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Richard Lloyd and David Leslie have been killed in a plane crash near Kent, England. The two were among five on board the private Cessna Citation 501 when the pilot made a mayday cal to Biggin Hill Airfield before the plane went down near a housing estate. No one on the ground was injured. Lloyd and Leslie were apparently headed to Nogaro, France where Leslie was to have driven Lloyd's Apex Motorsport Jaguar XKR at an FIA GT3 test day...The BRDC pay their tribute...read more

Ian Milton won two out three Smatycar.com Mini Cooper races at Knockhill yesterday while Peter Cruickshank and Charlie Cope(pictured)

share the XR2 spoils. Graham Carroll won both FF1600 racees as did Stan Bernard in the Classic Sports and Saloons. The Sports/Saloons saw Andrew Gallacher and Stewart Whyte each win a race.

In-Tune Racing’s Michael Doyle claimed a well deserved top 15 race result on his HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship debut….read more

Robert Lawson romped to victory in Round One of the SEAT Cupra Championship and secured second place in Round Two to give him an early lead in the Championship, while fellow debutant driver Martin Byford (AB Glass/ Z Speed Racing) followed up a disappointing first race with a victory in the second

Giovanardi wins two and Colin Turkington one in the HiQ BTCC’s opening races at Brands Hatch.

Michael Caine completed a perfect double weekend victory at Brands Hatch today (Sunday 30 March) by winning round two of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB to give his title bid the very best start.

Formula 3 Australia says it's ‘business as usual’ for the Kumho Tyres Australian Formula 3 Championship for the CAMS Gold Star, irrespective of the issues surrounding Opes Prime, who have gone into receivership..read more

Freddy Nordstrom made a solid start to 2008 with a 5^th place in the second race of the Cupra Championship at Brands Ha\tch.

Arkas Racing got back on track in this year’s BTCC opening rouinds at Brands Hatch. Drivers Erkut Kizilirmak and Martyn Bell both finishing in the points.

George Richardson took a dominant win in the second round of the Ginetta Junior Championship at Brands Hatch yesterday…read more

Ben Winrow has won the second round of the 2008 ELF Renault Clio Cup at Brands Hatch The team Pyro driver held off Saturday’s winner Paul Rivett to claim the win. Niki Lanik completed the podium line-up

Total Control Racing’s Jonathan Ridley-Holloway saw his full season ELF Renault Clio Cup debut last no more than half a mile during round one on Saturday, 29th March; contact three corners into the race leading to an unfortunate retirement….read more

The Christodoulou family has much to celebrate at Brands Hatch on Sunday. First Riki won the opening round of the 2008 Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship before Adam won the second

Alexander Sims opening race weekend of the 2008 Formula Renault UK season started well with pole but went wrong at the start of the race when his neutral cable snapped in the formation lap before the first race

Dillon Battistini became the fifth Firestone Indy Lights driver to win in his first start when he captured the Miami 100. Battistini passed Richard Antinucci on Lap 64 of the 67-lap sprint to win by 1.6848 seconds. Antinucci was second while Brent Sherman was third, Arie Luyendyk Jr. fourth and Chris Festa fifth. Report

Graham Heard took two wins from two starts in the Porsche 924 Championship at Snetterton on Sunday. In the first race he just held off Simon Regitz to win by 0.666secs with Matt Davis third. In the second race it was Alastair Kirkham who kept him honest. Kirkham was a mere 0.678 secs behind at the flag while Richard Mowbray was third 1.9 secs behind the winner.

The second Formula Renault race at Brands Hatch yesterday(Sunday) produced a stylish first win for CR Scuderia’s Adam Christodoulou

SEAT Sport UK’s Leon TDI made a promising race debut in the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship at Brands Hatch today, when Jason Plato took the series’ first manufacturer-entered diesel powered car to two podium results and team-mate Darren Turner set the fastest lap of a race…report

Hartmann Honda Racing have announced their plans for it’s assault on the Danish Touringcar Championship. This year the team intends to be at the front of the field, and with the help of Michael Larsen of Honda Denmark the team has done a deal with Honda Motor Europe. With this and Larsen’’s official partners, JAS Motorsport ,they will get the benefit of running two cars with the newest engine and suspension specifications. They will also get co-operation of N-Technology and James Thompson to drive alongside Dane Jens Moller. "I will not want to make up the numbers in Denmark," James Thompson says. "The guys at Hartmann are very enthusiastic, and I see no reason why we cannot win races or be on the podium consistently."

JHR Developments driver Paul Rivett won round one of the 2008 ELF Renault Clio Cup in damp conditions at Brands Hatch Indy yesterday(Saturday, 29^th March). Team Pyro’s Ben Winrow was second with Full Speed Racing’s Phil Glew third.

Michael Caine won round one of the Porsche Carrera Cup at Brands Hatch on Saturday (29 March) after a race filled with incicents. report

Dino Zamparelli and Dominic Pettit provided a memorable start to the 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit in Kent today – Zamparelli shading the round one win by a mere 0.025 seconds in a race hard to beat in terms of drama and edge-of-the-seat excitement.

This weekend the Asian F3-series comes to an end. On the track of Batangas, on the Philippines the drivers have a very busy schedule this weekend, with altogether six races in three days time. The meeting started on Friday and will end tomorrow on Sunday. Fred Vervisch had already a comfortable lead in the Asian Series and came to Batangas with only one thing in mind: assuring his title. This Asian F3 title is not only another success for the Belgian youngster, but Vervisch will also get an F1-test with Force India. Vervisch took pole on two occasions on Friday, but his car stalled on the starting grid in both races, forcing Vervisch to start twice from the back of the field. But even in these difficult conditions, Vervisch managed to get to the podium, by finishing second and third in respectively the first and second race on Friday. On Saturday, the Team Goddard driver was unstoppable and with two victories he assured his Asian title. Vrevisch will now try to conquer two more victories on Sunday.

Manor Competition’s Alexander Sims snatched pole for the first round of the 2008 Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship season today (Saturday, 29^th March) while CR Scuderia Formula Renault’s Adam Christodoulou was did the same for the second race...read more

Tim Bridgman was the quickest qualifying at Brands Hatch today (Saturday 29 March) for the opening rounds of the Porsche Carrera Cup GB. ..read more

Michael Caine was quickest in testing for the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Brands Hatch yesterday( Friday 28 Mar) in preparation for this weekend's opening rounds. ...read more

Jean-Marie Balestre the former, and somewhat controversial, FIA president has died. He was 86. The Man who will be forever linked to Formula One's FISA-FOCA was of the early 80s, became president of the International Sporting Commission of the FIA in 1978(then the CSI). It subsequently became FISA which he ruled from 1979 to 1991. He was also the president of the FIA from 1986 to 1993.

Gannasi racing's Scott Dixon has qualified on pole position for the first race of the new Indycar season at Homestead Miami. Dixon set a time of 1:40.234 secs (213.341 mph). Qualifying has taken on a new format for ovals this year with positions determined by the driver's average speed over four laps. His team-mate Dam Wheldon, who is looking for an unprecedented fourth win in-a-row at Homestead, failed to set a time after he crashed on his second warm up lap, After a check in the infield Medical Centre he was cleared to drive this evening. Vision Racing's Ed Carpenter and A. J. Foyt IV will start second and third.

Raphael Matos was quickest in qualifying for this afternoon's first round of the all new Firestone Indy Lights Championship. Like it's bigger brother Indycar, qualifying is now based on an average speed over a set number of laps, in Lights case 2. Matos' in his new AFS/Andretti Green car, averaged 186.899 mph over is two laps. "It feels great to win the pole," he said. "The team worked so hard during the winter and through the preseason. This just proves to everybody that we can get the job done. It feels great to start up front. It's really important at this track. I hope we can keep it clean and finish the race well to collect points." Dillon Battistini was second for Panther Racing at a speed of 186.541 mph. "I joined this team last week," he said. "It's my second day on ovals and in the Firestone Indy Lights car. The last time I drove this car was my rookie test." Guthrie Racing's Sean Guthrie was third with RLR/Andersen Racing's Andrew Prendeville fourth while Sam Schmidt Motorsports monopolised the next 3 places with Richard Antinucci, Ana Beatriz and James Davison fifth, sixth and seventh respectively. Bobby Wilson is eighth and 2005 Indy Lights Champion Wade Cunningham and Pablo Donoso round out the top ten. The race will be covered live on the Internet at indycar.com/pro.

