Some people send flowers, others a write a thank you note -- but whenever DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom expresses his appreciation to his team-mates for their support on his way to the title win, this involves some really hard action: for three days, the Audi stars let off steam in Sweden with

A few years ago, Ryan Newman hopped into his pickup truck after practice at Martinsville Speedway and went looking for a place to fish. He didn`t have a boat; he didn`t even have a map.

Seven-time Champion bows out of Formula One Michael Schumacher retired on Sunday as a seven time drivers' world champion but with a career dogged by controversy. The 37-year-old went into his last race today at Interlagos having won 91 races on his way to seven drivers' world titles, including five for Ferrari. He needed a miracle if he was to clinch an eighth crown here after a fuel pump problem in qualifying left him tenth on the grid while rival Fernando Alonso, needing just a point to defend his title, started in fourth.

`I am not aware of a problem`
Jean Todt has scoffed at pitlane rumblings that Ferrari`s allegedly `flexible` new rear wing is illegal.
The Italian team`s principal suggested that the timing of the complaint -

Malaysian GP - Renault - Preview II
Denis Chevrier, Head of Trackside Engine Operations at the Renault F1 Team, talks about the performance of the French team in Bahrain and his expectations for the next Grand Prix

Malaysian GP - Renault - Preview I
After winning the first round of the season in Bahrain, the Renault F1 Team is now getting ready for its next challenge, the Malaysian Grand Prix this coming weekend.
Fernando

Finland : Peurunkaralli - Finish
The fourth round of the Finnish Rally Championship – the Peurunkaralli – took place last weekend in Laukaa, which is around 25 km North of Jyväskylä. Around 100 km of competitive

In the PCWRC category
Aki Teiskonen, who finished sixth in his rookie season in the PCWRC category, has a challenging season ahead of him. The Finn`s only target is to win the championship.
In Finland interest

Rosberg at the top of the list
We could have expected to find Fernando Alonso or Michael Schumacher as the fastest driver over a single lap in yesterday’s Grand Prix but to almost everyone’s surprise, Nico Rosberg

That is the revelation of FIA president Max Mosley
F1 is now `close` to declaring an end to the war that once threatened to tear the pinnacle of racing apart.
That is the revelation of FIA president Max Mosley,

``Rosberg was really impressive...``
Jean Todt has counted Williams into the reckoning after the Grove based team`s impressive start in Bahrain.
Although his team, Renault, Honda and McLaren all looked like potential

The rumour is not confirmed
According to reports in the German press, Ferrari`s Michael Schumacher may have now signed a new two-year deal to stick around in F1 until the end of 2008.
After missing the Bahrain

Malaysian GP - Super Aguri Honda - Preview
Super Aguri Formula 1 team now heads to Malaysia for the second round of the 2006 Formula One World Championship following an exciting and eventful debut Grand Prix for

Difficult race for Montoya
Kimi Raikkonen thinks it`s a winner, but his McLaren teammate Juan Pablo Montoya struggled to get the best out of the new MP4-21 McLaren car.
That is the revelation of Mercedes` competition

Malaysian GP - Honda - Preview
Hot on the heels of an encouraging start to the season in Bahrain last Sunday, the Honda Racing F1 Team heads east across the Indian Ocean to Malaysia for the second round of the Formula

Malaysian GP - Williams Cosworth - Preview
Following a strong showing at the opening round of the season in Bahrain, where both Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg finished in point scoring positions, the WilliamsF1 Team

Malaysian GP - Toyota - Preview
Fresh from the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, the F1 circus is now en route to the second part of a challenging double-header.
The Malaysian Grand Prix has been held at Kuala

``These are great challenging stages``
Eugene Donnelly took the victory in last weekend`s Rally Ireland, a great result for the local driver. The race – which is bidding for a round of the 2007 World Rally Championship

Rally Ireland : Finish
Rally Ireland, Ireland`s bid event for the World Rally Championship, concluded yesterday in Sligo city with Ireland`s Eugene Donnelly taking first, Eamon Boland taking second, Swedish WRC

Por las Pampas : After Leg 5
The Repsol Mitsubishi Ralliart Team held first and second positions in the overall standings after the fifth of nine selective sections of the punishing Patagonia-Atacama Rally, the

`The strategy worked... just`
Pat Symonds was a happy man at the end of a scintillating Bahraini Grand Prix yesterday as his man Fernando Alonso won from Michael Schumacher.

Pat, what did you think of that?!
"It

Great season start for the World Champion
Fernando Alonso took the victory in the first Grand Prix of the 2006 season in Bahrain, a great way to defend his 2005 title.
Fernando, how was your race?
“I made

Former Minardi owner missing the sport
Paul Stoddart says he `enormously` regrets quitting Formula One.
The 51-year-old entrepreneur sold Minardi to Red Bull last year, setting up full time in Australia with

Alain Dassas the Renault F1 President
Renault confirmed today that Patrick Faure, President of the Renault F1 Team, will retire after 27 years in numerous positions of responsibility at Renault, in particular at

German media reports on Schumacher`s return
Fernando Alonso may have won the opening Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday but Germany hailed their seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher as the victor following