| By Sam Tremayne | Sunday, April 28th 2013, 14:24 GMT |
Tom Coronel took BMW's first World Touring Car win of the season with an assured drive in the Slovakia Ring finale.
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, April 28th 2013, 16:16 GMT |
Mark Webber believes the new BRDC Formula 4 Championship has a bright future after attending the inaugural event at Silverstone.
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| By Hal Ridge | Sunday, April 28th 2013, 16:24 GMT |
Liam Doran took victory in the Supercar final at the second round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship, held at Montalegre in Portugal.
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| Friday, April 26th 2013, 18:27 GMT |
Jan Kopecky hung on to his lead at the end of the second day of Rally Azores while Robert Kubica rolled.
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| By Charles Bradley | Friday, April 26th 2013, 18:31 GMT |
Robert Kubica has taken the blame for his roll on the second day of the Rally Azores, but claims he "wasn't pushing" when the accident occurred.
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| Friday, April 26th 2013, 22:41 GMT |
Joe Gibbs Racing responded to a week of bad penalty and injury news by taking a front row sweep for Saturday night's Richmond NASCAR Sprint Cup race
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| By Peter Mills | Thursday, April 25th 2013, 16:40 GMT |
The Auto GP Series will race at Mugello on July 14 this year, replacing a provisional meeting scheduled to take place at Zandvoort.
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| Thursday, April 25th 2013, 18:04 GMT |
Robert Kubica leads Rally Azores, his first attempt at a European Rally Championship gravel round, by nine seconds at the end of day one
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| By Charles Bradley | Thursday, April 25th 2013, 21:20 GMT |
Robert Kubica admitted his first day of Rally Azores was "demanding" despite holding a nine-second lead overnight on his European Rally Championship gravel debut
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 13:18 GMT |
Chinese driver Ho Pin Tung will compete at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours with the KC Motorgroup squad
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| By Edd Straw and Matt Beer | Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 15:00 GMT |
Mark Webber says he is happy with his own performances despite his disappointing points tally and will bring himself back into contention once Formula 1 returns to Europe
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, April 24th 2013, 15:02 GMT |
Ben Spies will miss MotoGP's forthcoming Jerez race due to injury, with Ducati test rider Michele Pirro replacing him in the satellite Pramac squad
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| By Jonathan Noble | Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 15:26 GMT |
Pirelli wants to have a more detailed look at the damaged tyre from Lewis Hamilton's car in Bahrain, amid suspicions its failure in practice may not have been down to debris
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 18:39 GMT |
Former IndyCar and DTM driver Katherine Legge will race the DeltaWing at the next round of the American Le Mans Series at Laguna Seca next month
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, April 23rd 2013, 18:45 GMT |
IndyCar driver Simon Pagenaud will spearhead a 10-vehicle line-up from Honda at this year's Pikes Peak hillclimb
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| By Kevin Turner | Monday, April 22nd 2013, 15:35 GMT |
British Touring Car supremo Alan Gow has confirmed Kia is considering joining the championship in future
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| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, April 22nd 2013, 16:39 GMT |
Tio Ellinas will retain his Manor GP3 drive and also earn his first Formula 1 experience at the 2013 young driver test, Marussia has confirmed
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| By Mark Glendenning | Monday, April 22nd 2013, 17:12 GMT |
Takuma Sato singled out the immediate chemistry between himself and the AJ Foyt Racing team as the key to his breakthrough win at Long Beach on Sunday
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| Sunday, April 21st 2013, 20:28 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo hailed Marc Marquez as 'phenomenal' following the Spaniard's record-breaking MotoGP victory at Austin
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| By David Evans | Sunday, April 21st 2013, 21:56 GMT |
Former Formula 1 driver Scott Speed has won gold in the rallycross element of the Brazilian X Games today
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 21st 2013, 23:03 GMT |
Takuma Sato claimed his first IndyCar victory in a chaotic race around the streets of Long Beach
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| Saturday, April 20th 2013, 21:06 GMT |
Scott Redding produced a stunning late lap in Moto2 qualifying to take his first ever grand prix pole position
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| By Mark Glendenning | Saturday, April 20th 2013, 22:27 GMT |
Dario Franchitti will start Sunday's IndyCar race at Long Beach from pole position after triumphing in a hard-fought qualifying session