Jeff Gordon is on pole for the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Martinsville with Denny Hamlin second and Aric Almirola third."I felt like we got beat in practice and we just never gave up on it," said Gordon. "We made some adjustments for qualifying and they were certainly all the right ones. It really allowed me to put two ends of this racetrack together that I don't know if I have ever put together here."

Matt Howson took a fine win after soaking up the pressure from Frederic Vervisch with Rafael Suzuki in third place in the Castrol Asian F3 race at Battangas in the Phillipines. Rafael Suzuki took the laurels in race one of the with Howson second and Vervisch third

New races and altered Schedules & Prize packages have taken place for the MOLECULE Formula Mazda Challenge and Star Mazda West Coast & Winter Series ..read more

This weekend, Sunoco Team Ultra 94 driver Mike Vincec will be at Sebring for the final two races of the Skip Barber Southern Region Championship. Vincec, who is second in points, is coming off his first win at Las Vegas which he hopes to add to this weekend. Currently with a 61 point lead over third place in the championship and with 65 points available for a win, Vincec could effectively settle his position should he win the first race this weekend. "Michael has done a very well for Sunoco Team Ultra 94 to date, culminating with his first victory at the last event in Las Vegas," said Ron Fellows. "He has continued to improve at every race and now has the confidence to know that he can win." This weekend the races will be held on the 'Sebring New' track, which will be the first time the Sunoco Team Ultra 94 driver races on that configuration. The penultimate round of the series will go on Saturday, March 29, with the season finale going on March 30.

Alexandre Imperatori has confirmed he will be in the hunt for the National Japanese F3 Championship title this year after signing with newly formed PTRS racing team.

Sam Hancock has set his sights on the Porsche Carrera Cup GB title in 2008. The former LMP2 champion gets his season underway this weekend at Brands Hatch..read more

Jessica Golding will make her car racing debut in round two of The Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship at Wakefield Park (Goulburn) next weekend (4-6 April)...read more

Wakefield Park marks the return of Kristian Lindbom to Australian Formula Ford. Joining Sonic Racing, Lindbom replaces young-gun Ben Small in a Mygale - Small instead is concentrating on the Victorian Formula Ford series where he is a top three contender.

After taking out the Victorian State Karting Championship last year, Nick Tanti also joins the field at Wakefield Park in his Spirit - pushing the field out to 24 competitors. A highlights package from Wakefield Park will be broadcast in the V8 Supercar telecast from Hamilton , New Zealand on the Seven Network.

European GT4 Champion Eric De Doncker looks forward to 2008 after his first test of 2008 at Zolder yesterday..read more

Will Bratt finished the FIAT Spanish Formula 3 Championship test yesterday, Thursday, 27th March in the top five, just 3 tenths shy of the quickest runner . After a similar run on Wednesday, where he was fourth fastest, Will was pretty pleased with his own progress...read more .

Jonathan Bomarito sets the fastest time in Cooper Tires Presents The Atlantic Championship Powered by Mazda tests at MSR Houston..read more

Indy Pro Series has been renamed Indy Lghts after Firestone signed up as the series sponsor..read more

The N.technology team will join the FIA World Touring Car Championship from the third race meeting of the season that will take place in Valencia on May 17th and 18th. They will also take part in the official two-day test session at the Spanish track on April 15th and 16th. The Italy-based team have worked relentlessly together with JAS Motorsport since the end of the Christmas break to prepare the Honda Accord Euro R car that James Thompson will drive in the championship. "We are still working very hard because we really wish to be competitive and reliable from our race debut," said Team Principal Mauro Sipsz. "And we will have the first clue on how competitive we can be during the next month's test. We are confident and we do hope that our efforts will be rewarded in Valencia."

Rafael Matos previews his Indy car season and the opening race this weekend at Homestead Miami..preview

Phil Quaife is hoping to add the overall Porsche Carrera Cup GB title to his 2006 Pro-Am category triumph this year and it will get underway this weekend at Brands Hatch..read more

The 2007 SEAT Cupra Champion, Jonathan Adam will be back defending his title in this season's SEAT Cupra Championship against the 2007 Clio Cup title holder Martin Byford, starting this weekend at Brands Hatch..read more

GP2 Asia driver Marcello Puglisi has joined Pro Motorsport to compete in this seasons's Formula Master Championship...read more

Nick Sanderson endured a disappointing start to his www.dees.co.uk Ford Fiesta Championship. After qualifying on the front row things went downhill from there…

Father and son team Graeme and James Dodd are planning to compete regularly with the Masters Racing Series this season in two very different cars. ..read more

The Masters Racing Series is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Harris as the Series Technical Commissioner for 2008...read more

Former FPA driver Tim Bridgman set the fastest time in testing for this year’s Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Silverstone during the pre-season test and media day on Tuesday (25 March)….read more

SG Formula’s Daniel Ricciardo and Andrea Caldarelli shared the honours in the West European Cup in Formula Renault 2.0 at Nogaro last weekend,..read more

Anna Walenska is back for another season racing for Geoff Steel ion one of his BMW 3.2ltr 360 Bhp machines. She has paired up VW Cup Champion, Tony Gilham, who will also be taking part in the Porsche Carrera Cup…full report

The opening round of the FIA GT Championship is at Silverstone on 19-20 April, the only UK race in 2008. To showcase the race the Silverstone Supercar Tour will take place for the third year running, on Friday 18 April. Entrants into the Silverstone Supercar Tour will drive from The Royal Automobile Club in Pall Mall to the Northamptonshire circuit…read more

Ollie Hancock

was on-song on Easter Monday when he won the second race in the Formula Renault BARC season opener at Brands Hatch..report,.

Motor sport insurance specialist THB Clowes has been confirmed as the preferred insurance partner for the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB. Teams and drivers in the Carrera Cup can take advantage of a special deal for on-track insurance with the leading company in the market. "We can offer the best deal available in the market for the Carrera Cup GB," said Porsche racer Richard Williams, business development executive for THB Clowes. "This is the company's 30th anniversary year and our sole business is in motor sport. We're all motor sport enthusiasts and we've got a strong reputation for delivering the right product Ollie Hancock won the opening race of the Formula Renault BARC season at Brands Hatch on Easter Monday with a dominant display…read report

Hillspeed have started their Formula Renault BARC Campaign and so far it is looking very good with their dirver Menasheh Idafar is leading the Fr2000 class…read more

Sam Bird has been awarded “superstar” status by the BRDC. The British Racing Drivers’ Club has selected fourteen drivers who they consider capable of reaching the pinnacle of their chosen discipline within Motorsport, and Sam is delighted to be among them. “It is a huge honour to be selected by the BRDC” said Sam on hearing the news The Superstars scheme will provide development and training along with advice from the BRDC members, with their huge wealth of experience. The scheme will be headed by Tim Harvey, and it is hoped that a commercial partner will shortly be on board to finance the brightest prospects in the future.

David Ashburn and Richard Williams

driving Trackspeed's #5 Porsche GT3 in Briitish GT at Oulton Park had a mixed weekend, taking 4th on Saturday and spinning out in Monday's race..

The 2008 Porsche Open season opened in style with a superb race at Donington Park, the leading trio scything though a huge field of Porsches at the track's 75^th Anniversary meeting. Mike Donovan kept his 997 GT3 clear of the GT2 of Paul McLean, the pair together on the final lap. Mike Johnson was a close third, while Paul Winter claimed Class Two and fourth overall. Tim Bryan took Class Three honours.

