2002

The FIA yesterday announced the entry list for the 2003 World Rally Championship, there were no major surprises, and the main point of interest is that Ford have confirmed (as expected) that Markko Martin will lead the team next year.

Chevrolet continued its pre-season preparations for the 2003 Indy Racing League season on Monday at the one-mile Phoenix International Raceway as double IRL champion Sam Hornish Jr and Team Menard duo Jaques Lazier and Vitor Meira tested the new Chevy Indy V8 engine.

Hull Vikings will reveal the identity of two further signings at Craven Park tonight... New Vikings bosses Nigel Wordsworth and John Bailey will meet the fans at their second question and answer session in the Craven Park bar at 8pm.

Christmas may be looming large on the horizon, but for the F1 world, attentions are firmly focussed on the F1 Awards and the 2003 Grand Prix Party.

Team Renegade Ducati has ended weeks of speculation by confirming that Red Bull is to join forces with the team as title sponsor for the 2003 British Superbike Championship.

Citroen Sport has denied reports that two time World Rally champion Carlos Sainz has reached an agreement to race with the team in next year's WRC.

Visteon/Patrick Racing has confirmed that Steve Challis will assume the responsibilities of Chief Engineer and that the team will campaign Lola cars in the 2003 Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Heinz-Harald Frentzen's legal dispute with Jordan, following his ousting from the team in 2001, has come to an end according to Frentzen's manager and Eddie Jordan. Frentzen's manager, Monte Field is reported by Reuters as saying "We have reached a settlement".

Simon Stead has been snapped up by Workington from Peterborough to complete their 2003 side for a fee said to be a record amount for a Premier League rider.

Chris Walker has made his long awaited debut on the Ducati 998 F02 at the team's first pre-season test at Valencia.

Patrick Racing's decision to go with the Lola chassis in 2003 may have signalled the end of Reynards participation in the Bridgestone Presents the Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns has promised he will be even better prepared next season, starting in January with the Monte Carlo Rally.

Driver turned team owner Ricky Hendrick has announced his first driver hiring since taking over the reigns of the #5 Hendrick Motorsports GMAC Busch Series team and it is teenager Brian Vickers who gets the nod.

The TAG McLaren Group today announced that FARAM has become a Furniture Solutions Partner to the McLaren Technology Centre.

With the announcing of Arena Essex's first three signings for 2003 last week - heat leaders Kelvin Tatum, Leigh Lanham and Finn Joonas Kylmakorpi - the club's management will be having talks over the next few weeks with various riders who could come into consideration for the remaining four team

Eastbourne promoter Jon Cook is showing some concern over the fitness of his top rider Mark Loram. The 2000 world champion is still suffering from the effects of a crash in the British Final two months ago.

Last week Crash.net had a look back to 1978 when the American Champcars came over to the UK. At the same time as those Champcar races at Silverstone and Brands Hatch, Formula One was the other side of the Atlantic competing in America and in Canada.

The FIA announced last Monday [2 Dec] that they rejected Arrows' entry into the 2003 F1 World Championship for 'reasons, which have been communicated to the team' and we at Crash.net wanted to know what you the reader thought of the decision.

Wayne Rainey will forever be remembered as the triple world champion whose career was brought to a tragically early end by a paralysing crash at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix - while chasing his fourth world crown.

Wayne Rainey will forever be remembered as the three times world champion whose career was brought to a tragically early end by a paralysing crash at the 1993 Italian Grand Prix - while chasing his fourth world crown.

Two multi-car NASCAR Winston Cup teams are currently facing an uncertain future as they head into the Christmas season without a single confirmed primary sponsor between them.

Jan Staechmann has become Stoke's second signing for 2003 after agreeing terms to remain with the club for a third season despite interest from Hull.

2002 Toyota F1 driver Allan McNish looks back on his debut year in the premier category and today looks at the San Marino Grand Prix.

The makers of Murray Walker's latest DVD and Crash.net launched a great competition just over two weeks ago [21st Nov] to win a signed copy of Murray Walker's F1 Greats and now we can announce the winners...