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| By Scott Mitchell | Sunday, April 21st 2013, 01:51 GMT |
Pickett Racing played the perfect strategy to claim a comfortable American Le Mans Series victory on the streets of Long Beach
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| Friday, April 19th 2013, 22:38 GMT |
Matt Kenseth set a new track record at Kansas Speedway to claim pole for Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup race
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, April 19th 2013, 22:50 GMT |
Ryan Hunter-Reay went fastest in a patchy second IndyCar practice session at Long Beach, with track time interrupted four times by red flags
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| By Scott Mitchell | Saturday, April 20th 2013, 01:44 GMT |
Neel Jani claimed another American Le Mans Series pole position for Rebellion with a dominant performance at Long Beach
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, April 18th 2013, 16:29 GMT |
The Tech 3 MotoGP team says it is ready to compete in the Grand Prix of the Americas this weekend despite a fire in its garage overnight
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| By Sam Tremayne | Thursday, April 18th 2013, 16:36 GMT |
Toyota is hopeful the arrival of its 2013 TS030 HYBRID will allow it to once again carry the fight to Audi in this year's World Endurance Championship
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| By Gary Watkins | Thursday, April 18th 2013, 18:37 GMT |
Long-time BMW driver Bill Auberlen has been loaned out to Aston Martin for the Le Mans 24 Hours.
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 16:01 GMT |
The hydrogen fuel cell-powered prototype that will take the spot on the Le Mans 24 Hours grid reserved for an experimental car has run on track for the first time
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 15:54 GMT |
M-Sport's Ford Fiesta R5 could make its public debut on next month's Tour de Corse - while Citroen's DS3 R5 is expected to start testing this week after it was unveiled in Portugal last week
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| By Gary Watkins | Wednesday, April 17th 2013, 19:12 GMT |
IndyCar race winner Ryan Briscoe will make his Le Mans 24 Hours debut in June with the Level 5 Motorsports squad.
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| Tuesday, April 16th 2013, 16:21 GMT |
Bahrain preview quotes: Force India
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Bahrain GP: Lotus preview quotes
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Bahrain GP: Red Bull preview quotes
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Silverstone will host a free open day the week after the British Grand Prix to encourage people to participate in motorsport.
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| By Jonathan Noble | Monday, April 15th 2013, 16:06 GMT |
Lotus insists it is not worried that Red Bull may try to lure Kimi Raikkonen away next year.
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Monday, April 15th 2013, 16:53 GMT |
Audi's 2013 DTM line-up is its best ever, according to the manufacturer's motorsport chief Wolfgang Ullrich.
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| By Gary Watkins | Sunday, April 14th 2013, 18:15 GMT |
Allan McNish pulled back a deficit of nearly half a minute over the final 40 minutes of the Silverstone 6 Hours to claim a thrilling victory for the #2 Audi he shared with Tom Kristensen and Loic Duval from the marque's sister car
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| By Edd Straw | Sunday, April 14th 2013, 19:52 GMT |
Formula 1 teams running rookie drivers during Friday morning practice are set to get an extra set of tyres from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards
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| By Leigh Armes | Sunday, April 14th 2013, 21:05 GMT |
Daniel Zampieri, Davide Rigon and Cesar Ramos claimed victory for the Kessel Racing Ferrari squad in the opening round of this year's Blancpain Endurance Series at Monza
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| Sunday, April 14th 2013, 03:21 GMT |
Kyle Busch held Martin Truex Jr at bay to claim his second NASCAR Sprint Cup win of the 2013 season in Saturday's Texas Motor Speedway night race
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| Sunday, April 14th 2013, 02:07 GMT |
Will Davison gave Ford its first win of the 2013 V8 Supercars season in a wild third race at Pukekohe, and took the championship lead in the process
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| By Jonathan Noble | Sunday, April 14th 2013, 04:02 GMT |
Mark Webber will start the Chinese Grand Prix from the pitlane after his Red Bull team elected to change his gearbox and make other set-up modifications
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| Saturday, April 13th 2013, 02:26 GMT |
Scott McLaughlin became the youngest race winner in V8 Supercars history as he took his maiden win in a points race at Pukekohe on Saturday morning
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| By Jonathan Noble | Saturday, April 13th 2013, 03:22 GMT |
Nico Hulkenberg thinks Sauber still needs to push hard in bringing further updates to its car before it is able to feel its season is back on track.
