race report

Ford driver Colin McRae has taken over the lead of the Safari Rally, as he and navigator Nicky Grist grabbed top spot from Tommi M?kinen when the Finn hit problems in this morning's opening stage, and consolidated their advantage ever since.

Four times World Champion Michael Schumacher continued his march towards his fifth world title today [Sunday] with another dominant win at the British Grand Prix.

Rubens Barrichello received payback for his generosity in Austria as he held off Ferrari team-mate Michael Schumacher to defeat the German in front of an adoring Nurburgring crowd.

Audi's Dr Ullrich watched his proud legacy drive past the finishline in Le Mans at four in the afternoon in France as the Audi squad notched up record making 1-2-3.

Ford driver Colin McRae has scored his first victory for a year on the seventh round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Acropolis Rally, which finished in Greece today [Sunday].

David Coulthard gave himself and McLaren-Mercedes a welcome shot in the arm by leading the Monaco Grand Prix from start to finish and breaking the run of success established by Michael Schumacher.

Tomasz Gollob won the Polish Grand Prix in Bydgoszcz this evening with a spectacular display of brave speedway. Gollob's victory shoots him up to joint third in the standings but Tony Rickardsson's second place extended his overall lead to a dozen points from Ryan Sullivan.

Reigning World Rally Champion Richard Burns has scored his first victory for the Peugeot team on the sixth round of this year's series, the Rally Argentina.

Rubens Barrichello was robbed of a certain victory in the Austrian Grand Prix by the contract extension that gave him so much motivation over the rest of the weekend.

Michael Schumacher extended his world championship lead after running unchallenged throughout the 65-lap Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

Title favourite Yvan Muller scored his first BTCC win of the season in today's Sprint Race at Oulton Park. Muller led MG's Warren Hughes over the line, with Vauxhall Motorsport team-mate right on the rear bumper of Hughes' car.

The Buxton Hitmen got their 2002 season off to a winning start after grinding out a narrow victory over Rye House Raiders in a last heat decider.

Peugeot driver Marcus Gr?nholm has scored his second victory in this year's World Rally Championship on the fifth round, the Cyprus Rally, which finished in Limassol this afternoon.

Michael Schumacher celebrated becoming the longest-serving Ferrari driver in history by leading a comfortable 1-2 finish for the Scuderia in front of its adoring tifosi .

Ducati riding World Champion Troy Bayliss yet again proved himself to be class of the field in the second race today at Kyalami.

Michael Schumacher won the Brazilian Grand Prix for the fourth time in his career today, but it wasn't an easy victory for the Ferrari driver as his brother, Ralf, hounded him all the way to the flag.

Peugeot driver Gilles Panizzi has maintained his grip on the fourth round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the Rallye Catalunya-Costa Brava, which continued in northern Spain today.

Ralf Schumacher produced a controlled drive at Sepang to add a fourth grand prix victory to his resume, and notch up the first Williams 1-2 finish since the Portuguese Grand Prix in 1996.

Michael Schumacher began his title defence in perfect fashion at the Australian Grand Prix, running apparently uncontested to a comfortable 54th career victory, and his third straight 'down under'.

Out-going Winston Cup champion Bobby Labonte snatched a last lap win at the Atlanta Motor Speedway, passing the luckless Jerry Nadeau as the Hendrick Chevrolet ran out of fuel on the final lap.

Valentino Rossi will go down in history as the last rider to win a 500cc GP after a thrilling two part Rio Grand Prix, which saw the race stopped due to rain after four laps, before the remaining 20 were run.

Poole recovered from their poor performance at Wolverhampton on Monday night to make the most of home track advantage in the final leg and win the Craven Shield tonight, bringing a close to the 2001 speedway season at the same time.

Peterborough lifted the Knockout Cup for the second time in three years tonight (Saturday). They went down to 48-42 in the second leg in Ipswich but were never in danger of losing the twelve point advantage they had build up in the first leg.

Valentino Rossi has completed his trilogy of world titles by clinching the 500cc crown in fantastic fashion at Phillip Island today, when he took victory by just 0.013secs over Max Biaggi in the Australian Grand Prix.