Willing to do as needed at the Interlagos finale
It is not a position that Kimi Raikkonen is entirely comfortable with, but the defending champion is heading to Interlagos next week to help team-mate Felipe Massa try and steal the championship from Lewis Hamilton and to help Ferrari secure the constructors' championship for the second straight season.

The ... [ more ]

Looking back on Shanghai
Despite the best efforts of Timo Glock, the Chinese Grand Prix was a disappointing race for the Toyota team. With Glock using a one stop strategy, the German racer took the chequered flag in seventh position to gain two world championship points.

The team may now have lost out to Renault in the battle for fourth position in the ... [ more ]

After tough Malaysain GP
It wasn't the best race of the season, this is for sure, but Alice Team riders, Toni Elias and Sylvain Guintoli, have done what was possible yesterday in one of the most difficult races of the season.

Starting from the last position, Elias also received a penalty for jump-start and had to go for ride through which made him lose ... [ more ]

Second at Sepang
Repsol Honda rider Dani Pedrosa rode a brilliant race at witheringly hot Sepang this day, leading the first ten laps and finally finishing in a strong second place.

The result completed an impressive weekend for the Spaniard, who yesterday scored his second pole position of the year and his first pole with his new technical package of ... [ more ]

As De Angelis struggles at Sepang
Shinya Nakano produced arguably his best performance of the season at Sepang today, starting the Malaysian Grand Prix from fifteenth on the grid but fighting through to finish fifth.

Nakano made an incredible start and passed several riders on the first lap to move into sixth place, stalking Stoner for several laps before ... [ more ]

At Sepang
Casey Stoner fought through the pain barrier to finish the Malaysian Grand Prix today, where sixth place in suffocating conditions was enough to seal the runner-up spot in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship with a round to spare.

With some of the hottest, most humid conditions the MotoGP circus has ever had to suffer at Sepang and his physical ... [ more ]

“Today I am happy!”
Andrea Dovizioso concluded the weekend of the Malaysian Grand Prix by climbing for the first time onto a MotoGP podium after battling hard in a long race.

When the lights went out, the JiR Team Scot rider made a good start, slotting into third position behind Dani Pedrosa and Valentino Rossi at the first corner.

The duel for ... [ more ]

Confirming Kallio and Canepa
Pramac Racing is pleased to be able to announce its new riders for the 2009 MotoGP season – Mika Kallio (Finland) and Niccolò Canepa (Italy).

Mika Kallio, who is now third in the 250 World Championship and first of the KTM riders, has ridden in the in the quarter litre class for the last two seasons.

In his debut year ... [ more ]

In Malaysia
Valentino Rossi took victory number nine of his 2008 season in the Polini Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix, escaping from the clutches of Dani Pedrosa in the final third of an exciting race at the Sepang circuit.

The 2008 MotoGP World Champion had started from second on the grid, but held onto the tail of Pedrosa´s Repsol Honda RC212V as his ... [ more ]

Despite Bautista race victory
Alvaro Bautista won the 250cc battle in Sepang, but third place for Marco Simoncelli meant that it was the latter who was victorious in the season-long war for the quarter-litre title.

With just one round to go, Simoncelli now has an insurmountable advantage over the Spaniard in the World Championship standings, taking a ... [ more ]

In a repeat of last year's race
Last year's 125cc World Champion Gabor Talmacsi repeated his Sepang victory from his title-winning year in emphatic fashion, taking the holeshot in the lower cylinder category race and never looking back.

The Hungarian had been fast all weekend, starting from second on the grid and having topped the morning warmup timesheet. ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
Lewis Hamilton dominated the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai and heads to the seasonal finale in Brazil with a seven-point advantage over Felipe Massa, his sole challenger for the world title. Today’s victory earned Hamilton a memorable treble - pole position, fastest lap and a 14.9s winning margin over Massa.

Heikki ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Ferrari - Race
While Ferrari finished second and third in today’s Chinese Grand Prix to extend their lead over McLaren Mercedes to 11 points in the constructors’ championship, the event was still a disappointment for Felipe Massa who finished second to Lewis Hamilton and now drops seven points adrift.

Massa did not have the pace of his title ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Williams Toyota - Race
Williams Toyota’s race prospects in the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai today were tempered by a poor qualifying outcome on Saturday which gave the team limited opportunity to compete for a good finish.

Given the qualifying result, the team deployed a one-stop strategy for Kazuki Nakajima and a two-stop strategy for Nico ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - BMW Sauber - Race
Both BMW Sauber drivers put in strong race performances in the Chinese Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld started ninth and improved to fifth, while Robert Kubica was 11th on the grid and finished sixth. However, a further seven points for the BMW Sauber team and three points for Kubica in today’s race were not enough to keep the outsider’s ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
Force India's Giancarlo Fisichella has finished a clean if uneventful Chinese Grand Prix in 17th position. The Italian gained three places from his starting position courtesy of retirements from his rivals and took the chequered flag 48 seconds behind 16th placed Jenson Button.

Team-mate Adrian Sutil was unfortunate ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Toyota - Race
After lining up in seventh position for the start of the Chinese Grand Prix, it would prove to be a short race for Jarno Trulli as he and Sebastien Bourdais made contact at the first turn.

Trulli and the team blame the Toro Rosso driver for the incident that would eliminate the Italian veteran from the race but the race stewards ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - BMW Sauber - Race
Both BMW Sauber drivers put in strong race performances in the Chinese Grand Prix. Nick Heidfeld started ninth and improved to fifth, while Robert Kubica was 11th on the grid and finished sixth. However, a further seven points for the BMW Sauber team and three points for Kubica in today’s race were not enough to keep the outsider’s ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Honda - Race
Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button ended this afternoon's Chinese Grand Prix in 11th and 16th positions respectively. Both drivers were on two-stop strategies and they raced well in hot and humid conditions.

As was the case at Fuji Speedway last weekend, the Honda drivers made great starts. Barrichello lined up in 13th place, ... [ more ]

Chinese GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Race
Starting sixth and eighth, Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais had hoped to score more points for the Toro Rosso Ferrari team at the Chinese Grand Prix. As it was, Vettel slipped back to finish in ninth position while Bourdais had an incident with Jarno Trulli at the first turn on the opening lap. Bourdais dropped down ... [ more ]