Donegal’s Donagh Kelly (Ford Focus WRC) would happily trade all his rally wins and even his Clonakilty Blackpudding Irish Tarmac Championship and the Triton Showers National Rally Championship titles for success in the Joule Donegal International Rally that gets underway today.

Lewis Hamilton is hoping his luck has turned as he heads into the second half of a nip-and-tuck battle for this year’s Formula One world title.

THIS weekend’s Festival of Speed at Goodwood is one of the highlights of the motoring year for petrolheads the world over, with an alluring mix of some of the finest racing machines ever to take to the track and appearances by many of the men and women who drove them.

YOU’D have to think that there are a lot of smug people these days at Toyota and the Japanese giants’ luxury car arm, Lexus.

Mark Webber is to quit Formula One at the end of the season to race sports cars for German manufacturer Porsche.

Danish racing driver Allan Simonsen has died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during today’s Le Mans 24 Hours, race organisers Automobile Club de l’Ouest have confirmed.

Although not a round of the Dunlop series, tomorrow’s Kilkenny-based Raven’s Rock Rally has still attracted an entry in excess of 100 crews along with 18 competitors in the junior category.

Mark Blundell will end seven years in retirement later this year by making a one-off return for Audi in the Spa 24 Hours in Belgium.

Nelson Piquet will attempt to revive his career via a NASCAR truck test next week.

Jacques Villeneuve is ready to rekindle his affair with Formula One after falling in love again with the sport.

Fernando Alonso fears this could be his last season in Formula One as the political row continues to take a stranglehold on the sport.

Audi have been forced to cut back on their motor sport programme in 2009 as the global credit crunch has impacted on the German giants.

As expected, Peugeot claimed the top three places on the grid ahead of tomorrow’s 76th running of the Le Mans 24 Hours.

Reigning American Le Mans Series champion Allan McNish will start from second position on the grid for the opening race of the new season at Sebring.

Allan McNish has sealed the American Le Mans Series title in style with victory at Mosport in Canada.

Allan McNish believes Audi will still be the team to beat at Le Mans next year, despite Peugeot’s impending arrival.

Allan McNish’s dreams of motorsport history are in tatters after a string of problems ruined his chances of Le Mans 24 Hours glory.

World champion Sebastien Loeb completed a dominant victory on the Acropolis Rally today to secure his fifth-consecutive win.

TOM KRISTENSEN admitted his record breaking seventh Le Mans 24 Hours victory yesterday was his greatest win to date.

Denmark’s Tom Kristensen created motor racing history this afternoon as he notched up a record-breaking seventh victory in the Le Mans 24 Hours.

The Champion Audi shared by JJ Lehto, Marco Werner and Tom Kristensen took advantage of several incidents and a safety car to take charge of the Le Mans 24 Hours after four hours.

WORLD rally champion Sebastien Loeb will switch to circuit racing this summer when he takes on the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours.

World rally champion Sebastien Loeb will switch to circuit racing this summer when he takes on the legendary Le Mans 24 Hours.

The Leaping Cat waved goodbye to Formula One with a whimper rather than a roar when Jaguar brought the curtain down on their brief grand prix career in Brazil.

Colin McRae has set his sights on bringing Michael Schumacher down to earth when the two clash in the Race of Champions later this year.

Another race, another victory and it looks almost certain another title for Michael Schumacher.

A half a century ago, a swashbuckling playboy, the 17th Marquis de Portago, rode Garde Toi to third in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. But that was only one chapter in a remarkable sporting life. Simon Lewis reports.

Audi have announced a British all-star team to challenge for next season’s Le Mans 24 Hours title.

Cork driver Matt Griffin will participate in the Le Mans 24 Hour Race, one of the most famous events in world motorsport.