2003

Full 125, 250 and MotoGP final qualifying times from the German Grand Prix, at Sachsenring, round nine of the 2003 championship.

In a remarkable debut for the new Chevrolet Gen. IV engine, defending IRL Champion Sam Hornish Jr set the fastest time of all during Friday's two practice sessions for Sunday's Firestone Indy 400 at the Michigan International Speedway.

Panasonic Toyota Racing electronics engineer Gill Hall talks about her role at the Cologne based concern, the most interesting part, working in an all male environment and a lot, lot more... Q: Gill, what is your main area of responsibility?

The iconic blue and yellow colour scheme of the team's Subaru Imprezas, used since its debut in Finland 1993, is perhaps one the most recognisable in modern day motorsport. Here Standox, paint suppliers to the Subaru World Rally Team, reveal all about the painting process:

Sebastian Porto finally kick-started his 2003 season today at the Sachsenring, defeating fellow Honda rider Roberto Rolfo to take 250cc pole position for tomorrow's German Grand Prix, while top Aprilia was the privateer machine of Franco Battaini.

David Norris has been named as the fifth member of the Team Great Britain side for the forthcoming Speedway World Cup in Denmark.

Veteran American Sam Ermolenko rolled backl the years to claim the Scottish Open title in Edinburgh last night gping through the card unbeaten.

World Superbike Champion Colin Edwards suffered the biggest scare of his MotoGP - and perhaps motorcycling career - today at the Sachsenring, his RS Cube exploding in flames at over 120mph after the fuel cap fell off.

Carlos Checa felt instantly comfortable during this morning's opening free practice session at the Sachsenring, and carried that momentum through to the afternoon first qualifying session, where he set the initial pace.

Chris Walker backed up his pre-event pledge and gave his legion of fans something to cheer about at the Brands Hatch European round of the Superbike World Championship - the biggest event on championship calendar.

Martin Rowe holds an encouraging second place in the Production Car World Rally Championship at the end of the first day of the Rally of Germany.

Full 125, 250 and MotoGP first qualifying times from the German Grand Prix, at Sachsenring, round nine of the 2003 championship.

23-year-old Chris Burns has withdrawn from the German Grand Prix after his broken collarbone proved too painful.

After the ups and downs of his first British Grand Prix, in which he held off some of the pre-race favourites following the interruption caused by a track invasion before coming home outside the points, Jordan Ford's Ralph Firman found his week taking on more bizarre twists.

Motor racing and football has long been a staple of Brazil's sporting pastime, producing great names over the years like Pele, Fittipaldi, Senna and most recently the world's finest footman, Ronaldo.

Roush Racing's Jeff Burton posted the fastest speed during the final day of testing this week at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway but it was part-timer Kevin Lepage who turned the most heads as he almost matched the pace of the Roush powerhouse.

The FIM have today released the provisional calendar for the 2004 World Superbike Championship. The main changes are a 'to be announced' new round between the Valencia season opener and Phillip Island, while Misano moves from its current late June date to mid April.

Work on the new Sauber windtunnel continues to progress as scheduled, as the facility's core element - the so-called 'rolling road' - was installed this week at the Hinwil factory.

Renowned as one of the most difficult stages of the Rallye Deutschland, the mammoth 35.42km Panzerplatte Ost, used as SS4, is challenge for both driver and co-driver alike. Here Petter Solberg's co-driver Phil Mills explains what makes it so tricky...

Entitled the European round, Brands Hatch could be renamed the World round, such is the scale and importance of the second British-based race of the season.

A muddled European swing took some of the glitter off of the monstrous start to the Champ Car World Series for Paul Tracy, and his large series lead evaporated under the lights of the Milwaukee Mile, but, undaunted, the Canadian simply pulled his belts a litter tighter and went back to work.

Runaway British Superbike Championship leader Shane Byrne faces the biggest race of his career so far at Brands Hatch this weekend, where the Brit will take on the world's best as the WSBK series visits the UK for the second time this season.

A couple of days after the British Grand Prix, Rubens Barrichello is still savouring the sweet taste of a victory which has seemed a long way off after his trip into the gravel on the first day at Silverstone.

The FIM has announced the 17 round 2004 Supercross World Championship, which again features just two rounds in Europe before 'doubling up' with the dominant AMA series at its opening Anaheim I event.