2003

An incident packed opening race of round five of the British Superbike Championship held at Knockhill left fans open mouthed as Michael Rutter almost pulled off a memorable victory - against all the odds.

Team T.D.B Recruit.com Yamaha rider Paul Young demonstrated why he is one of the most professional riders competing in the British Superbike's at the weekend.

Team Vitrans Honda riders Dean Thomas and Michael Laverty finished in ninth and 13th place respectively in Sunday's fifth round British Supersport championship encounter at Knockhill as varying weather conditions played havoc with their Pirelli tyre choice.

The West McLaren Mercedes teams new Formula One car - the MP4-18, will make its testing debut tomorrow [Wednesday] at the Paul Ricard circuit, in the South of France.

BMW WilliamsF1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya was quickest today [Tuesday], at the Paul Ricard circuit in the South of France. JPM completed 89 laps in the FW25, his best a 1 minute 12.089 seconds, over five tenths up on his team-mate, test driver, Marc Gene.

Ferrari test driver Felipe Massa was back in action today [Tuesday] at Fiorano, carrying out tyre and aerodynamic testing at the wheel of the F2003-GA. The Brazilian driver covered a total of 25 laps - around 140 kilometres.

Nelson Piquet will turn the clock back 25 years at Silverstone on Monday [26 May] when he is re-united with the Ralt RT1 F3 car that took him to the 1978 BP Formula 3 Championship in Britain.

Ron Dennis confirmed in Austria that the McLaren Mercedes squad would continue to race the uprated MP4-17D in the next round of the world championship, in Monaco, because he feels the introduction of the latest MP4-18 would not make much difference to the team's performance.

Three times F1 World Champion, Niki Lauda, who was himself of course severely burnt in a racing accident in 1976, has applauded the professionalism and restraint shown by Ferraris pit-crew following the fire that threatened to end Michael Schumacher's race during the Austrian GP.

The Arena-Essex Hammers are at present re-arranging several fixtures following the postponement of three home matches at Purfleet in the first two months of the season due to the weather.

Karl Harris has won the fifth round of the British Supersport Championship at Knockhill.

Citroen World Rally driver Colin McRae paid a visit to the Rizla Suzuki pits during Sunday's British Superbike races. McRae visited the Knockhill round of the championship with his two children Johnny and Hollie.

Despite going into the race with badly damaged ligaments in his right thumb from his Friday crash, Australian Chris Vermeulen won by a massive margin of 9.1 seconds at Monza in the World Supersport championship.

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Carmarthen Dragons have been handed a double boost with the arrival of Aussie duo Corey Blackman and Ben Powell. The Conference League club have been looking to strengthen their side after a disappointing start to the season.

Friends and fans of Daijiro Kato came to Tokyo in their thousands on Sunday (May 18) to say goodbye to their friend and hero at a special Memorial Day held at the Honda Motor Co headquarters in Aoyama.

The Oxfordshire-based Proton KR team may give their new 990cc four-stroke machine its MotoGP debut at Le Mans after further testing this week.

There were no podium places at Monza for Team Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra riders Stephane Chambon and Katsuaki Fujiwara, though Chambon came very close.

World of Outlaws star Craig Dollansky made an impact on his Infiniti Pro Series debut last weekend but not the kind he wanted to after an early race accident left him nursing a fractured lower spine.

"The hard part was knowing that we didn't have a sponsor on the race car, and you watch all these drivers walking in and out of the garage knowing that any one of them for the right check or the bad time of the day for the car owners I could be out of the ride.

Following the start of the European session in Jerez a fortnight ago, MotoGP descends on the legendary Le Mans track this weekend, where new d'Ant?n Yamaha rider Shinya Nakano is aiming to restart his season in front of the many fans who remember him from his Tech 3 days.

British Superbike race results from the first race of the day at the Scottish circuit of Knockhill.

Full race results from the second race of the day at Scotland's Knockhill circuit in the British Superbike championship.

Foggy Petronas Racing had to settle for Troy Corser's sole 13th placed finish in an unlucky fourth round of the World Superbike championship for Carl Fogarty's team at Monza today.