2008

The FIA, the governing body for the WRC, has released the entry list for the 2008 Production Car World Rally Championship.

The organisers of the Uddeholm Swedish Rally have published the provisional entry list for their event, the second round in the 2008 FIA World Rally Championship.

Biaggi, who hasn't ridden a Superbike since splitting from Alstare Suzuki shortly after the end of the 2007 season, will join most of the leading WSBK and WSS teams in testing at the challenging Australian race track from January 8-10.

by Rob Wilkins

Fellow Australian Steve Martin may have endured a torrid time with DFX Honda last season, but that hasn't stopped countrymen Karl Muggeridge and Russell Holland joining the outfit for 2008.

Team RAC has announced that Tom Onslow-Cole will not be returning for a second year with the team in the 2008 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.

Troy Corser doesn't expect any major changes to the Yamaha Italia R1, which Noriyuki Haga took to within two points of the 2007 World Superbike championship, next season - but is looking forward to a power boost.

Camier joins Airwaves Ducati from Honda, with whom he finished eighth during his debut 2007 season in the BSB championship - and despite sustaining a serious injury at Cadwell Park. Leon will ride alongside Shane Byrne in 2008. Q: How did you get the nickname 'Shafter'?

'Shakey' won the 2003 BSB title with Paul Bird's Monstermob Ducati team, then spent two years on uncompetitive machinery in MotoGP before returning to the domestic championship with Rizla Suzuki in 2006.

By Peter McLaren Despite finishing second in the 2007 world championship with Dani Pedrosa, Honda is gambling on an all-new RC212V to try and regain the MotoGP crown - but at present it's slower than last year's bike.

A wet track in the morning delayed the start of testing until midday, when Hayden ventured out to resume engine comparison work he began yesterday aboard the 2007 machine.

The bike is described as an evolution of the 2007 machine - which won the season finale at Valencia on Sunday - but features a new V4 engine with, as rumoured, pneumatic valve springs, plus an all-new chassis and exhaust system.

Repsol Honda riders Nicky Hayden and Dani Pedrosa made their debut on the 2008 spec RC212V during Tuesday afternoon at Valencia, at the start of the first post-season test session.

Rossi has been with Michelin ever since his 2000 premier-class debut and won the 500cc/MotoGP title five times with the French manufacturer from 2001-2005. However, chatter problems during 2006 and especially the dominance of Bridgestone in 2007 has seen the relationship rapidly cool.

The talented Russian teenager has inked a two year deal with the Dutch based team after an impressive ride at the European MX of Nations, where Bobryshev beat factory riders Maxi Nagl, Manuel Priem and Marcus Schiffer in the final moto of the team event.