Hitech Junior's 2008 season got underway at the weekend with the opening rounds of the WEC Formula Renault Championship at Nogaro.

The 2008 Formula Renault season starts up this weekend and the CR Scuderia Renault team is raring to go....read more

The CR Scuderia team is at the top of the drivers and teams championship tables after a fantastic first weekend of racing in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship.

Russell Racing's Aaron Steele finished with two top five finishes at Brands Hatch yesterday, Easter Monday, 24th March, in the opening Rounds of the 2008 Formula Renault BARC Championship.

Ian White had the perfect start to the 2008 Porsche Club Championship winning both races at Donington Park in his new 964 C2. Second on both occasions was 2007 Champion Mark McAleer. Trevor Lewis and Mike Clapham wach tok a Class Two win while Class Three saw a win for a pair of debutants, Jeremy Clark and

Sarah Bennett-Baggs.(left)

Ahead of the season finale at Brands Hatch on 2 - 4 May, A1GP World Cup of Motorsport will make a pit stop in London's West End on Sunday 27 April.Lower Regent Street in London will be transformed into an A1GP grid with all 22 nations' single-seat race cars lining up. Visitors to one of London most iconic streets will have the opportunity to get up-close-and-personal with the 22 teams and drivers - as well as meeting Formula One legends Emerson Fittipaldi and Alan Jones. To mark, A1GP's partnership with Ferrari, two 599 GTBs used as the series' safety car will also be on display. With action for all the family the A1GP Regent Street Pit Stop will include tyre change challenges, activities for the kids and the ever-popular A1GP grid girls.

MediaZone, a leading global online broadcaster, in partnership with IndyCar Series, ESPN and SportVision announced IndyCar Race Control, a new online portal offering LIVE coverage worldwide of the 2008 IndyCar Series race season. Beyond simply streaming races online, IndyCar Race Control takes the broadcasts a step further, allowing fans to get the total racing experience all in one place. ..read more

Thruxton celebrated it's 40th anniversary over the Easter weekend with a variety of Historic races. The HSCC's Historic F2 races for the Jochen Rindt Trophy amongst them. The first of the two races saw Bill Coombs take his March 712 to victory by 1.187 seconds over the March 782 of Peter Meyrick with Bo Warmenius third in another March, a 772. Meyrick went one better in the second race winning from Warmenius by 11 seconds. James King completed the podium this time in another March 712.

In the Universal Racing Services Classic Formula Ford Series the 1600 race was won by Keith Davey in a Van DIeman RF81. Second was Jonathan Davis driving a , now rarely seen, Hawke DL11. Third went to Paul Walton in a Crossle 25f. In the FF2000 race Tony Hancock in a Van Dieman RF82 won from Richard Wallington in a RF83 by 1.946 secs with Erik Pagano completing a Van Dierman clean sweep in third. The HSCC/JHRA Miller Oils Historic Formula Jnr race was won by Denis Welch driving a Merlyn Mk5/7 . 4.961secs ahead of the Lotus 20 of Mark Woodhouse. Andrew Hibberd was a distant third inn a Lotus 22. The 750MC Formula Vee encounter was won by Daniel Hands in a GAC01 from John Hughes Scarab Mk5 and Ian Buxton's GAC01..

The Healey Driver International, Syd Segal Memorial Trophy was won by Bruce Montgomery at Thruxton by a mere 0.780 secs from Jeremy Welch while the two BARC Classic Clubmans races saw a clean sweep by Mark Charteris in a Mallock Mk20B. Steve Chaplin was second in both driving a Phantom P79 while Antony Denham completed the podium in the first race and Paul Harper in race two.

Victory in the Top Hat Masters races at Thruxton went to John Young on both occasions. His Ford Mustang won race one from Leo Voyazides Ford Falcon after the latter had led the first 12 laps, Young slipping by on lap 13 to take the win by 0.819secs. IN race two Young led all but one lap, the 13th, when Voyazides managed to lead, albeit briefly, until Young re-took the lead to win by a little over 1 second. Third in the first race, also driving a Falcon was Richard Dodkins while in race 2 James Dodd, Mustang completed the top 3. Richard Meins and Simon Hadfield shared the spoils in the Sports racing Masters races, Meins winning the first in his Lola T70 from Clark and Hadfield's GT40 while the second saw Hadfield lead Andrew Newall's Lotus 23B over the line with nearly 5 seconds in hand

The BRSCC kicked off the Carphones Warehurse Club FFord Championship at Mallory Park on Monday with Gavin Wills taking the spoils with a comfortable win in his Van Dieman RF00 over David Grady, also in a Van Dieman, 8 seconds behind in second. Third was Peter Barrable in a Ray GRS05 a further 6 seconds behind. The www.DandDautos.co.uk XR Challenge race was won by Mark Robinson, just 0.289 secs up on Simon Robinson. John ifan-Jones was third 2.025 secs off the leader. In the Mill Street Motors Ford Saloons Malcolm Wise was the winner in an Escort Cosworth with Ashley Bird second in a Sierra XR4i. Third was Terrence lark in a Fiesta ST150.

Sandy Forrest made his debut in the www.dees.co.uk Fiesta series at Mallory and promptly won the race in his ST from David Abbot's Fiesta Si by 1.621 seconds. David Nye came third. The two Don Truman Trophy races were both won by John Turner driving a Cooper Mk9. Nigel Ashman was second in race 1 in a Cooper Mk XI while Richard Bishop-Mille took the runner-up spot in race 2, also in a Cooper Mk XI.

Level Ten Communications and AIM Autosport have reached an agreement for Level Ten to provide media, marketing and public relations support for AIM's Grand AM Daytona Prototype and Star Mazda race programs. The deal also includes the development of new web site for the team...read more

Paul Wood and Steve Taylor took a win a-piece in the 2008 Volkswagen Racing Cup in association with Hankook at a snowy Oulton Park yerterday (Monday)...report

Jaime Alguersuari used his second pole position of the weekend to good effect in race 2 of teh British F3 Int Series at Outlton Park yesterday, winning from Swedish pair Marcus Ericsson and Sebastian Hohenthal. Brendon Hartley had actually crossed the line first but he was demoted to 4th after it was adjudged he overtook while the safety car was out!..

Wayne Boyd and Tim Blanchard, team-mates at Jamun racing, started the British FFord season in the best possible way at Oulton Park today (Monday). Boyd, from N Ireland won two of the races and Australian Blanchard took the third...report

A snow shower 30-minutes before the opening round of the 2008 British F3 International Series caused a few headaches for the drivers as the track dried out during the race. Oliver Turvey (Carlin) came through to take chequered flag after taking the lead off the line. Hitech's Max Chilton took his first ever British F3 podium after Carlin teammates Jaime Alguersuari and Brendon Hartley went off after fighting for 2nd place. Atte Mustonen (Double R) finished 3rd after starting from 10th place on the grid. Andy Meyrick (Carlin) took the National Class win, making it a double for Carlin Motorsport

Formula BMW Junior Simon Moss won the second Round of Formula BMW Pacific at the Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix.Ross while Ross Jamison beat not only his fellow drivers but the elements as well in Round 1 when torrentia shortened the race to 8 laps. report

Paddy Shovlin and Michael Cullen were the winners in British GT at Oulton Park on Saturday, taking the first win of the season and the first victory for the CR Scuderia team...read more

Daniël Ricciardo got off to a great start of his Western European Formula Renault 2.0 season, by scoring a convincing win at Nogaro. After having started from pole position, the Australian swapped places twice with his SG Formula team mate Andrea Caldarelli in the opening lap of the race, before retaking the lead which he held to the flag Though Ricciardo enjoyed quite a good start when the starting lights turned off, his Italian team mate Andrea Calderelli managed to get the better out of the two at the start. After Caldarelli passed him in the first corner, Ricciardo tailed his SG Formula colleague closely through the next couple of turns before making his move at the back straight that same lap. As Ricciardo got a better exit out of the corner before the back straight, he was able to retake the lead by out braking Caldarelli into the tight hairpin. Back in front, Ricciardo build up a comfortable three seconds gap in the following laps, stayed out of trouble and collected a well-deserved win. Andrea Caldarelli and Roberto Merhi finished in second and third position respectively.

