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 BTCC

Collard leaves hospital after BTCC accident

August 03, 2009

Rob Collard has left hospital after his involvement in a heavy crash during the British Touring Car Championship round at Snetterton on Sunday.
 

BTCC: Plato takes Snetterton pole

August 01, 2009

Jason Plato will start from pole position for the third time in 2009 on Sunday, after he topped the qualifying times at Snetterton
 

Shedden replaces Eaves at CVR

July 29, 2009

Gordon Shedden will return to the British Touring Car Championship at Snetterton this weekend after replacing Dan Eaves at Clyde Valley Racing. The Scotsman, who has 10 BTCC wins to his name, has not raced since the Brands Hatch season opener, after which he was replaced in the Team Dynamics Honda line-up by former champion James Thompson. Shedden, who will stay with the team for the rest of the season, said: "I was approached by [team boss] Colin Neill very recently and things have moved fast to this point
 

Doctors say Massa will race again

July 29, 2009

Dino Altmann, Felipe Massa's personal doctor, is certain that Felipe Massa will be able to race again
 

Heidfeld surprised by BMW withdrawal

July 29, 2009

Nick Heidfeld has revealed that he had no prior knowledge about BMW's decision to withdraw from Formula 1 at the end of the year, following the company's announcement on Wednesday
 

LG not to blame for timing blackout

July 29, 2009

Formula 1 Management has exonerated LG of any blame for the live timing screens going down in the final minutes of qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix.
 

MG racer plans BTCC move

July 22, 2009

Paul Luti is planning to graduate to the British Touring Car Championship next year with his own team, Dreadnought Racing. The 26-year-old Scotsman, who has been a regular race-winner in the Rover Metro Championship and the MG Trophy, wants to purchase an MG ZS from championship leading team WSR for 2010. Depending on finances, Luti's squad could receive technical support from WSR, which built and ran the ZSs for the works MG squad in 2002-03 and then on an independent basis for the next three years.
 

Todt hopes election maintains integrity

July 22, 2009

"I would hope that all candidates will conduct their campaigns with dignity and avoid personalizing the issues," FIA presidential candidate says
 

Rally GB service moves to Cardiff

July 22, 2009

Rally GB chief executive Andrew Coe is confident Britain's round of the World Rally Championship can become a world-leading rally following the event's decision to move the service park to Cardiff. Talking at the official launch of the event in Cardiff's Millennium Centre this morning, Coe confirmed a near unchanged route for the October 22-25 event
 

Ferrari F1 aero chief to step down

July 22, 2009

Ferrari's head of aerodynamics John Iley will leave the team at the end of this year when his current contract expires
 

SEAT's rules appeal rejected

July 22, 2009

SEAT's appeal to the FIA International Court of Appeal against the changes to the World Touring Car regulations has been thrown out after a hearing last week deemed the request inadmissible
 

Menu continues Brands winning streak in World Touring

July 19, 2009

Alain Menu took a World Touring Car victory at Brands Hatch for the fourth consecutive year in today's first race. The Swiss driver, who is an expert around the British track after winning two BTCC titles during a decade in the series, converted his pole position into his 11th career WTCC victory. Menu's RML Chevrolet team-mate Rob Huff took the lead around the outside of Paddock Hill Bend as the pair worked to keep Andy Priaulx's BMW at bay.
 

Simoncelli wins 250cc at the Sachsenring

July 19, 2009

Marco Simoncelli has won the shortened and delayed 250cc German Grand Prix, after rain interrupted the first start. But it was a short drizzle that left the track dry by the time the 19-lap race was re-started half an hour later, with all riders starting on slick tyres except for Karel Abraham, whose gamble on wets didn't pay off. Gilera's Simoncelli dropped down to third from pole at the start, but Hector Barbera's Pepe Aprilia was soon overtaken on the first lap, after which the Italian made up a small gap to Alex Debon (Blusens Aprilia).
 

Rain interrupts and delays 250cc race

July 19, 2009

The 250cc German Grand Prix was red-flagged due to rain hitting the Sachsenring circuit while the riders were completing their first lap and will be restarted at 12:45 local time. The starting grid will remain the same as in the original start, but the race will only run for 19 laps rather than the originally-scheduled 29.
 