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| Saturday, April 13th 2013, 04:04 GMT |
Full report to follow.
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Joey Hand kept BMW on top of the timesheets for a third straight day of DTM testing at Hockenheim on Thursday
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| By David Evans | Friday, April 12th 2013, 03:12 GMT |
Technical analysis: Robert Kubica's WRC2 Citroen
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| By Matt Beer | Friday, April 12th 2013, 03:30 GMT |
Nico Rosberg led team-mate Lewis Hamilton in a Mercedes one-two in opening Chinese Grand Prix, as the squad returned to the scene of its first modern-era Formula 1 victory one year ago
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| By Sam Tremayne | Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 14:45 GMT |
Dani Pedrosa said he had been expecting to carry the fight to Jorge Lorenzo in MotoGP's Qatar opener right up until the Yamaha man stretched away
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| By David Evans | Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 15:47 GMT |
The fruits of the European Rally Championship's revamp will really be seen in 2014, says series chief Francois Ribeiro, who predicts that next year will be the greatest in the series' 60-year history
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| Wednesday, April 10th 2013, 19:17 GMT |
A bullish Sebastian Vettel says he is unhappy that the 'multi 21' team orders row overshadowed Red Bull's Malaysian Grand Prix one-two, and believes it is time to move on from the controversy
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| By Jamie O'Leary | Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 16:08 GMT |
BMW's Marco Wittmann topped the opening day of the DTM's final pre-season test at Hockenheim on Tuesday
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| By Gary Watkins | Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 20:47 GMT |
The US Starworks Motorsport squad will not defend its LMP2 crown in this year's World Endurance Championship
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| By Mark Glendenning | Tuesday, April 9th 2013, 20:51 GMT |
Rahal Letterman Lanigan will add a third car to its line-up for next month's Indianapolis 500
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Monday, April 8th 2013, 15:27 GMT |
Williams is pinning its hopes of turning its fortunes around early in the season with a big upgrade package that will be introduced at the Spanish Grand Prix
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| Monday, April 8th 2013, 15:52 GMT |
China preview quotes: Marussia
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A total of 22 all-pro entries will be on the grid for the oversubscribed Blancpain Endurance Series opener at Monza this weekend.
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| By Connell Sanders Jr | Sunday, April 7th 2013, 21:15 GMT |
Jimmie Johnson kept his nose clean in a fractious race to claim his eighth NASCAR Sprint Cup win at Martinsville
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| Sunday, April 7th 2013, 20:51 GMT |
Marc Marquez said he gave everything he had to fend off Valentino Rossi in the 2013 MotoGP season opener in Qatar, but was still overjoyed to manage a podium on his debut
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| By Mark Glendenning | Sunday, April 7th 2013, 22:03 GMT |
Ryan Hunter-Reay fought off Scott Dixon to become the first non-Penske driver to win an IndyCar race at Barber Motorsports Park
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| By Peter Mills | Saturday, April 6th 2013, 21:11 GMT |
Super Nova racer Vittorio Ghirelli has received a two-second post-race penalty for passing Andrea Roda under yellow flags in the opening Auto GP race at Marrakech
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| Saturday, April 6th 2013, 21:50 GMT |
Cal Crutchlow is not expecting to turn his second place on the Qatar Grand Prix grid into a podium finish in Sunday's MotoGP season opener
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| Saturday, April 6th 2013, 22:15 GMT |
Valentino Rossi believes traffic cost him a spot on the front two rows of the grid for the opening MotoGP race of the season, the Qatar Grand Prix
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| By Toby Moody and Matt Beer | Friday, April 5th 2013, 21:24 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo says Yamaha will wait until Saturday before deciding whether to race its new chassis in Qatar, as he feels there is little to choose between the two designs
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| By Toby Moody and Matt Beer | Friday, April 5th 2013, 22:06 GMT |
Tech 3 Yamaha's rookie Bradley Smith says the first two days in Qatar have opened his eyes to the demands of MotoGP
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| By Mark Glendenning | Friday, April 5th 2013, 22:29 GMT |
Helio Castroneves ended the day on top after the second IndyCar practice session at Barber Motorsports Park
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| By Pablo Elizalde | Thursday, April 4th 2013, 15:42 GMT |
David Fumanelli topped the times on the second and final day of GP3 testing at the Silverstone circuit
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| By Glenn Freeman | Thursday, April 4th 2013, 16:09 GMT |
Sergey Sirotkin topped the additional Formula Renault 3.5 test session at Monza on Thursday afternoon ahead of this weekend's season opener.
