanish Grand Prix.

After a promising performance in yesterday’s qualifying session, the team started the race in good shape and Alonso raced competitively at the front of the field during the opening laps.

But ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Williams Toyota - Race
Kazuki Nakajima secured two points for the Williams team today at the Spanish Grand Prix, thereby confirming the team’s fourth place in the Constructors’ Championship. Nakajima was one of just 13 finishers this afternoon during an eventful race which saw two safety car periods.

Nico Rosberg executed one of the best starts ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
Force India has secured its best-ever finish in a dramatic Spanish Grand Prix. Giancarlo Fisichella claimed tenth position to give the team its first top ten finish in just four races. Fisichella drove an excellent race, running as high as eighth position for several laps and fighting with the BMW of Nick Heidfeld. Adrian ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Red Bull Renault - Race
Mark Webber had a solid run to the chequered flag today in Barcelona, taking fifth position and another haul of championship points for the Red Bull Renault team.

David Coulthard's poor qualifying run yesterday came back to haunt him as Adrian Sutil rammed into him on lap one and later in the race Timo Glock ran into ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Race
The Toro Rosso team were flat out of luck today in the 66-lap Spanish Grand Prix with both Sebastien Bourdais and Sebastian Vettel unable to complete the race.

Vettel was the first casualty as he struck the stranded Adrian Sutil who in turn had just hit David Coulthard and spun on lap one. Bourdais meanwhile found ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Super Aguri Honda - Race
Super Aguri Honda racers has mixed fortunes at the Spanish Grand Prix today.

Takuma Sato took the chequered flag in 13th position, the team’s highest placing of the season to date, while Anthony Davidson was forced to retire his SA08A in the opening stages of the race due to an overheating issue resulting from a pierced ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - BMW Sauber - Race
The BMW Sauber team ended up with five Championship points for Robert Kubica after an action packed Spanish Grand Prix. This means second in the Constructors’ standings behind Ferrari who dominated the 66-lap event.

Nick Heidfeld had bad luck as he was forced to refuel during the second safety car period. A stop and go penalty ... [ more ]

Spanish GP - Bridgestone - Race
Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) has won the fourth round of the FIA Formula One World Championship from pole position after using a medium-medium-hard compound Bridgestone Potenza tyre strategy in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Raikkonen was joined on the podium by team-mate Felipe Massa and McLaren Mercedes ... [ more ]