Dams Driver Kamui Kobayahsi took victory at Sepang in GP2 Asia's second race of the weekend, the first Japanese driver to win a GP2 race. In the first race. Russian driver Vitaly Petrov came ut on top....report

Competitors in this year's 2008 Aston Martin Asia Cup (AMAC) rtook part in the first of the Championship’s official tests at Beijing’s Goldenport Circuit last week ..read more

Wayne Boyd and Tim Blanchard gave reigning champion team Jamun Racing a superb start to the 2008 British Formula Ford Championship today (Sat) at Oulton Park, annexing the front row of the grid for Monday's opening round of the Ford-backed series. Ulsterman Boyd pipped Aussie Blanchard to the pole by a tenth of a second.The Van Diemen of Dane Marco Sorensen was third fastest, with the new Comtec, driven by Westley Barber, seventh...times

Menasheh Idafar qualified on pole for the second round of the 2008 Formula Renault BARC Championship at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit this afternoon . The Hillspeed racer set a 46.257 to take the first pole of his career. In teh first round he will start eighth..read more

Russell Racing team's Aaron Steele and Don De Graaff both performed well during qualifying for the opening two rounds of the 2008 Formula Renault BARC Championship at Brands Hatch on on Sunday, 23rd March...read more

Hitech Racing started their British F3 International Series with two second row positions in Saturday's qualifying for today's(Monday) first and second rounds of the championship.Austrian Walter Grubmüller and Britain's Max Chilton both qualified well , taking third and fourth respectively for round 1 ...more

ELF Renault Clio Cup racer Jonathan Ridley-Holloway has announced his sponsors for this season, the 23-year-old revealed his new backers at last week's official test session at Silverstone..read more

Harry Handkammer and David Leslie

overcame both the opposition and some seriously snowy weather to win yesterday's(Saturday) Britcar Championship race at a very cold Silverstone. .

Alex Livesley and James Harison won Production S1 race driving a Ginetta G20 in the Britcar meeting at Silverstone winning comfortably from Garrie Whittaker's BMW E30 M3. The pair had battled closely throughout the first half of the race but after the pitstops the Ginetta pulled out a substantial lead to win by 13 seconds.

Avon Tyres British GT Championship debutant Jeremy Metcalfe made a good start ot his GT career at Oultonpark on Saturday, very nearly getting on the podium until his gearbox failed during the pit-stop..read more

Ian Stapleton(right) won the Alfashop Alfa Romeo Championship encounter in a GTV6 at Silverstone taking the lead from Roger Evans's rapid GTV 3.8 on the final lap to win by less than a second. Third was Neil Smith in a 156. Stapleton had led the first lap before vans supplanted him on lap 2, with Chris Snowdon getting past as well Stapleton's race wasn't look all that good. When Snowdon retired on lap 4 Stapleton could once again get at the leader but it took him until the last of 14 laps to find a way past.

Jean Lou Rihon and Nick Padmore won the Britsports race on Saturday at Silverstone. Their Norma M20 heading Steve Griffiths Jade Chrysler across the line by 5.867 seconds. Third in a Mosler GT3 was Kevin Riley.

More successful tests for new Bicknell PS7. The all-new Bicknell PS7 sports-racing car has now had a series of highly successful tests in preparation for the first VdeV UK race in April. ITesting was carried out by Chris Ward and 2005 VdeV champion Jonathan Coleman. Jonathan who has a vast amount of experience in VdeV having driven the Norma and Ligier, echoed the comments of Chris who had shaken down the car. ”The car is very easy to drive, the engine felt very strong and it’s beautifully engineered” Overseeing the tests was the car's constructor Rob Bicknell, who has built his latest design to CN category regulations ready for the VdeV UK Series.
"I'm delighted with the progress of the car, it looks stable on the track and has good mechanical grip, this is confirmed by the data, as we are up on corner speeds of the old car" said Bicknell. " Considering the old car was highly successful in VdeV in 2004 and 2005 I couldn’t be happier, we can’t wait to get out there. " We’re now looking for talented drivers for the first round that takes place at Donington Park on 12/13 April” Call Rob Bicknell on 07905224246 or email rw.bicknell@ntlworld.com for details

Menasheh Idafar confirmed his status as one of the favourites for the Formula Renault BARC Championship once again in official testing at Silverstone National Circuit when he again lapped consistently close to and under the existing race lap record....read more

The HSCC's opening meeting of 2008 will be at Donington park next weekend(30 March) and it looks like the club is in for a terrific season. Not only will there be a great variety of cars, from Mg's to Lola F5000s but the FF1600 grid is expected to exceed 40 cars..read more

BIRTHDAY TEST FOR LARINI. Chevrolet driver Nicola Larini celebrated his 44th birthday on Wednesday while testing his racing car at the Guadix racetrack in Spain. Larini and the Chevrolet RML team spent two days at the Spanish circuit with the aim to establish better chassis performance, tune other car areas, put mileage on new parts and do some evaluation work on prototype parts.
Larini commented: "We had two full working days. Weather conditions were excellent and the Guadix circuit is very interesting, so it was a very useful test. We have worked mainly on the set-up, trying a number of little adjustments, some were new, and others we had already tried. It has been a lot of fine-tuning." The car used was the designated 2008-spec test car, as the actual race cars are currently enroute to Mexico via sea freight containers.BMW Team UK/RBM also took part in the test with reigning world champion Andy Priaulx.

Tim Harvey heads the entry list for the Porsche Carrera Cup GB at Brands Hatch next weekend(29-30 March). With the new 420bhp 911GT3 Cup cars and a minimum of 6 drivers looking for an early win the series is looking good in 2008...read more

THE VIRTUAL WTCC IS ONLINE. SimBin Development Team, producer of RACE the WTCC Game, have launched the 2008 Virtual WTCC, which is expected to dramatically expand the community of the WTCC fans.
Players may register online, and attempt to qualify using the 'best lap' mode on any of the WTCC racetracks. Those who have, either the online version of the RACE 07 game installed or the demo, must press the 'In Game Register' button in the World Leader board menu, and a registration tool will popup. The 'In Game Register' button will then change into a 'Ranking Servers' button, which is where the action begins.
Performances will be monitored through the on line World Ranking system hosted on the www.race-game.org website.
The best ten players will be invited to the WTCC events in Valencia, Pau, Brno, Anderstorp and Oschersleben to take part in the semi-finals on simulators. The five semi-final winners will take part in the final at Monza, competing to win a Chevrolet road car.

BWRDC Junior Champion and RDA student Cassey Watson completed her first official duties as a BTCC package competitor when she spent two days at Croft circuit in North Yorkshire for the media launch days of the 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship last week.Cassey came away with her confidence boosted due to being up the top of the time sheets on both days of testing. Cassey said, "This was an important test as it was the first time that most of this year's competitors were on track together, to be quick was terrific but credit has to go to my team, Tockwith Motorsport, who gave me a car that filled me with confidence." Cassey will now head off to Brands Hatch in Kent where the first two rounds take place on 29/30th March.Anyone interested in hospiality packages for upcoming rounds are asked to contact vb@racedriversacademy.com

Mike Conway made his debut in a Formula Master car at Monza yesterday and immediately set the fastest time in the morning session and third overall for the day ..read more

LIVE TV COVERAGE FROM MEXICO. Eurosport will continue to give extensive live TV coverage to the FIA World Touring Car Championship at the second event of the season in Puebla, Mexico, on April 6th.
A total of 195 minutes of live broadcasting will be dedicated to the FIA WTCC during the first weekend in April.
Coverage will start on Saturday 5th, with the qualifying session aired live on Eurosport 2 from 11.00 to 11.45 pm Central European Time.
Live coverage will continue on Eurosport 2 on Sunday - from 4.00 to 4.30 pm CET - for the 15-minute warm-up session.
Later on Sunday, Eurosport International will broadcast both of the Mexican races live: Race 1 from 7.00 to 8.00 pm CET and Race 2 from 10.00 to 11.00 pm CET. Highlights of the races will be repeated on Monday morning, from 9.00 to 10.00 am.

