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Formula One has just enjoyed its mid-season summer break with no races or testing for the past three weeks. Now fresh from their rest and relaxation everyone assembles in Hungary for the only Eastern European race on the calendar.

The chase for the Motor Cycle News British Superbike crown hots up this weekend (10-11 August) as Britain's premier motorcycle Championship powers into Thruxton.

After the excitement of the British Grand Prix - arguably one of the most action packed Grand Prix in years - Formula One heads to France for the eleventh race of the season.

The Safari Rally is the eighth round out of 14 in the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship, and the fifth round out of eight in the 2002 FIA Production Car World Rally Championship.

The Formula One circus will descend on Silverstone this weekend for the 53rd British Grand Prix.

This weekend sees Formula One return from Canada to Europe with, appropriately enough, the European Grand Prix. Held in Germay at the historic Nurburgring location, the track has been altered this year to give a new challenge for all the drivers.

The Rally Argentina is the sixth round out of 14 in the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship. The tricky gravel track is in the rolling hills to the west of the famous Argentine plains, with there being an ever-present danger of hitting damaging rocks lying in the road.

This weekend sees the 25th Austrian Grand Prix take place. Located deep in the Austrian countryside some 200 km away from the nearest major city Vienna, the A1 ring, as it is known, has never seen a Michael Schumacher victory.

This weekend sees the Formula One circus hit Spain for the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.

The opening round of the 2002 DTM will see several firsts at the Hockenheimring's short circuit this weekend.

This weekend sees the start of the 'European season' in Formula 1, after the 'fly-away' races of Melbourne, Malaysia and Brazil. This weekend the teams will be far more at home as they assemble in the Imola Paddock for the San Marino Grand Prix.

Top Eurosport MotoGP commentator Toby Moody looks ahead to 2002 and in this first of two articles previews the new season, which kicks off this weekend in Japan:

Leading into the fourth round of the 2002 FIA World Rally Championship Marcus Gronholm heads the drivers championship with 18 points, while Corsica winner Gilles Panizzi is in second place with 10points.

The 2002 Elite League season gets underway in a matter of days. Can the basically unchanged Oxford defend their title successfully or it be snatched away by an (on paper at least) good looking Wolverhampton septet.

The wait is over. This weekend alarm clocks up and down the land will be set for the early hours of Sunday morning. The Formula 1 season is now upon us.

He's Brazilian by heritage and resides in Fort Lauderdale, but Gil de Ferran will likely always have a soft spot in his heart for Chicago.

Former champions Steve Hislop and John Reynolds face an all new challenge as they continue their private duel for the British Superbike crown into the double race penultimate round at Rockingham Motor Speedway this Sunday 30 September.

This weekend the British Touring Car Championship returns to Silverstone for Rounds 21 and 22, which will see the series welcome MG Sport and Racing's pair of ZS EX259 Touring cars to the grid for the first time.

Tony Rickardsson can claim a fourth world individual speedway title on Saturday night if he wins the Grand Prix of Poland - but to do so he would need both Thomasz Gollob and Jason Crump to have a poor showing.

The 9th round of the 2001 World Rally Championship will take place this weekend with the Rally Finland. It is the fastest special stage rally in the series, held on wide, hard packed, undulating sandy roads. Categorised by teams as a smooth gravel rally.

The FedEx Championship Series recently concluded its most grueling stretch of the season, with six races in seven weeks.

The Safari Rally represents the eighth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, and is an open road event run under sporting and technical regulations that are in many ways unique.

Steve Hislop returns to his favourite Oulton Park circuit, on Sunday 22 July, aiming for another winning double booster to his title hopes as he powers into the seventh round of the British Superbike Championship.

Just a week after the Formula One circus shipped up in Germany for the European Grand Prix, it returns to action in the heart of the French countryside, where Magny-Cours will again ring to the sound of wailing V10 engines.