Renault were today given a suspended permanent disqualification from Formula One after motorsport's governing body ruled on Nelson Piquet Jr's crash during last year's Singapore Grand Prix.

Renault have been given a disqualification suspended until the end of the 2011 season for their role in Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.

RENAULT’S future in Formula One hangs in the balance ahead of today’s extraordinary meeting of the World Motor Sport Council into the circumstances surrounding Nelson Piquet Jr’s crash during last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Renault face being thrown out of the Formula One world championship if found guilty of causing a crash that helped Fernando Alonso win last year’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso staged a stunning recovery to secure a historic victory at an action-packed Singapore Grand Prix today.

It was groundhog day in more ways than one for Lewis Hamilton, as he grabbed the fastest time of the day in practice for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Fernando Alonso will take his time before choosing which Formula One team he will be driving for next year.

Heikki Kovalainen will race for Renault next season under the guidance of Flavio Briatore, who has extended his deal to run the team.

English rookies Gary Paffett and Lewis Hamilton look unlikely to make their Formula One debuts this season.

Nelson Piquet Jr has declared himself “reasonably happy” with his efforts after emerging quickest from the two-day pre-season test ahead of the 2006 GP2 series.

Alexandre Premat won both races at Sepang in Malaysia to tighten France’s grip on the A1 Grand Prix championship as Robbie Kerr was left cursing Great Britain’s bad luck.

Nicolas Lapierre made it six out of six for France with another double A1 Grand Prix win, at Eastern Creek in Australia.

Nicolas Lapierre kept up France’s domination of the new A1 Grand Prix series by taking pole position at Eastern Creek in Australia.

Nelson Piquet Jr obliterated the Eastern Creek lap record to set the pace in practice for the A1 Grand Prix round in Australia this weekend.

Alexandre Premat kept up France’s winning run with an A1 Grand Prix victory double at Estoril today as Nelson Piquet Jr threw away Brazil’s championship lead.

Great Britain’s Robbie Kerr finished second in the feature race of the German round of the A1 Grand Prix series as France’s Nicolas Lapierre enjoyed double success.

Former Jordan Formula One racer Ralph Firman was one of the early pace-setters in the second practice session at the A1 Grand Prix at the Lausitzring in Germany.

Brazil dominated the opening round of the new A1 Grand Prix series on its debut at Brands Hatch today, with Nelson Piquet Jr winning both races from pole position.

Brazil drew first blood when the A1 Grand Prix series made its racing debut at Brands Hatch, with Nelson Piquet Jr winning the sprint race today.

Cork-born driver, Donie O’Sullivan and his Killarney co-driver, Paul Nagle (Ford Focus WRC) leads the Crosbie Cedars Hotel Wexford Rally by some 20 seconds after the opening two stages.

EUGENE DONNELLY and co-driver Paddy Toner, in their Envirocare Subaru WRC, dominated the Hotel Kilmore Cavan Rally — the fourth round of the Dunlop National Rally Championship.

Cork driver, Michael Keohane, racing with the Silverstone based team, Promatecme, recorded fourth

In the second qualifier of the British Formula 3 Championship at Donington Park, Britain’s, Jamie Green, racing with Carlin Motorsport, netted his second pole position of the day – a remarkable feat in his first season in Formula 3 a recognised feeder series to Formula 1.