HRT have today announced that engineer Toni Cuquerella will take on the role of technical director within the team with immediate effect.
Adrian Quaife-Hobbs scored his second Auto GP World Series win with a fine drive through from seventh place in Race 2 at Valencia, strengthening his points lead.
A sensational Rally Portugal has delivered one last surprise, with rally winner Mikko Hirvonen excluded for use of a n0n-homologated clutch component in his Citroen DS3 WRC.
With just days remaining before the start of the new MotoGP season, The Checkered Flag is counting down all week to the curtain raiser in Qatar
Carlos Checa leads the 2012 Superbike World Championship standings after a third straight victory at Imola
Carlos Checa took his victory tally at Imola to five with another classy display in the second race of the day
Overall BTCC drivers’ and teams’ championship standings, following the opening weekend of the season at Brands Hatch.
Jason Plato took a terrific first win for the new MG KX Momentum Racing squad, overcoming Andrew Jordan in the final race of the day at Brands Hatch.
Alain Menu maintained Chevrolet’s unbeaten start to the 2012 World Touring Car Championship season with victory in Race 2 at Valencia, leading home four BMWs in an incident-packed race.
Carlos Checa produced a carbon copy of his race one victory to complete a double at Imola
Kevin Harvick fired a warning shot to his Sprint Cup competitors with a dominant victory in the Kroger 200 Camping World Truck Series race at the Martinsville paperclip. Harvick, 36, led a record 248 laps aboard his no.2 Tide Richard Childress Chevrolet Silverado and was comfortably able to hold off team-mate Ty Dillon, younger brother of last year’s Truck championAustin, after a late restart, duly collecting the trademark Martinsville grandfather clock for his efforts.
Tonio Liuzzi’s debut weekend in the International Superstars Series ended with victory in Race 2 at Monza.
Matt Neal took the first win for the NGTC spec touring cars, holding off perennial rival Jason Plato during a mid-race scrap in the second race of the day at Brands Hatch.
Mikko Hirvonen capitalised on Friday’s carnage to win Rally Portugal, with team-mate Sebastien Loeb and Ford rival Jari-Matti Latvala failing to finish in the points.
Fernando Alonso wins in Malaysia for Ferrari, Sergio Perez finishes second for Sauber, and Lewis Hamilton gets on the podium for McLaren.
Yvan Muller continued his 100% start to his World Touring Car Championship title defence with a dominant victory in the first race at Valencia.
Max Pigoli successfully converted pole position into victory in the International Superstars Series curtain-raiser at Monza, but it was debutant Vitantonio Liuzzi who lived up to his billing by putting in the star performance to finish third after starting at the back of the grid.



