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Title rivals Pantano and Senna stop on final lap at Valencia (GP2)

The GP2 feature race at the Circuito Urbano Valencia came to a surprising end as title rivals Giorgio Pantano and Bruno Senna both ran out of fuel on the final lap.
Pantano had run away with the race from pole position and was poised to win when his car rolled to a halt on the final [...]

Tom Onslow-Cole punts Jason Plato into the barriers (BTCC)

The TV commentators sucked their teeth and said things like “ooh, it’s a bit hard to tell what’s happened from that angle.”
What garbage. They were looking at footage of a collision between Jason Plato and Tom Onslow-Cole in this afternoon’s third British Touring Car race at Knockhill.
Plato is chasing Fabrizio Giovanardi (Onslow-Cole’s team mate) in [...]

Sebastien Buemi wins as Senna closes on Pantano (GP2)

Sebastien Buemi scored his second win in a sprint race this year with a measured drive at the Hungaroring.
The Swiss driver capitalised on a mistake by early leader Andy Soucek halfway through the race and smoothly pulled out a commanding lead in the heat at Hungary.
Bruno Senna made up vital ground in his championship battle [...]

Disaster for Pantano breathes life into title battle (GP2)

A moment’s misjudgement by Giorgio Pantano at the Hungaroring cost him vital points in the championship. And it handed Bruno Senna an opportunity to reduce the gap between the pair in the title race which the iSport driver did not waste.
Senna finished third behind winner Lucas di Grassi and Andreas Zuber, the pair nose-to-tail for [...]

Scott Dixon takes fifth win of 2008 at Edmonton (Indy Car)

Scott Dixon won once again in the Indy Racing League thanks to rapid pit work by his Ganassi pit crew and a slice of fortunate with the race distance.
Dixon had a quiet race until the late stages when one of his Penske rivals was knocked into a spin and the other fell back in the [...]

Ex-Champ Car drivers shine at Edmonton (Indy Car)

The former Champ Car drivers in the Indy Racing League have enjoyed their best qualifying session of the year at Edmonton. It’s the only time the IRL regulars and the ‘transition teams’ will compete together at an ex-Champ Car venue this year.
Penske duo Ryan Brisco and Helio Castroneves locked out the front row but seven [...]

Ryan Briscoe takes second win of 2008 at Mid-Ohio (Indy Car)

Ryan Briscoe won for Penske at Mid-Ohio in a hectic race that started on a wet track.
Briscoe started second alongside Helio Castroneves but dropped back early on as Justin Wilson and Scott Dixon passed him.
But with a few laps the drivers were switxhing to slick tyres and the two that changed earliest - Vitor Meira [...]

Pantano wins after Grosjean penalised; Chandhok takes sprint win (GP2)

Romain Grosjean drove an excellent race at the Hockenheimring to beat Giorgio Pantano to the chequered flag. Grosjean followed Pantano closesly throughout the race and took advantage of a heavy shower late in the race to overtake the championship leader.
But on the following lap he overtook the lapped Marko Asmer under a yellow flag. The [...]

Luca Filippi and Sakon Yamamoto ride the GP2 merry-go-round

Luca Filippi has lost his ART seat to ex-Formula 1 driver Sakon Yamamoto.
In the latest GP2 driver market move Filippi has switched to Arden taking Yelmer Buurman’s place, leaving the Dutchman without a drive.
Rumours suggest a falling-out between Filippi and ART, allegedly because the team neglected the Italian while favouring Romain Grosjean, who won the [...]

Nigel Mansell considering sports car comeback with sons?

Nigel Mansell is planning another return to motor racing according to Motor Sport magazine.
The magazine claims Mansell, along with sons Greg and Leo, is planning to race a Lola LMP1 sports car.
The Mansells tried out a Lola-AER 06/10 LMP1 at Estoril, former home of the Portuguese Grand Prix during a Dunlop tyre test.

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