Acropolis - Subaru World Rally Team - Finish
The debut of the all-new Subaru Impreza WRC2008 was marked in style with second position overall at the close of the Acropolis Rally, the most challenging event on the WRC calendar. On the final day, Chris Atkinson and Stéphane Prévot were fastest on the opening stage, whilst Petter Solberg and Phil Mills crossed the ... [ more ]

Acropolis - Ford World Rally Team - Finish
Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen claimed a gutsy podium finish on Acropolis Rally of Greece today as Ford maintained its lead in the manufacturers' standings of the FIA World Rally Championship. The Finns finished third in a Ford Focus RS World Rally Car after one of the roughest WRC events in recent memory.

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Acropolis - Citroen Sport - Finish
This year's Acropolis Rally, round seven of the 2008 World Rally Championship, turned out to be a gruelling marathon contested at the pace of a sprint. The final day not only saw Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and their C4 secure the spoils but they have also recovered first place in the Drivers' standings.

Dani Sordo/Marc ... [ more ]

At Mugello
Alex De Angelis was one of the star performers at the Italian Grand Prix today, delighting over 90,000 home fans with an incredible charge through the field at Mugello.

The Team San Carlo Honda Gresini rider brought his Bridgestone-shod Honda RC212V home in fourth place – the best result of his rookie MotoGP season so far.

Alex didn't ... [ more ]

And World Championship lead
Amidst blazing sunshine and starting from pole position at a track where he had been untouchable for the past six years, Valentino Rossi claimed a third consecutive victory of the season in the Gran Premio d´Italia Alice.

The script had been written, but it was still up to the Fiat Yamaha rider to perform when the lights went ... [ more ]

In home thriller
Marco Simoncelli provided the home fans with their second Italian victory of the day in the 250cc class, his first in the quarter litre category.

Involved in a two-way fight with Hector Barbera for the duration of the race, a home straight crash by the Spaniard left the last lap decidedly more comfortable for the Metis Gilera rider.

Simoncelli ... [ more ]

With home 125cc victory
A home race win and the lead of the 125cc World Championship was just reward for Simone Corsi, coming out on top in a sprint to the line.

The Jack&Jones WRB Italian star made a phenomenal move at the start of the twentieth and final lap and held on for his third win of the 2008 season.

As the riders had expected, the race ... [ more ]

Mugello : Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Luis Salom extended his lead in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup with a superb win from the 5th row of the grid.

An almost race long battle with American JD Beach gave the 16 year old Spaniard victory number 4 from 5 races with Beach collecting his 5th 2nd place and 13 year old Japanese Daijiro Hiura completing the ... [ more ]

At Miller Motorsports Park
Carlos Checa (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) notched up the first Superpole of his short Superbike World Championship career at the Miller Motorsports Park in Utah.

The 35 year-old Spanish rider, in just his sixth race in SBK, powered his Honda CBR1000RR to a new outright record time of 1 minute 48.193 seconds around the spectacular ... [ more ]

Numbers predict Canadian GP conditions
Norbert Haug, Vice President of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport, shares his assessment of the McLaren team's season so far and offers a few numbers to explain the demands of next week-end's Canadian Grand Prix.

How do you evaluate the balance of power after the first third of the season and prior to the Canadian Grand Prix? ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - Honda - Preview
Round seven of the 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship takes the Honda Racing F1 Team to Montreal for the Canadian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race takes place at the 4.361km (2.710-mile) Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and is the only race on North American soil this year.

The track is located on the Ile Notre Dame, a man-made ... [ more ]

Aiming to break the attendance record
The Polish fans of the BMW Sauber F1 Team and their home-grown hero, Robert Kubica, have every reason to look forward to another very special Formula One experience. From 13th to 15th June 2008 the BMW Sauber F1 Team Pit Lane Park visits Warsaw, Poland's capital city, for the second time.

BMW Sauber driver Robert ... [ more ]

Montreal is ''is not the easiest to forecast''
The McLaren Mercedes team's CEO Formula 1, Martin Whitmarsh, looks back at Lewis Hamilton's great victory at Monaco despite a slowly deflating tyre, and at Heikki Kovalainen's missed opportunity when an unfortunate electronics glitch cost him a chance at taking his maiden F1 victory.

As the Canadian Grand ... [ more ]

''Anything can happen in Formula One''
Six races into the 2008 season, BMW Sauber F1 Team driver Robert Kubica lies fourth in the drivers' World Championship with 32 points to his tally, only six points away from current leader Lewis Hamilton.

The Pole talks about this year's good results so far and the title opportunities that might come his way during ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - McLaren Mercedes - Preview
McLaren Mercedes travels across the Atlantic for round seven of the 2008 Formula 1 World Championship, the Canadian Grand Prix, which is being staged in the North American country for the 40th time.

The first Canadian race took place in 1967 at the Mosport track in Toronto. Mont-Tremblant hosted the event for two ... [ more ]

Canadian GP - BMW Sauber - Preview
Although the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal is also labelled a street circuit, one could hardly imagine a greater contrast to the Monaco course.

When Formula One gathers for the Canadian Grand Prix on 8th June, there will be no sign of the extra wings that adorned the cars in the Principality. The picturesquely ... [ more ]