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The assets of the Super Aguri F1 team - which collapsed earlier this season due to chronic debts - are to be auctioned off at the end of the month.

Rubens Barrichello has described his return to the podium in the British Grand Prix as 'magic', adding that he is convinced that there are still 'plenty more' good times to come from Honda in the future.

Lewis Hamilton appears set to compete in the Bath triathlon after being cajoled into accepting a 'man challenge' from British Formula One rival Jenson Button in the build-up to their home grand prix.

The speculation involving Fernando Alonso's immediate future continues to rumble on with latest reports adding further credence to Ross Brawn's claims Honda were looking to poach him for 2009.

Ross Brawn has admitted that Fernando Alonso is on Honda's Formula 1 shopping list for 2009 - but he insists that first, 'the situation with Ferrari must be resolved'.

1. Michael Rutter GBR NW 200 Ducati 30mins 10.219secs 30 laps 2. Shane Byrne GBR Airwaves Ducati +4.405secs 3. Cal Crutchlow GBR HM Plant Honda +4.586secs 4. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki +13.383secs

Luca Morelli has been forced to withdraw from his World Superbike Championship return after feeling to effects of a recent operation.

The Formula 1 rumour mill has suggested that Force India is considering an engine change for the 2009 season, from Ferrari to Honda - in the process potentially giving Takuma Sato a lifeline back into the top flight.

Sean Emmett will return to the Bennetts British Superbike Championship for the second time this year after securing a spot on the SMT Honda for Mallory Park.

D.F Racing have confirmed that Luca Morelli will replace Supersport-bound Russell Holland for the remainder of the World Superbike season.

By Mike Nicks Repsol Honda's 2006 world champion Nicky Hayden will ride the factory's new pneumatic-valve RC212V all through practice, qualifying and racing during the three days of the British MotoGP at Donington Park, Crash.net has learned.

Tommy Hill has been diagnosed with another broken thigh bone after being taken out in a first corner melee on his return to action in the World Supersport Championship this weekend.

Shane Byrne has won what he describes as one of the finest races of his career after an astonishing ride to British Superbike victory at a wet and rainy Snetterton.

Leon Haslam has described Ducati's weight penalty as 'a load of crap' after the Honda rider claimed it will make no difference to their performance whatsoever.

1. Leon Haslam GBR HM Plant Honda 1min 05.448 secs 2. Tom Sykes GBR Rizla Suzuki 1min 05.547 secs 3. Leon Camier GBR Airwaves Ducati 1min 05.847 secs 4. Karl Harris GBR Rob Mac Racing Yamaha 1min 05.923 secs

British Motocross legend Dave Thorpe has become sporting director for CCM Racing.

BMW Sauber's Nick Heidfeld was left cursing David Coulthard's accident in Q2 on Saturday at the Principality as it robbed him of his last chance to try and get into the top-ten shootout.

Ross Brawn has suggested Super Aguri's demise was due in no small part to its fellow teams' instinct for self-preservation over the health of the sport.

Honda has claimed to be 'disappointed' by Aguri Suzuki's decision to pull the plug on his ailing Super Aguri F1 team, but admitted that it was inevitable given the operation's current circumstances.

Despite various rescue plans being put forward over the past few months, the Super Aguri F1 team has finally accepted the inevitable and revealed that it is to withdraw from the 2008 Formula One world championship.

by Chris Hayes Jenson Button gifted Honda its first points of the season and his first since Shanghai last year with a superb charge to sixth place in Barcelona - though he hinted afterwards that it could have been even better still.

Nick Fry has warned that Super Aguri's Formula 1 survival is far from a racing certainty, as the beleagured Japanese minnows still have no firm indication of whether or not they will be able to compete in this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix.

It may be wishful thinking, but the Super Aguri F1 team is on its way to Barcelona for this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix, in spite of being told that a proposed takeover bid had been shelved last week.

Gordon Shedden dedicated his race one victory to the memory of fellow Scot David Leslie after taking his first win of the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship season at Rockingham.