Vaulkhard to race for new team in BTCC

July 16, 2009

Harry Vaulkhard will race for a new team for the remainder of this year's British Touring Car Championship. Bamboo Engineering has been set up by Richard Coleman, who has left his role as team director of Tempus Sport - the squad which has run Vaulkhard's Chevrolet Lacetti so far - following a series of disagreements with team owner Julian Tanser
 

ALMS considers class revamp

July 16, 2009

The American Le Mans Series is heading for a reorganization that could result in a two-class structure for next season, series boss Scott Atherton has revealed
 

Lada confirms deal with Thompson

June 26, 2009

Lada has confirmed that James Thompson will join its World Touring Car Championship lineup for next weekend's round in Portugal
 

Onslow-Cole gets Arena Ford call up

June 13, 2009

Tom Onslow-Cole has replaced Alan Morrison in the Arena Ford squad for this weekend's round of the British Touring Car Championship at Croft.
 

McMillan forced to miss Croft

June 13, 2009

Liam McMillan will miss this weekend's British Touring Car Championship round at Croft after his Maxtreme squad failed to get his SEAT Toledo ready in time. Maxtreme missed the last round at Oulton Park after three of its engines were impounded by ORECA due to a political issue between the French tuning specialist and BTC Racing, which used to own the units
 

Nikara forced to pull out of Acropolis

June 13, 2009

Rising star Jarkko Nikara has had to pull out of the rest of the Acropolis Rally of Greece due to engine problems. The inexperienced Finn had been one of the sensations of the first day of the event
 

Gutierrez leads Masters practice

June 13, 2009

Mexican rookie Esteban Gutierrez drew first blood in the Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort by setting the fastest time in free practice this morning. Reigning Formula BMW Europe champion Gutierrez leapt to the top of the timesheet in the final minute of the half-hour session for reigning Euro Series champion and recent Masters dominator ART. His Dallara-Mercedes' 1m32.354s best out-did his reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion team-mate Valtteri Bottas, who set a similarly late best time, by just 0.055 seconds
 

Malcolm Wilson awarded OBE

June 13, 2009

Ford team director Malcolm Wilson has been named in the Queen's Birthday Honours and will be admitted to the Order of the British Empire for services to motorsport
 

Loeb crashes out of Acropolis Rally

June 13, 2009

Sebastien Loeb has crashed out of the Acropolis Rally on the first stage of leg two, without injury
 

BTCC unveils cost-cutting rules

June 02, 2009

The British Touring Car Championship will adopt an all-new technical rules package designed to drastically cut the cost of competing in 2011
 

Turkington takes BTCC win and points lead

May 31, 2009

Colin Turkington grabbed the lead of the British Touring Car Championship with a dominant win in the second race at Oulton Park.
 

Lorenzo says second place "a dream"

May 31, 2009

Jorge Lorenzo could not believe he had been unable to recover to second place in the Italian Grand Prix after crashing on the way to the grid and then squandering pole position with a poor start. The Yamaha rider fell as he tried to acclimatise to the wet tyres on his reconnaissance lap prior to the race, but was able to get the bike moving again and return to the pits in time to take his spare for the start - leaving the team to repair his original machine ready for the mid-race pitstops. He then tumbled outside the top ten after getting too much wheelspin off the line, yet managed to come back through the field and finish just a second behind winner and title rival Casey Stoner, and to beat his team-mate Valentino Rossi on home ground in the process
 

V8 Supercar: Whincup claims race two pole

May 31, 2009

Team Vodafone's Jamie Whincup has taken pole position for the second V8 Supercar race at Symmons Plains this weekend
 

Stoner relieved to escape clutch glitch

May 31, 2009

Casey Stoner said he feared he would have to retire from the lead of the Italian Grand Prix when his Ducati developed a clutch problem in the closing stages
 

WTCC: Farfus scores first BMW win of 2009

May 31, 2009

Augusto Farfus scored his and BMW's first win of the World Touring Car season at Valencia this afternoon
 

Paffett ends DTM victory drought

May 31, 2009

Gary Paffett sustained late-race pressure from Mercedes team-mate Bruno Spengler to take his first DTM win for two years at Lausitz. The Mercedes drivers moved up from fifth and sixth in the early stages of the race by leaving their pitstops later than those ahead. Paffett did not make his first stop until lap 25, while Spengler left his second stop late to make the same jump.
 

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