2003
Fiat extends SGP sponsorship.
Fiat Commercial Vehicles (Fiat CV), today announced that it is to extend its current sponsorship contract with Benfield Sports International (BSI) and the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).
2003 world championship standings.
Full MotoGP championship standings following today's season ending Valencia Grand Prix. Riders' championship standings after round 16 of 16:
Globe Hopper: Valencia race.
Crash.net , the first website to publish the often uncompromising reports of Desiree Crossman, girlfriend of Suzuki star John 'Hopper' Hopkins, presents her latest report from the season ending Valencia Grand Prix...
Stoner signs for KTM.
Less than an hour after taking his first ever GP victory, with the LCR Aprilia team, it has been announced that Casey Stoner has signed to ride for KTM in 2004 - replacing Roberto Locatelli.
Heidfeld: I simply want to stay in F1.
Nick Heidfeld has admitted that he is desperate to remain a part of the Formula One firmament, even if it means taking a pay cut to drive in 2004.
Rossi ends season with Valencia victory.
Valentino Rossi finished the 2003 season exactly as it began it - with victory.
Q&A: Ward Burton.
"With what's been going on in my life and with the NetZero team, I just feel completely rejuvenated. The relationship with Tony Furr (crew chief) is great and I don't feel like that's going to change. His racing career has been somewhat like mine.
Tatum wins in NZ, Barth is Longtrack champ.
Kelvin Tatum won the final round of the 2003 World Longtrack Championships in New Plymouth, New Zealand on Saturday.
Race result - Sardinia F3 Masters: race one.
1. Robert Kubica POL Prema Dallara-Mugen 28 laps 37min 57.007secs 2. Paolo Montin ITA Ombra Dallara-Mugen +04.103s 3. Andrea Belicchi ITA WRC Dallara-Opel +05.129s
Pictures: Rossi's 'Austin Powers' livery.
Today at Valencia, Valentino Rossi and his Repsol Honda team finally revealed the secret livery with which the Italian world champion will ride at this weekend's season ending Valencia Grand Prix.
Rossi puts rivals in perspective.
On what is believed to have been his final qualifying session on a Honda after four years and three premier-class world championships, Valentino Rossi today reminded the MotoGP community of just how special he is by rising to a level the likes of fellow front row starters Sete Gibernau, Loris Cap
Official: Hodgson confirmed at d'Antin Ducati.
Today at Valencia, Luis d'Antin and Ducati Corse announced the worst kept secret in MotoGP: That the pair would join forces to run a two bike satellite team for the 2004 season 'onwards', with 2003 World Superbike Champion Neil Hodgson making his return to the premier GP class as one of the rider
Kiyonari: It's my last MotoGP race.
Ryuichi Kiyonari, brought in by the Telefonica Movistar Honda team to replace the late Daijiro Kato from Le Mans onwards, has admitted that he won't be in the premier GP class next season.
McCoy proves a point.
Garry McCoy proved a point today at Valencia, as the former GP winner once again outpaced Kawasaki team-mate Andrew Pitt and put his ZX-RR an impressive 14th on the grid for what will be his final team green race tomorrow.
Qualifying times - Sardinia F3 Masters.
1. Robert Kubica POL Prema Dallara-Mugen 1m 08.872s 2. Paolo Montin ITA Ombra Dallara-Mugen 1m 08.987s 3. Ernesto Viso VEN Carlin Dallara-Mugen 1m 09.557s
'Disastrous year' ends early for Burns.
Chris Burns' debut MotoGP season has ended early after the Brit broke his collarbone, again, in a free practice fall at Valencia this morning.
F1 Scholarship set for take off.
The innovative F1 Scholarship - designed to take a driver all the way to contemporary Formula One competition on talent alone - has today released further details on their unique competition.
Q&A: Tomas Scheckter.
"There's going to be work to be done, you know? You never walk into a place and say, 'OK, this is going to be a fairytale.' You go into a place you and say, 'I am going to work hard, I am going to do what I can do to make sure that me and the team succeed.'
VW Polo Super 1600's ready for Wales rally action.
The Milton Keynes workshops of Volkswagen Racing UK are playing host this week to the Junior World Rally Championship [JWRC] Polo Super 1600s of Kosti Katajamaki and Oscar Svedlund as they prepare for the final round of the series, the Wales Rally GB.
Former driver remembers Renna.
Retired race driver Ralph Liguori probably knew the late Tony Renna as well as anyone. "From the time he was born," Liguori said.
Hometown memorial for Renna.
A memorial service for the late Tony Renna will be conducted today (Friday) in Renna's hometown of Deland, Florida.
F1 Scholarship set for take off.
The innovative F1 Scholarship - designed to take a driver all the way to contemporary Formula One competition on talent alone - has today released further details on their unique competition.
Night schools at Weymouth.
A new era of training schools is about to begin at Weymouth again after the club's chairman Brian White got the go-ahead from the SCB.
Klein Tools, Jim Beam renew sponsorship with AGR.
Klein Tools Inc. and Jim Beam Brands Co. have renewed their sponsorship of the #26 Dallara/Honda/ Firestone IRL IndyCar TM Series entry, Andretti Green Racing officials announced October 29.