BTCC Brands Hatch Preview -“full of drama, excitement and controversy” , so says BTCC boss Alan Gow..read more

Sarah Reader(25) from Stratford-on-Avon will race a 250 bhp Juno SSC-EN in the VdeV endurance championships in both in Britain and Europe.Sarah will partner experienced sports car driver Ryan Hooker in the VdeV UK Championship…read more,

This year’s SEAT Cupra Championship is looking very healthy as we head towards the opening race of the 2008 season at Brands next week. Alongside the experience of Carl Breeze, Freddy Norstrom and co we have newcomers Andrew Herron and Martin Byford all fighting over a £250,000 prize fund…read preview

Reigning VdeV Champions Juno Racing started their 2008 Campaign at Jarama last weekend with 5 cars taking part in the opening round of the EU series. Despite leading the race prior to the driver handover, Rob Croydon and Adrian Mardlin slipped back in the latter stages to finish in fourth place, the highest placed Juno in the field

SEAT will make a little piece of history at Brands Hatch on Sunday 30th March, when their Leon TDi becomes the first manufacturer’s car to race with a diesel-engine in the HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship..read more

The Caterham Superlight Challenge and Eurocup

series look like providing even morfe action than usual with the news that 23 of Caterham's upgrade packages, incorporating the new Quaife sequential gearbox, have been ordered for this year’s championships…read more

Arkas Racing is looking forward to the opening two rounds of the 2008 HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit on Sunday 30^th March. This season sees not only the return of Erkut Kizilirmak to the team but for the first time he will have a teamimate, Martyn Bell …read more

Formula Renault UK team Manor Competition finished it’s pre-season testiong at Silverstone in style with drivers Kris Loane, Alexander Sims and Henry Surtees all producting quick times..read more

PSL Karting

wrapped up it’s Florida Winter Tour last weekend at the Ocala Gran Prix facility in Ocala, Florida. The team’s PSL shifter drivers took 4 wins to clinch 2 championships Californian Fritz Leesmann and Virginia’s Gus Vidal. report

Australain Formula 3 team, Piccola Scuderia Corse has a new sponsor, on of Australia's best designers of real Australian culinary workhorses - Beef Eater Barbecues.

The Toyota Long Beach Long Beach Grand Prix has secured it’s future until 2015 after renewing it’s contract with the local city council until 2015..read more

Dale Coyne Racing will fieldi two cars in the 2008 IndyCar Series, they will also take part in the Champ Car farewell on April 20 in Long Beach. Bruno Junqueira has been confirmed in the No. 18 Dallara. returning to Dale Coyne Racing after the 2007 Champ Car season where he finished seventh. "This season brings new challenges -- a new series, new ca\r, new tracks, but at the end of the day, everybody is starting from scratch," said the Brazilian. "I love the ovals and really look forward to getting back to Indy. Dale and I both have some unfinished business to do there." Fellow Brazilian and IndyCar rookie Mario Moraes, will partner Bruno in the team., "This is quite a challenge for me, but I am excited to learn with Dale's experience with rookies and with Bruno who I know can help me a lot. I have done this a long time, first driving, then qualifying several rookies at the Indy 500 over the years," reflects team owner Dale Coyne. "I cannot tell you how much going back to Indy means to me. To go back and truly be competitive is a great dream and challenge."

James Dixon will make his racing car debut at Brands Hatch this Easter Weekend when he competes in his first ever car race, at the the opening round of the Formula Renault BARC Championship. The Candy Carriers-backed racer, who is driving for Mark Burdett Motorsport, is making the switch from European kart racing, where he raced at the top level against the best in the world. However, he will now make his first step onto a ladder which, one-day, might lead to a career as a professional driver and maybe even Formula One.

The Greek Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee confirmed the famous Chinese driver Cheng Cong one of the torchbearers for first leg of 2008 Olympic Torch Relay, on March 24 in Greece....read more

The Porsche Club Championship start this weekend (Easter Monday)at Donington Park with the Club series fielding a grid of over 30 cars..read more

The Porsche Open Series gets underway at Donington on Easter Monday as well with the prize of a one-off Porsche Carrera Cup GB drive to the 'Driver of the Series' at the end of the year..read more

Will Bratt has set the tongues wagging amongst the FIAT Spanish F3 regulars with his pace during testing at Jarama yesterday,(Tuesday). Bratt finished the test no only with the fastest time, but a full six 10ths of a second clear of the rest….read more

Michael Ammermüller will compete in Formula Master in 2008. The former Red Bull F1 test driver will drive for Swiss team Iris Project. Read more

Formula BMW Germany graduate Niall Quinn will race in the National Class of the British International F3 Series at Oulton Park this weekend with championship returnees Team Loctite. Ultimate Motorsports. The 19-year-old from Co Meath has also been competing in A1GP for his country and was named the A1GP Team Ireland Rookie Driver of the Year in 2007. Quinn's entry now brings the grid for this weekend's season opening round to 27 cars, with 9 in the National Class. The first race takes place on Monday 24 March with the second race in the afternoon on the same day.

Aston Martin DBRS9 team Astuti Motorsport and driver John Kaias reckon that their first win in the Australian GT series is just around the corner, despite a frustrating weekend at Melbourne…read more.

Team Australia and driver Will Power will have their first IndyCar test this week at Sebring. Power will get a taste of the Honda-powered Dallara IndyCar on the 1.66-mile circui..read more.

Michael Denino kick-off his season in the 2008 Skip Barber National Series on March 11-14 at Sebring as support to the Mobil One 12 Hours of Sebring..read more

Alexander Sims is clearly the favourite in Formula Renault UK after a totally dominant display in testeing at Silverstone..read more

Richard Antinucci’s IPS debut year got off to a good start with some positive winter testing, the Italian-American driver is confident and aiming for strong start at Homestead-Miami …preview

Mark Dryden set the pace in testing on Saturday(15^th March) for the Smartycars.com Mini Cooper Cup at Knockhill, Dryden said, "Really happy with how the car handled in the dry and I'm obviously very happy to be quickest. It is a good confidence boost to pick up from where you left off last season.We finished the session only 2 tenths away from my Lap Record which is very encouraging."…Times

Phil Quaife has joined Jota Sport for the 2008 Porsche Carrera Cup GB. The former Pro-Am champion and BRDC Rising Star will race alongside Sam Hancock…read more

Motors TV ,the ‘High Speed Television’ channel, will show highlights of the FIA GT3 championship and GT4 European Cup and Belcar, Belgium’s highly-competitive domestic GT series..read more

The Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship has added an extra round to the series for 2008 series. Round seven will take place at Symmons Plains in Tasmania with the V8 Supercars in November…read more

Matech GT Racing willl enter two Ford GTs in the 2008 German ADAC GT Masters in the GT3 class. ..read more

Lola have released a specially designed 50th Anniversary poster which it plans to give away at the official celebrations of it’s Golden Anniversary at both the Brands Hatch World Sportscar Masters race on 25 May and the Outlton Park Gold Cup in August…read more

Asia Racing Team (ART) Motorsports had an encouraging start to its Formula Renault 2.0 season campaign at the weekend during the Asian Formula Renault Challenge meeting at Zhuhai …read more.

Richard Childress Racing’s Jeff Burton won the NASCAR Sprjnt race at Bristol on Sunday. Second was Burton’s team-mate Kevin Harvick with Clint Bowyer third giving Childress a clean sweep of the podium.