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| Thursday, April 4th 2013, 17:44 GMT |
Jorge Lorenzo came out on top of a battle with fellow Yamaha men Cal Crutchlow and Valentino Rossi to head the first practice session of the 2013 MotoGP season in Qatar
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| Wednesday, April 3rd 2013, 16:59 GMT |
Tio Ellinas set the pace on the first day of GP3 pre-season testing at Silverstone
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| By Peter Mills | Wednesday, April 3rd 2013, 17:06 GMT |
Narain Karthikeyan has confirmed to AUTOSPORT that he will continue racing in Auto GP with Zele Racing at Marrakech this weekend
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| By Mark Glendenning | Wednesday, April 3rd 2013, 17:36 GMT |
Ana Beatriz will remain in the second Dale Coyne Racing car until at least the Indy 500, the team confirmed today
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| By Edd Straw and Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, April 2nd 2013, 15:50 GMT |
Valtteri Bottas admits both he and Williams are frustrated by the team's poor form in the 2013 Formula 1 world championship so far.
The Grove-based squad approached the season certain it had taken a step forward compared to 2012, during which its car proved fast enough to win in Spain.
But neither Bottas nor Pastor Maldonado managed to break into Q3 or the points in the Australian or Malaysian Grands Prix.
Maldonado has retired twice, with Bottas's 11th place at Sepang remains the team's best result.
Bottas admits that he was expecting to challenge for stronger results.
"Of course I was hoping to fight for better positions," he said when asked by AUTOSPORT if he was frustrated.
"The goal is to get higher and be consistently in the points.
"It's what the team was hoping for and what I'm hoping for so of course it's a bit disappointing.
"It is how it is now, we just need to get back there.
"We're understanding more all the time. We need more time but we will get there."
Bottas insists he is convinced of the potential of the Williams FW35 despite the lacklustre start to the campaign.
The team recently said it suspected the exhaust area was the biggest weakness of the car.
"It's a different car, [and] some things were better in the [2012] car," Bottas said.
"We have more potential to do better in this car though. It's not easy but we're learning more and more.
"The goal for this year is to improve the position from last year so we need to get working."
| By Sam Tremayne | Tuesday, April 2nd 2013, 16:02 GMT |
Conor Daly will compete in this year's Indianapolis 500 after securing a deal with AJ Foyt Racing.
The 21-year-old had his first taste of IndyCar when he tested for the team at Sebring at the end of last year, after which he set his sights on securing a drive in the United States.
Daly, the son of six-time Indy 500 starter Derek Daly, has spent the past two seasons racing in GP3 and will partner regular Foyt driver Takuma Sato in the May event.
"I almost can't describe what it means to have the opportunity to race in the Indianapolis 500," said Daly.
"I am so thankful that A.J. and [team director] Larry [Foyt] have given me my first shot at the greatest race in the world.
"I know this will sound cheesy but I've never been happier in my life, this race means so much to me."
Foyt, a four-time Indy 500 champion, said Daly's pace and technical feedback during his test had convinced the team to give him a seat.
"He ran well at Sebring when we needed someone to do some testing in the off season," said Foyt.
"He was fast, smooth, and didn't get in trouble. When we made a change on the car he felt it.
"I found him to be very savvy on the chassis setups.
"In fact, when we made a minor change which was really nothing, he thought about it and said it felt no different.
"I told him that was the right answer because we didn't do anything he'd be able to feel, so that impressed me, too.
"I've run a lot of rookies at Indy and I think Conor will do a good job for us."
Daly is the fourth driver scheduled to participate in the Rookie Orientation Program at Indianapolis on April 11.
AJ Allmendinger, Tristan Vautier and Carlos Munoz are also scheduled to test.
The trio recently ran at Texas as early preparation.
| By Pablo Elizalde | Tuesday, April 2nd 2013, 18:13 GMT |
The GP3 series will race in Valencia again this year after organisers confirmed the Ricardo Tormo circuit has been added to the 2013 schedule.
Valencia's will be a standalone event in the eight-race season, with the series following the Formula 1 calendar for the other seven rounds.
The Valencia race will take place on June 15-16.
The schedule for the race weekend includes a practice session on Saturday, with qualifying later on the same day. The two races will take place on Sunday.
Valencia hosted a round of the GP3 series last year, but the event took place at the street circuit during the European Grand Prix.
"We are happy to announce that Valencia has been added to the calendar," said GP3 series boss Bruno Michel. "It will be the first time that the Series will race at Circuit de Ricardo Tormo.
"2013 promises to be a very strong season for GP3 with the introduction of the GP3/13 car, recording a laptime 4.2 seconds quicker than its previous generation on the same track. The driver line-up is probably the strongest we have ever had."
| By Jonathan Noble and Matt Beer | Monday, April 1st 2013, 15:55 GMT |
Pastor Maldonado says he is a much more relaxed character this year and will therefore avoid the controversies that blighted his 2012 campaign.
Maldonado received multiple penalties for driving infractions and collisions last season.
He believes the situation escalated because he gained a poor reputation, but says he has now learned his lesson.
"Now I have more experience," said Maldonado. "I showed that I was ready to win when the opportunity was there.
"Everyone can have a difficult moment. At the same time, I had a hard time with the stewards, because after I had a couple of incidents, they were maybe looking at me more than the others.
"But you learn from your mistakes. I'm more experienced and more relaxed now, and I'm looking forward to being away from the stewards..."
Maldonado admitted that it had taken time to accept that his Williams was not always going to be a competitive car.
"Maybe I was pushing too much. I did not realise that the car did not have the performance to win all the races," he said.
"In the past I've always been fighting for victories and Formula 1 is completely different.
"Sometimes you need to be happy with a 10th place."
| By Sam Tremayne | Monday, April 1st 2013, 16:42 GMT |
Tanner Foust triumphed in the opening round of the European Rallycross Championship at Lydden on Monday.
The American started the six-car final from pole in his OMSE Ford Fiesta after winning the afternoon's opening semi.
He took full advantage of that fact to lead away from the line, his cause aided by fellow front-row starter Timur Timerzyanov electing to drive through the joker section - which all competitors must do at least once during each race - on the opening lap.
The reigning champion and winner of the second semi-final dropped to fourth as a result, but was still a threat to Foust until his left-front tyre punctured on lap three.
That left the Russian's Hansen Motorsport team-mate Timmy Hansen, second fastest in the opening semi, as the only other serious threat.
Having shadowed Foust for the first four laps, the Citroen DS3 driver's challenge faded when he had to take successive joker laps after being judged to have jumped the start.
Foust was therefore free to claim outright victory, ahead of Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme's Ford Focus and Davy Jeanney's Citroen C4.
Hansen, who had led the order heading into the semis, was fourth.
Former World Rally champion Petter Solberg fell victim to a puncture in his semi and could only finish fifth, missing out on the final.
Brother Henning, driving a Saab 9-3, overtook him late on, but missed out on a spot in the final as he came home fourth.
The elder Solberg was only the 14th-best driver in the heats, but secured a semi-final spot after the withdrawals of Alexander Hvaal, Liam Doran and Andreas Bakkerud before the opening semi.
Pos Driver Car Time 1. Tanner Foust OMSE Ford 4m23.844s 2. Jussi-Petteri Leppihalme Leppihalme Ford + 4.392s 3. Davy Jeanney JSA Citroen + 6.265s 4. Timmy Hansen Hansen Citroen + 8.086s 5. Julian Godfrey Godfrey Ford + 11.143s 6. Timur Timerzyanov Hansen Citroen - 2 laps
Find out more about FIA European Rallycross with our 2013 season guide
| By Glenn Freeman | Monday, April 1st 2013, 19:08 GMT |
The 2013 Formula Renault 3.5 grid has been completed by Zeta Corse signing Mihai Marinescu and Emmanuel Piget ahead of this weekend's season opener at Monza.
Formula 2 race winner Marinescu returns to the series full-time after making 11 starts in 2009, while ex-Formula Renault and Euro F3 Open competitor Piget, who last raced in 2010, currently has a deal for Monza only.
Team boss Claudio Corradini explained that the team's upheaval over the winter (as it took over the BVM Target entry) had proved a setback as it tried to sort its driver line-up.
"The Zeta Corse programme started a little bit late," he said. "When it came to signing drivers many of them were already busy.
"Marinescu proved key in pre-season and will be with us throughout the year, but it's been tough to secure a second full-time racer.
"Despite sampling several drivers in testing, no deals have come. For the remaining rounds [after Monza], we'll see."
2013 Formula Renault 3.5 line-up so far: Tech 1 Racing Nigel Melker Mikhail Aleshin Arden Caterham Pietro Fantin Antonio Felix da Costa Fortec Motorsports Oliver Webb Stoffel Vandoorne ISR Sergey Sirotkin Christopher Zanella Lotus Marlon Stockinger Marco Sorensen Carlin Jazeman Jaafar Carlos Huertas Comtec Racing Daniil Move Lucas Foresti International Draco Racing Nico Muller Andre Negrao DAMS Kevin Magnussen Norman Nato P1 Motorsport Will Stevens Matias Laine Pons Racing Zoel Amberg Nikolay Martsenko AV Formula Arthur Pic Yann Cunha Zeta Corse Mihai Marinescu Emmanuel Piget
| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, March 31st 2013, 16:51 GMT |
Honda salvaged a difficult opening weekend to its 2013 British Touring Car campaign with a one-two in the reversed-grid race three.
Despite both starting on the new soft tyre, which was expected to degrade, Matt Neal and Gordon Shedden came through to make amends for their problems earlier in the meeting.
Neal's Civic got away well from row two, crucially jumping the harder tyre-shod cars of Adam Morgan (Ciceley Toyota) and a slow-starting Sam Tordoff (works MG) to run second behind Mat Jackson's Motorbase Ford Focus.
Before he could make any further progress the safety car was brought out early when Dave Newsham lost his Speedworks Toyota Avensis at Paddock and clipped the unfortunate Rob Austin, causing the Audi to crash into the barriers. Both drivers escaped unharmed.
On the first lap of the restart Jackson ran wide at Druids and then appeared to hesitate, allowing Neal, Morgan and Jason Plato's MG to go by.
While Neal edged clear, Shedden was charging from the back after being excluded from race two.
The reigning champion forced his way by Jeff Smith (Eurotech Civic) just before half-distance to take sixth and soon closed on the pack fight for third, which was being slowed as Plato's soft rubber went off.
Tordoff and Shedden both overcame Andrew Jordan's Eurotech Honda and Plato, and then closed on Morgan.
With two laps to go Tordoff lunged Morgan at Clearways, allowing Shedden to get a run on both to snatch second.
He then rapidly closed on Neal and finished almost side-by-side with his triple champion team-mate.
