2008

Bridgestone has confirmed that it will conduct a second slick tyre test in April, one week prior to the Spanish Grand Prix, the fourth round in the 2008 FIA Formula 1 World Championship.

Vision Racing has re-signed Ed Carpenter and A.J. Foyt IV for the 2008 IndyCar Series season.

Sarah Fisher has announced the formation of Sarah Fisher Racing, which will begin competing this year at the Indianapolis 500.

Fernando Alonso has claimed former team-mate Lewis Hamilton will be stronger this year for the experience of his maiden Formula 1 season in 2007, but he tipped Ferrari star Kimi Raikkonen to be the man who lifts the laurels once more.

Andrew Pitt believes he has to win his home round of the World Supersport Championship at Phillip Island after being forced to retire from the season opener in Qatar last weekend.

Jarno Trulli propelled Toyota to the top of the timesheets on the last day of the final group test ahead of the 2008 Formula 1 campaign, as the big guns hid further down the order in Barcelona - though the Italian did admit to having set the time on a low-fuel qualifying-style run whilst the trac

Michael Schumacher has confirmed what much of the Formula One world already feared, after climbing from Ferrari's new F2008 and claiming that it would be the car to beat from round one of the world championship in Australia.

Ron Dennis may have paid the highest price yet for the spying controversy that engulfed his McLaren team last year - by being demoted from his position as team principal.

Though Kimi Raikkonen may have come under fire in a number of quarters for his renowned heavy partying antics, the reigning Formula 1 World Champion has found an ally in the sport - in the shape of no less than Bernie Ecclestone.

Two dozen young riders enjoyed the sun of southern Spain as the first Red Bull MotoGP Rookies test of 2008 took place at Jerez, with Britain's Matthew Hoyle coming out on top over 25-26 February.

Sebastian Vettel has been parachuted into Red Bull Racing's RB4 for today's testing in Barcelona, after regular pilot David Coulthard was forced to sit out proceedings.

Despite the sport having banned such sponsorship since 2005, posters advertising tobacco products using the forthcoming Bahrain Grand Prix are to be pulled down as the country attempts to fall into line with increasingly popular smoking restrictions.

Race driver-turned-journalist Paul Frere has died at the age 91, bringing the curtain down on a varied career that began on two wheels and continued into his eighties.

Michael Schumacher will make another of his sporadic returns to a Formula One car when he helps to kick off Ferrari's final pre-season test of 2008 at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya today [Monday].

Ashley Cooper, who was critically injured when his car hit the barriers at more than 120mph during the second of the weekend's two Clipsal 500 support races in Adelaide, has died after two nights in hospital.

Craig Gore has denied media reports that WPS Motorsport has entered into an agreement to sell one of its V8 Supercars to the Walden Motorsport team.

The Opes Prime National Class is evolving into a close-fought two-way scrap between Lee Farrell and Chris Gilmour after the Kumho Tyres Australian F3 Championship encounter in Adelaide saw the Australian claim victory in the second race at the Clipsal 500.

Perennial NASCAR favourite Mark Martin will reach another career milestone this weekend when he makes his 700th NASCAR Cup Series start.

Yukio Kagayama looks likely to miss the second round of the World Superbike Championship at Phillip Island after suffering a suspected broken collarbone in Qatar.

James Courtney finished leg one of the Clipsal 500 on Saturday in tenth place after an incident with Jason Richards ruined his chances of his first V8 Supercar race victory.

Jamie Whincup began the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship series with the perfect result in the Clipsal 500 in Adelaide on Saturday by fighting his way back to claim the leg 1 victory.

Narain Karthikeyan has hinted that he is no longer in negotiations with financially-troubled Formula 1 outfit Super Aguri about a race drive this year.

1. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati 1098 F08 18 laps 2. Max Biaggi ITA Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati 1098 RS 08 +0.396secs 3. Troy Corser AUS Yamaha Motor Italia YZF-R1 +1.878secs

Lee Farrell continued his love affair with the 3.2 kilometres of tarmac that make up the world-famous Adelaide street circuit after storming to an Opes Prime National Class victory in the opening race of this weekend's second 2008 Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship.