2003

The Ford Motor Company awarded its highest supplier honor - the World Excellence Award - last week to 41 suppliers for their superior performance during 2002.

27-year-old former World Superbike rider Mark Heckles has signed for Honda to partner Steve Plater for the next two rounds of the 2003 British Superbike Championship.

In the aftermath of Daijiro Kato's Suzuka accident, Carlos Checa has called for the MotoGP riders to stick together and work more closely in the future.

Sunglasses producer Arnette have acquired the Title Sponsor package for the second round of the 2003 MotoGP World Championship to be held in Welkom, South Africa, on April 27th, which will officially be called Arnette Africa's Grand Prix.

The GMB Dons stormed to the top of the Conference League with a comprehensive defeat of ex-champions Sheffield Prowlers at Plough Lane last night [55 - 35].

Sete Gibernau, who has handled himself admirably in the aftermath of his team-mates tragic accident at Suzuka, has ruled out using Daijiro Kato's full factory RC211V - and won't even ask for it.

Today (Thursday evening), there has been some promising news regarding Daijiro Kato's condition: The Japanese is reported to have passed through the most dangerous period, and is now even surprising those treating him.

The Brazilian Grand Prix at the weekend was a strange affair, and while some of you loved it, others were a lot less impressed. We at Crash.net wanted to know what you, the reader thought and here then, are your responses...

Over three days after his horrific accident at the Japanese Grand Prix, Daijiro Kato is showing signs that he can achieve what Dr. Claudio Costa of the Clinica Mobile called 'impossible' - survival.

Carl Fogarty is confident that James Haydon is set to prove his abilities to the Superbike world after suffering a difficult return to the WSBK stage, having previously ridden as a privateer in the 1997 series.

Despite knowing that world championship rivals Ferrari will enter at least one of its new F2003-GA chassis in next weekend's San Marino Grand Prix, McLaren has opted to further delay the launch of the car that it hopes will continue its stirring start to the season.

John Hopkins has announced the launch of his personal website, designed to keep fans up to date with what's going on with the Suzuki MotoGP rider. At the site, fans will find Hopper's bio in the "#21" section, complete with photos of his early racing career.

Last week saw the official launch of the British Touring Car Championship for 2003. Crash.net was there, ladder in hand, to catch up with the tallest driver in the series, Matt Neal.

Ferraris Michael Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello were in action today [Wednesday] at Mugello in Italy, continuing the development work on the new F2003-GA in preparation for the San Marino GP. Schumacher completed a total of 50 laps, with a best time of 1 minute 21.287 seconds.

Heading into the third round of this year's Champ Car World Series, Paul Tracy's decision to remain loyal to CART instead of going to the rival Indy Racing League looks a good one, as he sits proudly atop the point standings with a 100 per cent record.

Now in its 29th year, the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach continues to stand tall as America's longest running and most recognizable street race. The Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach has long been considered a crown jewel of the Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World Series Powered by Ford.

Officials from Champ Car confirmed that the Series has entered a partnership with World Audio Visual Entertainment Systems (W.A.V.E.S.), making the Montreal-headquartered hi-tech company the "Official Interactive Video and Audio Viewing System Provider" with its breakthrough television broadcasti

The first Chinese rider to compete in a motorcycle grand prix made his debut at Suzuka, but was denied what would have been a historic race start..

The two teams on view at Purfleet on Friday meet for the second time this week as Arena-Essex Speedway welcome the vistors from Berkshire, the Reading Euphony Racers.

This weekend will mark the 25th occasion that New Zealand has hosted an FIA World Rally Championship event. Propecia Rally NZ is round four of 14 in the FIA WRC, and the second of seven in the Production Car WRC.

Indy Fever - Catch the Heatwaves. That is the tag line that will become synonymous with the Lexmark Indy 300, heralding a new chapter in the success of the annual Gold Coast showpiece.

Canadian Michael Valiante returns to the site of his first career Toyota Atlantic triumph this weekend, as the CART Toyota Atlantic Championship makes its 20th appearance at the famed Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

Renault F1 driver Fernando Alonso was discharged from hospital yesterday [Monday] following his horrific crash at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

Sheffield's inspirational skipper Sean Wilson has declared himself fit for a return to the saddle. He makes his comeback this Thursday for the Tigers' home meeting with Kings Lynn.