Motor racing

Hamilton sets fastest lap of testing so far

4 Mar 2013

Hamilton took advantage of the first blue skies and dry track this week at the Catalunya Circuit by putting in a flying lap of 1 minute, 20.558 seconds on soft tyres designed for speed before...

Marussia gives Bianchi chance to fulfil F1 dream

3 Mar 2013

One day after thinking his dream to race in Formula One would have to wait at least another year, Jules Bianchi was hired as Marussia's second race driver after the Russian team rescinded its...

Webber fastest in wet Barcelona test

1 Mar 2013

Australia’s Mark Webber clocked the best time of the day at a rain-swept Barcelona as the final pre-season test of the winter endured a soggy start on Thursday.

Injured Nascar fan calls crash ‘scene from a horror movie’

28 Feb 2013

The last thing Nascar fan Whitney Turner saw before she turned and ran was the undercarriage of Kyle Larson’s race car flying toward her Saturday in the grandstands at the Daytona International...

320km/h Grand Prix electric car racing on cards for Hong Kong

13 Jan 2013

Grand Prix motor racing could be coming to Hong Kong - but not as we know it. A Hong Kong-based consortium, Formula E Holdings, is planning to bring Formula E, high-speed electric-car racing, to...

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Red Bull's Vettel aims to seal treble in Brazil, deny Ferrari's Alonso

After helping his Red Bull team claim a stunning third consecutive constructors' world championship in Texas last weekend, defending drivers' champion Sebastian Vettel will seek, once again, to...

Pit Stop: Ferrari bends rules in US Grand Prix

How far would you be prepared to go to win the Formula One world championship? Would you be happy to bend, if not the letter of the law, the spirit of it? Ferrari might well have had this...

MOTOR RACING

Bike king Rutter wins eighth Macau GP crown

Michael Rutter extended his record number of Macau Grand Prix motorbike race wins on Sunday with a consummate display to claim his second successive title and eighth overall.

MOTOR RACING

Da Costa wins Macau Grand Prix

Antonio Felix Da Costa of Portugal won the Macau Grand Prix at the third time of asking on Sunday, leading almost from start to finish in his country’s former colony.

MOTOR RACING

Potential Red Bull stars at Macau GP

It gives you wings, claim the Red Bull energy-drink makers. "Caffeine-induced shakes" might be more accurate, but there's little doubt the Red Bull Junior Team have helped a lot of fledgling...