2003
Kahle signs for Skoda in 2003.
Reigning German Champion Matthias Kahle has signed a contract with Skoda Motorsport which will see him drive a factory car on his native Rallye Deutschland and take on increased testing duties.
Speed comparison at the Australia GP.
Australian motor racing legends Allan Moffat and Larry Perkins are set for the Ultimate Speed Comparison at the 2003 Foster's Australian Grand Prix at Melbourne's Albert Park on March 6-9.
Jones back to Wolves as rider-coach?
Graham Jones could be on his way back to Wolverhampton as the club's rider-coach. Jones makes a comeback after seven-years out of the saddle at this weekend's Telford ice meetings.
Hawkstone annouces star studded entry.
The organisers of the Hawkstone Park International, scheduled for 2nd March, have released the following star studded Open class entry list.
Briatore takes on French connection.
Flavio Briatore, MD of the Renault F1 team in the UK and manager to its two drivers, as well as having other interests, is now taking on another role with the announcement that he will be MD of the French arm of the Renault F1 effort.
Barros destroys pole at Barcelona.
After being in a class of his own on day one at Barcelona, Alex Barros found himself under more pressure from the retuning Carlos Checa on day two - but responded with a lap 0.5secs inside the pole time from last year's GP.
Burns admits: I'm not totally at one with the 206.
2001 World Rally Champion Richard Burns has admitted that he just doesn't "feel at one" with the Peugeot 206.
Eurosport regain live CART coverage.
Pan-European satellite network Eurosport has signed a deal to carry the majority of the 2003 Champ Car World Series live across the continent.
Fittipaldi-Dingman Racing confirms Monteiro.
The Champ Car field for the 2003 season opening event in St Petersburg has been swelled to 19 with the official announcement that racing legend Emerson Fittipaldi and business partner James Dingman have joined forces with Conquest Racing to run Portuguese rookie Tiago Monteiro this year.
Green ruins DEI pole party.
Former NASCAR Busch Series Champion Jeff Green completed the biggest feat of his Winston Cup career to date as he toppled the previously dominant Dale Earnhardt Jr off pole position for next weekend's Daytona 500.
Bud Pole Qualifying times - Daytona 500.
Complete Bud Pole Qualifying results for the Daytona 500 at the 2.5-mile Daytona International Speedway.
Sauber keeps Massa in reserve.
Sauber has agreed a deal with engine supplier Ferrari that will see former pilot Felipe Massa act as stand-in for either Nick Heidfeld or Heinz-Harald Frentzen should they fall ill during the 2003 Formula One season.
McLaren get radical on the wing front.
McLaren have been testing a rather interesting new front wing in their preparations for the 2003 season in Spain.
Firman Sr: I didn't want him to be a racing driver
Father of latest F1 driver Ralph Firman and boss of racing car constructor Van Diemen, Ralph Firman Snr, has been revealing how he originally didn't want his son to enter motor racing.
Namibian stars to shine in Europe?
The 2003 Namibian MX-season, to start in mid march, will be missing a talented trio of riders this year after they were offered rides in Europe.
Category and championship victory for Mitsubishi.
Mitsubishi's all-conquering machinery has once again dominated the Group N category in the Swedish Rally, the opening round of the FIA Production Car World Rally Championship.
Beardsley returning to IPS in 2003.
Matt Beardsley will return to the Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series in 2003, as his family-owned team has formed a technical alliance with the crew, equipment and facilities of IndyCar Series standout Billy Boat.
Sauber officially launch C22 today.
The Sauber Petronas team will launch their 2003 World Championship challenger, the C22 today [Sunday] in Switzerland. The all-new C22 is designed to include the best bits of the successful C20 and C21 in an otherwise fresh package.
Sauber announce new Russian sponsor.
In addition to presenting the teams 2003 challenger, Peter Sauber today announced another new sponsor for his team - Russian mobile phone provider Mobile TeleSystems (MTS), with whom a multi-year deal has been agreed.
<I>Crash.Net Preview</I> - Daytona 500.
The high banks of the Daytona International Speedway have been warming to the sounds of racing engines for over a month now with various pre-season preparations for both NASCAR and Grand-Am Series contenders.
Gronholm takes Swedish honours.
Peugeot driver and reigning world champion Marcus Gronholm emerged from the final leg of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally to win the event by 50.8 seconds from Subaru driver Tommi Makinen.
Marmont, Carroll dominate Avalon Oz SX.
A bumper crowd of at least 8,000 saw Australian Supercross riders Jay Marmont and Troy Carroll dominate their respective classes in Round Two of the 2003 Australian Supercross Championship at Avalon Speedway near Geelong last night.
McRae still after podium finish.
Colin McRae reckons he still has a hope of grabbing a top three finish on the Swedish Rally, despite a character-building first day.
Brawn welcomes 'spy in the cockpit'.
At yesterday's launch of Ferrari's 2003 racer, Technical Director Ross Brawn stated that he expects the FIA to introduce what he called a "Spy in the cockpit" to ensure teams stick to the upcoming driver aid ban.