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(Access to news reports from the last 30 days is free) http://www.autosport.com en-us (c) 2009 autosport.com 60 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:53:40 GMT http://cdn.images.autosport.com/autosportdotcom.gif http://www.autosport.com Nico Rosberg, who is expected to be confirmed as a Mercedes driver in the next few days, says he wants "to win races at least" in 2010 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80263 80263 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:52:51 GMT Jimmie Johnson has signed an extension of his current contract with Hendrick Motorsports and will race for the team until at least 2015 http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80262 80262 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:43:15 GMT Kris Meeke will take a 21.2 second lead into the final day of the Rally of Scotland after a blistering run through the last stage of leg one http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80261 80261 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:38:46 GMT Despite closing the gap to Rally of Scotland leader Kris Meeke to just five seconds, Skoda's Guy Wilks insists victory on the final round of this year's Intercontinental Rally Challenge is not his number one priority http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80260 80260 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:45:09 GMT British Rally champion Keith Cronin has crashed out of the opening leg of the Rally of Scotland http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80259 80259 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:35:28 GMT Kris Meeke and Guy Wilks are continuing their see-saw battle for victory in the Rally of Scotland http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80258 80258 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:04:57 GMT Valentino Rossi will race in the Vallelunga Six Hours this weekend in a GT3-class Ferrari 430 run by Kessel Motorsport http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80257 80257 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:26:18 GMT Forster Motorsport continued its British Touring Car Championship winter test programme at Brands Hatch this week with drivers Arthur Forster and Martin Depper http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80256 80256 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:06:17 GMT Christian 'Toto' Wolff, the businessman and financial manager from Vienna who has bought a minority stake in the Williams team, says his decision is purely commercial. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80255 80255 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:43:53 GMT Adam Gould has had to retire from the Rally of Scotland after a failed water pump caused his Peugeot's engine to overheat after the first service http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80254 80254 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:42:53 GMT Frenchman Jean-Karl Vernay has thanked his experienced Signature team-mates Edoardo Mortara and Laurens Vanthoor for playing a part in helping him secure a front row start for the Macau Grand Prix qualifying race http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80253 80253 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:27:12 GMT Macau Grand Prix pole-sitter Marcus Ericsson says he is feeling bullish about his chances of capturing a hat-trick of victories for TOM's in this weekend's race - even though he admits there is still a lot of work to do http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80251 80251 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:21:21 GMT GP2 outfit Piquet GP has changed its name to Rapax Team ahead of the new season http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80250 80250 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:03:25 GMT Q and A with Frank Williams http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80249 80249 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:52:28 GMT Frank Williams has denied that the sale of some of his equity in the Formula 1 team that bears his name means he will step back from the running the squad. http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80248 80248 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:45:50 GMT Suzuki boss Paul Denning has praised new signing Alvaro Bautista's progress after the 250cc graduate matched the 2009 Suzuki riders' pace in Estoril testing http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80247 80247 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:31:40 GMT World Touring Car Championship rivals Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller have both been released from hospital following a huge accident in the final qualifying session for this weekend's season finale at Macau http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80246 80246 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:26:05 GMT Kris Meeke continues to lead the Rally of Scotland, but is unable to shake off main rival Guy Wilks, who remains just four seconds behind http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80245 80245 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:34:17 GMT Chevrolet's Rob Huff came through a chaotic qualifying session for the World Touring Car finale in Macau to take pole position on an afternoon when the title hopes of SEAT duo Gabriele Tarquini and Yvan Muller were hit after they were involved a freak accident http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80244 80244 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:02:47 GMT Nicola Larini will leave the World Touring Car Championship after this weekend's season finale in Macau http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80243 80243 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:02:02 GMT Frank Williams and Patrick Head have sold an equity stake in their Formula 1 team to an Austrian investment company http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80242 80242 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:48:20 GMT Marcus Ericsson has taken pole position for the Macau Grand Prix - despite hitting the barriers close to the end of qualifying and damaging his rear wing http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80241 80241 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:19:29 GMT Chevrolet's Rob Huff upstaged the World Touring Car title contenders with the quickest time in Friday's final free practice session - but all eyes were on points leader Gabriele Tarquini who crashed heavily in the closing stages http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80240 80240 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:57:33 GMT Edoardo Mortara set the quickest time in the final free practice session for the Macau Grand Prix with an impressive lap that was underneath the circuit's official lap record http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80239 80239 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:15:05 GMT Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has warned Silverstone that it now has just a few weeks to sort out a contract for the British Grand Prix if the event is not to be dropped from the calendar http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80238 80238 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 03:01:49 GMT Jules Bianchi says it is 'amazing' that he will get the chance to make his Formula 1 test debut in a Ferrari http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80237 80237 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:45:16 GMT Will Power says his return to fitness is going better than he expected and plans to get back into an Indycar in January, following yesterday's announcement of his deal to race full-time for Penske next year http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80236 80236 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:38:46 GMT Augusto Farfus maintained his strong form into first practice for this weekend's World Touring Car season finale at Macau with the fastest time during an incident-filled session on Friday morning http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80235 80235 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:17:15 GMT Kimi Raikkonen has said he will only return to Formula 1 in 2011 if he is guaranteed a drive that will allow him to fight for wins and the championship http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80234 80234 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:11:59 GMT Ferrari has announced that Formula 3 Euro Series champion Jules Bianchi will join the team for its young driver test days at Jerez in Spain next month http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80233 80233 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:09:29 GMT