2003

Complete opening practice session results ahead of Sunday's Dodge/Save Mart 350 at the Infineon Raceway.

Talented Dutchman Robert Doornbos has been selected by Marlboro to join its driver support programme, officially presenting the Formula Three racer to the national and international media gathered for a pre-event press event ahead of August's Zandvoort Marlboro Masters.

Reigning World Champion Marcus Gronholm is the overnight leader after leg one of the Cyprus Rally. He is followed by team-mate Harri Rovanpera in second. Richard Burns ends the day eighth, while the Bozian-run Peugeot 206 of Gilles Panizzi is fourth overnight.

Less than a week after confirming that Italian Lorenzo Mauri would replace the recovering James Haydon in this weekend's San Marino round of the World Superbike Championship at Misano, Fogarty Petronas Racing suffered a major blow when the 26 year-old crashed and seriously injured his knee.

BMW WilliamsF1 driver Marc Gene set the pace today [Friday], at the Jerez circuit in Spain. Gene's best lap was a 1 minute 19.278 seconds, four tenths up McLaren driver David Coulthard, who was the next quickest.

With two dominating wins and a third place finish over the past three races, RuSPORT rookie AJ Allmendinger currently enjoys a stranglehold on the 2003 CART Toyota Atlantic Championship as the series heads to Portland International Raceway for Saturday's GI Joe's 200.

The Kawasaki Racing Team completed the second and final day of testing at Spain's Catalunya circuit on Tuesday, with both riders and team technical staff declaring themselves satisfied with the progress made, particularly in finding a base set-up that suits all the teams riders.

The 11th Day of Champions, to be held at Donington Park on Thursday July 10th, looks set to be one of the most eagerly anticipated ever - with the proven mix of day long action followed by an auction of one-off motorsport prizes set to reach new heights in 2003.

Sunday was an historic day for Bentley and Le Mans, as the famous British marque finally retook the 24 Hours title for the first time since 1930, and, although he was not part of the winning crew, honorary Brit David Brabham was able to reflect on the event and what success meant to the team.

Fernando Alonso again out-paced the best McLaren-Mercedes had to offer as he topped the third day of Formula One testing at the Jerez de la Frontera circuit in southern Spain.

Team Suzuki rider Kenny Roberts Jr has been ruled out of next weekend's Dutch TT at Assen, after doctors in the USA diagnosed more extensive internal injuries than first suspected.

A tragic accident has cost the life of a D'Antin Yamaha team member on the journey back from Sunday's Catalan Grand Prix.

With James Haydon ruled out of action through injury for the seventh round of the WSBK series, at Misano, wild-card Italian Lorenzo Mauri has been drafted in for a one-off ride with Foggy Petronas Racing - and he's determined not to waste his chance.

The 2003 FIM Motocross World Championships reach the halfway stage this weekend at the Grand Prix of Austria, round six of the twelve round series.

Carl Fogarty has chosen young Italian rider Lorenzo Mauri to replace the injured James Haydon on the FP1 for this weekend's seventh round of the World Superbike championship.

Renault F1 joined McLaren-Mercedes, BMW WilliamsF1 and Toyota at Jerez today [Wednesday], and Fernando Alonso promptly put the French team at the top of the times, his best a 1 minute 20.425 seconds.

No sooner is there money in the bank that Minardi goes out to blow some cash, and what better way to spend it than on some F1 chassis from a former rival?

Ferrari number one Michael Schumacher reckons it is only 'right' he is now leading the drivers' championship following the Canadian Grand Prix at the weekend.

There are a lot of NASCAR drivers with backgrounds in go-karts, legends, sprint cars or midgets, but one rookie's background in racing came from the frozen lakes of Minnesota and Wisconsin, where he competed in the IIRA International Ice Racing Association.

Injured motocross rider Pit Beirer regained consciousness over the weekend, seven days on from the fateful crash which appears to have brought an end to his glittering career.

Beating the highly-fancied Chevrolet Corvettes and racking up a first class victory at Le Mans for the Ferrari 550 Maranello was a major achievement for the fledgling Veloqx Prodrive combination - and the enormity of the success is still registering on the men behind the scenes who made it possib

Somerset's amazing injury jinx has struck again with the news that reserve Simon Dyminski is likely to be out for six weeks. He suffered a broken ankle when riding for his parent club Swindon in a Conference meeting at Mildenhall.

Black Horse Motorcycle Finance has named the winner of its pillion in a million competition to win a ride on the back of Rizla Suzuki rider John Reynolds at Round six of the British Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch on June 22nd - Robert Cresswell from Essex.

Vauxhall Racing is currently enjoying continued success in the 2003 British Touring Car Championship and, as the series heads towards the halfway point at Rockingham Motor Speedway, Vauxhall will celebrate the company's centenary at this race event with a display of heritage cars.