You may have seen some reports claiming that WRC driver Sebastien Loeb may be joining F1 in the near future. Pure speculation. The 2008 rally champion has merely been offered a drive with the Red Bull Racing team as a reward for collecting his fifth WRC title.Loeb will drive the RB4 formula 1 car at a preliminary test at Silverstone before an official test session on November 14th in Barcelona.Loeb is no stranger to an F1 car after driving a Renault in 2007 at the French GP Paul Ricard circui... Read Full Story

Subaru WRC team driver Petter Solberg finished this year's Rally Japan in a positive mood after posting a series of top three times and three stage wins during the final day.Having retired on Saturday due to damage to the Impreza's suspension, Solberg rallied on Sunday's stages under the SuperRally rules to continue the pace that saw him clock the fastest time on SS12. Solberg eventually finished in eighth place but was happy with the progress he'd made in the Impreza WRC2008.... Read Full Story

Lewis Hamilton has won the Formula 1 World ChampionshipHamilton is the new F1 World ChampionLewis Hamilton becomes the youngest Formula 1 World ChampionReport to follow... Read Full Story

BP Ford Abu Dhabi picked up a 1-2 finish for WRC Rally Japan with Mikko Hirvonen completing the final stage to take victory but third place for Citroen's Sebastien Loeb was enough to secure his fifth WRC drivers’ title.Hirvonen ended the rally with a 31.1sec advantage but Loeb's assured drive throughout the event was all the Frenchman needed to pick up the big prize. Hirvonen paid tribute to the champion at the end of the Sapporo stage.“That’s it, it’s over," said the Finn."... Read Full Story

Felipe Massa claimed pole position during qualifying for this year's Brazilian GP, his third in a row at his home circuit. To add to the partisan crowd's delight at seeing their hero on the front row, current championship leader Lewis Hamilton could only place fourth on the grid with Toyota’s Jarno Trulli in second place and Kimi Raikkonen third in the other Ferrari. Massa was quicker than Hamilton by nearly half a second but the large margin over both the McLaren's indicated that... Read Full Story

Fernando Alonso reminded the two F1 championship rivals that he still has the pace of a champion by topping the timesheets in the dying seconds of second practice for the Brazilian GP at Interlagos. The Renault driver pushed Ferrari title-hopeful Felipe Massa into second place with a few minutes remaining of the Friday afternoon session and vaulted from 18th position with a lap time of 1:12.296s. Lewis Hamilton had a poor 90 minutes session in the McLaren with some costly errors that landed h... Read Full Story

Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton got the Brazilian Grand Prix practice session off to a flying start with a 1-2 in Friday’s opening run. Hamilton was quickest for most of the session, but Massa edged toward his McLaren rival and pipped him to the P1 spot with six minutes left on the clock. Massa’s lap time of 1:12.305s eclipsed Hamilton’s earlier lap by 0.19s, and gave the Brazilian driver a mental boost as he looks to haul back Hamilton’s seven-point championship advantage. The session starte... Read Full Story

Could Rally Japan see Citroen WRC driver Sebastien Loeb collect his fifth WRC drivers' championship title?Simple answer...yes. Loeb would have to go through a catastrophic two remaining rallies to lose his grip on this year's title race. A 14 point lead is mathematically possible for nearest rival Mikko Hirvonen to overturn but Loeb is so good that mistakes are as rare as a tax reduction.So, ten days and counting until the Frenchman wraps up another championship at the Pioneer Carrozz... Read Full Story

Hamilton wins F1 China GPLewis Hamilton put one hand on his first world championship crown with a crushing victory over the Ferraris in the Chinese Grand Prix. The McLaren driver moved seven points ahead of title rival Felipe Massa with just 10 up for grabs in the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix in a fortnight’s time after a dominant lights-to-flag victory. In a week where he has come in for a barrage of criticism from the media and his fellow drivers for his driving and attitude, Hamilton... Read Full Story

A selection of driver quotes after qualifying for the 2008 China GPLewis Hamilton, McLaren (1st, Q3 - 1m 36.303s):"I got a bit out of shape during my first run in Q3; I ran a bit wide at Turn Eight and oversteered onto the marbles, which put me on the wrong line for Turn Nine and left me cleaning my tyres for the rest of the lap. But I pulled it all together for my final attempt - and it was as close as I could get to a perfect lap. Our whole weekend has gone well, I can really feel the ... Read Full Story