2009

Full World Supersport qualifying times from round three of the 2009 championship, held at Valencia in Spain.

1. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1m 35.181s 2. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 1m 35.273s 3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 35.518s* 4. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1m 35.651s**

Full World Superbike qualifying times (1 and 2 combined) from round three of the 2009 championship, held at Valencia in Spain. The top 20 riders go through to Superpole...

Following on from Gigawave Motorsport's announcement that it was to withdraw from the Le Mans 24 Hours this summer, the Spanish Epsilon Euskadi outfit has revealed that it is also to pull out of the event.

Fast and consistent since the beginning of the Malaysian round, Diego Nunes finally converted promise into success as he took an impressive first GP2 victory in the feature at Sepang.

1. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1m 35.940s 2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 1m 36.048s 3. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 36.089s 4. Jarno Trulli Italy Toyota-Toyota 1m 36.132s

Mikko Hirvonen has defied his early running order to emerge from the opening leg of the Rally Portugal with a comfortable 15 second lead over Dani Sordo having managed to stay error free throughout the day.

In the wake of the 'misleading' information scandal engulfing McLaren-Mercedes in Malaysia this weekend, Martin Whitmarsh has refused to rule out resigning from his role of team principal at the Woking-based outfit - a position he has held for barely a month.

Jari-Matti Latvala's place in the BP Ford Abu Dhabi Team is to be 'reviewed' after he suffered his third crash in four World Rally Championship events in Portugal.

Full World Supersport free practice times (1) from round three of the 2009 championship, held at Valencia in Spain.

Jari-Matti Latvala's start to the 2009 World Rally Championship has continued to go from bad to worse after he crashed out of the Rally Portugal lead.

Brawn GP's incredible one-two success in the 2009 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix last weekend appears to have opened the floodgates in terms of sponsorship for the ex-Honda F1 outfit - with a $30 million Virgin deal in the pipeline quite possibly merely the tip of the iceberg following a w

JiR, which helped take Andrea Dovizioso to fifth in the 2008 MotoGP World Championship as part of 'JiR Team Scot', will return to the racetrack at Valencia this weekend.

Liam McMillan has set himself the target of reaching the chequered flag as many times as possible as he gears up for his HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship debut.

1. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.707s 2. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 1m 35.832s 3. Sebastian Vettel Germany Red Bull-Renault 1m 35.954s 4. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1m 36.015s

1. Nico Rosberg Germany Williams-Toyota 1m 36.260s 2. Kazuki Nakajima Japan Williams-Toyota 1m 36.305s 3. Jenson Button Britain Brawn-Mercedes 1m 36.430s 4. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Brawn-Mercedes 1m 36.487s

James Toseland wants an end to the 'playground' feud with team-mate Colin Edwards, which has literally divided the Monster Yamaha Tech 3 team in two heading into the 2009 MotoGP season.

GSE Racing has unveiled its colours for the 2009 British Superbike season, just over a week before the opening round at Brands Hatch.

James Westmoreland, fourth in the 2008 Fuchs-Silkolene British Supersport Championship for Centurion Honda, has announced the formation of his own team for the 2009 season.

Formula 1's governing body the FIA has published the radio communication between reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton and his McLaren-Mercedes team that led to the British star being disqualified from third place in last weekend's 2009 curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.

Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the Australian Grand Prix, Sebastian Vettel's ten-place grid demotion in Malaysia and the uncertainty surrounding the results of the first two races of 2009 as a result of the contentious diffuser issue have cast a cloud over the start to the new Formula 1 s

Paul O'Neill will be forced to wait to make his return to the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship after Team sunshine.co.uk with Tech-Speed Motorsport revealed that he will miss the opening rounds of the season at Brands Hatch.

Ferrari is currently 'paying the price' for its success in Formula 1 last year, reckons the Scuderia's president Luca di Montezemolo - who conceded that there were 'a few mistakes too many' in an Australian Grand Prix performance last weekend that transpired to be 'a lot worse' than had be

This year is Nick Heidfeld's final chance to really make his mark in Formula 1 and stake his claim to an extended future at the very front of the sport - that is the view of former grand prix ace-turned-expert commentator Hans-Joachim Stuck.