2009

Full race results for the third round of the Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship at Donington Park.

Championship chaser Sylvain Guintoli was forced to miss the first ViSK.com British Superbike race at Donington Park - and now faces a spell on the sidelines - after colliding with Joshua Brookes on the ride up to the grid.

The Creation Autosportif team has completed its line-up for next month's Le Mans 24 Hours.

It may only have been a one-off, second-week effort, but Townsend Bell's run to fourth place in the Indianapolis 500 put him firmly in the shop window should any team require a stand-in later in the season.

IndyCar Series veteran Tony Kanaan has admitted that he was grateful to still be able to stand following his violent lap 98 exit from the 93rd Indianapolis 500.

Marco Andretti branded IndyCar Series rival Mario Moraes 'clueless' after the pair clashed on the opening lap of the Indianapolis 500, ending any hopes either had of winning the blue riband event for the first time.

Persistent rain forced the postponement of NASCAR's Coca-Cola 600 from its scheduled Sunday start, causing motorsport's biggest day to end in something of a damp squib.

Vitor Meira's wild Indianapolis 500 resulted in him being detained in hospital with spinal injuries, although the long-term prognosis is positive for the Brazilian.

S?bastien Bourdais admitted that he was pleased to have notched up a point in what he considers to be his 'home' grand prix in Monaco in the absence of the French race from the Formula 1 calendar - and Scuderia Toro Rosso hope the self-confidence boost from the result will help the record-breakin

Questions from the floor

Sebastien Bourdais - 8th:

Giancarlo Fisichella - 9th:

Mark Webber - 5th:

Nick Heidfeld - 11th:

Timo Glock - 10th:

Full Superpole qualifying times from the third round of the 2009 British Superbike Championship at Donington Park.

1. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 78 laps 1hr 40m 44.282s 2. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes +00m 07.6s 3. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari +00m 13.4s

Having initially been classified in third place at the end of the final stage in Sardinia, Sebastien Loeb has been demoted to fourth after being hit with a two-minute time penalty by event stewards.

McLaren-Mercedes is pinning its hopes of an improved performance in this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix and the races to come on what it describes as an 'ingenious' rear wing innovation on the MP4-24 - something it predicts will be worth in the region of three or four tenths of a second per lap and

Drivers: Jenson Button (Brawn GP), Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari), Rubens Barrichello (Brawn GP) TV Unilaterals

Jenson Button left it late, but claimed a fourth pole in six races as he overcame the challenge of Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen and Brawn GP team-mate Rubens Barrichello.

Toyota admitted that 'there is clearly something wrong on the car' after Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock both qualified on the back row of the starting grid for this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix - the only problem is, they have yet to work out exactly what the problem is.

Helio Castroneves and Team Penske have won the Indianapolis 500 Pit Stop Challenge for the third consecutive time, after the Brazilian's crew edged that of Marco Andretti by 7.962secs to 9.456secs in the final.

1. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1m 14.902s 2. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 14.927s 3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1m 15.077s 4. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 15.271s