Motorsport News NZ

While the pressure is off Emma Gilmour in terms of championship points in this weekend's Rally of Whangarei, it is on inside her radical and unfamiliar Suzuki Swift Maxi.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso rewrote the Formula One form book and turned up the heat in the championship battle by winning his home Spanish Grand Prix for the second time on Sunday.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso needs to make the most of home advantage when Formula One's European season starts up in Barcelona on Sunday.

Bernie Ecclestone has made clear that Formula One will pay prize money to only the top 10 teams from the end of this season.

The launch of the M135i was scheduled for the Hampton Downs track, but when BMW learnt that Audi was planning an event at Highlands Motorsport Park later in April, it pulled out all the stops to get there first.

Fernando Alonso roared to a dominant victory in a highly strategic Chinese Grand Prix to give Ferrari their first win of the Formula One season and put the pressure on champions Red Bull.

Emma Gilmour's radical new Suzuki Swift Maxi rally car completed its first high-speed special stages at last weekend's Otago Rally.

With carnage all around him, Hayden Paddon showed his mettle as the greatest New Zealand Rally driver of modern times by utterly dominating the weekend's Drivesouth Rally Fest.

David Thomson picks six prime viewing spots for this year's Drivesouth Rally of Otago.

Few people have seen as much of the Drivesouth Rally of Otago in recent years as motorsport writer David Thomson. He offers a beginner's guide to the event.

Two out of three titles isn't bad for a fledgling season.

Six months ago, the car laid bare in the photos that accompany this story was a stock-standard Suzuki Swift Sport. Now, it is a matter of days away from hitting the dirt as one of the most innovative, and potentially fastest, little rally cars built in New Zealand.

Queenstown rider Scott Columb is still at the top of the national MX2 class despite a rough weekend near Pukekohe.

Ferrari's Fernando Alonso warned his Formula One rivals on Monday that he was in better shape than ever.

Jimmie Johnson has added to his place in NASCAR's list of greats by winning his second Daytona 500 while Danica Patrick placed eighth, the best-ever finish for a woman in the 'Great American Race'.

Kiwi internationals Cody Cooper and Scotty Columb have consolidated their rankings as the New Zealand Motocross Championships reached the halfway point in the Thames Valley on Sunday.

Dunedin F5000 driver Steve Ross successfully defended his 2011-12 Tasman Cup Revival championship title with a consistent performance at last weekend's Evolution Motorsport Classic Speedfest at Teretonga Park, Invercargill.

Fernando Alonso drove Ferrari's new Formula One car for the first time in Barcelona on Tuesday and said it was on another planet compared to the tricky one he wrestled into title contention last season.

Danica Patrick will start from the Daytona 500 pole position after posting the fastest qualifying speed for the Great American Race on Sunday and becoming the first woman to take the pole for a NASCAR Sprint Cup event.