Formula BMW Pacific‘s season gets underway this weekend at the Malaysian Grand Prix in Sepang..read preview

Joel Miller and his JDC Motorsports team-mate in the Masters Class, Chuck Hulse were both triumphant in the Star Mazda series opening round at Sebring last weekend..read report

Atlantic pre-season tests on 10.-11. March at Laguna Seca saw Markus Niemela and his team Brooks Associates suffer from technical difficulties on the first day(Monday) but by Tuesday they were able to concentrate fully on testing ending up one of the fastest in the afternoon. Niemela: “We had some problems in the car that were not down to team or myself, just bad luck. Because of these problems we got bit behind to start with and everyone needed to work really hard to catch up which we managed to do. I’m very happy that team recovered quickly from the difficulties and Tuesday afternoon I was already one of the fastest and missed 2nd position just by 0.06 seconds. Unfortunately I ruined my new tyre run by going off the track and damaging my car slightly. Therefore my best laptime was actually done on old tyres. I believe we should be in quite good shape at the moment.” Niemela’s position on Tuesday morning was 11th and on the afternoon 5th. Fastest time in the morning session was done by Dane Cameron and in the afternoon by Carl Skerlong.

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has appointed Octagon Worldwide, the global sales and marketing agency, to assist in the strategic development and co-ordination of commercial sales for the series..read more.

Ombra Racing has signed 25 year old Massimo Rossi for the ATS Formula 3 Cup. Rossi will drive a Dallara F304 Mugen Honda in the Trophy Class.

Jon Barnes will race for Brookspeed Motorsport in their 'Team Trimite' Dodge Viper Competition Coupe in the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT Championship. The 24-year-old from Hampshire will partner his old karting rival James Gornall in the endurance series, with the first races of the Championship at Oulton Park this coming Easter weekend. Barnes said, "I am really pleased to be back in the cockpit for a full season of racing this year. It is going to be a very tough season ahead, but I am confident that myself, my team mate James, and Brookspeed Team Trimite can go out and surprise the other teams and drivers with our competitiveness this season. "

Jamie Davies tops the timesheets for Scuderia Ecosse in GT Tests at Monza..read more

Sarah Bennett-Baggs will race in this season's Porsche Club Championship for 2008 starting at Donington Park on Easter Monday...read more

Carlin Motorsport will join Brookspeed Team Trimite at Coopers Square Shopping Centre, Burton upon Trent this Thursday, 20 March..read more

The Penske Porsche Spyder of Timo Bernhard, Romain Dumas and Emmanuel Collard led a 1-2 Porsche in the Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring yesterday ending Audi’s 8-year winning streak. Second on the road was the Diaz/ Fernandez Acura ARX 01B but this later failed a post-race Stall test which moved the third placed No. 20 Dyson Racing Porsche of Leitzinger, Lally and Marino Franchitti to second overall.

A1GP Team Ireland claimed the spoils in yesterday’s A1GP feature race in Mexico, driver Adam Carroll winning from fifth on the grid. In the morning’s Sprint event New Zealand’s Jonny Reid took his third Sprint win on the year. Team GB’s Oliver Jarvis was second in both…read more

A1Team GBR took two second palces at the A1GP in Mexico City this weekend, driver Oliver Jarvis also took fastest lap in the feature race to move the team up to 4^th in the standings…more

Joel Miller won the opening round of teh Star Mazda Championship at Sebring.

On the second day off the official F3 Euro Series test, Nicolas Hülkenberg (ART Grand Prix) again took top spot. In the Sunday morning session of the tests held at Valencia’s Circuit Ricardo Tomo, the German set a time of 1:28.405secs, the quickest time so far. Second was Christian Vietoris (Mücke Motorsport), just 0.062 secs down, while Jules Bianchi (ART Grand Prix) came third on day two, with his personal best of 1:28,539. Testing gets underway again at Estoril on Thursday.

This weekend Hitech Racing will begin the defence of its British International Formula 3 crown at Oulton Park. This year, replacing Suaber BMW bound Marko Asmer they will have Austrian Walter Grubmüller and Britain’s Max Chilton driving their Dallara F308 Mercedes HWAs in the first race of the season on Easter Monday…read more

Jeremy Metcalfe will make his debut in the Avon Tyres British GT Championship this weekend at Oulton Park. The Hampshire racing driver will kick-off his sportscar career alongside Luke Hines at the wheel of a CRScuderia Ferrari 430….read more

A1 TEAM USA’s Jonathan Summerton finish on the podium in yesterday’s feature race with a marvellous third place after earlier taking fifth in the morning’s Sprint race…read more

Ford Performance Racing continued its rollercoaster V8 Supercar season at Albert Park on Saturday with Mark Winterbottom finishing a strong fifth and team-mate Steve Richards retiring from the first race. In race 2 'Frosty' Winterbottom added another podium to his 2008 V8 tally, while his team-mate Steve Richards gave the crowd an overtaking master class. Starting from 26th on the grid, Richo made up almost one place per lap over the 15-lap race to finish 12th overall, at one point taking both James Courtney and Fabian Coulthard in one corner. In today;s race Winterbottom retired from second place in t after pulling off a beautiful move on Will Davison. The 26-year-old made a blinding start to the 19-lap race, passing Rick Kelly into third and nipping up the inside of Davison a lap later for second. Jamie Whincup meanwhile was right on the tail of the battling pair and seized his opportunity at the next chicane. He and Frosty were side-by-side through two corners, before contact ended both drivers' race. Steve Richards, started the race eighth and finished sixth. He narrowly missed out to Russel Ingall early in the race as he fought to pass Mark Skaife, but held off the chasing pack until the chequered flag.

Robert Wickens set fastest sector two and three times to take the pole for today's A1GP Feature Race in Mexico with a lap of 1:20.278. His margin: 42/1000ths!!
The hot lap almost came to naught for Team Canada when a yellow flag came out as Robert came through the final turns. Robert was on the throttle coming through the sweeping turn and was well into it when the yellow came out. Had the yellow come out any earlier it might have ended his hot lap right there.This is Robert's second pole - and first for the Feature Race. A nice birthday present for Robert who turned 19 on Thursday. He won the Sprint Race from pole in South Africa. A1 Team South Africa's Adrian Zaugg qualified in pole position for the morning's Sprint race...read more

Jonathan Summerton put the A1 TEAM USA car on third on the grid for the Sprint race and seventh for the Feature in A1GP qualifying yesterday..read more

In 2007, SG Formula took the team, driver and rookie championships in France and placed two of their drivers on the Eurocup final podium last year. The La Rochelle-based squad are now looking forward to making their Formula 3 Euro Series debut with three Dallara-Mercedes cars driven by two Frenchmen, Yann Clairay and Tom Dillmann, and by the Dutch rookie Henki Waldschmidt. SG Formula still aims to shine in the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup and West European Cup. The season opened with two days of practice in Valencia, during which the fastest time was clocked by SG Formula's man from Australia, Daniel Ricciardo. Apart from Ricciardo, the line-up includes Anton Nebylitskiy from Russia, Canadian rookie Ramez Azzam, who lives in Dubai, and Andrea Caldarelli from Italy, not forgetting the two Frenchmen, Jean-Eric Vergne (rookie) and Nelson Lukes...read more

Craig Baird (ACER/Leading Solutions) made history today at the F1Australian Grand Prix when he claimed the first ever Carrera Cup round win at the Albert Park circuit. Baird took the win after his Race Three victory this morning, but he was made to fight for it the entire way by a determined Dean Fiore (Complispace/Advance Energy). Fiore's second place today gave him the same number of points as Baird for the round, however the Kiwi's three race victories handed him the overall win. ..read more

Dane Cameron signs for Genoa Racing. After a strong showing during the first official Atlantic test at Sebring last month, Genoa Racing went to Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca earlier this week ready another test with 2007 Pro Mazda Champion Dane Cameron. Thomas Knapp, principal of Genoa and team technical director stated, "I was personally honoured that, being placed in this difficult situation as a result of this unfortunate circumstance(cameron;s previous team withdrew from the Atlantic series), Dane and his family, who have a long racing heritage, placed their trust in Genoa Racing to focus on continuing his winning ways. Dane is the real deal, was very pleased with our car from the start and as we tuned for the conditions, consistently set fast times throughout the test and ended up the fastest driver over the two days of testing. He is very quick and knows exactly what he needs from the car to get the job done. Now that Dane is part of the Genoa family, we have an interesting plan for him at the next series test in Houston, I can't wait, stay tuned!"

