Japanese GP - McLaren Mercedes - Race
Lewis Hamilton finished the Japanese Grand Prix at Fuji in 12th place after another incident and controversial race. The McLaren Mercedes driver was pushed into a spin by title contender Felipe Massa on lap two and dropped to the back of the field. A subsequent drive-through penalty - for a first-corner incident - left him ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Force India Ferrari - Race
The Japanese Grand Prix race weekend that started so full of promise ultimately ended in disappointment for Force India Ferrari.

Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella made electric starts away from their respective starting positions of 19th and 20th, both staying clear of the chaos of the first corner. Sutil continued ... [ more ]

Corsica - Citroen Sport - Day Two
The second leg of the 2008 Rallye de France-Tour de Corse saw Sébastien Loeb/Daniel Elena and their Citroen C4 WRC produce the same sort of dominating form as yesterday to complete Saturday's action on top of the leaderboard.

The four-time World Champions profited from the leg to take their score to 11 consecutive fastest ... [ more ]

Corsica - Stobart M-Sport Ford - Day Two
The super pairing of Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila and Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin have both moved into solid points-scoring positions for the Stobart Ford team at the close of Day Two of Rallye de France–Tour de Corse. Latvala turned up the heat pushing comfortably into fourth position while Wilson lies ninth overall ... [ more ]

Corsica - Subaru World Rally Team - Day Two
On the second day of competition on Rallye de France Tour de Corse, tyre preservation was the critical element as the Mediterranean sun burned the broken and abrasive tarmac. The punishing combination was an unforgiving test for Pirelli's PZero championship control tyres used by the WRC field, even in their hard compound ... [ more ]

Corsica - Ford World Rally Team - Day Two
The Ford World Rally Team maintained its tight grip on second and third places during today's second leg of Rallye de France.

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen and teammates François Duval and Patrick Pivato enjoyed their own private battle in their Ford Focus RS World Rally Cars over demanding mountain ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Ferrari - Qualifying
Kimi Raikkonen had a good run in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix and start's the 67-lap race from second position on the grid alongside Lewis Hamilton. Championship contender Felipe Massa had a less successful run however and starts from fifth position lamenting a lack of grip from his F2008 package.

Kimi Raikkonen
"I'm ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - McLaren Mercedes - Qualifying
McLaren boss Ron Dennis was left feeling pretty happy after seeing Lewis Hamilton claim pole position for the Japanese Grand Prix with Heikki Kovalainen slotting into third position on the grid. Today’s result marked Hamilton’s 12th pole, the seventh for McLaren Mercedes this year and the 61st for the McLaren-Mercedes ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Force India Ferrari - Qualifying
The Force India Ferrari team will start the 2008 Japanese Grand Prix with Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella in 19th and 20th positions respectively.

Qualifying for tomorrow's 67 lap race was the closest battle so far this season, with the entire field covered by just over one second in the first 20 minute ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Red Bull Renault - Qualifying
Red Bull Renault was left disappointed in Japan today as neither David Coulthard nor Mark Webber were able to make it into the final round of qualifying. Coulthard starts 11th with Webber 13th.

David Coulthard
“It was very close today. That was one of my better qualifying sessions, each of my laps were very ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Renault - Qualifying
Renault had a competitive qualifying session this afternoon with Fernando Alonso and Nelson Piquet securing fourth and 12th places respectively on the grid for tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix.

After a damp morning practice session, the track had dried out in time for the qualifying hour. Both drivers progressed through ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Honda - Qualifying
Qualifying at the Fuji Speedway ended in disappointment for the Honda team today and Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button will now share the ninth row of the grid for the start of tomorrow's Japanese Grand Prix.

The team claimed that preparations for the session were affected by a wet track during this morning's final practice ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Toyota - Qualifying
Toyota held the overnight headline after Timo Glock set the Friday pace and again today the Japanese-owned team ran well with Jarno Trulli and Glock lining up seventh and eighth for the Japanese Grand Prix.

Jarno Trulli
"We've done quite a good job overall this weekend preparing for qualifying and the race. I had to ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - BMW Sauber - Qualifying
While Robert Kubica came home sixth in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix, Nick Heidfeld was eliminated in the first round of qualifying for the first time this year. The team admitted that the decision to stay on the harder compound for Heidfeld's second run was an error. Kubica, just over a tenth faster in the first ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Toro Rosso Ferrari - Qualifying
Qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix saw both Sebastian Vettel and Sebastien Bourdais make it through to the final round of qualifying. The Toro Rosso duo went on to claim the fifth row of the grid with Vettel just ahead of Bourdais.

Sebastian Vettel
“At the start of qualifying the track was still quite ... [ more ]

Japanese GP - Williams Toyota - Qualifying
The grey skies and rain showers of this morning cleared to deliver dry conditions for qualifying for tomorrow’s second Japanese Grand Prix to be held at the 4.5km Fuji Speedway. Neither Williams driver was able to translate some promising form shown in practice into a place in the top ten, however. For his first home ... [ more ]

Corsica - Stobart M-Sport Ford - Day One
Jari-Matti Latvala/Miikka Anttila are currently in the mix of a supreme, three-way battle for fourth place after Day One of Rallye de France–Tour de Corse, Round 13 of the FIA World Rally Championship.

Latvala lies in fifth overall while teammates Matthew Wilson/Scott Martin are the second-best placed Stobart M-Sport ... [ more ]

Corsica - Subaru World Rally Team - Day One
After the first day of tarmac competition in Corsica, the Subaru World Rally Team entries once again livened up the WRC with a thrilling day-long battle for position.

The pairings of Petter Solberg/Phil Mills and Chris Atkinson/Stéphane Prévot performed solidly under pressure in a very tight three-way shootout ... [ more ]

Corsica - Suzuki World Rally Team - Day One
The two Suzuki SX4 WRCs of Toni Gardemeister and P-G Andersson have finished the opening day of the Rallye de France-Tour de Corse within the points in seventh and 12th places, after a strong and reliable run.

Corsica is arguably the most respected asphalt event of the entire calendar, with sinuous roads that ... [ more ]

Corsica - Ford World Rally Team - Day One
The Ford World Rally Team made a strong start to the Rallye de France to hold second and third positions after today's sun-kissed opening leg in Corsica.

Finland's Mikko Hirvonen and Jarmo Lehtinen lie second in a Ford Focus RS World Rally car with teammates François Duval and Patrick Pivato third in a similar ... [ more ]