One point for Suzuki
The final day of Rallye Deutschland - arguably the toughest asphalt round of the entire World Rally Championship - saw both Suzuki SX4 WRCs make it safely to the finish in Trier, having enjoyed a reliable run throughout the 352 competitive kilometres which made up the event.

Day three consisted of five stages, concluding with a spectator ... [ more ]

Stobart team filing request with the FIA
François Duval has been chosen to replace the injured Gigi Galli for Rally New Zealand as the second Stobart M-Sport Ford rally team entrant. He will join Matthew Wilson as the second nominated points-scoring driver.

Galli was injured during Rallye Deutschland when his car violently struck trees, resulting in a ... [ more ]

After positive Brno test
Valentino Rossi left the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic this evening after a busy but successful two days of testing, alongside most of his fellow MotoGP competitors.

The Italian, who won Sunday's race to go fifty points clear at the top of the championship, set the second fastest time once again today and looks in good shape ... [ more ]

At Brno
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini completed their second and final day of testing at Brno yesterday, with only Shinya Nakano taking to the track - Alex De Angelis having completed his test programme on Monday.

The Japanese rider has made the most of two days of sunshine to accumulate experience on the new Honda RC212V, the satellite version 2009 machine ... [ more ]

With Stoner on top
The Ducati Marlboro Team completed a two-day test at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic in impressive style yesterday, with Casey Stoner setting a sensational pace and declaring himself happy with development of the GP8 and the Bridgestone tyres.

On another hot and sunny day, with track and ambient temperatures reaching 29 and 54 ... [ more ]

For 2009
Although he still remains focussed on completing the 2008 campaign with current employees Ducati Marlboro, former 250cc World Champion Marco Melandri has revealed that he is to join Kawasaki at the end of this season.

Following his move to the Ducati factory team from satellite outfit Honda Gresini last winter Melandri has experienced an abrupt ... [ more ]

For 2009
Although he still remains focussed on completing the 2008 campaign with current employees Ducati Marlboro, former 250cc World Champion Marco Melandri has revealed that he is to join Kawasaki at the end of this season.

Following his move to the Ducati factory team from satellite outfit Honda Gresini last winter Melandri has experienced an abrupt ... [ more ]

“We couldn't find any improvement”
Repsol Honda RC212V rider Dani Pedrosa and HRC test rider Tadayuki Okada took to the track at Brno yesterday, following the Repsol Honda team's difficult Czech GP weekend.

Weather conditions were perfect, allowing both riders to start testing at 10.30am, with Pedrosa riding his RC212V with spring valves while Okada rode ... [ more ]

“I am very angry”
After Saturday's good qualifying session result on the wet, LCR Honda MotoGP racer Randy De Puniet made a good start from the 7th place for the 22-lap race at Brno track but crashed out on lap six.

Luckily the Frenchman aboard the Michelin-shod Honda RC212V escaped unhurt from the incident and rejoined the twelfth round of the season ... [ more ]

“It means so much!”
Loris Capirossi raced his Rizla Suzuki GSV-R to his maiden podium for the team - and 99th overall of his career - at the Czech Grand Prix in Brno on Sunday.

Starting from ninth on the grid Capirossi lost a couple of places early on, but he fought back to regain them by the end of the first lap.

He then set about hunting down ... [ more ]

“A really great feeling”
Kawasaki's Anthony West achieved a MotoGP career best finish on Sunday, with a determined ride to fifth place aboard his Ninja ZX-RR at the Czech Republic Grand Prix.

With a complete contrast in weather conditions following Saturday's rain-soaked qualifying, West made a strong start to the 22-lap dry race from sixth position on ... [ more ]

With gutsy ride in Brno
Fiat Yamaha Team rookie Jorge Lorenzo finished a creditable tenth in Brno on Sunday, making up seven places after starting last on the grid.

The Spaniard made the most of the tools he had available to pass several riders, including two on the last lap, and hangs onto his fourth place in the championship as a result.

His ... [ more ]

In Brno
Tech 3 Yamaha's James Toseland and Colin Edwards raced to top 15 results in today's Czech Republic GP.

In front of a record crowd of over 146,000 fans at a cool and cloudy Brno, the 22-lap race proved to be a tough challenge for Toseland and Edwards, who both gave their maximum effort in difficult circumstances to claim 13th and 14th places respectively. ... [ more ]

De Angelis takes encouraging eighth
Despite a difficult start to the race, Team San Carlo Honda Gresini's riders were two of the star performances of a dramatic Czech Republic Grand Prix that took place today at Brno.

Shinya Nakano, making his first appearance on the Honda RC212V, put together an impressive charge through the field in the second half ... [ more ]

At Brno
The weekend of the Czech Republic Grand Prix has ended with a race that threw the usual form-book into disarray.

Andrea Dovizioso after two days of intensive work, which was broken by unstable weather conditions that complicated work in the garage, made the most of the materials and technical package at his disposal.

With determination ... [ more ]

Guintoli twelfth
Toni Elias, Alice Team rider, has registered great lap times since the warm up concluded with the fifth fastest lap time.

Then in the race, where he started in thirteenth position, he has made understood that today it was a completely different story. Incredible overtakes that allowed him to find himself in sixth position after only seven ... [ more ]

As Melandri clinches encouraging seventh
Casey Stoner was unable to turn his sixth successive pole position into a podium yesterday when he relinquished a one-second advantage over Valentino Rossi and crashed out of the twelfth round of the season at Brno.

It is the first time the reigning World Champion has not made it to the chequered flag after thirty ... [ more ]

“I felt impotent and ashamed”
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa had a demoralising ride to 15th in Sunday's afternoon's Czech Grand Prix, the Spaniard badly troubled by tyre problems.

Pedrosa, returning from the hand and wrist injuries he sustained during last month's German GP, struggled throughout the weekend with lack of grip, his Michelin tyres not ... [ more ]

European GP - Bridgestone - Preview
Bridgestone Motorsport will celebrate its 200th Grand Prix since its full time entry as a tyre supplier in 1997 at this weekend’s Grand Prix of Europe. Bridgestone’s Potenza Formula One tyres have been used at every Grand Prix since the 1997 Australian Grand Prix.

The 12th round of the championship takes place on the ... [ more ]

European GP - Williams Toyota - Preview
Formula One’s summer break comes to an end this week and the remaining seven rounds of the championship get underway with the European Grand Prix. The first of two new tracks on the calendar this season, and the sport’s second trip to Spain this year, Valencia makes its debut as an all-new street circuit on Sunday.

Confirmed ... [ more ]

New chassis passes FIA crash tests
A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has always prided itself in the fact that its cars are some of the safest on the world’s race tracks. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the season four A1GP Powered by Ferrari car has undergone and passed some of the most stringent crash tests possible.

The car firstly underwent ... [ more ]

Toyota looks ahead to the European Grand Prix
The European Grand Prix has been a fixture on the Formula One calendar since 1983 but this weekend's race has a fresh twist, with a completely new street circuit on the streets of Valencia in Spain playing host.

The vibrant city of Valencia is already well known to Toyota for its permanent circuit, which is ... [ more ]