Jamie O'Leary

Andy Priaulx is set to move from the DTM to GT racing full-time next year as part of BMW's assault on the new United SportsCar Championship

New world champion Marc Marquez set a blistering pace on the second day of MotoGP post-season testing at Valencia on Tuesday

French team Signature will return to Formula 3 with Renault engines next year in the category's European Championship

Renault has announced its return to Formula 3 competition as an engine supplier with specialist ORECA, as predicted by AUTOSPORT in October

Brands Hatch has lost its slot on the 2014 DTM calendar because Britain is no longer a suitable market for the series to showcase its wares, as JAMIE O'LEARY explains

James Calado and Jaime Alguersuari have tested DTM machinery for Mercedes at Estoril this week

After seven years of trying, Mike Rockenfeller emerged on top in the battle for the DTM title. Rockenfeller's year, and those of his rivals, are outlined below as JAMIE O'LEARY picks the top 10 drivers of 2013

Patric Niederhauser ended official post-season GP3 Series testing with the fastest time of the week at Yas Marina on Thursday

Stephane Peterhansel has ruled out the possibility of becoming part of a Peugeot factory assault on the Dakar Rally for 2015 by re-signing with his current team X-raid

The DTM could race at future Russian Grand Prix venue Sochi within the next two years, according to the man in charge of the series

Koiranen GP driver Dean Stoneman topped the opening day of post-season GP3 Series testing at Yas Marina on Tuesday

GP2 runner-up Sam Bird will drive for Russian Time's GP3 squad during this week's post-season test at Yas Marina

Ferrari Formula 1 protege Raffaele Marciello will test for front-running GP2 team Racing Engineering at Yas Marina this week

Alice Powell will return to the GP3 Series for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix support races this weekend with Bamboo-Engineering

Sebastian Vettel sealed his fourth consecutive Formula 1 World Championship crown with a dominant Indian Grand Prix victory

Jorge Lorenzo kept his MotoGP title hopes alive by beating Marc Marquez to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix

Scott Redding missed out on the Moto2 title to rival Pol Espargaro after a first-lap crash at the Japanese Grand Prix that caused the race to be red-flagged

Red Bull junior drivers Carlos Sainz Jr and Antonio Felix da Costa sealed qualification for the Macau Grand Prix with a clean sweep of Snetterton's F3 Cup race on Saturday

Jari-Matti Latvala led Dani Sordo by just 1.6 seconds at the end of a second day of the Rally of Spain that remained remarkably free of tactical driving

Ducati MotoGP team manager Vittoriano Guareschi will quit his role at the end of the year to head up Valentino Rossi's new Moto3 squad

Dennis van de Laar has replaced Mitch Gilbert in Mucke Motorsport's Macau Grand Prix line-up

Dani Sordo and Jari-Matti Latvala share the lead of the Rally of Spain after a dramatic second morning as overnight pacesetter Sebastien Ogier lost a minute with a puncture

New World Rally champion Sebastien Ogier topped every stage of the opening night of the Rally of Spain to open up an 8.8-second lead over Jari-Matti Latvala

Nick Bunting has left his role as chief executive of the Motor Sports Association after little more than six months in the job

European Formula 3 Championship squad Van Amersfoort Racing will test American teenager Gustavo Menezes at Spielberg this week as it looks towards its 2014 line-up

Norbert Michelisz will remain with Zengo Motorsport for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship and will race a Honda Civic built to the series' new technical regulations

Grip levels in the DTM need to be reduced to make the on-track action more exciting and prevent drivers turning into "machines", according to series boss Hans Werner Aufrecht

New Formula 3 European champion Raffaele Marciello will test Formula Renault 3.5 cars for DAMS and Tech 1 at Barcelona this week

Timo Glock took his maiden DTM victory in a sensational season finale held on a wet, but drying track at Hockenheim

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello capped off his title-winning Formula 3 European Championship season with a commanding victory in a very wet final race of 2013 at Hockenheim

