Toyota has confirmed what many in the F1 paddock have long feared by dropping hints that a withdrawal from competition at the end of the 2009 world championship campaign - following in the wheeltracks of Honda and BMW - is not out of the question.
Team CVR (Clyde Valley Racing) - the organisation behind Cartridge World Carbon Zero Racing - has officially and regrettably announced its withdrawal from the 2009 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), citing 'circumstances beyond our control'.
It may have announced earlier this week that it is to end all of its Formula 1 sponsorship deals at the close of the forthcoming 2009 campaign, but ING already seems to have had a change of heart - in part at least.
Marco Melandri admits that Kawasaki's factory withdraw from MotoGP participation means his hopes of rebounding from an 'awful' 2008 campaign have been somewhat hit - but he nonetheless thinks he will race in MotoGP this season, without the support of the Kawasaki factory, and is ready to demonstr
Honda Racing has applied for a Government bail-out to save its beleaguered Formula 1 team, it has been revealed - meaning that if it does succeed in making the starting grid for the Australian Grand Prix in two months' time, it will be British taxpayers who have enabled it to do so.
Nick Fry has responded to accusations that he is presiding over a conflict of interest in having submitted his own bid to take over Honda's defunct Formula 1 outfit - as he suggested that 'attempts are being made by certain parties to frustrate this process'.
Petter Solberg has admitted that he has '100 things up in the air' as he desperately chases a drive that will allow him to return to the World Rally Championship in time for his home event next month - but he will only come back, he insists, when all of the circumstances are right.
David Richards has admitted that everybody was taken by surprise when Subaru announced it was pulling out of the World Rally Championship last month - but he also revealed he is hopeful the manufacturer may one day return.