Tordoff finished as the top hard-tyred runner in third, followed by Morgan, Plato and Jordan.
After an early off at the first corner, Colin Turkington again put on a recovery drive to come home ninth.
Having tracked David Nye (Welch Focus) for much of the race, Lea Wood's Vauxhall Vectra pounced in the closing stages to top the S2000 class and become the third different Jack Sears Trophy winner of the weekend.
Race 3 - 27 laps: Pos Driver Team/Car Time/Gap 1. Matt Neal Honda 25m14.772s 2. Gordon Shedden Honda + 0.083s 3. Sam Tordoff MG + 1.216s 4. Adam Morgan Ciceley Toyota + 2.171s 5. Jason Plato MG + 3.651s 6. Andrew Jordan Eurotech Honda + 4.727s 7. Jeff Smith Eurotech Honda + 6.026s 8. Frank Wrathall Dynojet Toyota + 6.430s 9. Colin Turkington WSR BMW + 9.508s 10. Mat Jackson Motorbase Ford + 10.133s 11. Aron Smith Motorbase Ford + 10.611s 12. Daniel Welch Welch Proton + 10.994s 13. Nick Foster WSR BMW + 19.150s 14. Will Bratt Austin Audi + 25.176s 15. Lea Wood Wood Vauxhall* + 27.179s 16. Liam Griffin Motorbase Ford* + 28.485s 17. Tom Onslow-Cole HARD VW + 29.483s 18. David Nye Welch Ford* + 30.192s 19. Joe Girling Finesse Chevrolet* + 46.370s Retirements: Rob Collard WSR BMW 5 laps Warren Scott BMR SEAT* 2 laps Dave Newsham Speedworks Toyota 1 lap Rob Austin Austin Audi 1 lap James Cole HARD Vauxhall 0 laps Not classified: Jack Goff HARD Vauxhall 20 laps * S2000
| By Hal Ridge | Sunday, March 31st 2013, 18:06 GMT |
Timmy Hansen heads the order after the opening two heats of the first round of the FIA European Rallycross Championship at Lydden.
The young Swede, starting only his third supercar race, went fastest in both the first and second heats to earn first place overall.
His team-mate and reigning champion Timur Timerzyanov sits second.
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2003 World Rally Champion Petter Solberg, who completed the first shakedown of his Citroen DS3 just days before the event, struggled in his first heat but then triumphed in his second.
Clutch problems led to the Norwegian first jumping the start and then suffering a poor getaway in his opener. He then touched a barrier on Chessons Drift, causing damage to the rear of his car, and compounded his problems by forgetting to take the joker lap.
He made amends by winning his second heat, in which he also set the second fastest time. He lies ninth overall heading into the final day.
"We still had all the issues from heat one, I just managed them better," Solberg said following his win.
"The rear of the car was still damaged; we didn't have time to fix it. I'm pretty disappointed but that's life."
British driver Liam Doran, also driving a brand new DS3 at Lydden, ended the opening day in sixth overall, two places higher than current British champion Julian Godfrey.
Sixteen-year-old Kevin Eriksson meanwhile tops the Super1600 category on his rallycross debut after finishing second and then fastest in his respective heats.
The final qualifying heats take place tomorrow morning ahead of the semi-finals and final in the afternoon.
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| By Kevin Turner | Sunday, March 31st 2013, 18:12 GMT |
British Touring Car Jack Sears Trophy frontrunner Lea Wood has lost his class victory from race three at Brands Hatch.
Wood's Vauxhall Vectra was the fastest S2000 runner in qualifying, but suspension problems in race one cost him class victory to James Kaye's AmD VW Golf.
A driveshaft failure caused Wood not to start race two, but he then overcame David Nye's Welch-run Ford to win the class in the final race.
Now Wood has been excluded after failing the ride height test.
"We changed the dampers [after race one] and unfortunately something wasn't quite right," he told AUTOSPORT.
"We're gutted, but the pace was there."
Wood's exclusion means Motorbase Ford driver Liam Griffin take his second class victory of the weekend.
