SYDNEY - The V8 Supercars round in Perth has been scrapped by the sport's governing body, with officials labelling the circuit "third world".V8 Supercars Australia (V8SA) released a final 2010 calendar on Monday, reinstating the...
MELBOURNE - Mark Webber will be Australia's first grand prix-winning driver in action in 24 years when he competes at next month's Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.The last Australian to achieve the feat was former world champion...
PARIS - Finland has produced a long line of great rally drivers but never one quite with the pedigree or potential of 2007 Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen.The 30-year-old former McLaren and Ferrari driver, known as the...
Estonian driver Sten Pentus is the new name on the New Zealand Motor Cup, joining an illustrious list of drivers.His name is added to a group that includes Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, John Surtees, Graham Hill, Keke Rosberg and...
When the Top Gear Live show returns to Auckland this month, fans will find the Hamster (Richard Hammond) has been replaced by the laconic James May.For many watchers of the BBC television show, May is far removed from Jeremy...
Despite the sceptics, Hampton Downs Motorsport Park, the Southern Hemisphere's newest motor racing track, is up and running to great applause.The international tier-two track showcased itself to the world when it hosted the New...
The third round of the International Toyota Racing Series ventures to New Zealand's newest motor racing circuit, Hampton Downs, south of Auckland, this weekend. The three-race programme is headlined by tomorrow's 20-lap race for the...
BRISBANE - Queensland police are investigating possible fraud involved in last year's A1GP debacle, as two scathing reports emerged on the organisers and the government's role in the failed Gold Coast motor sport event.The reports...
STUTTGART, Germany - Mercedes GP says it has signed Nick Heidfeld as test and substitute driver for this year's Formula One season.The 32-year-old German driver has competed in 167 F1 races, driving for Prost, Sauber, Jordan,...
National motor racing endurance titles are being resurrected after an absence of almost 25 years.Two new 500km endurance races are to be contested at Hampton Downs near Auckland in June.The Altherm 1000, officially launched...
Max Mosley, the former motor racing boss who won £60,000 damages after his privacy was invaded by the News of the World, said that the England captain, John Terry, should have been protected by law from having his extramarital affairs...
No cynical poke at anyone or anything on wheels this week, nor a quizzical look at some odd decision made at the helm of motorsport. Simply a very big thumbs up to the organisers of the recent two-week extravaganza of classic...
VALENCIA, Spain - Fernando Alonso took to his Ferrari immediately yesterday as the two-time Formula One champion produced the fastest time in the season's first testing session.Alonso set a fastest time of 1 minute, 11.470 seconds...
Jenson Button insisted he was quite content with his first day in his new McLaren in testing here yesterday, even though he was 1.4 seconds slower than pacesetter Fernando Alonso who went home "cautiously happy" after dominating for...
VALENCIA - Seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher admitted his high-profile return to Formula One after a three-year absence was easier than he thought.The 41-year-old German was third fastest in...
VALENCIA, Spain - Michael Schumacher's former teammate Rubens Barrichello warned the German driver's new teammate Nico Rosberg on Tuesday to get out of Mercedes GP or risk being overshadowed by the seven-time Formula One champion.When...
The sudden entry of rising Tauranga driver Richie Stanaway will spice up the next two rounds of the Toyota Racing Series (TRS). Stanaway, who is not going to Europe for pre-season testing for this season's German Formula Masters...
Former Holden teammates Craig Lowndes and Mark Skaife will be reunited for this year's endurance races in the V8 Supercar Championship. They will share a TeamVodafone Holden Commodore while reigning V8 Supercar champion Jamie...
While the BNT V8s may grab most of the glory in the MotorSport New Zealand Championship series with door banging antics, it's the Toyota Racing Series that's producing our brightest new talent.These wings-and-slicks, scaled down...
The weekend's 49th annual New Zealand Motocross Grand Prix at Woodville was a meeting place for champions - of the past, the present and, quite probably, the future too.This year's event hosted a gaggle of former and current New...