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Sarah Fisher says she has no qualms about stepping aside for Graham Rahal at the St Petersburg and Barber Motorsports Park IndyCar rounds - hailing the 21-year-old American as an “incredible talent.” Rahal revealed last night that he had secured a two-round deal with Sarah Fisher Racing, having been searching for a new drive following his winter split with Newman/Haas/Lanigan, which was prompted by a sponsor departure. Fisher had initially planned to drive at St Pete and Barber herself as part of her expanded nine-round 2010 programme with her own team

By Leanne Fahy
It’s that time of year again. Yes that’s right, it’s March and that can only mean one thing – engines are being fired up, drivers are signing their lives away for another year behind the wheel, and we’re all getting ready to spend every living minute trackside.
British GT is back for another year [...]

Jacques Villeneuve is set to join the BBC’s Radio 5 Live commentary team for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 1997 Formula 1 world champion, who has been disappointed in recent weeks after his plans to return to F1 this year with Stefan GP collapsed when the team was not granted a last-minute 2010 entry, will move into the commentary box for the first race of the season. The incumbent Radio 5 Live team consists of David Croft and ex-Honda driver Anthony Davidson

Bruno Senna says there will not be a problem with disparity in speed between cars this weekend in Bahrain, as long as the drivers respect each other.

The assets of the A1GP championship have been put up for sale by the Administrator and Liquidator acting for the series’ organisers. Twenty of the Powered by Ferrari second generation cars are available, plus 12 of the original Lola-Zyteks used for A1GP’s first three seasons

Darren Turner will race for JMW Motorsport in the Le Mans Series this season.

ORECA came out on top on the second day of the official pre-season Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard. The French squad’s AIM-engined chassis was fastest in the hands of Soheil Ayari in both of Monday’s session

Same-Day Tribute to 58th Annual Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring Revisits Legendary GT1 Corvette C6.R
The 120 Minutes of Sebring, a tribute to America’s oldest sports car race, is slated to run concurrently with this year’s Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring on March 20.  The third stop on iRacing.com’s 2010 World Tour, the [...]

iRacers went three for four in last weekend’s Grand American Road Racing Series visit to Homestead-Miami Speedway.  Jeff Segal (who joined iRacing in February) teamed with Emil Assentato to pilot the SpeedSource Mazda RX8 to victory in the GT class of the Grand Prix of Miami while, a little further back, Joey Hand drove the [...]

Stirling Moss is recovering in hospital from serious injuries he suffered in a lift accident at his home over the weekend. The racing legend fell down three floors of a lift shaft following a malfunction with the lift doors - when they opened on the third floor while the lift was still a floor further up. Moss broke both ankles and four bones in his feet, plus suffered further damage to his vertebrae, in the fall.

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Jason von Kluge completed a sweep of the opening weekend of the Ford Racing Mustang Challenge Series with his second victory in as many days Sunday at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Von Kluge was joined on the podium by polesitter Pratt Cole, with George Winkler emerging from a thrilling race with Dan Aweida to take third

The French ORECA squad monopolised the top of the timesheets on the opening day of the official Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard. The team’s own petrol-engined contender, the ORECA-AIM 01, ended up fastest in the hands of Soheil Ayari, while Olivier Panis set the second best time of the day in the ORECA-run Peugeot 908 turbodiesel. Ayari’s best of 1m43.259s was just over a second quicker than team-mate Panis on 1m44.292s

Jack Roush Jr. and Billy Johnson won their second GRAND-AM Continental Tire Sports Car Challenge Grand Sport race together, the Homestead 200, in the No. 61 ROUSH Performance Products Ford Mustang GT.  The win was also Jack Roush Sr.’s 400th as a car owner.  In nearly 40 years as an owner, Roush Sr. has also [...]

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Scott Pruett held off a furious late-race challenge from David Donohue to win Saturday evening’s Grand Prix of Miami Grand Am Rolex Sports Car Series event at Homestead-Miami Speedway

ORECA has unveiled the livery its Peugeot 908 HDi FAP will carry this year, ahead of the car’s public debut in the Le Mans Series test at Paul Ricard tomorrow. The French squad has secured the customer Peugeot LMP1 deal for 2010 and will run its 908 in the full LMS and the Le Mans 24 Hours. Olivier Panis and Nicolas Lapierre will drive the car for the full season, with Loic Duval joining them at Ricard and Le Mans.

Former GP2 race winner and A1GP frontrunner Clivio Piccione is to switch to sportscars this year, having signed for the Hexis Aston Martin team in the new GT1 World Championship.

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Loic Duval has been announced as the final member of ORECA’s squad for its Peugeot LMP1 programme this year.

Phoenix Carsport team manager Dirk Theimann expects GP2 convert Andreas Zuber to settle in quickly on his switch to sportscars in the new GT1 World Championship this year. After four seasons in GP2, the 26-year-old Austrian has moved away from single-seaters to join long-time FIA GT frontrunner Mike Hezemans in the new Phoenix Carsport alliance’s lead Corvette

Enrique Bernoldi says he expects to be a contender for the inaugural GT1 World Championship title after switching to the Matech Ford team for 2010. The former Formula 1 racer contested a part-season in predecessor series FIA GT last year with the Sangari Brazil Corvette squad and was an immediate frontrunner, winning the Paul Ricard round with team-mate Roberto Streit.