F1 agrees to cost-cutting measures
Jan 9, 2009 Formula One
LONDON (AP) — Formula One teams unanimously agreed to a series of cost-cutting measures Thursday, including limits on expensive testing and a cheaper engine for smaller teams starting in 2010.
Toro Rosso confirm Buemi for 2009
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Sebastien Buemi will drive for Formula One’s Toro Rosso this season, according to the team website.
New Donington gets go-ahead
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Plans for a £100m revamp of Donington Park, the new home of the British Grand Prix from 2010, are approved.
Kawasaki pulls team out of MotoGP
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Japanese manufacturer Kawasaki pulls out of MotoGP to cut costs amid the global financial crisis.
Wichita aimed at four-miler
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Jonjo O’Neill hopes Wichita Lineman can complete his Cheltenham Festival preparations at Carlisle on Sunday.
Carlisle hopeful for Sunday
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Officials at Carlisle plan to inspect the track on Saturday but remain hopeful of staging Sunday’s jumps meeting.
Warwick off, Wetherby look
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Warwick’s meeting is the latest to fall foul of the freezing weather while Wetherby is subject to an inspection. Ayr should go ahead.
Kelso fails inspection
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Friday’s afternoon meeting at Kelso as been abandoned after the track failed a second inspection.
Wetherby offer hope
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Officials at Wetherby have offered renewed hope that Saturday’s meeting will beat the freeze.
Toro Rosso confirm Buemi
Jan 9, 2009 Formula One
Toro Rosso have confirmed that Sebastien Buemi will drive for them this coming season.
Richards rules out Honda deal
Jan 9, 2009 Formula One
Prodrive boss David Richards has ruled himself out of the running to buy the Honda F1 team.
Racing: Waterhouse chases fourth classic win
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Shadow Assassin’s senior part-owner Neil Werrett will interrupt a skiing holiday in Japan to watch his youngster bid for Magic Millions Classic glory at the Gold Coast today.
Werrett, who races the Dane Shadow gelding with close…
Racing: Beer and whitebait deadheat
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
At the Gold Coast races today they’ll be eating Morton Bay bugs and garlic prawns and washing them down with champagne.
At Kumara the fare will be whitebait and beer.
Gold Coast patrons will see a race, the Magic Millions, run…
Mike Dillon: Expect another statement from exciting The Heckler
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Take the short odds on The Heckler at Ellerslie today.
If he arrives on track in the same condition that saw him make a stunning winning debut on Boxing Day, he’ll be winning again.
The Heckler had to work both ends of that…
Racing: ‘Head case’ goes bush for clash with crack sprinter in Stakes
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Bush treks have Mind Your Head primed for a showdown with Lucky Secret in a four-horse Rubiton Stakes at Caulfield today.
Mind Your Head’s trainer John Ledger said he was looking forward to a race of tactics after connections of…
Racing: Young Beadman set to repay boss
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
Mitchell Beadman is keen to repay the faith his new boss Chris Waller has shown in him when he begins a new chapter in a roller-coaster career at Rosehill today.
Beadman makes his return to riding for the first time since his…
Merger Saves Floundering Petty Team
Jan 9, 2009 NASCAR
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Jan. 9) - Richard Petty’s famed No. 43 Dodge was rescued from near ruin Thursday when Gillett Evernham Motorsports agreed to merge with Petty’s slumping organization to create a new team.
Al Attiyah kicked out of Dakar
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
NASSER Al Attiyah has seen his Dakar Rally hopes crushed after being kicked off the raid, which had previously been scarred by controversy surrounding the death of a competitor.
Kawasaki pulls out of MotoGP
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
JAPAN’S Kawasaki Heavy Industries said Friday it will withdraw from the MotoGP racing circuit as the global economic crisis pressures the firm to cut costs.
Vermeulen’s Suzuki still on track
Jan 9, 2009 Motor Sport
REPORTS that Australian Chris Vermeulen’s Suzuki team could follow Kawasaki out of MotoGP have been strongly denied.
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