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Mohammed Bin Sulayem; President of the Automobile and Touring Club of the UAE (ATCUAE) today hosted a press conference for the My Qi-Meritus.Mahara team which has arrived in Dubai to participate in the Grand Racing Weekend at the Dubai Autodrome next weekend, 5-6 December 2008.

Australian motor racing legend Mark Skaife is living in a rented three bedroom flat less than 1km away from his former Toorak mansion with his wife and two daughters as he faces financial ruin.
In one of the saddest stories in Australian sport.

With three hard-fought second places, Hamilton race driver Kayne Scott has moved into the lead of the BNT V8s Championship after the third of this season’s seven rounds in Christchurch this weekend.

Australians Scott Pye and Nathan Antunes and Hamilton racer Michael Burdett have set up a classic trans-Tasman tussle in the opening round of the Toyota Racing Series this weekend at Ruapuna.
The Australian pair dominated free practice and qualifying in an Australian clean-sweep on Friday and Saturday but in race one, it was Michael Burdett who [...]

In its sixth season the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia, celebrated new milestones; it was there as motorsport history was made, spread its wings yet further, and fielded arguably the most exciting field in its history. From Shanghai to Indonesia to Bahrain, the Porsche Carrera Cup Asia soared to new heights and crowned its first two-time champion in Team Jebsen driver Darryl O’Young.

Ambrose, a former two-time Australian V8 Supercar champion, is back in Australia after his third season of racing in NASCAR. Ambrose visited Round 13 of the 2008 V8 Supercar Championship Series at his home circuit on the weekend to see old friends and speak with Australian media.

A1 Team Malaysia has been investigating the circumstances that led to Fairuz Fauzy making an extra pit stop in the Feature race at the A1GP Sepang event last weekend.

Formula One Force India driver Vitantonio Liuzzi clocked the quickest lap at the Speedcar Series test that ended today at the Dubai Autodrome.

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.

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

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.

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.

A1 Team Switzerland driver Neel Jani is the man to beat in the third round of the A1 Grand Prix championships, which begin today at Sepang International Circuit.

Aussie Racing Cars Super Series action hits Symmons Plains for the first time since 2005 this weekend for the penultimate round with a massive line-up including new Toyota Aurion’s.