Japan - Suzuki World Rally Team - Day One
Both Suzuki SX4 WRC pilots are in the driver points at the end of the opening day of Rally Japan, Suzuki's eagerly-anticipated home event. P-G Andersson returns to parc fermé in Sapporo holding a strong seventh place overall while his teammate Toni Gardemeister is eighth.

After a trouble-free first day, the Suzuki ... [ more ]

Japan - Subaru World Rally Team - Day One
On the home event for the Subaru World Rally Team, Chris Atkinson and co-driver Stéphane Prévot finished in fourth position overall on a day that saw three stages cancelled and one stopped prematurely.

Teammates Petter Solberg and Phil Mills also climbed the leaderboard to secure fifth position at the end of the ... [ more ]

Japan - Citroen Sport - Day One
The opening day of the 2008 Rally Japan, which is the 14th and penultimate round of this year's World Rally Championship, ended this evening with Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena in third place with their Citroen C4 WRC.

They steered clear of kamikaze tactics to complete the first leg in a position which could well enable them ... [ more ]

Japan - Ford World Rally Team - Day One
The Ford World Rally Team hit top form on the vastly shortened opening leg of Rally Japan to hold first and second places tonight. Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen dominated in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Car to lead from the opening speed test in this 14th and penultimate round of the FIA World Rally Championship, ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Ferrari - Preview
The Ferrari team head to Interlagos this weekend with one hand already on the constructors' championship. The defending champions enjoy an 11 point advantage over rivals McLaren Mercedes, but all eyes will be on Felipe Massa as he looks to overcome a seven point deficit in the drivers' championship.

Massa remains upbeat ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Force India Ferrari - Preview
Force India's debut F1 season will draw to a close this weekend with the final race of the championship, the Brazilian Grand Prix.

While the year has presented challenges for the team, there have been several high points. It so nearly scored a shock fourth place at the most prestigious race of the year, the ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Williams Toyota - Preview
The 2008 championship will reach its conclusion on Sunday as this season’s battle for the title is fought out at Brazil’s Interlagos circuit. As the majority of Championship positions within the Drivers’ and Constructors’ tables are still undecided following the Chinese Grand Prix, so this year’s race will be no different. ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Red Bull Renault - Preview
Fabrice Lom, the man responsible for the coordination of Renault’s V8s at Red Bull Racing looks ahead to the final race of the year. The Milton Keynes-based team are seventh in the championship with 29 points, five behind the Toro Rosso Ferrari squad.

Fabrice, what are your thoughts on the performance of Red Bull ... [ more ]

Standard engine option may be deemed unacceptable
Ferrari's Board of Directors has declared its intention to reconsider the company's involvement in Formula One if the controversial standard engine and transmission option proposed by FIA President Max Mosley ever comes into effect with the 2010 season.

Despite negative reactions from all manufacturer teams, ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Honda - Preview
The final race of the championship and takes Honda to Sao Paulo for the Brazilian Grand Prix. The 71-lap race takes place at the atmospheric 4.309km Autódromo José Carlos Pace in Interlagos.

The track is situated between two man-made lakes that provide water and electricity to Sao Paulo, giving rise to the traditional name ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Toyota - Preview
Toyota brings a positive season to an end with the 18th and final race of the year, the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos. Both Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock have has successful campaigns and are currently in the top ten in the World Championship while Toyota arrives in Brazil with its second-highest Formula One points total, 52. ... [ more ]

Brazilian GP - Renault - Preview
Renault has already clinched fourth position in the constructors' championship this year as they head to the season finale in Brazil. Fernando Alonso is sixth in the drivers' championship seven points behind BMW Sauber driver Nick Heidfeld. Nelson Piquet heads to his first home Grand Prix 12th in the standings, just two points ... [ more ]

Di Grassi shows off the R27 in Lisbon
After Johannesburg, the Technocentre near Paris and most recently Kiev, the Renault team travelled to Lisbon at the weekend to display its cars for the latest stop on its 2008 Roadshow programme.

After several weeks of preparation in close collaboration with Renault Portugal, the team was on the streets of the Portuguese ... [ more ]

BMW Sauber is already pleased with its results
On 2nd November one of the most exciting Formula One seasons on record will go down to the wire in Sao Paulo. All that is known for certain is that both the Drivers' and Constructors' World Championships will be decided between the McLaren and Ferrari teams at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Although still in its ... [ more ]

A few Interlagos scenarios for team and drivers
As next week-end's 2008 season finale in Brazil looms ever nearer, the BMW Sauber team has been asking itself fundamental questions lately.

How can Robert Kubica defend his third place in the drivers' standings? Will Nick Heidfeld achieve another personal best before the season ends? Can the BMW Sauber F1 ... [ more ]

''There’s a greater need to be safe this weekend''
Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren F1 CEO and Mercedes' VP of Motorsport Norbert Haug look ahead to the title deciding Brazilian Grand Prix. The team trail Ferrari in the constructors' championship by 12 points, but hold a seven point advantage in the drivers' championship with Lewis Hamilton.

Whitmarsh and Haug ... [ more ]

The Subaru World Rally Team will head to the northerly Japanese island of Hokkaido for the last long-haul rally and the penultimate round of the 2008 World Rally Championship season. It is the first time that the new Impreza WRC2008 will be seen in its homeland. Whilst still in Hokkaido, this year sees the rally base move from Obihiro to Sapporo, meaning new gravel stages ... [ more ]

WRC star joins Patrouille de France
Shortly before flying out to Sapporo for the Rally Japan, Sebastien Loeb took the time to take up an invitation from the members of the Patrouille de France formation flying team to join them as passenger in one of the squad's nine Alpha Jets. For his maiden flight, the four-time World Champion flew over the splendid landscapes ... [ more ]

At the controls of a Citroen C4 WRC
Following Sebastien Ogier's excellent season which saw the young Citroen C2 1600 driver clinch the 2008 Junior World Rally Championship title on the recent Rallye de France-Tour de Corse, Citroen Sport and France's motor sport governing body (FFSA) have decided to enter a Citroen C4 WRC for the French driver on the Wales Rally ... [ more ]

Team joins ACI-CSAI in new driver initiative
As previously reported, Ferrari and the Italian motorsport governing body ACI-CSAI are to organise a day of testing at the Fiorano circuit, aimed at evaluating young Italian motor racing talent.

The test will see the top three finishers in the Italian Formula 3 series, Mirko Bortolotti, Edoardo Piscopo and Salvatore ... [ more ]