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Afanasiev returns to top step in IFM

July 26, 2009

Russian Sergey Afanasiev ended his 14-month International Formula Master winless streak with an easy victory in the second Hungarian Grand Prix support race of the weekend

Three-way fight continues at Spa

July 26, 2009

Three cars remain in contention for victory in this year's Spa 24 Hours with less than seven hours remaining.

Kral claims first Master win of 2009

July 25, 2009

Josef Kral claimed his first International Formula Master victory of the season, and the first since his first win at Oschersleben last year, with a lights-to-flag victory in the first of this weekend's two races in support of the Hungarian Grand Prix

Massa: FIA should allow rookies to test

July 25, 2009

Felipe Massa believes the FIA should allow a change to Formula 1 testing restrictions to allow young rookies the chance to get mileage under their belt away from a race weekend

F3: ART put to the back of the Spa grid

July 25, 2009

Top Euro Series Formula 3 team ART has been bumped to the back of the British F3 grid for race two at Spa today after officials discovered an irregularity with the squad's three Dallaras

Webber: Win a major mental boost

July 25, 2009

Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber feels his mindset has changed for the better in the wake of his maiden Formula 1 victory - even if he reckons his car is not as strong this time out in Hungary. Webber took a popular win at the Nurburgring two weeks ago as his Red Bull outfit showed it had the pace to be a serious threat to Brawn GP's world championship ambitions

Hamilton's Top Gear return postponed

July 25, 2009

World champion Lewis Hamilton is going to have to wait a bit longer to try and beat the record time on the 'Star in a reasonably priced car' feature on BBC's Top Gear programme, after plans to get him out next week were shelved.

Button: Brawn is back to its best

July 25, 2009

Jenson Button thinks his Brawn GP team is back to its best again, after the recent struggles that have allowed rivals Red Bull Racing into the World Championship hunt

Perera barred from GP2 feature race

July 25, 2009

DPR's Franck Perera will not be allowed to start today's GP2 feature race at the Hungaroring after stewards declared him responsible for yesterday's collision with Romain Grosjean in qualifying

Sims to race in IFM in Hungary

July 23, 2009

McLaren Autosport BRDC Award winner Alexander Sims will contest the International Formula Master races supporting this weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix. The 21-year-old, who is racing full-time in the F3 Euro Series this year, has been handed a drive in Hungary as part of a new scheme, known as the IFM Talent Support Programme, along with Earl Bamber and Samuele Buttarelli

Kouzkin wins IFM race two at Brands

July 19, 2009

Alessandro Kouzkin scored his second victory of the International Formula Master season at Brands Hatch. Close second for America's Alexander Rossi

Leimer continues IFM winning streak

July 18, 2009

Fabio Leimer continued his streak and took his fourth consecutive Saturday race victory of the International Formula Master season

British F3: Van der Zande takes third pole

July 18, 2009

Renger van der Zande claimed his third consecutive British F3 pole position by topping the times during a frantic first qualifying session at Donington Park

Ricciardo leads Brands British F3 testing

July 09, 2009

Championship leader Daniel Ricciardo set the fastest time during official British Formula 3 testing at Brands Hatch this week.

GP2: Gonzalez replaces Rigon at Trident

July 09, 2009

Former British Formula 3 national class winner Rodolfo Gonzalez will make his GP2 main series debut at the Nurburgring this weekend, replacing Davide Rigon at Trident

Rossi lands first IFM win at Brno

June 21, 2009

America's F1 hopeful Alexander Rossi scored his first International Formula Master victory in today's reverse grid race at Brno

Virgin unlikely to expand Brawn deal

June 21, 2009

Richard Branson has dropped a firm hint that the Virgin Group will not step up to become title sponsors of Brawn next year

Varhaug grabs first IFM pole

June 20, 2009

Pal Varhaug scored his maiden International Formula Master pole position at Brno on Saturday. The 18-year-old Norwegian came out on top of a drying qualifying session in which five drivers squabbled over pole in the dying minutes. The times tumbled with every flying lap as a dry line emerged and Varhaug nicked pole away from fellow joint championship leader Fabio Leimer with under a minute remaining.

Jason Richards takes first pole

June 20, 2009

Team BOC's Jason Richards has taken pole position for the first race of the SkyCity Triple Crown at Hidden Valley Raceway. Richards topped the times in each of the sessions to take his first ever V8 Supercar pole position, just edging out championship leader Jamie Whincup and 2007 series champion Garth Tander, with Whincup's teammate Craig Lowndes a close fourth

Di Sabatino wins chaotic FR3.5 race

June 14, 2009

Pasquale di Sabatino held his nerve to take a shock maiden Formula Renault 3.5 victory in a chaotic race at the Hungaroring. Starting from 15th on the grid, the Italian was one of few drivers to opt for an early pitstop. He lucked in when a safety car period followed shortly afterwards, then pulled away from closest challenger Marco Barba over the final laps

Bottas takes F3 Masters victory

June 14, 2009

Valtteri Bottas became the first Finn to win the Masters of Formula 3 after dominating the race from lights to flag at Zandvoort this afternoon. The reigning Formula Renault Eurocup champion made a good start from pole position and held off a determined challenge from fellow Finn Mika Maki (Signature) by blocking the inside at the first corner. The leader's defensive tactics created a bottleneck in his wake and slow-starting Spaniard Roberto Merhi (Manor) was tagged from behind by Maki's team-mate Jean Karl Vernay

Rossi beats Lorenzo in thrilling finish

June 14, 2009

Valentino Rossi has beaten Yamaha teammate Jorge Lorenzo in a thrilling finish to MotoGP's Grand Prix of Catalunya

H24: Peugeot takes historic 1-2 victory

June 14, 2009

Peugeot finally put three years of pain and frustration behind it to record a glorious and dominant victory in the 2009 Le Mans 24 Hours. The giant partisan crowd exploded in ecstacy as Marc Gene led home a formation of turbo-diesel 908 HdiFAPs across the line to record a famous win in France's heartland. For Gene it was a historic moment as he became the first Spaniard to win at La Sarthe.

Salaquarda joins Prema from Hungary

June 04, 2009

Filip Salaquarda has joined Prema Powerteam for the remainder of the Formula Renault 3.5 season. The Czech driver will line up alongside Julian Leal from the next round of the season at Budapest on June 13-14 in place of Formula 3 Euro Series regular Stefano Coletti, who made a one-off appearance at the last round in his native Monaco. Prema boss Angelo Rosin said: "Salaquarda proved to be a really fast driver and he also has quite some experience

Button not distracted by future talk

June 04, 2009

World Championship leader Jenson Button has vowed to push talk about a new Brawn deal for 2010 to the back of his mind

Q & A with Mark Webber

June 04, 2009

Red Bull driver talks Turkey

N.Technology submits F1 application

June 03, 2009

MSC Organization Ltd, the company that owns the N.Technology racing team and the International Formula Master championship, has submitted an application to join the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship