2003

Rising Polish star Krzysztof Cegielski will miss this weekend's British Grand Prix - and possibly the rest of the season - after crashing out of a league event in Sweden.

Madif Industries, a technical clothing manufacturer which includes Arlen Ness among its brands, launched the first exclusive 'MotoGP by Berik' collection at a catwalk show in Barberino di Mugello during the Gran Premio Cinzano d'Italia.

It was hard to find a person at Texas Motor Speedway who wasn't happy to see Al Unser Jr drive his Kelley Racing Dallara-Toyota into victory lane at the Texas Motor Speedway on Saturday night.

Monaco GP winner Juan Pablo Montoya and NASCAR ace Jeff Gordon will trade places tomorrow [Wednesday] at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway when they take turns driving speed demonstration laps around the 2.606-mile road course in Gordon's DuPont Chevrolet Monte Carlo and JPM's BMW WilliamsF1 FW24.

In the fifth of a regular series of views from Castrol Perkins V8 Supercar racer Steve Richards, the Kiwi looks back at round five of the 2003 Championship, at Barbagallo Raceway, Wanneroo.

Sweden's Oscar Svedlund drove his Volkswagen Polo to fifth position among the Junior WRC runners on the gruelling Acropolis Rally, which finished in Greece on Sunday.

Kawasaki's Andrew McFarlane produced his best ride of the season with a strong fifth place finish in the Bulgarian Motocross Grand Prix, following home championship leader Mickael Pichon as the Suzuki rider suffered his second defeat in two weeks by Stefan Everts.

After a brief break caused by the first back-to-back races of the 2003 MotoGP season, Suzuki rider John Hopkins' girlfriend Desiree Crossman is back in touch with Crash.Net to offer her take on the Italian GP and the trip from Italy to Spain for round six...

British Superbike Championship favourites occupy all five of the wild card vacancies on the entry list for this weekend's world championship encounter at Silverstone - and take both the available Supersport slots as well.

Fonsi Nieto picked up his first podium position of the season for the Team Repsol-Telef?nica MoviStar in the Italian GP at the Mugello circuit on Sunday, giving himself a boost in the world championship standings.

Rob Collard took second place in the Independents' Cup category in round eight of the British Touring Car Championship at Silverstone yesterday, a fitting reward for the Hampshire driver and his team who worked flat out to completely rebuild his Vauxhall Astra after a huge accident at Thruxton tw

Team Halfords tried a radical new set-up on its Peugeot 307 hot hatches at Silverstone for rounds seven and eight of the Green Flag MSA British Touring Car Championship, but things still didn't go the team's way.

The Italian Motorcycle Grand Prix ended in disaster for Suzuki when Kenny Roberts Jr. (#10) collided with his young team-mate John Hopkins (#21) on the third lap of the event, sending them both into the gravel trap and retirement.

Tragically, Pit Beirer has been left with severe damage to his spinal cord after a heavy fall from a huge downhill 'tabletop' jump during yesterday's Grand Prix of Bulgaria.

Telecommunications giant Vodafone says that it is not worried about a legal action being brought against it by Jordan, claiming that allegations that it pulled out of a sponsorship agreement is 'wholly without merit'.

Tora Takagi finished an IRL career-best third in Saturday night's Bombardier 500k for Mo Nunn Racing and the #12 Pioneer team. However his first IRL podium didn't come without controversy after he nudged teammate Felipe Giaffone and Scott Sharp into the wall less than ten laps from home.

Ricky Carmichael remained unbeaten this season in AMA Chevy Trucks U.S.

Colin Turkington gave MG Sport and Racing their first podium finish of the 2003 British Touring Car Championship with third place in round seven at Silverstone today. Colin's joy was team-mate Warren Hughes' disappointment, Warren retiring from third with two laps to go.

Markko Martin takes his maiden WRC win on the Acropolis, which is also the first victory for the new 2003 Ford Focus WRC; Carlos Sainz meanwhile hangs on to second for Citroen, while Petter Solberg completes the podium. Championship leader Richard Burns finishes fourth.

Former 125 and 250 World Champion Luca Cadalora returned to action at Mugello this morning - as passenger to former rival Randy Mamola on the Ducati Marlboro Team Desmosedici two-seater MotoGP bike.

Reading Racers take a break from racing on Monday night (9th June), and let the Reading Ravens take to the Smallmead track for a rare appearance. The Ravens will take on the Swindon Sprockets in a Conference League Challenge match - racing starts as normal at 7.30pm.

Speedway results for Sunday 8 June. Premier League: Glasgow v Workington Meeting postponed - track Waterlogged Newcastle v Stoke Meeting postponed - track Waterlogged

Leading MotoGP championship standings following today's Italian Grand Prix, round five of the 2003 series. Riders' championship standings after round 5:

Factory Yamaha 450 rider Stefan Everts dominated his second Motocross GP race inside a week with victory in MX GP class at the Grand Prix of Bulgaria, but the event was marred by a serious accident for Pit Beirer.