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The tragic helicopter crash that led to the deaths of rallying legend Colin McRae, his young son and two family friends four years ago was the pilot's fault, a fatal accident enquiry has concluded

The son of FIA President Max Mosley died after taking a lethal cocktail of drugs including cocaine, ketamine, MDMA (ecstasy) and heroin or morphine, an inquest has ruled - after it emerged that the 39-year-old had been 'using hard drugs for many years and would often go missing for days at a time

The son of the head of Formula 1's governing body, Max Mosley, has been found dead from a suspected drugs overdose in his West London home.

Brian Wolfe, director of Ford North America Motorsports, has paid tribute to Larry H. Miller, the celebrated founder of Miller Motorsports Park in Utah and the Mustang Challenge for the Miller Cup racing series.

Barely two weeks after Ron Dennis revealed that he is to step down from his role as McLaren team principal after almost three decades at the helm, it has been announced that his predecessor Teddy Mayer has died aged 73.

Steve Jones (Father): A son for us to be proud of; a real character to all that knew him. His young life was taken away far too soon but we smile that he put into it what most could only hope to achieve in two lifetimes.

Craig Jones' parents and girlfriend have paid tribute to the World Supersport star, who died in a high-speed accident at Brands Hatch on Sunday.

British rider Craig Jones has died following his accident in the British round of the World Supersport Championship at Brands Hatch. The 23-year-old Parkalgar Honda rider was fighting for victory in the race when he fell at Clark Curve and was hit by a following rider.

Former World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty has paid tribute to Craig Jones after his death in an accident during the World Supersport Championship race at Brands Hatch.

FGSport and MSVR have released the following brief statement regarding the condition of Craig Jones, who suffered a huge accident whilst battling for the lead of Sunday's World Supersport race at Brands Hatch (see separate story):

Renault has paid tribute to one of its F1 research and development engineers, after he was found dead at the team's Oxfordshire headquarters earlier this week.

Ove Andersson, the former principal of the Toyota Formula 1 team, has died after being involved in an accident during a classic rally.

The reigning World Supersport champion had finished Friday qualifying at Monza an impressive eighth fastest for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, but will play no further part in the weekend.

Colin Hilton, MSA chief executive:

The Petronas Syntium team has expressed its shock at the death of former driver David Leslie in yesterday's aircraft accident in Kent.

Richard Lloyd, who has died at the age of 63, was a major figure on the British motorsport scene, both as a racer and then as a highly respected team owner.

David Leslie, who has died at the age of 54, was one of the stars of the British Touring Car Championship during the hugely popular Super Touring era of the 1990s.

Ashley Cooper, who was critically injured when his car hit the barriers at more than 120mph during the second of the weekend's two Clipsal 500 support races in Adelaide, has died after two nights in hospital.

Joe Granatelli, Andy Granatelli's older brother who helped fabricate the famed turbine race car that nearly won the 1967 Indianapolis 500, died last Saturday in Woodland Hills, California aged 84.

A motorway accident on Wednesday night in North Carolina has claimed the life of 29 year-old Tara Parker, the wife of Robert Yates Racing's #88 NASCAR Winston Cup crew-chief Shawn Parker, and her two younger sisters.