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The football club that will move into the Beijing Olympic stadium following the 2008 Olympic Games is the latest team to join the new football-themed motor racing championship, Superleague Formula. Beijing Guoan Football Club has joined the expanding Superleague Formula grid — becoming the Championship’s first Asian club.
Superleague Formula now includes clubs from Europe, the [...]

The 2007-08 A1GP championship will be decided at Brands Hatch next month after leaders Team Switzerland failed to clinch the title in Shanghai.
Driver Neel Jani dominated Sunday morning’s Sprint Race from pole position and, with New Zealand’s Jonny Reid failing to finish, Switzerland needed to take another two points from their nearest rivals in the [...]

The good folks at A1 Podium are reporting a new A1GP team will be announced from the Asia-Pacific region Sunday, reportedly at a cost that runs to seven figures.
Also, there will be about three new venues next season with a couple of the current ones being dropped. David Clare said that they basically already know [...]

Neel Jani gave Team Switzerland the perfect qualifying result in their bid to wrap up the A1GP title by bagging pole position for the sprint race in Shanghai.
The ex-Toro Rosso F1 tester pulled a great late effort out in the closing stages of the second 15-minute session to take the top slot from the impressive [...]

In the afternoon of March 24, Greek time, China’s first driver fulfilled his honorable mission of carrying the Olympic torch.
The drizzle finally stopped before Cheng Congfu passed on the torch. As the torch was lit, Cheng Congfu held it high with his right hand, in his left hand was the national flag of China. 200 [...]

On the eve of Speedcar Series featuring as the support race at the Malaysian Formula One Grand Prix this weekend, JJ Lehto and Marchy Lee are the Series’ latest additions taking the wheel of the 620 bhp monster stockcars.
Finnish driver JJ Lehto raced in Formula 1 from 1989 to 1994, participating in 70 GPs. He [...]

A1 Team China driver, Congfu Cheng, is about to become part of history as he participates in the Olympic Torch Relay, a tradition that goes back to the year 766 BC, when the first recorded Olympic games were held. In an honour that is afforded to very few athletes, let alone racing drivers, he will [...]

Supercar Club Hong Kong held its Race Drivers Meeting, together with our two new partner promoters, March 3 International Inc., and Motorsport Asia Limited . In attendance were the representatives from the three companies, and most of the ASCC drivers and new team managers. The new changes and rules and regulations for the 2008 Asia [...]

First there was 24 Heures du Mans with a long and storied history that dates back to May 26 and 27, 1923 and has since been run annually in June.
Organized by the Automobile Club de l’Ouest (ACO) it’s history includes horrid crashes, one that caused a near extinction of the sport of auto racing, FoMoCo [...]

The 25th running of the Macau F3 Grand Prix is likely to be one of the most competitive in the event’s history, with representatives from all corners of the globe hoping to add their names to an illustrious list of winners.
Drivers from South America, Europe and Japan will all stake a strong claim to be [...]

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport prepares for its second trip to China this season, visiting the Shanghai International Circuit next weekend (13-15 April). Last year at the state of the art facility, 82,000 fans gathered to watch a thrilling season finale in which A1 Teams Malaysia and Czech Republic claimed surprise victories to close A1GP’s [...]

Drivers believe the new section of the Shanghai International Circuit could be a major talking point at this weekend’s penultimate A1GP event of the season.
A shorter, 2.9-mile (4.6km) alternative layout is being used for the World Cup of Motorsport’s second visit to the circuit, with drivers negotiating a new chicane after the twisty Turn 2-3 [...]

What made you decide to race in A1GP?
I’ve been in discussion with A1 Team India since early last year, but due to my contractual obligations with Williams F1 (for whom I am a test driver), things just didn’t happen earlier in the A1GP season. With my racing calendar this season being fairly free, and my [...]

Brazil are to field IndyCar driver Vitor Meira when the A1GP series heads to Shanghai for this weekend’s penultimate round of the Grand Prix of Nations.
The late inclusion of the 30-year-old comes because Bruno Junqueira, who raced for the team in both Durban and Mexico City, has a clashing commitment in the Champ Car series.
“It [...]