2003

Yamaha's European racing head office has reintroduced the Yamaha Race Training (YRT) programme to provide national and international supersport race teams, running the latest 2003 YZF-R6, with the best possible chance of track success this season.

Racing For Kids and Aventis Pharmaceuticals have partnered to become the title sponsor for the 2003 Indy Racing League Infiniti Pro Series event at Kansas Speedway on 6 July.

After a successful weekend at the Rally Monte Carlo, everyone involved agreed that the new Volkswagen Polo Super 1600 is not only reliable and good-looking, but has also proven to be competitive.

Nick Simmons has signed for Stoke, thus completing the Potters' 2003 team plans. The 21-year-old [left in yellow on picture] joins the Loomer Road club on loan from the Isle of Wight.

Speedway fans are invited to an open day at the Willowbed Hall in Chickerell this coming weekend.

JT International and the Honda Pons team have revealed the birth of a new partnership that will see the tobacco giant's Camel brand holding title sponsorship rights of the MotoGP operation for the next three years.

Ferrari's Rubens Barrichello set the pace today [Tuesday] at Valencia, beating Jordan's Giancarlo Fisichella, who was a surprise second quickest, by three tenths of a second.

Coventry Bees have landed one of the biggest names in global bookmaking as their new team sponsor for the 2003 season. Victor Chandler, known as the 'Gentleman Bookmaker', has agreed to sponsor the Bees for the next 12 months.

Champ Car veteran Adrian Fernandez made his return to the cockpit last weekend at Laguna Seca following a three-month layoff recovering from a fractured vertebrae.

The 2003 World Supersport series will be spiced up by the inclusion of ex MotoGP star Simone Sanna in the Belgarda Yamaha line-up. Sanna's name appears on the provisional entry list released today, where he is expected to ride a #16 YZF R6 for the team.

Swindon is set to confirm their final team member for the new season in the next few days. The Robins are likely to promote a rider from their Conference team with Thomas Allen and Simon Dyminski in contention.

Sportswear giant Puma AG and the Minardi F1 team have agreed a two-year partnership contract where the German-based company becomes official racewear partner of the resurgent Italian operation.

The FIM has today announced the provisional entry list for the 2003 World Superbike Championship.

The FIM has today announced the provisional entry list for the 2003 World Supersport Championship.

The working relationship between BAR new boy Jenson Button and veteran team-mate Jacques Villeneuve has not got off to the best of starts, but the still young Briton believes that he can more than handle it having dealt with politics throughout the first three years of his F1 career.

CMS Motorsport has joined forces with cancer charity, Macmillan Cancer Relief to take on the best of British Motorsport in the 2003 British Touring Car Championship. Team Macmillan will enter a specially branded Ford Focus Macmillan car in the Production Class category of the series.

In the second day of the Valencia test, Yamaha Belgarda's Jurgen van den Goorbergh [pictured] got to within 1 sec of Fabien Foret's all time lap record of the Spanish circuit - while Supersport new boy Simone Sanna stunned in his second day of running.

Scot Allan McNish reflects on the last few weeks, his new role as Renault's third driver; his first unexpected test with the team and more...

Anders Henriksson will make what seems likely to be his only UK appearance of the season in Telford's ice meetings on February 16. The former Newport and Reading favourite is a big favourite with the fans in Shropshire.

Chris Walker has successfully completed a two-day test at Almeria in Spain. The HM Plant Ducati star recorded a superb time of 1min 36.9secs, which eclipsed all the other Superbike riders at the Andalucia circuit.

Renault driver Bruce Tirabassi holds a comfortable lead in the Junior World Rally Championship category, following leg two today [Saturday] of the Rallye Automobile Monte Carlo.

Popular Australian ride Craig Boyce will have his testimonial meeting at Poole, the club he rode with for many seasons and still remains an asset of, on 27 August.

Arden International has revealed that it has secured the services of leading F3000 engineer Rob Creswell ahead of its teams' title defence in the FIA Formula 3000 Championship.

WilliamsF1 and McLaren shared an otherwise deserted Circuit Ricardo Tormo as the latest Formula One group test in Valencia drew to a close for the week.