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello wrapped up the Formula 3 European Championship by finishing fourth in race two at Hockenheim, despite title rival Felix Rosenqvist winning the race

Bruno Spengler took pole position for the final round of the DTM at Hockenheim as BMWs filled the top four positions

Felix Rosenqvist kept his bid for the Formula 3 European Championship alive with a dominant victory in the first of three races at the Hockenheim season finale

BMW driver Dirk Werner set the pace in free practice for the final round of the DTM at Hockenheim on Saturday morning

Audi's Mike Rockenfeller sealed the DTM title with one round to spare but, as JAMIE O'LEARY explains, there is still a lot to play for in this weekend's finale at Hockenheim

Ferrari protege Raffaele Marciello stole a decisive march on Felix Rosenqvist in the fight for the Formula 3 European Championship by taking a double pole position for the season finale at Hockenheim

BMW is optimistic of giving its M3 the perfect send-off from the DTM this weekend by claiming the two championships still up for grabs

GP3 title contender Kevin Korjus will make his Formula 3 European Championship debut with T-Sport at Hockenheim this weekend

Nick Cassidy will replace Daniil Kvyat at Carlin for this weekend's Formula 3 European Championship finale at Hockenheim

Audi DTM driver Edoardo Mortara will aim for a fifth Macau victory in as many years when he takes part in the grand prix's GT Cup race next month

DTM stars and multiple touring car champions Andy Priaulx and Mattias Ekstrom are pairing up for the legendary Bathurst 1000. JAMIE O'LEARY quizzed them about their mission

Mercedes Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton will attend next weekend's DTM season finale at Hockenheim with the manufacturer

Audi DTM outfit Team Rosberg is planning an assault on the inaugural Formula E championship when it begins next autumn

Mike Rockenfeller can go on to become a DTM legend, according to his Phoenix Racing team boss Ernst Moser

Mike Rockenfeller secured the DTM title for the first time, despite being beaten to victory by main title rival Augusto Farfus at Zandvoort

BMW driver Marco Wittmann took his maiden DTM pole position with a stunning effort that put him ahead of title contenders Augusto Farfus and Mike Rockenfeller

Augusto Farfus maintained his push for the DTM title by going fastest in practice for the penultimate round of the season at Zandvoort

A second-place finish at Zandvoort was enough to make Mike Rockenfeller the 2013 DTM champion. Writing ahead of the weekend, JAMIE O'LEARY recounts the sportscar star's transformation into a tin-top ace

AmD Tuning boss Shaun Hollamby will return to British Touring Car Championship action at the Brands Hatch season finale next month

Matt Neal faces a race against time to be fit for this weekend's British Touring Car Championship round at Silverstone after breaking a finger during a martial arts training session

BMW's Augusto Farfus has insisted that he heads into this weekend's penultimate DTM round of 2013 at Zandvoort with nothing to lose as he bids to keep the title fight alive against Mike Rockenfeller

Mercedes will be represented in the British Touring Car Championship next year by Adam Morgan and Ciceley Racing

Formula Renault 3.5 frontrunner Nico Muller is in contention for an Audi works contract next year

Tom Blomqvist will drive for Fortec Motorsport in November's Formula 3 Macau Grand Prix, as the team expands to five cars for the first time

NASCAR team Michael Waltrip Racing will lose one of its title sponsors at the end of the year in the wake of the recent Sprint Cup race-fixing scandal.

Spa 24 Hours winner Maxi Gotz said he was desperate for another DTM test after having his maiden run for Mercedes in a private test at Lausitz this week

Newly-crowned German Formula 3 champion Marvin Kirchhofer will test for top European championship outfit Prema Powerteam at Imola this week

Augusto Farfus kept the battle for the DTM title alive with a commanding victory for BMW at Oschersleben

Bruno Spengler has been stripped of his pole position for Sunday's DTM race at Oschersleben due to breaking the championship's tyre regulations in qualifying

Bruno Spengler took his second DTM pole position of the year after coming out on top of a rain-affected qualifying session at Oschersleben