Honda's Dani Pedrosa claimed a superb victory in the Japanese MotoGP Sunday ahead of reigning world champion and fellow Spaniard Jorge Lorenzo.
CNN's Don Riddell meets Venezuela's first Formula One driver in 27 years.
World champion Sebastian Vettel is on track for a fifth successive Formula One race win after claiming a hat-trick of pole positions for the 2011 season with another dominant display at the Chinese Grand Prix on Saturday.
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen led a Ford clean sweep of the podium in the Rally of Sweden, the opening round of the world rally championship.
France's Sebastien Ogier underlined his growing promise with a storming drive to win the Rally of Portugal, his maiden victory in the world championship.
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb comfortably held off the chasing pack to secure victory in the Rally of Jordan on Saturday -- his second win of the season.
Sebastien Loeb wrapped up his sixth straight world rally title by claiming victory in the final round of the championship on Sunday.
Sebastien Loeb closed on a record sixth straight world rally title as he extended his lead after the second day of the season-ending race in Wales.
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb took another step towards a sixth consecutive world rally championship title by winning the Rally of Spain on Sunday -- clinching the constructors' championship for Citroen in the process.
Sebastien Loeb maintained his world championship challenge by claiming the lead after the second day of the Catalunya Rally as he edged Citroen teammate Dani Sordo.
Local favorite Dani Sordo produced a fantastic display to hold the lead after the opening day of the Rally of Spain -- the penultimate race of the season.
Ford's Mikko Hirvonen was awarded victory in the Rally Australia after Citroen's three drivers were penalized by race stewards for a technical infringement.
Spain's Dani Sordo outshone Citroen team-mate Sebastien Loeb to move into pole position in the Rally Australia by the narrowest of margins.
Rock-throwing environmental protesters disrupted the first full day of the Rally of Australia, leading to the cancellation of a special stage on Friday.
Mikko Hirvonen secured his first victory in the Rally of Finland to extend his lead in the world championship over arch-rival Sebastien Loeb.
Mikko Hirvonen extended his lead at the Rally of Finland on Saturday to boost his hopes of a first victory in his home event, while Formula One star Kimi Raikkonen suffered a spectacular crash.
Mikko Hirvonen moved to the top of the World Rally Championship standings after a comfortable victory at the Rally of Poland on Sunday.
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen made significant inroads into Sebastien Loeb's World Rally Championship lead after completing a comfortable victory in the Acropolis Rally on Sunday.
Mikko Hirvonen leads the Acropolis Rally in Greece going into Sunday's final day, after world champion Sebastien Loeb crashed out.
Sebastien Loeb's unblemished start to the World Rally Championship came to a shuddering halt on Sunday as Jari-Matti Latvala eased to victory at the Rally d'Italia in Sardinia.
Jari-Matti Latvala saw his lead of the Rally d'Italia slashed by 30 seconds during Saturday's second leg as the Finn failed to match the pace of charging BP Ford team-mate Mikko Hirvonen.
World champion Sebastien Loeb clinched his fifth victory in the five rounds of the 2009 World Rally Championship so far with another impressive performance in the Rally of Argentina on Sunday.
Sebastien Loeb's immaculate start to the World Rally Championship continued on Sunday with victory in the Rally of Portugal, his fourth win out of four events in 2009.
Citroen's Sebastien Loeb cruised to victory in Cyprus to record his 50th World Rally Championship win -- his third from three rounds this season.
World champion Sebastien Loeb increased his advantage in the Cyprus Rally by eight seconds on Saturday after claiming another stage victory on the gravel roads around Limassol.
World champion Sebastien Loeb has made an outstanding start to Rally of Cyprus by winning five of the opening six stages on Friday.
Sebastien Loeb continued his perfect start to the new World Rally Championship season by taking victory in Norway -- dealing a major blow to Ford's title hopes in the process.
Sebastien Loeb holds the lead at the end of the opening day of the Rally of Norway, having moved ahead of Mikko Hirvonen on Friday's final stage.
Sebastien Loeb made the perfect start to his defense of the world rally championship with victory in the season-opener in Ireland.
Mikko Hirvonen kept his slender world title hopes alive by continuing to lead the Rally of Japan after Saturday's four special stages.
Sebastien Loeb marched towards a fifth consecutive world title with his fourth successive victory at his home Rally of Corsica on Sunday.
World champion Sebastien Loeb is closing fast on a fourth straight Rally of Corsica victory as he goes into the final day with a commanding 52.4 second lead over world title rival Mikko Hirvonen.
World champion Sebastien Loeb stormed to victory on all six stages on the opening day of the Rally of Corsica on Friday to stay on course for a fifth consecutive world title.
Sebastien Loeb took a stranglehold on the world championship with his fourth successive victory in the Rally of Catalunya on Sunday.
Reigning world champion Sebastien Loeb moved closer to a fourth straight Catalunya Rally victory after winning four of Saturday's six stages to extend his overall lead in Spain.
World champion Sebastien Loeb dominated the opening day of the Rally of Catalonia, winning all six stages to open-up a 15.8 second lead over Citroen team-mate Dani Sordo.
Four-time world champion Sebastien Loeb of France won the Rally of Finland on Sunday for the first time to boost his chances of a fifth title.
Four-time world champion Sebastien Loeb moved closer to his first Rally of Finland victory after winning the final stage of Saturday's racing.
