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Marko Asmer has signed a contract with the Three Bond team to race in Japanese F3 this year. The contract gives Marko the opportunity to develop his career after two seasons impressing in British Formula 3.
“I’m happy to join Three Bond, they have given me a great opportunity to start racing in Japan. I’m glad [...]

This weeks Race Babe comes in salute to the Asian Touring Car Championship, the Formula BMW Asia Series and the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia.
All three series open their seasons this weekend at Sepang Malaysia as support events for the second round of the Formula One Championship.
Enjoy!

The upcoming Formula V6 Asia by Renault series, which has sparked enormous international interest since its announcement last month, has received an additional boost in the form of €100,000 (approximately US$120,000) cash plus rewards prizes for the top-performing teams and drivers in its inaugural season which kicks off in Malaysia next month.
France-based Renault Sport Technologies [...]

Asian Formula 3 have organized may successful corporate track days in the Philippines using their own Formula Toyota race cars and for this year the cars will be shipped with the race cars to the AF3 events in Zhuhai and Sentul allowing our series and event partners the opportunity to thrill their guests with a [...]

It’s almost here! The long awaited start of the 2006 AUTOBACS SUPER GT season arrives on March 18 and 19. This year’s opener will take place on the same Suzuka circuit that witnessed the final dramatic battle of the 2005 season in the rain last November.
Lexus SC430 Attention will focus first and foremost on the [...]

Graham Rahal, driver for A1 Team Lebanon this weekend, ably demonstrated his potential today at Laguna Seca, running in second place for nearly half the Feature race distance, until a spin put him off track.
In the Sprint race he also ran well, sitting comfortably in ninth spot until his retirement due to an incident with [...]

The New Zealand A1 Grand Prix team is wondering what might have been after a controversial ruling went against them in Round 10 of the World Cup of Motorsport at Laguna Seca in California.
New Zealand driver Matt Halliday had a scorching start in the opening Sprint Race to lead the field in atrocious wet conditions. [...]

A1 Team Malaysia, with its best qualifying performance of the season yesterday, was able to add another point for the team’s World Cup of Motorsport points standings. The team takes away a tenth place finish in the Feature race and a retirement in the Sprint race, from the Laguna Seca, California event, the penultimate round [...]

Ryan Briscoe has had an impressive start in the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, finishing the feature race in eighth place and earning A1 Team Australia three valuable competition points in the second last race of the inaugural series.
The weather over the weekend at the Mazda Laguna Seca track was an issue for the drivers. [...]

Qualified: 21st , Sprint Race: 15th , Feature Race: 11th
Weather dictated much of Sunday’s events on track. The first 30 minute Sprint race was held with torrential rain and very heavy spray, while for the one hour Feature race drivers faced a dry line with rivers of draining water crossing the track.
In the Sprint race [...]

How in the hell do you go from having the quickest practice time to 3 seconds off the final pole speed? Damned if I know, maybe A1 Team USA’s Bryan Herta knows, he did it.
A1 Team Mexico snatched its first pole position in the closing minutes of qualifying today, unsettling Series’ leaders France, out to [...]

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Five spectators were hospitalized Sunday, three with serious injuries, after being struck by a rally car which took a wrong turn and rolled.
A Motorsport New Zealand spokesman said the spectators were watching a Targa Club Rally stage at Waiuku, southwest of Auckland, when the accident occurred.
“He had made a mistake,” Motorsport [...]

Changan Ford (CAF) announces today that it launches the ‘Changan Ford Racing’ to participate the 2000cc race series of 2006 China Circuit Championship (CCC) that will start on March 10th 2006 at Shanghai International Circuit (SIC).
“Changan Ford is dedicated to offer exciting auto products and driving experiences to the Chinese customers

Local hero Bryan Herta who lives in Valencia, Southern California put A1 Team USA at the top of the timing sheet today in the first official practice session for their home race at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca.
‘It was a good session and a good start to the weekend. We sat out the first part of [...]

Adam Khan will make his racing return for A1 Team Pakistan at the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Laguna Seca, USA this weekend.
The 20-year-old has been missing from the series since he injured his back in an accident in practice for the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, Durban, South Africa at the end of January, [...]