Ford WRT drivers look at Spain
The Ford World Rally Team drivers look ahead to the WRC's 12th round of the season, which begins this week with Rallye de Espana based at Salou.

Mikko Hirvonen will be driving the works Ford Focus as usual, with Francois Duval joining him while Jari-Matti Latvala temporarily reunites with his former Stobart team. Khalid Al ... [ more ]

Catalunya : Citroën Sport - Preview
The 44th Rally Catalunya-Costa Daurada sees the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship resume sealed surface action. Following consecutive one-two finishes for Citroën Total in Germany and New Zealand, the team now leads the Manufacturers' championship standings, while Sébastien Loeb tops the Drivers' points table.

The journey ... [ more ]

''It's not always liked me in the past''
This week's World Rally Championship round, Rally de España, is one of the rare events where Suzuki World Rally Team driver P-G Andersson actually has more knowledge of the conditions than his experienced teammate Toni Gardemeister.

The 33 year-old Gardemeister has contested five Catalunya rallies in total, but ... [ more ]

Stobart driver takes on the former champs
Stobart VK M-Sport Ford rally team crew Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin won the 2008 Colin McRae Forest Stages Rally on Saturday against a star-studded field. Driving an 2005-specification Ford Focus RS WRC the pair dominated the event to win by over one and a half minutes.

A raft of former World Rally Champions including ... [ more ]

Motegi : Honda Gresini - Race
Team San Carlo Honda Gresini riders Shinya Nakano and Alex De Angelis finished eighth and seventeenth respectively in the Grand Prix of Japan today at Motegi. For the Japanese rider it was a welcome return to top-ten form but the most positive thing was his improved feeling for the bike, which he hopes can allow him to produce a ... [ more ]

Motegi : Ducati - Race
Casey Stoner fought hard with Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi for victory at Motegi today but after a combative and entertaining battle over the opening half of the race the Australian struggled to maintain his strength in the later stages, effectively conceding victory and the world title to the Italian.

Stoner set an electric ... [ more ]

Motegi : Michelin - Race
Michelin rider Jorge Lorenzo (Fiat Yamaha Team YZR-M1-Michelin) fought like a tiger in today's Japanese Grand Prix, completing the 24 laps just 1.3 seconds outside a podium finish, after a last-lap attempt to take third place didn't work out.

Nicky Hayden (Repsol Honda RC212V-Michelin) also rode a determined race, holding on to ... [ more ]

At Motegi for the Japanese GP
Repsol Honda rider Nicky Hayden rode to a hard-fought fifth-place finish in today's record-breaking Japanese GP at Motegi. This was the American's first dry race in more than two months – he missed the Czech and San Marino GPs due to injury and scored a podium last time out at rain-soaked Indianapolis two weeks ago.

The 2006 ... [ more ]

With home win for Yamaha
Valentino Rossi rode a perfect race to win Yamaha's home Grand Prix in Japan today, claiming the 2008 MotoGP World Championship title in the process. In doing so the 29-year-old Italian became only the second rider in history to recapture the title after two years, the other being Giacomo Agostini, whose all-time victory record Rossi ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Ferrari - Race
There will be red faces at the Ferrari team tonight in Singapore as a mistake from the team saw race leader Felipe Massa leave his pit before refuelling had been completed and once again into the path of Force India racer Adrian Sutil.

In yet another pit stop incident for the Italian champions, Massa made it to the end of ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Renault - Race
Renault took its first victory of the season today as Fernando Alonso produced a brilliant tactical drive to win the Singapore Grand Prix, the sport’s first ever night race.

Alonso started the race light on fuel and enjoyed an aggressive opening stint on the soft option tyres, rising to 11th before heading to the pits on lap ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Williams Toyota - Race
Nico Rosberg led home a double points score for the Williams Toyota team, in the process claiming a career-best second place in the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix.

In an incident-filled and physically demanding race, Rosberg overcame the disadvantage of a stop-go penalty with a superlative drive in Formula One’s first ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - BMW Sauber - Race
Instead of the predicted procession on the narrow Singapore Marina Circuit, the huge crowd saw a very exciting first Formula One night race. However, the rewards for the BMW Sauber team were somewhat poor with only three points for Nick Heidfeld -sixth - after Robert Kubica’s very bad luck. The Pole needed to refuel when the pit ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
While the prancing horse shot itself in the proverbial hoof tonight at Singapore, Lewis Hamilton took the chequered flag in third position to extend his championship advantage from one point to seven with three rounds remaining. Team-mate Heikki Kovalainen had a less successful race and finished a disappointing tenth.

With ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Red Bull Renault - Race
Red Bull Renault secured seventh position with David Coulthard at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix, but it could have been so much more for the Milton Keynes-based squad. Both Mark Webber and David Coulthard gained by pitting before the safety car but the former would later retire with a gearbox failure while the latter ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
Today's Singapore Grand Prix, the first night event in the history of Formula One, bore all the hallmarks of a classic race, with close racing, unpredictable incidents and safety cars within seconds of each other.

Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella was running as high as third in the early stages of the race ahead ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Honda - Race
Jenson Button ended this evening's thrilling Singapore Grand Prix in ninth position, just missing out on a points finish. Honda team-mate Rubens Barrichello endured a more frustrating time at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, retiring from the race on lap 15 with an electrical problem.

The drama began almost immediately with the ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Toyota - Race
Timo Glock ran as high as second in the 61-lap Singapore Grand Prix ahead of his final pit stop but still brought home his Toyota in a solid fourth position. Team-mate Jarno Trulli opted for a one stop strategy that saw the Italian veteran vigorously defending his position for much of the race. Trulli's TF108 to suffer a hydraulic ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Race
Sebastian Vettel added to his recent impressive points tally by finishing fifth at the Singapore Grand Prix, moving him ahead of Jarno Trulli and into eighth position in the championship.

Team-mate Sebastien Bourdais had a less successful run during the first ever Formula One night race as he took the chequered ... [ more ]

Singapore GP - Ferrari - Preview
The last leg of the season gets underway with a trip to Singapore for a doubly new experience: a new circuit and a night race.

Last week, both Scuderia Ferrari drivers - Kimi Raikkonen and Felipe Massa - went to the Fiat Research Centre in Turin to experience the new Singapore circuit on the simulator. However, whereas ... [ more ]