2006
Morris in more trouble in first Bahrain round.
By Matthew Agius Paul Morris has incurred two more penalties at the Bahrain International Circuit this weekend, after incidents in race one ended his chances of claiming a good result.
McLaren confirms Hamilton race seat.
McLaren Mercedes has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton will partner Fernando Alonso for the 2007 Formula One season.
Astra plots more events with Gardemeister in '07.
by Rob Wilkins Astra boss Luca Pregliasco has confirmed exclusively to Crash.net Radio that they hope to again run a WRC programme with Toni Gardemeister in 2007.
JWRC: Wilks: Suzuki WRC car prospects not dead.
by Rob Wilkins Guy Wilks has revealed that he is still in talks with Suzuki about the possibility of joining them in 2007 or 2008, when they graduate to the 'senior' level with the new SX4 WRC car.
PSG-1 gets San Marino support.
Earlier this week, representatives of the PSG-1 Kawasaki team, based in San Marino, met with the region's secretary of state for foreign affairs, Fiorenzo Stolfi.
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JWRC: D-day looms for P-G.
Suzuki's Per-Gunnar Andersson will find out the result of his appeal next week, when the FIA's International Court of Appeal convenes to discuss the stewards' decision to strip him of his Junior WRC win on the Rally of Turkey.
Suzuki appoints Nandan as technical director.
The Suzuki World Rally team has confirmed that Michel Nandan has joined the outfit, as they continue their preparations to step up from the FIA Junior World Rally Championship to the 'senior' level with the new SX4 World Rally Car.
Philips increases cut for Williams.
Electronics giant Philips has signed an agreement to increase its 2007 sponsorship commitment to the WilliamsF1 team, with its shaver division now gaining on-car branding.
Preview: Bahrain Desert 400.
By Matthew Agius The penultimate round of the 2006 V8 Supercar Championship Series will get underway this weekend with the inaugural middle eastern-based round of the championship being hosted at the Bahrain International Circuit.
Johnson's pit crew wins 'Drive-Thru Challenge'.
The pit crew for newly-crowned Nextel Cup champion Jimmie Johnson has claimed the season-long Checkers/Rally's Double Drive-Thru Challenge competition.
Button backs schools karting initiative.
Jenson Button has given his backing to the new British Schools Karting Championship which, it is hoped, will provide the first stepping stone towards finding a Formula One world champion.
Monteiro: My focus remains on Spyker.
Tiago Monteiro has admitted that his focus ahead of the 2007 Formula One season remains on retaining his place alongside Christijan Albers in the Spyker MF1 team for another year.
Spyker gets Quick.
The Spyker F1 team has announced the arrival of Dutch shoe and apparel manufacturer Ferrini BV, a licensee of Quick Sports International BV, as an official sponsor for the 2007 Formula One season.
BSPA form 'shared events' committee.
The promoters of the BSPA made a huge step towards lifting the profile of major domestic events in British Speedway at the weekend by forming a specialist 'shared event committee' that will be headed by King's Lynn co-promoter Jonathan Chapman.
NZ round secure as street race given green light.
The future of V8 Supercar racing in New Zealand has been secured after Hamilton City Council was given resource consent for the proposed street circuit in the North island city.
MB2 Motorsports renamed Ginn Racing.
MB2 Motorsports has changed its name to Ginn Racing, effective immediately. MB2 Motorsports began operations in July 1996 and the name change is a result of the team's new owner, Bobby Ginn, who recently purchased a majority interest.
Racing stars as successful off-track as on.
Two World Superbike legends have proved as much of a hit off the race track as on it, getting together to raise more than ?4,000 for Children In Need with an end-of-season charity auction.
Carmichael wins record 'Athlete of Year' award.
Retiring AMA Supercross and Motocross champion Ricky Carmichael has won a record fifth 'Athlete Of The Year Award', at the 32nd Annual AMA Pro Racng Championship Banquet.
'Slow start, strong finish' for Harvick in '06.
One day removed from hoisting the 2006 NASCAR Busch Series championship trophy, Kevin Harvick battled a tight condition on their race car for the majority of the season-finale Miami 400 on their way to a fifth-place finish, the team's third top-five result in as many weeks.
Biffle: Victory sets us up for '07.
Despite his third straight win at Homestead being lost amongst the hubbub surrounding Jimmie Johnson's maiden Nextel Cup triumph, Greg Biffle insists that it is a sign of things to come from the #16 team.
BF Goodrich: We're proud of our '06 record.
BF Goodrich rally manager, Aime Chatard has said that their latest success at the weekend on the Rally NZ, clinching the manufacturers' championship with BP Ford, to add to their success in the drivers' with Sebastien Loeb, is a 'tremendous reward' for all their hard work.
Race result: Ford 400.
Complete unofficial results from Sunday's Ford 400 at the Homestead-Miami Speedway.