Menasheh Idafar continues to deliver an impressive turn of speed in testing for this season's Formula Renault BARC Championship. On Friday, (14th March), at Brands Hatch Indy Circuit, he again set the pace in the BARC class in unoffical timings..read more

Jonathan Summerton seventh on Friday in practice for the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport at Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. ..read more

Joel Miller won the opening round of the Star Maxda presented by Goodyear Championship at Sebring this weekend. Charles Hall was second with Pater Dempsey third.

Carlin Motorsport look like being one of the teams to beat in this season British F3 Championship after 3 of it's drivers posted 3 of the top 4 quickest times in testing at Oulton park this week..read more

With the unification of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League now official and a new open-wheel landscape beginning to take shape, the Star Mazda Championship presented by Goodyear has announced a revised 12-race schedule for 2008..more

RICHARD EGGER BACKS CLUB FORMULA FORD. New insurance venture, Richard Egger Insurance, has backed the BRSCC’s Club Formula Ford Midlands South Championship as an associate sponsor for the 2008 season. Richard Egger Insurance specialises in all aspects of motorsport-related insurance and joins Carphone Warehouse Networks in backing the popular regional Formula Ford series. Richard Egger, a competitor, marshal and event organiser since 1969, has a wealth of experience in motorsport insurance and commented “We have a policy of backing motorsport at its grass roots and are already involved in rallying, hill climbs and sprints so circuit racing was the missing link. The BRSCC and Club Formula Ford was an obvious choice - the introduction of the National Club Formula Ford Championship has given the iconic marque a huge boost and I have worked successfully before with the BRSCC in the days of Formula First”. The Championship starts the season on Easter Monday (24th March) at Mallory Park and consists of 11 rounds, of which 7 will count towards the National Club Formula Ford title.

EASTER MONDAY AT MALLORY. The BRSCC season gets underway on Easter Monday at Mallory Park. As mentioned above, the meeting will feature the debut of the new Club Ford National Championship, as well as rounds of the Mill Street Motors Ford Saloons & the Ford XR Challenge. Completing a triumvirate of Ford tin-tops is the www.dees.co.uk Ford Fiesta Championship, which will see at least 9 Fiesta STs taking to the track. With another half dozen hoping to be ready by the next round at Silverstone in April, it certainly looks like there is a very competitive season ahead. Completing the Easter card is the annual Don Truman Trophy for the old Formula 3 500cc cars, which played a vital role in the formative years of the BRSCC.

SEAT Cupra Championship newcomer Andrew Herron finished his pre-season testing with great aplomb setting a time under the official category lap record on the Brands Hatch Indy Circuit yesterday, (Friday, 14th March)..read more.

A1 Team Great Britain topped the time sheets in the second of Friday's two free practice sessions in Mexico City, as the eighth round of the 2007/08 A1GP World Cup of Motorsport ...read more

LEARN 2 DRIFT Learn2drift was set up by a top International Professional racing driver to teach other racing drivers and advanced road drivers the techniques needed to drift a car sideways without losing control.The Learn 2 Drift Experience is open to drivers (with a full UK license) of all abilities. The course is intensive but with the focus being on having fun while learning. This course gives you the opportunity to "drive it like you stole it" in a safe environment and really improve your car control. The course includes:

LMA REGISTERS A HIT . The booming BRSCC LMA Euro Saloon & Sports Car Championship has recorded its highest ever level of registered competitors with 66 drivers signing up for the championship so far. The first round is at Snetterton on Sunday 30th March and with two weeks to go the grid is already full with 38 confirmed entries. For more information about the championship visit www.LMAperformance.com

FILM SHOW AT BRSCC MIDLAND CENTRE AGM. The Midland Centre has organised a film show after the formalities have concluded at their AGM next week. The show will feature archive footage of some major BRSCC meetings between 1961 and 1964. The AGM takes place at 8pm on Wednesday 19th March, at the Hollyfields Centre Club, Woodacre Road, Erdington, Birmingham, B24 0JT. Please submit any formal questions or nominations at least seven days beforehand to Keith Jones at keithj@brscc.co.uk.

The 2008 IndyCar Series season begins under the lights with the GAINSCO Auto Insurance Indy 300 on March 29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 2008 schedule, one of the most diverse in all of motorsports, features races on ovals, permanent road courses and temporary street circuits, all broadcast worldwide through a comprehensive, long-term agreement with ESPN. All races in 2008 will be telecast in High Definition. The 2008 Indy Pro Series season also begins on March 29 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The 16-race schedule, which features eight ovals and four road/street course doubleheader weekends, will be televised by ESPN2

Touring 70s, a new race series for Group 2 Touring Cars of the 1970s, was officially launched by the Masters Racing Series during Race Retro, the International Historic Motor Sport Show, at Stoneleigh today..read more

The HSCC also made a major announcements at Race Retro today (Friday 14 March), launching a new 80s Road Sports category for 2009 and beyond. Read more

The new FIA WTCC success ballast system comes into force at the next in Puebla, Mexico, on April 6^th. Ten drivers will be given extra weight to put on their cars, with SEAT Sport team-mates Yvan Muller and Gabriele Tarquini ech having to carry an additional 44 kg…read more

The Juno Racing team are of to sunny Spain this weekend and the opening round of the VdeV championship at Jarama. Drivers Rob Croydon and Adrian Marlin will be looking for a similar result to last year when they they took their first win of the season…read more

The British Formula Ford Championship kicks-off next weekend at Oulton Parks with a predicted grid of 25 Duratec-engined Formula Fords. Not only is this the biggest ever first-event gathering of such machinery but it is also a grid offering a great depth of talent plus a strong international flavour …….Read more

The Masters Racing Series will be taking its popular racing series into Europe in 2008, with four Masters Festivals planned scheduled. After running similar events in the UK last year there will now be two new events at Anderstorp and Magny Cours…read more

After driving the 2008 Formula Masters Series’ car double Formula Master race winner Kasper Andersen and Bulgarian driver Vladimir Arabadzhiev have both voiced their satisfaction with the new engine and chassis..read more

Britain's liveliest saloon car championship, the Volkswagen Racing Cup, is set for another brilliant yeseasor of racing, more new cars and models joining the grid than in any previous season. The opening rounds of the Hankook-backed championship are at Oulton Park on Easter Monday (24 March)…read more

The Masters Racing Series have announced today(Friday) that they will join up with the POWERnights race meetings. Read more

VX Racing lauched their all new Vauxhall Vectra at Rockingham duing the HiQ MSA BTCC media day this week..read more

The PSL Karting team completed the Rotax portion of the Florida Winter Tour this past weekend at the Ocala Gran Prix in Ocala, Florida..read more

The Masters Series will be represented on the central stage at Race Retro, Stoneleigh tomorrow, (Friday 14 March).At 13:30 hrs, Series Director Christopher Tate and Speedmaster Managing Director James Hanson will be discussing many exciting aspects of The Masters Series for 2008. The Masters Series will also be present during the show at stands D36-40.

Ollie Hancock’s pre-season preparations could hardly have gone better, with the Hampshire-based racer topping the time sheets at all three Formula Renault BARC test days so far. The 2007 BARC race-winner and rookie-of-the-year, was quickest of all the BARC-spec cars at this winter’s tests at Rockingham, Brands Hatch and Snetterton, leaving Hancock and his Scorpio Motorsport team hugely encouraged for the forthcoming campaign. While relative pace in testing is notoriously difficult to judge, Hancock has gone faster than last season’s pole time at both Brands and Snetterton and feels he and the team have made significant strides this winter. “We’ve had a couple of small teething problems, but generally the car feels fantastic,” said Ollie. “We’re much quicker than last year and it feels better with every run. The guys at Scorpio have all been fantastic and we believe there’s even more time to come. At the moment everything is heading in the right direction.” Hancock will test again at Brands Hatch on Friday 14 March, while the 2008 Formula Renault BARC championship kicks off at the Kent circuit with a double-header on 23/24 March.

