2003
Minardi to make official tyre complaint.
Minardi made the usual decision to run on Avon Formula 3000 tyres this week at Valencia, its hand forced by the lack of supply of Bridgestone tyres available to the team so far this year.
Andretti to retire after Indy 500.
Michael Andretti will retire following May's Indianapolis 500 after a distinguished career that has spanned two decades, a CART title, a season with the McLaren Formula One team and more than 40 CART victories.
Liuzzi, Friesacher get Red Bull backing at Coloni.
Far from disappearing from the FIA F3000 series, Red Bull will remain prominent in 2003, following the news that promising youngsters Vitantonio Liuzzi and Patrick Friesacher will campaign the distinctive blue-and-silver colours on their Coloni-entered Lolas.
Montoya completes first laps with FW25.
Today's WilliamsF1 launch ceremony was completed with a spot of on-track action, as Juan Montoya took the all-new BMW-powered FW25 for its inaugural laps around the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.
Updated 2003 MotoGP entry list.
The FIM has today released an updated version of the 2003 entry list for the MotoGP World Championship.
Newman-Haas confirms Bourdais.
Newman-Haas Racing has announced that Frenchman Sebastien Bourdais will join Brazil's Bruno Junqueira in attempting to earn the team its fifth CART Champcar title in this season's Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.
BMW launch MotoGP Best Qualifier Award.
The upcoming Test at Catalunya will represent the first stage of a new for 2003 challenge - the BMW Award for the MotoGP Best Qualifier.
Q&A: Dr. Mario Theissen.
BMW Motorsport Director Dr Mario Theissen discusses the company's latest F1 engine, the P83, how their involvement in F1 helps with road car production and more...
WilliamsF1 BMW FW25 - technical specifications.
Complete technical lowdown on the new WilliamsF1 BMW FW25, launched today [Friday] at the Circuit de Catalunya, Spain. Chassis - WilliamsF1 FW25: Transmission: WilliamsF1 semi-automatic. Clutch: AP.
King of Sweden visits Ferrari.
King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden was on a private visit to Ferrari this week, accompanied by the Swedish Ambassador to Italy, Staffan Wrigstad and a delegation of representatives from Sweden's economic, scientific and business communities.
Staechmann returns to Oxford.
Jan Staechmann is on his way back to Oxford after agreeing terms with new promoter Nigel Wagstaff. The Dane will be full-time with Stoke in the Premier League but he will double-up with the Silver Machine on a regular basis.
Updated 2003 125cc entry list.
The FIM has today released an updated version of the 2003 entry list for the 125cc World Championship.
Q&A: Johnny Benson.
Johnny Benson and the rest of the NASCAR Winston Cup fraternity are just days away from going back to Daytona and beginning the 2003 season.
Team Rensi adds Timberland as Assoc. backers.
Team Rensi Motorsports, Bobby Hamilton Jr's Busch Series team, have added footwear company Timberland as an associate sponsor for the 2003 season alongside primary backers The United States Marine Corp.
Verstappen tests for Minardi, tyre woes continue.
The second day of the Minardi team's opening test of the 2003 season, at Valencia's Circuit Ricardo Tormo, should have been a particularly satisfying occasion, as it marked the return of popular Dutch driver, Jos Verstappen, to the F1 arena.
Valencia test - day three: 30 January.
McLaren-Mercedes continued to set the pace today [Thursday] at Valencia, with David Coulthard posting the quickest time of the week so far, a 1m 10.977s.
Dana to drive for Kenn Hardley Racing in IPS.
Open-wheel racing veteran Paul Dana has signed to drive for Kenn Hardley Racing during the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series season, team manager John Paul Jr. announced Jan. 29.
Canadian ice speedway to be raced in Quebec.
With Canada in the grip of a cold winter, the summer season is still four long months away. But those hardy souls who cannot wait till April to get their next adrenaline rush from powering a speedway bike around the track will be heading the Quebec Championship in February.
Wurz: McLaren can beat Ferrari.
West McLaren-Mercedes 'third driver' Alexander Wurz has said that his team can beat Ferrari this year. He also revealed that the MP4-17D - with, which the Woking based concern will start the 2003 season - will utilize many new parts including a heavily revised new suspension.
Rowland named as Newcastle Manager.
Dave Rowland is the new team manager of Newcastle Diamonds after the decision of George English to stand aside. English will concentrate on commercial matters at the club after six successful years in charge of the team.
BCN tabs all-Iberia line-up, signs ex-F1 engineer.
New-for-2003 FIA F3000 team BCN Competicion could field an all-Spanish line-up in its debut season, according to sources in its homeland.
Lemarie gets nod at PK Racing.
Former FIA International Formula 3000 contender and BAR Formula One test driver Patrick Lemarie, was today named as the driver for PK Racing, the new Champ Car World Series team owned by Craig Pollock and Kevin Kalkhoven.
Valencia test - day two: 29 January.
McLaren-Mercedes third driver Alexander Wurz set the quickest time today [Wednesday] at Valencia, beating Ferrari's Michael Schumacher by five tenths of a second. Wurz completed 68 laps and set a best time of 1 minute 11.104 seconds.
New power generation for Panoz G-Force.
IRL IndyCar Series chassis manufacturer Panoz G-Force has set its sights firmly on a championship title and an Indy 500 victory for 2003 after putting in the hours creating what it believes is the best new generation car on the grid.