Dr Colin Kolles, Team Principal: "After the exciting race in Belgium, we are looking forward to coming to another historical Grand Prix in Monza. The Autodromo di Monza is an ultimate power circuit with a top speed rate of 70 per cent
Alex MacDowall took his second British Touring Car Championship pole position of the season at Knockhill. The Chevrolet driver broke Darren Turner's qualifying record by lapping the Scottish circuit in 53.009s with four minutes of the session remaining. "It's my local track, but I've not been here for about three years," he said
Roger Yasukawa will make his now-annual return to the IndyCar Series for the next round at Motegi, driving for Conquest Racing for the second year in a row. The Japanese-American driver has not contested a full season since racing for Dreyer & Reinbold in 2005, but returned for the Indianapolis 500 in 2006/07 and has since secured one-off deals for Motegi each year. "I have not driven an Indycar for a year now, but I am very confident that the team will give me a strong car," said Yasukawa
Daniel Ricciardo led from lights to flag at Hockenheim to claim his third Formula Renault 3.5 victory of the season. The Tech 1 driver has now closed to within two points of championship leader Mikhail Aleshin, who finished a battling fifth after locking up heavily on the opening lap and dropping two positions. "It's a good start to the second half of the year after a such long break," said Ricciardo
Moto2 championship leader Toni Elias took pole for the first time since the season opener by winning a tight battle with young British rider Scott Redding at Misano. Although Elias has five wins - including three in a row in the last three rounds - and a 67-point advantage under his belt, the former MotoGP rider had only taken one pole so far this year, for the series' maiden race at Losail
Augusto Farfus clinched his second pole position of the World Touring Car season in an incident-packed qualifying session at Oschersleben on Saturday afternoon.
Jorge Lorenzo is optimistic that he can take the fight to Dani Pedrosa in tomorrow's San Marino Grand Prix, despite the Honda rider's strong form so far this weekend. Pedrosa was fastest by 0.6 seconds on Friday then took pole by 0.3s over Lorenzo today.
Tottenham's Craig Dolby is feeling confident ahead of qualifying for this weekend's Superleague Formula races at Adria, despite two difficult practice sessions for the title-chasing team so far. Having missed this morning's session completely due to an engine management issue, Dolby finished the second practice in only 13th place after struggling to match pacesetter, Davide Rigon (Anderlecht).
Casey Stoner believes he is in better shape for the San Marino Grand Prix than for several races, despite crashing in qualifying. The Ducati rider will start third at Misano, behind Honda's Dani Pedrosa and Yamaha's Jorge Lorenzo, and had a low-speed fall at Turn 4 early in the session. However he is very confident for the race having reverted to older specification forks today after struggling in practice