Four-time defending world champion Sebastien Loeb posted the fastest times on 10 of the 11 special stages on Friday to take a 14.4-second lead over Mikko Hirvonen after the first day in the Rally Finland.
Mikko Hirvonen reclaimed his spot at the top of the World Rally Championship standings as Ford secured a one-two finish ahead of Citroen's Sebastien Loeb in Turkey on Sunday.
Mikko Hirvonen is poised to reclaim the overall world rally championship lead after opening up a 34.2 seconds advantage over series leader and world champion Sebastien Loeb in the Rally of Turkey.
Ford's Finnish duo Mikko Hirvonen and Jari-Matti Latvala gifted the lead to Citroen's Sebastien Loeb at the end of the first leg of the Rally of Turkey in a tactical ploy to ensure the Frenchman starts first on day two.
Sebastien Loeb is heading for his second successive victory in this year's world rally championship after taking a commanding lead on the first day of the Acropolis Rally in Greece.
Four-time world champion Sebastien Loeb of France won the Rally of Sardinia on Sunday to record his 40th career triumph.
Reigning champion Sebastien Loeb maintained his lead in the Rally of Italy in Sardinia but came under pressure on the second day from the Ford pair of Jari-Matti Latvala and Mikko Hirvonen.
Defending world rally champion Sebastien Loeb took command of the Italian round on the opening day as he bids to hit back after his disappointments in Jordan.
A sequence of unlikely events conspired to keep Citroen's Dani Sordo at the head of the Jordan Rally standings at the end of day two.
Sebastien Loeb called for a review of the new tire regulations in place for this year's World Rally Championship after he survived treacherous conditions to claim his fourth consecutive Rally Argentina and leadership of the overall standings.
France's Sebastien Loeb completed a record 38th world championship victory as he won the Rally of Mexico on Sunday.
Jari-Matti Latvala became the youngest driver to win a world championship race when he triumphed in the Rally of Sweden on Sunday.
Finland's Jari-Matti Latvala is set to become the youngest winner of a world championship round as he heads into the final day of the Swedish Rally with a commanding lead over Ford teammate Mikko Hirvonen.
Reigning World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb's hopes of extending his early-season advantage at the top of the standings were ended after he crashed out of the Swedish Rally.
World Rally Championship leader Sebastien Loeb finished joint second in the opening super stage of the Swedish Rally today, three tenths of a second behind Subaru's Chris Atkinson.
World champion Sebastien Loeb claimed victory at the season-opening Monte Carlo Rally for a record fifth time on Sunday.
Jari-Matti Latvala has been named as replacement for Marcus Gronholm at Ford next season.
France's Sebastien Loeb remained firmly on course to win his fourth consecutive world championship title as he lay third after Saturday's second day of the season-ending Wales Rally GB.
Ford's Mikko Hirvonen dominated the opening day of the Wales Rally GB to seize the early lead.
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen grabbed his second win of the season in the Rally of Japan on Sunday when he finished ahead of Spanish rival Dani Sordo.
Mikko Hirvonen snatched the first day lead in the Rally of Japan by winning the sixth and seventh stages after championship leader Marcus Gronholm was forced to retire with mechanical trouble after winning stage two.
Reigning world champion Sebastian Loeb fought back on the second day of the Rally of New Zealand to overhaul an ailing Marcus Gronholm.
Triple champion Sebastien Loeb took command of Rally Argentina on Saturday when spectators saw some action at last after most of the first leg was scrapped.
Citroen's triple champion Sebastien Loeb edged ahead in the Portuguese Rally after winning the last two stages of the first day on Friday.
Citroen's triple world champion Sebastien Loeb took the lead in the Mexican Rally on Friday after an oil leak sidelined early pacesetter Petter Solberg.
Triple world champion Sebastian Loeb ended the second leg of the Norwegian rally down in 18th place behind leader Mikko Hirvonen after getting stuck in a snow bank during stage 12 of the race on Saturday.
Finnish Ford driver Marcus Gronholm swept to his fifth Swedish Rally victory on Sunday, beating triple world champion Sebastien Loeb into second place and cutting the Frenchman's championship lead to two points.
Frenchman Sebastien Loeb had a record-equaling fourth Monte Carlo Rally victory all but wrapped up on Saturday after completing the last full stage with a 31.1 second advantage over Citroen team mate Dani Sordo.
Finland's Mikko Hirvonen opened a healthy lead after an action-packed first day in the Rally of Australia on Friday, but the championship hopes of his team mate Marcus Gronholm looked to be in ruins..
Ford's Marcus Gronholm has won the Turkish Rally to cut absent world champion Sebastien Loeb's overall lead to 25 points with three rounds left.
Ford's Marcus Gronholm is heading for an easy victory in the Rally of Turkey on Saturday after Subaru's Petter Solberg hit a rock and skidded into a ditch on Saturday's second leg.
World champion Sebastien Loeb, looking to equal Carlos Sainz's record of 26 world rally victories, won the 2.8km opening stage of the Acropolis Rally.
Ford's Marcus Gronholm is well-placed to end Sebastien Loeb's run of four wins in a row after taking a healthy lead in the Rally of Italy after Friday's opening leg.
The death of German co-driver Joerg Bastuck, hit by another car while changing a wheel, has cast a shadow over the opening day of the Rally of Catalunya.
Norwegian Petter Solberg, last year's winner, took the early lead in the Rally of Mexico for Subaru on Friday.
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