Asian Motor Sports

Jacques Villeneuve set the pace on the first day of the Speedcar Series test session at the Dubai Autodrome. This 2-day test is the final one before the start of Season 2 on 5-6 December, 2008.

TeamVodafone’s Jamie Whincup has virtually wrapped up the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship by claiming the penultimate round at Symmons Plains, Tasmania this weekend.

Championship leader Jamie Whincup kept his nose clean to pull off the win for race two at Symmons Plains this weekend.

Beijing Guoan has been crowned as the inaugural Superleague Formula championship club in dramatic opening race at Jerez in Southern Spain Sunday.

TW Steel, the ‘Official Watch and Timing Partner’ of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport celebrated the series’ fourth visit to the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia today by crowning Miss Parveen Singh as ‘Miss TW Steel Malaysia’.

A1 Team Ireland became the first nation to score two victories this season, as Adam Carroll dominated the Sepang A1GP Feature race in Malaysia.

Neel Jani became the fifth different race winner this season as A1 Team Switzerland took victory in a dramatic Sprint race at the Sepang International Circuit in Malaysia.

A1 Team Malaysia completed their final preparations for the home round of the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport today, with a strong fourth place start for the Feature race and 13th place for the morning Sprint race.

Switzerland and Ireland took a pole position apiece for tomorrow’s races in Sepang, Malaysia for round three of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport. In an afternoon which resulted in two of the most diverse grids to date, Neel Jani put in a phenomenal time of 1m 47.154s to give the Swiss the Sprint race advantage.

In the Series’ first visit to the Shanghai International Circuit, James Grunwell of The Pizza Company Team Qi-Meritus took the win in Round 9 of the Formula V6 Asia. Kevin Chen of Champ Motorsport took second while Hafiz Koh, who started in fifth, climbed up the ranks to finish third.

Liverpool FC Superleague Formula driver Adrian Valles has kept the Reds in the championship hunt after scoring the pole position for the final round of the championship in Jerez, Spain today.

Holden driver Todd Kelly was close to tears after ending his V8 Supercar drought with victory in race one at Symmons Plains in Tasmania - a win he rated second in importance to his Bathurst triumph in 2005.

A1 Grand Prix organizers yesterday promised fans they would not be disappointed by the transition from Indy cars to A1 open-wheelers and revealed plans to smash Indy’s on-track and off-track records to cement next year’s inaugural race carnival as one of the top international motorsport events.

Ambrose was well on his way to a Jimmie Johnson-like third V8 championship until the Bathurst 1000 when he was involved in a controversial crash with Greg Murphy approaching The Cutting late in the race.

Australian motor racing fans will get a unique insight into the world of NASCAR and the life of Aussie ace Marcos Ambrose when 60 Minutes resumes on the Nine Network early in 2009.