2003

John Surtees, the only man to win both the Formula One and premier 500cc motorcycle world championships, has questioned the amount of horsepower produced by the current generation of MotoGP racers - suggesting the engine capacity should be reduced by a third.

Fortuna Yamaha Team riders Carlos Checa and Marco Melandri took advantage of being on their 'home turf' to enjoy a short stint of extra training at the Donington Park motocross track today.

With the CART season passing halfway, several drivers stand out as the most likely to make an impact on the first Canadian trip of the summer.

Newport generally do a bit better than this at Owlerton but tonight they just were not given a chance. Sean Wilson and Ricky Ashworth set the trend in heat one with a maximum which was quickly followed by two more and twenty ahead after just six heats and the Tigers were home and hosed.

For most Southern California teenage boys, the summer means sun, sand, ocean and girls in bikinis but, for Alan Sciuto and Billy Johnson, it means pavement, tyre rubber and driving hard.

Williams-BMW moved back to its now accustomed place at the head of the Formula One field, as double race-winner Ralf Schumacher took the fastest time on day two of testing at the Circuit de Catalunya.

South African Alan van der Merwe has stamped his authority on the first half of this season's British Formula Three Championship and, after five race wins, leads the series by a impressive 64 points.

The Formula Dodge National Championship presented by Racer magazine convened at the weekend at Road America for rounds eight and nine with the top five drivers in the championship separated by just twenty points, or one race win.

CART Champ Car rookie Tiago Monteiro has revealed that sitting out last Saturday's Cleveland night race was almost as painful as the knock he took in practice that ruled him out of the action.

Three weeks on from its gusty performance at Rockingham where a win had been in the offing until the appearance of the safety car, MG Sport and Racing head to Croft near Darlington for rounds 11 and 12 of the BTCC.

Crash.net has just received pictures from Valentino Rossi's appearance in London today, which saw the reigning MotoGP world champion arrive by Speedboat before taking members of the press on a boat cruise on the Thames, past many of the City's landmarks

Team Sauber Petronas started its final four-day test ahead of the summer ban at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona today [Tuesday], with Heinz-Harald Frentzen conducted the first day's running and covering 90 laps.

Former Minardi Formula One driver Alex Yoong has moved to clear up speculation that he was seeking legal redress against the Italian team for unpaid wages, claiming that it had been an option, but not one that he had followed through.

The exciting 2003 MotoGP season reaches its halfway point this weekend with round eight - the British Grand Prix - where in form Sete Gibernau will be out to prevent Valentino Rossi continuing a stunning record at the London based Italian's 'second home race'.

Mo Nunn Racing's Felipe Giaffone fractured his right femur and pelvis in Sunday's Kansas Indy 300 after colliding with Dan Wheldon but the Brazilian driver is said to be on the mend after a successful three-hour operation on Monday in Indianapolis.

The number of Australian's competing in this weekend's eighth round of the World Superbike Championship at Laguna Seca has increased to three, with AMA ace Mat Mladin having been granted a wild-card entry that will see him line up alongside countrymen Steve Martin and Troy Corser.

Clarence Cagle, who helped save the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from oblivion after World War II and served as track superintendent for 30 years, died at his home in Daytona Beach on Saturday aged 88.

AMA Pro Racing and Kenworthy's Motocross Park have been forced to postpone this weekend's U.S. Motocross Championship event due to extensive rain and subsequent circuit flooding.

The latest list of MotoGP memorabilia donated for auction at this Thursday's Day of Champions at Donington Park has been released, with items from the likes of Colin Edwards, Troy Bayliss, Max Biaggi and Loris Capirossi on offer to the highest bidder.

Trelawny secured the aggregate bonus point from their Premier League visit to Rye House on Monday evening. They took the point after beating Rye House by 98.5 points to 81.5, having established a 31-point advantage from the first match at the Clay Country Moto Parc earlier this season.

Bad luck hindered 125 East Supercross Champion Branden Jesseman's return to the 2003 AMA Motocross Championship at Buchanan, Michigan on Sunday.

Racing will start precisely at 7pm at Hoddesdon this Saturday when the Rockets take on the Newport Wasps followed by a Conference League clash between the Raiders and the Newport Mavericks.

A bizarre series of events at Rockingham "gifted" Red Piranha Racing rider Simon Andrews the number three spot on the grid leading to a fighting fifth place finish, which allowed him to maintain third place in the British Supersport Championship.

Reigning British Superbike Champion Steve Hislop, who lost his ride with Mosntermob Ducati after taking the title, has now been sacked from Rob McElnea's Virgin Yamaha team with whom he signed for his 2003 title defence.