Toyota plans to grab 14% of global market
A leaked copy of Toyota Motor Corp.’s “global master plan" calls for grabbing 14% of the world car market by 2010 as the company moves toward unseating rival General Motors … Read More
Yates may sell No. 88
Ford officials have picked up the pace with Robby Gordon, the company's newest NASCAR driver, adding an engineer to crew chief Greg Erwin's staff. However, car owner Robert Yates, for … Read More
Mexicans may get all Champ Car races back on TV
A good source from TvAzteca’s broadcast team member (who has been working in Champ Car telecasts for a while) revealed to AutoRacing1.com Sunday that they are trying really hard to … Read More
A1GP does not like Champ Car chicane
There are still five months to the A1 Grand Prix race in Mexico City, which will be racing at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez for the first time. Julio Jauregui, vice-president … Read More
Overheard in Mexico – III
Word in the Mexico City paddock is that Rocketsports is pretty much set on sponsorship for next season for a two-car effort…..Simon Pagenaud is still talking to a number of … Read More
Schumacher could drive again
Mark Webber has speculated that Michael Schumacher return to Formula One in a testing capacity. Schumacher, the seven-times world champion, retired at the end of last season and Webber reckons … Read More
Roush sponsor to move up to Cup
Sporting News has learned that Roush Racing will announce Sunday that Ameriquest Mortgage, currently a sponsor for Roush in the NASCAR Busch Series, will step up and take over as … Read More
Wrigley’s to sponsor Montoya
Chip Ganassi Racing also will announce that the William Wrigley Jr. Co., through its Wrigley gum brand, will be a primary sponsor for three races on the No. 42 Nextel … Read More
Grand-Am to go it alone in Mexico City
"The Mexico City Daytona Prototype Race, which has been taking place as part of the NASCAR Busch race the last two years, will probably move to be a standalone event … Read More
Overheard in Mexico – I
UPDATE We also hear that the Paul Stoddart deal to enter Champ Car is indeed done and it will be good. So good in fact that there is a reasonable … Read More
Seen in Mexico City – II
Although Mike Lanigan told AutoRacing1.com that there was no truth to the rumors that Mi-Jack would be doing anything with Newman/Haas next year, word in the paddock is that a … Read More
Kimi to retire after 2009
Nov.11 (GMM) Kimi Raikkonen says he might not be in the F1 paddock long enough to have a crack at Ferrari predecessor Michael Schumacher's bag of records. The Finn, who … Read More
Burton to drive No. 4 in 2007
After a long hiatus, Ward Burton is slated to be the full-time driver of the #4 next year. "We haven't completely signed the deal, but we've agreed on one," team … Read More
England and France may be forced to alternate
UPDATE “We said it doesn’t work for us," BRDC chairman, Stuart Rolt, explained in the Times. “We were not able to see how a grand prix every second year works … Read More
Geoff Bodine to return for Daytona 500
UPDATE At 57, Geoff Bodine has found an elixir that he says has revitalized his arthritic body. Now, he hopes to attempt to qualify for February's Daytona 500 with the … Read More
Rossi to test DTM car
UPDATE Valentino Rossi has insisted that his DTM test at Hockenheim is purely for fun and that he has no plans to race in the series. The Italian was speaking … Read More
ING to sponsor Belgium GP too
The Dutch financial company ING recently announced its plans to sponsor the Australian Grand Prix and we are expecting another announcement shortly, indicating that the firm is also going to … Read More
Winkelhock to keep Spyker test seat
(GMM) Markus Winkelhock says he can stay at Spyker in 2007 as a test driver. The 26-year-old German, who is the son of the late F1 driver Manfred, ruled himself … Read More
2007 Champ Car Atlantic team to announce
UPDATE We hear that the US RaceTronics team will announce their lineup Saturday. 11/08/06 According to AutoRacing1.com sources, there's a possibility there could be a 2007 Atlantic team lineup announcement … Read More
Champ Car blesses Assen, Holland circuit
According to sources in Holland, the Assen TT circuit has been given preliminary approval by Tony Cotman, race-director of the Champ Car World Series after a short visit to the … Read More
Ex-ALMS GT2 team eyes Daytona Prototypes
"My goal for the second car is to be a good partner that complements Ruby Tuesday and sees good benefit to being in Grand-Am," ex-ALMS GT2 team owner Alex Job … Read More
BMW eyes Glock
(GMM) 2006 GP2 racer Timo Glock will test in Spain for BMW-Sauber in November and December, the German squad confirmed on Tuesday. In a statement, Hinwil based BMW-Sauber said the … Read More
Klien on Honda’s short list
UPDATE #2 (GMM) Mere hours after Honda confirmed its interest in signing Christian Klien as a test driver, the Red Bull refugee says he would 'welcome' a deal with the … Read More
Nissan, Prost, consider F1 team
UPDATE #2 (GMM) A spokesperson for David Richards' future Formula One team Prodrive has refused to expand on speculation of talks with carmakers about 2008. 'Sky Sports' floated the concept … Read More