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Davison on Supercar pole again at Sandown

August 02, 2009

Holden Racing Team's Will Davison followed up yesterday's maiden V8 Supercar pole position with pole again today for the second race of the Norton 360 Sandown Challenge at Sandown Raceway. Davison almost matched his time from yesterday, but the battle behind him was much closer today.

Meeke will not hurry WRC return

July 31, 2009

Kris Meeke says he expects to stay in the Intercontinental Rally Challenge in 2010 rather than trying to break into the World Rally Championship - even if he wins the IRC title

Basso extends Madeira advantage

July 31, 2009

A good day at the office for Giandomenico Basso has seen the Abarth man stretch his advantage over the Peugeot hordes at the halfway point of day two on the 50th Rally Madeira, round seven of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The Italian has performed flawlessly on the island's mountainous roads to claim four successive fastest stage times and build a 16.8-second advantage over Portuguese ace Bruno Magalhaes.

Massa will leave hospital on Monday

July 31, 2009

Felipe Massa will leave Hungary by a private plane on Monday, his personal doctor, Dino Altmann confirmed

Fauzy quickest in Portimao F-Renault practice

July 31, 2009

Fairuz Fauzy set the fastest time in practice for round seven of the Formula Renault 3.5 series at Portimao on Friday morning. The Malaysian's 1m32.166s today was 0.5s faster than Le Mans pole-winner Jon Lancaster, while Oliver Turvey was third for Carlin Motorsport after being forced to change an engine after Thursday's opening collective test. Team-mate Jaime Alguersuari also opted for a fresh engine today, and the ensuing restricted running left the Formula 1 racer in unfamiliar ground in 23rd.

Team Vodafone confirms Holden move

July 29, 2009

Championship-winning outfit Team Vodafone will switch marques from Ford to Holden from 2010, the team announced at a press conference at Holden headquarters in Melbourne today. The team's decison to switch manufacturers comes just over a year after Ford restructured its commitment to V8 Supercar, which saw it focus on Ford Performance Racing and Stone Brothers Racing and drop support for Team Vodafone and Jim Beam Racing. In response to the decision, the Team Vodafone cars have run this season without Ford logos, which have been replaced with those of the team's sponsors.

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.

Q & A with Norbert Haug

July 28, 2009

Mercedes-Benz F1 boss talks Hungary

Haug: Teams may rethink KERS now

July 28, 2009

Lewis Hamilton's victory in the Hungarian Grand Prix could force a rethink in Formula 1 about the use of KERS, now it appears that the hybrid technology is making a big difference in races

Edwards beats Busch to Nationwide win

July 25, 2009

Carl Edwards beat Kyle Busch in a race-long battle for victory in the Nationwide Series at O'Reilly Raceway Park.

Only one Maserati in contention at Spa

July 25, 2009

The fight for this year's Spa 24 Hours remains tight during the 11th hour, but there is now only one Vitaphone Maserati in contention.

Seventh gives Melandri mixed feelings

July 25, 2009

Marco Melandri was sanguine about achieving his best grid position of the season at Donington Park - admitting that he had achieved a major goal, but feeling he could have gone quicker still. The Italian will start seventh for the British Grand Prix after a very strong run on the privateer Hayate Kawasaki. "On one hand I am [happy], on the other not much, because I could perhaps do a little bit better, but it wouldn't change anything," he told Italia1 .

Rosberg eyes podium from fifth spot

July 25, 2009

Nico Rosberg insists he is targeting his first podium finish of the season at the Hungarian Grand Prix after a strong qualifying run

Toyota: Practice failures were costly

July 25, 2009

Toyota's technical chief Pascal Vasselon reckoned the time lost to mechanical problems in practice was a key factor in the squad's poor performance in Hungaroring qualifying

Aspar to run single Ducati in MotoGP

July 25, 2009

Leading 125cc and 250cc team Aspar will make its long-awaited MotoGP move with Ducati next season. Jorge Martinez's team will run a single Ducati, with 250cc frontrunner Alvaro Bautista tipped as favourite to take the seat. "Still not sure who the rider is," Ducati boss Livio Suppo told AUTOSPORT

Collins to contest V8 enduros

July 24, 2009

British driver Ben Collins has signed to contest the end of season V8 Supercar endurance events with Kelly Racing.

Kovalainen leads the way in practice 1

July 24, 2009

Heikki Kovalainen snatched the fastest time from Nico Rosberg in the closing seconds of the Friday morning session at the Hungaroring.

Toro Rosso expects Alguersuari to shine

July 24, 2009

Scuderia Toro Rosso team principal Franz Tost has hit back at critics who say Jaime Alguersuari is too young to be in Formula 1. Alguersuari is set to become the youngest driver to start an F1 race this weekend, but his promotion into Toro Rosso has caused controversy, with Mark Webber and Felipe Massa saying he should not have been given the chance yet. However, Tost has jumped to Alguersuari's defence - and said he thinks the youngster will have a bright future in F1 as he is groomed for eventual promotion to Red Bull Racing.

Fassler confident in Audi R8 pace

July 24, 2009

The Audi R8 LMS can compete for a top six finish in this weekend's Spa 24 Hours, according to lead driver Marcel Fassler. Despite qualifying only 17th overall (but first in the G2 class) in yesterday's rain interrupted session, Fassler believes the car has the pace to compete with the latest GT1 machines. "The car can show more than it did in qualifying - we only had three laps and I didn't get a good lap in," he said.

Hirvonen picks Lapland for Escort debut

July 24, 2009

Ford driver Mikko Hirvonen will make his competition debut in his Escort Mk2 on next January's Arctic Lapland Rally in the north of Finland.

British F3: Buzaid claims first pole at Spa

July 24, 2009

Adriano Buzaid claimed his and T-Sport's maiden British Formula 3 pole position by topping the times during a sodden second qualifying session at Spa this morning. The track dried slowly throughout the session and, after T-Sport had traded times with leading F3 Euro Series squad ART in the early part of qualifying, Brazilian racer Buzaid leapt to the top permanently with eight minutes of the half-hour session to run. The ex-Formula Renault UK race winner, who also topped the times during wet first practice yesterday, set several laps good enough for pole during the latter part of the session and was particularly rapid through the long middle sector

Q & A with Anton Alen

July 24, 2009

Abarth driver Anton Alen will start his first World Rally Championship round since 2007 on Rally Finland next week.

Sutil targets top 10 regularly

July 24, 2009

Adrian Sutil is convinced that Force India, which has yet to score a point in 27 grands prix, can now be a regular top 10 contender after the team showed significantly improved form in recent races

Alen confirms Finland Rally entry

July 24, 2009

Abarth factory driver Anton Alen has confirmed that he will take part in next week's Rally Finland at the wheel of his usual Abarth Grande Punto S2000. Alen's participation in his home round of the World Rally Championship had been cast into doubt following a shortfall in the budget, but the cash needed for him to make the start in Jyvaskyla on Thursday next week has been found. The 26-year-old Finn has previously contested six WRC events in Group N, winning the category twice - on the Rally Finland and Rally Great Britain in 2006 - and finishing second once.

Buemi ready to lead Toro Rosso

July 24, 2009

Sebastien Buemi is confident that he can fill the role of Scuderia Toro Rosso team leader despite only having nine grand prix starts under his belt. The Swiss is now Toro Rosso's more experienced driver after Sebastien Bourdais was dropped in favour of reigning British Formula 3 champion Jaime Alguersuari. He faces a major challenge this weekend with the Faenza-based team running a comprehensive car upgrade, effectively taking the STR4 to equivalent specification to that the Red Bull RB5 ran at last month's British Grand Prix, for the first time.