2003

Castrol has agreed a two year extension with Benfield Sports International to be the exclusive lubricant sponsor of the world championship FIM Speedway Grand Prix Series (SGP).

The Alice Aprilia team unveiled their official 2003 livery last night in Milan, under the slogan 'West meets East on the Aprilia RS Cube'.

"Last year I had my first contact with the Infiniti Pro Series at Phoenix. After the test I was convinced this was the right place to be. And I am here, and I am very happy with this category this season. I think we started very good for the championship." - Thiago Medeiros

Ranked 39th in the Winston Cup championship point standings, America Online driver Jeff Green is intent on getting the team back on track this weekend during the Carolina Dodge Dealers 400 at Darlington Raceway.

Dutch soccer star Clarence Seedorf is poised to do the opposite to several British football managers and reveal a rising British talent on his team, with confirmation that Chris Martin will partner Alvaro Bautista in 2003.

Three-times 500cc World Champion Kenny Roberts has paid tribute to his great World Championship rival Barry Sheene, who died last Monday [March 10] after an eight-month battle with cancer.

With the Champ Car World Series due to touch down in Mexico for the Tecate Telmex Grand Prix next weekend, it was only natural that the championship's Mexican contingent should fall under the spotlight during the build-up.

Factory KTM Motocross GP star Jamie Dobb is battling to get over a broken foot in time for the first GP of the new look world championships in Spain a mere three weeks from now.

Ferrari No. 1 Michael Schumacher reckons the team shouldn't be too disappointed following the Australian Grand Prix, as the car is still very competitive.

Hull Vikings Speedway Team are to start their 2003 campaign a week early.

The West McLaren-Mercedes that David Coulthard drove to victory in the Australian Grand Prix may have been a 2002 model, but the car was considerably different to the one the Scot drove to third place in the USGP or that which Kimi Raikkonen took to a similar position in Japan.

One lucky race fan has a chance to clean up - literally and financially - via the Be A Clean Winner Sweepstakes presented by Firestone, Purex and the Indy Racing League.

Peter Karlsson is keeping it in the family when he hosts his testimonial meeting at Wolverhampton this Sunday (6pm).

Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro and test driver Luca Badoer have had to cut short testing at Mugello this week with the new F2003-GA following an accident today [Tuesday] after only a handful of laps. The official statement from the team confirmed that:

Dave Blaney is smiling these days because he got his wish. Last November, the driver of the #77 Jasper Engines and Transmissions Ford Team welcomed his new crew chief aboard. And, it was a familiar face.

The MJ Church Kawasaki motocross team has confirmed that Fiat Kobelco will be its lead sponsor for the 2003 season, in which it will again tackle both the world and British Championships.

Elliott Sadler had two reasons to be satisfied with his eventual sixth place showing in Sunday's Bass Pro Shops MBNA 500 at the Atlanta Motor Speedway for not only was it his best finish for new employer Robert Yates but it also came after he started the race with a car that handled like a shed.

Murray Walker, 'the voice' of Formula One for decades, will team up with Australian motorsport legend Colin Bond to campaign a Toyota on this year's Targa Tasmania tarmac rally.

As the morning F3 test session closed for lunch at Rockingham, Carlin's Jamie Green pitted in a hurry with an electrical fire on the car. There was little damage but the team had not had a chance to inspect the cause although the extinguisher had been deployed.

French ace David Vuillemin looks likely to miss the rest of the AMA and World Supercross Championships, following a back-breaking tumble at Daytona over the weekend.

With the entire Motorcycling community coming to terms with the loss of one its most enigmatic figures, Barry Sheene, a one-minute silence has been announced for Sunday, 16th March, prior to the official timed session at the IRTA Catalunya test.

It was a strong debut race for the Toyota F1 team in their second season in Formula One with Olivier Panis in the front end of the action and on slicks at the start but reliability gremlins struck later in the race.

''What a great day. I'm real happy. To come from 30th and drive up the way we did - I had a lot of fun racing with Junior to get up through there. I just couldn't believe how awesome our car was. The guys did an incredible job.

Fans flocked in big numbers from throughout the country to the second staging of the Speedway Great Britain Exhibition at Stoneleigh this weekend. Organisers confirmed numbers were significantly increased on last year, both with supporters and exhibitors.