Richard Philippe will join Carlin Motorsport for the team's first season of F3 Euro Series this year. The 2005 Formula BMW USA champion, previously competed in Champ Car Atlantics and Renault World Series, is the first Euro Series driver to be announced by the British F3 championship winning squad. Speaking about his plans for 2008 , Philippe said, "I'm very excited and happy to be joining Carlin for F3 Euro Series this season. This marks a new chapter in my career, one that is unavoidable to reach the highest form of motor sport in the world and I'm pleased to be working with such a well-known and prestigious team.F3 Euro Series is a very competitive championship and as a new driver and team to the championship we will have a lot to learn very quickly, nevertheless I believe before long we will be running at the front." Team Principal Trevor Carlin added, "I'm delighted that Richard has chosen to race with Carlin in our first year in F3 Euro Series. The competition level for both teams and drivers is extremely high, but I'm sure together we will make great progress and surprise some of the regular teams before the end of the year." Carlin Motorsport and Richard Philippe will make their F3 Euro Series debut at Valencia from 15 - 16 March at the first official test of the season.

Australian driver Will Power will race in the new Indycar series in 2008 with a renewed Team Australia . Power will drive the #8 Aussie Vineyards - Team Australia Honda/Dallara/Firestone for his third season driving in Craig Gore’s Team Australia squad, with the Aussie Vineyards-backed team taking on a new form in 2008. Team Australia has joined forces with KV Racing Technology in a partnership for the motorsport program that Gore created in 2005, which uses motorsport as a marketing tool for Australian companies, including Gore’s own Aussie Vineyards company and it’s Au wine label, wanting to increase their brand awareness and sales on a global scale, with a major focus in the United States. KV Racing Technology is entering its sixth year of competition and its first in the IndyCar Series. Oriol Servia will be behind the wheel of the KV Racing Technology #32 Honda/Dallara//Firestone entry as Power’s team-mate in 2008.

The FV10 Jaguar R5 had it's first test run at Donington Park on Tuesday with Marc Hynes at the wheel. The car ran reliably and despite oil on the approach to the Esses Hynes managed a time of 55.5 secs, a new lap record for the track...read more

British F3 champions Hitech Racing topped the times in the penultimate pre-season test at Oulton Park yesterday (wednesday) with Max Chilton setting the fastest time ahead of Fortec's Marcus Ericsson during the morning. Max’s Walter Grubmüller was third just 0.04secs behind the second placed car..read more.

Thruxton will be celebrating 40 years of motor racing at the Hampshire venue on Easter Monday (24 March) with the Historic Sports Car Club playing an integral part in the BARC organised event...read more.

Brazilian Adriano Buzaid driving for Fortec Motorsport set the fastest lap during testing for the Formula Renault UK with Michelin Championship at Snetterton yesterday afternoon. Buzaid, about to start his second season in the series set a time of 1min 04.851s (108.35mph) ...read more

Team Aluminos kart racing team were at the CalSpeed Karting facility in Fontana, Californaia last weekend for the final round of the SKUSA WinterNational Championship Series. With 5 drivers taking part in categories S1 and S3 they were on the look-out for podium finishes...read more

Alexander Sims' confidence continues to grow after further testing at a windy Snetterton confirmed his status as one of the favourites for this year's Formula Renault UK Championship, ..read more

Mike Vincec, from Ontario, heads for the final races in Florida Winter Tour and Skip Barber Series this month...read more

GO TO ONE Racing

from Emken in Germany plan to run two Mosler MT900’s in the forthcoming FIA GT Championship. They will be driven by Czech pairing Adam Lacko and Ales Jirasek in one car, with Stepan Vojtech, also from the Czech Republic and German Kenneth Heyer in the other….read more

Michael Doyle will make his HiQ MSA British Touring Car Championship this year at the wheel of a Honda Civic Type R for In-Tune Racing. Yesterday he made he performed his first official duty as a BTCC driver when he appeared at the 2008 Media Day at Rockingham Motor Speedway….read more

Asia Racing Team (ART) Motorsports will take part of Asian Formula Renault Challenge first round at Zhuhai International Circuit this weekend with 5 drivers, including 3 ‘rookies’…read more

Alexander Sims continues to set impressive times in Formual Renault UK testing at Snetterton..read more

Conquest Racing has announced that it had signed a technical partnership with Forsythe Performance Research, a wholly owned subsidiary of Forsythe Racing Inc.The new alliance with Forsythe will provide the team with technical and engineering resources for the 2008 season. "We are working very hard on our transition from Champ Car to the IndyCar Series and we are excited about this partnership with Forsythe Performance Research," said Eric Bachelart, owner of Conquest Racing. "Their knowledge and experience will accelerate our efforts of becoming a front-running team in the IndyCar Series." Conquest Racing will start its second full season in the Indy Racing League, where it has already taken a podium finish with a third place by Laurent Redon in 2002 at Fontana . The team looks to add to their past success with rookie Franck Perera and a second driver who will be announced shortly.

Mike Meadows has signed to drive for CR Scuderia in this year's British GT championship, combining this series with his recently announced Formula Master campaign. He will drive a Ferrari 430 GT which he will share with James Sutton. The combination of racing in single- seaters and sportscars will provide Meadows with the biggest challenge of his race career so far, but he says, "I'm ready for this. There's nothing more that I love than being in a racing car, so it's a dream season for me." His first challenge comes later this month, with a Formula Master shakedown in Italy on the first day, a British GT test on the second, back to Italy for a Master test day before returning to Oulton Park for the season-opening British GT race on March 22-24th.

SEAT Sport’s HiQ MSA BTCC team

will be sponsored by Holiday Inn for 2008. Both SEAT Leon TDI’s will carry the new sponsoe and willfeature a new colour scheme for the first time…read more

Matt Hamilton will race in the British Formula Ford Championship with Joe Tandy Racing (JTR) in 2008. Having tested with JTR in January at Brands,Hamilton ran consistently quick times in the team’s Mygale 07. Matt will race a new Mygale 08’s this season, with testing getting underway this week

The Austrian Interwetten-Racing Team will race in the 20008 Renault Formula 3.5 World Series with new driver Pablo Sanchez and the experienced Salvador Duran. Duran is the favourite to win the driver’s championship while the team have hopes of securing the constructors title. Both Mexicans are sponsored by TELMEX, the Mexican telecommunications provider.

The Britek Motorsport Scholarship team has made its debut at the opening round of the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship at Sydney's Eastern Creek. Run by Minda Motorsport, the four-car team was part of a strong 22-car entry at the first round of the series. Overseen by V8 driver of the #25 Fujitsu Racing Ford Falcon, Jason Bright, the Britek Motorsport Scholarship that provides a structured staircase opportunity to aspiring career-path drivers. The program caters for Karters and aspiring open-wheel drivers that want to move into V8 Supercars or pursue a career overseas. The stand-out performance came from Adam Graham aboard the #66 McLaughlin Freightlines entry who finished the weekend in sixth place overall. Martin Swindells in the #63 Refrigerated Rental & Sales car was placed 14th; Ben Walter in the #25 Road Solutions entry was 16th; and Taylor Gore in the #26 PGM Investments car was 17th.

Lola sport scars head for Florida this weekend and the 56th running of the Sebring 12 Hours, the first majopr sportcar race of Lola's 50th year as a manufacturer ...read more

Ben Morley started his 2008 Australian Formula Ford Campaign on a positive note. Not only did he stand on the podium in all 3 races, he also led race 3 and sits just 8 points of Championship leader Brad Lowe..read more

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