2003

Single-seater ace turned NASCAR star Robby Gordon will attempt the Indianapolis 500-Coca-Cola 600 'daily double' for the fifth time in his career this 25 May, racing during the day at Indy and in the evening at the Winston Cup Series race in Charlotte.

Day two quotes - Indy 500.

Former Jordan sponsor Lucent Technologies has inked a sales and marketing deal with networking equipment manufacturer Juniper Networks.

Carlos Checa is hoping that a return to his native country and performing in front of the generally huge and enthusiastic Jerez crowd will give him the boost he needs to really start his 2003 campaign.

The skies are overcast, the crowds are gathering and the traffic is building up nicely on the A20, the most eagerly anticipated event on the 2003 British Motorsports calendar is here a last... the London Champ Car Trophy.

The two Care Racing owned Ferrari 550 Maranellos campaigned by Veloqx Prodrive Racing showed a clean pair of heels to their competitors in the GTS class throughout the entire 8 hours of track time available at yesterday's official preliminary test session.

Ford Rallye Sport conducted its pre-event Rally Argentina test in Portugal last week, due to the ban on local testing before long-haul rallies.

Complete grid line-up for the opening round of the 2003 Euro F3000 Championship at the Nurburging.

1. Kristensen, Capello, Smith Team Bentley #7 Bentley Speed 8 GTP 3m34.820 secs 2. Ara, Werner, Magnussen Audi Sport Japan Team Goh #5 Audi R8 900 3m38.385 secs

World championship leader Kimi Raikkonen covered no more then ten yards of the Spanish Grand Prix after running into the back of a stationary Antonio Pizzonia and crashing out of the race.

Alex Tagliani will start fifth in Monday's London Champ Car Trophy in his back-up Rocketsports Racing Lola-Ford, the Canadian driver making plenty of progress during the second day of practice and qualifying at Brands Hatch.

Roger Yasukawa will see one of his dreams start to take shape as on-track practice for the 87th running of the prestigious Indianapolis 500 begins this Sunday.

Backed by more than 317,000 watts of power and a state-of-the-art public address system, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway public address team is ready for the 87th Indianapolis 500, with familiar voices mixing with new talent.

Joe Nemechek notched the third win of Winston Cup career by guiding the #25 Hendrick Motorsport's Chevy to victory lane in the Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway.

Michael Schumacher became the first driver to win two grands prix in 2003 after giving the brand-new Ferrari F2003-GA a debut victory in the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya.

American Phil Giebler replaced Robbie Kerr in the second Den Bla Avis car for round two of the FIA F3000 Championship at the Circuit de Catalunya and, having never driven an F3000 car before, impressed onlookers with his immediate pace.

Racing legend Mario Andretti was back at Brands Hatch on Saturday for the first time in more than 20 years as practice and qualifying got underway for the inaugural London Champ Car Trophy and despite his recent hi-jinks at Indianapolis, it was clear that the fire still burned.

Profiles in Courage is a book written by late U.S. President John F. Kennedy that studied some of the great men of history, but former Champ Car title winner Alex Zanardi may spark a need for a rewrite after what he will accomplish prior to next weekend's German 500.

Speedway results for Saturday 3 May. Elite League: Eastbourne 55 - 35 Peterborough David Norris 14 - Ryan Sullivan 16 Premier League:

Both Andre Compton and Simon Stead crashed out early in last Thursday's semi-final of the British Championship with initial fears of broken bones. Later diagnosis has revealed no fractures for either rider.

Adrian Fernandez found himself relegated to his back-up Lola-Ford very early on during the first day of practice and qualifying for Monday's inaugural London Champ Car Trophy at Brands Hatch, but still managed to qualify inside the top ten around the twisty 1.2-mile Indy circuit.

With Ferrari's new F2003-GA finally hitting the track, and Renault, Toyota, BAR and Jaguar all getting their act together at the same time, expected frontrunners McLaren and Williams found themselves mired in the midfield after Friday's first qualifying session.

Only an inspired performance from Renault's Jarno Trulli prevented Ferrari from crowning the debut of its new F2003-GA with a one-two finish in Friday's qualifying session at the Circuit de Catalunya.

Following the tragic events at Suzuka three weeks previously, MotoGP regrouped in Africa with the loss of Daijiro Kato at the forefront of everyone's minds.