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A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has revealed the first image of its brand new ‘Powered by Ferrari’ car for use in season four (2008/09).
The CAD drawing was released ahead of the car’s inaugural shakedown test in Southern England.
A1GP’s own TV commentator and Formula One legend, John Watson, will have the honour of driving the car [...]

SUZUKA - Dutch racing driver Carlo van Dam today finished third at Suzuka in the fifth race of the 2008 Japanese Formula 3 Championship. Carlo started from sixth position on the grid and worked himself up to third place during a seriously wet race, scoring his fifth podium finish in as many races, while closing [...]

Sometimes it all comes down to one decision.
When Aaron Caratti’s (Parklands on Bertram) team decided to change from wet tyres to slicks in the last few minutes of qualifying this morning at Barbagallo Raceway he thought they were crazy.
Heavy showers had proceeded the session and with a wet track Caratti wasn’t too keen on heading [...]

After a glittering launch of Glory Team Racing’s stunning new United Industries supported MINI CHALLENGE racecar, Perth’s David Turner scorched around the Barbagallo Raceway to set the fastest lap of the first two practice sessions in MINI CHALLENGE Friday.
The experienced campaigner set the fastest lap in the cool temperatures of this morning’s first practice, ending [...]

Fujitsu Racing’s Jason Bright will take a new set of wheels to the fourth round of the V8 Supercar Championship Series, the Bigpond 400 at Barbagallo Raceway in Perth.
This is the first all-new Ford Falcon V8 Supercar designed and built by Fujitsu Racing and Britek Motorsport. The construction of the new #25 BF MkII Falcon [...]

Given Aaron Caratti’s performance in the third round of Carrera Cup Australia, he would be the favourite no matter where Round Four of the championship was being held.
But considering the event is at Perth’s Barbagallo Raceway — Caratti’s home track — he is going to prove hard to beat when the championship heads there for [...]

London, Great Britain - A1GP World Cup of Motorsport celebrated the end of its 2007/08 season with a glittering Gala Awards dinner at the Hilton Park Lane in London on Monday 5 May. Teams, drivers, sponsors and officials gathered to pay tribute to the memorable achievements of the season, including Switzerland clinching the championship, Ireland [...]

Neel Jani clinched the A1GP title for Team Switzerland at Brands Hatch today and spoke to autosport.com about the keys to their success and the future of the series.
Q. How delighted are you to be A1GP champions for season three?
Neel Jani: Definitely delighted. It was what we worked for all year long and in the [...]

The FUJI GT 500KM RACE, Round 3 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT series, took place at Fuji Speedway (one lap 4.563 km x 110 laps) in Shizuoka Pref. on May 4, and victory was won by the ZENT CERUMO SC430 driven by Yuji Tachikawa and Richard Lyons for the first time this season.
Tachikawa and [...]

David Coulthard is interested in running a Scotland team in the A1GP series when his career in F1 finally ends. And another grand prix veteran, Giancarlo Fisichella, is looking at the possibility of a Team Italy according to The Daily Express newspaper.
Several other F1 drivers have also been in touch with the boss of A1GP, [...]

Robbie Kerr gave the home crowd something to cheer about at Brands Hatch by qualifying first for Sunday’s sprint race.
The Great Britain driver roared home in a time of one minute 14.424 seconds to pip USA to top spot in the qualifying session.
Kerr will start from second in the feature race behind Team India, who [...]

Following in the wheeltracks of the news that Korea is to become the latest addition to the A1GP World Cup of Motorsport grid in 2009, Sung-hak Mun has laid claim to be the nation’s first Formula 1 star.
The teenager – the only one of his countrymen to come over to Europe in an attempt to [...]

GP2 Asia driver Ho-Pin Tung had no other choice than to accept the scrutineers’ verdict that took his Trident car out of the Dubai’s second race results. His car was declared illegal according to the regulations.
After two good races, with 10th and 5th places, disappointment was the only feeling left for the young Chinese racing [...]

Johnny Herbert scored his second race victory of the weekend at the Dubai Autodrome on Saturday to seal the inaugural Speedcar Series title. Herbert actually ended the season level on points with David Terrien, but scored more wins than the Frenchman throughout the season. Title rivals Uwe Alzen and Jean Alesi, who both started the [...]

The qualifying for the Okayama GT 300km, Round 2 of the 2008 AUTOBACS SUPER GT, was held at the Okayama International Circuit (one lap 3.703 km) in Okayama Pref. on April 12. The XANAVI NISMO GT-R driven by Benoit Treluyer won the pole position as the fastest qualifier in the GT500 class and will start [...]