Trying out the competition version
Kopecky and Raimund Baumschlager, the Skoda team's recent testing of the Fabia Super 2000's competition version in Austria also included double World Champion Carlos Sainz.

The Volkswagen factory driver won the Central European Rally with a Race Touareg this year in April, and contributed to the double success in its ... [ more ]

To action at Donington Park
Two weeks after crashing during practice in Catalunya and ruling himself out of his home race, Jorge Lorenzo made a welcome return to the track on his Fiat Yamaha M1 at the British Grand Prix today. After his sensational start to the season, the youngest rider on the grid has undergone a torrid time since fracturing both his ankles ... [ more ]

Edwards and Toseland happy with early pace at Donington
Valentino Rossi, who is scheduled to contest his 200th Grand Prix on Sunday, got his weekend off to a solid start today by finishing third overall in the first free practice sessions at Donington Park. The 29-year-old Fiat Yamaha Team rider, whose first ever 125cc race was back in 1996 at Shah Alam, has ... [ more ]

On positive first day at Donington
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini took to the track again today for the first free practice sessions of the British Grand Prix at Donington Park. Alex De Angelis and Shinya Nakano ended the morning session in second and ninth place respectively, whilst in the afternoon they maintained their competitive challenge to lap fifth and ... [ more ]

The two riders finish in 11th and 12th positions respectively
Kawasaki's John Hopkins and Anthony West finished today's opening practice sessions at Donington Park in a confident mood, after improvements to their machine set-up saw them finish in 11th and 12th positions respectively.

Hopkins bravely ended the day's proceedings just a fraction of a second ... [ more ]

Progress for Melandri at Donington
The threat of rain held off at Donington to allow Casey Stoner and Marco Melandri to make full use of the first free practice sessions for the British Grand Prix. The Australian was the fastest man on track in both, taking advantage of improvements made with the electronics of his GP8 during tests at Barcelona last week. Melandri ... [ more ]

On day one at Donington Park
Repsol Honda RC212V riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa were second and sixth fastest in today's opening two practice sessions at Donington Park. Hayden had a positive day, using HRC's pneumatic-valve engine at a race for the first time. The 2006 MotoGP World Champion worked hard at dialling in the engine, which has a 1000rpm higher ... [ more ]

At Donington Park
Today's first day of practice for the British Grand Prix saw some typical English weather. In the sky there were clouds, just a little sunshine but no rain despite the weather forecast! In the morning session Andrea Dovizioso showed that he would be a force to be reckoned with, having a good pace with the leaders and ending the session in fourth ... [ more ]

Donington : 125cc & 250cc - Qualifying 1
125cc World Championship contender Simone Corsi qualified on provisional pole for this weekend´s Donington clash.

Looking to regain the leadership of the 125cc World Championship, Simone Corsi took a step closer to his goal with provisional pole in the opening qualifying session at Donington Park. The Jack&Jones ... [ more ]

Donington : MotoGP - Free Practice 1
2007 Donington winner Casey Stoner opened the MotoGP action at the British track with the fastest time of the morning in the premier class.

He may hardly be enamoured with the Donington Park circuit, but Casey Stoner remains the man to beat at the scene of the bwin.com British Grand Prix. The winner of last year´s ... [ more ]

French GP - Bridgestone - Practice
Felipe Massa set the marker on the opening day of running for the French Grand Prix by using Bridgestone’s medium compound Potenza tyre to set the day’s fastest lap time at the 4.41km Magny Cours circuit in rural France for the eighth round of the championship.

Massa set his time – a 1:15.306s – in the morning 90 minute ... [ more ]

French GP - Honda - Practice
Honda's on-track preparations for Sunday's French Grand Prix got underway at the Circuit de Nevers today, with the first day of free practice running. Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello completed a total of 110 laps and ended the day in 17th and 19th positions respectively.

There has been no Formula One testing at the circuit ... [ more ]

French GP - McLaren Mercedes - Practice
McLaren Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen finished Friday's second Free Practice for the French Grand Prix at Magny-Cours in fourth and seventh positions respectively.

Hamilton completed 29 laps and set a time of 1:16.232s while Kovalainen completed 36 laps and ended the day with a best of 1:16.340. ... [ more ]

French GP - Renault - Practice
Renault began its preparations today for this weekend’s French Grand Prix in Magny-Cours.

Overcast conditions greeted the team this morning, with heavy cloud cover keeping track temperatures low for the first free practice session, but the threat of rain never materialised and the sun came out in time for the afternoon session. ... [ more ]

French GP - Ferrari - Practice
A lot of work completed by Ferrari in these three hours of free practice on the first day of the French Grand Prix. Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa covered around 500 kilometres and the Italian team now has plenty of data to work on with a view to qualifying and especially French Sunday's Grand Prix.

Felipe Massa set the ... [ more ]

French GP - Red Bull Renault - Practice
David Coulthard and Mark Webber ended the Friday afternoon free practice session ahead of the French Grand Prix in tenth and 16th positions respectively with six-tenths of a second separating the two. Webber in particular admits that he is glad he has addition practice tomorrow to work on the setup.

David Coulthard
“There ... [ more ]

French GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Practice
Sebastian Vettel was firmly in the top half of the timing screen throughout the three hours of free practice today at Magny Cours. The Toro Rosso racer ended the afternoon session with the fifth fastest time with a best lap of 1:16.298s around the 4.411km circuit.

Sebastien Bourdais was less satisfied with his ... [ more ]

French GP - Toyota - Practice
Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock ended the three hours of Friday free practice with the 12th and 15th fastest times respectively. In tribute to former Team Principal Ove Andersson, who died last week, team members are wearing black armbands while the TF108 features a black band and a book of condolences that will be presented to Ove's ... [ more ]

French GP - Force India Ferrari - Practice
Force India's French Grand Prix got underway today at a cloudy and chillier than usual Magny-Cours circuit in the heart of rural Burgundy. The weekend kicked off with two 90 minute practice sessions, in which the team concentrated on establishing a baseline set up and comparing the Bridgestone Potenza tyre compounds ... [ more ]

French GP - BMW Sauber - Practice
In the first two practice sessions for the French Grand Prix the BMW Sauber drivers, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, came fifth and sixth and ninth and eighth respectively.

Robert Kubica
"This was a quite difficult Friday and we lost some running time in the second practice session due to technical problems. The balance ... [ more ]