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BTCC Thruxton 3: Giovanardi is champion by three points

Fabrizio Giovanardi snatched the British Touring Car Championship from Jason Plato at the final round by just three points.
The Italian finished second with team mate Tom Chilton between himself and Plato as Mat Jackson took his second victory of the year.

BTCC Thruxton 2: One point in it as Giovanardi wins again

Fabrizio Giovanardi cut Jason Plato’s championship lead to a single point by winning the second race at Thruxton
Plato was second once again behind the Italian after a close race between the pair and Matt Neal, who finished third.

BTCC Thruxton 1 – Giovanardi leads Plato home

The British Touring Car title duellists Fabrizio Giovanardi and Jason Plato finished first and second in the first race at Thruxton.
The first of the three races that will decide the title was hit by a spate of tyre failures that affected most of the title contenders’ team mates.
It leaves Plato six points ahead of Giovanardi […]

WTCC Monza 2: Second Seat win

Jordi Gene gave Seat their second win of the day by triumphing in the second race at Monza.
But the big surprise of the race was August Farfus’s failure to win from second place on the grid.
The BMW driver didn’t capitalise on the advantage of his car’s rear wheel drive and was beaten into the first […]

WTCC Monza 1: Diesel power gives Muller win

Yvan Muller moved within four points of the championship lead with another victory in the Seat Leon TDi at Monza.
His chances of winning the title were doubly boosted when championship leader Andy Priaulx was hit from behind at the first corner by Roberto Colciago. The heavy impact badly damaged the rear of the BMW.
Muller was […]

A1GP Zandvoort feature: Jarvis wins for Britain

Oliver Jarvis was every bit as impressive in the feature race as Adrian Zaugg was in the sprint.
He moved ahead of early leader Zaugg at the first round of pit stops and was untouchable after then
But while the race at the front was settled early there were plenty of battles for the rest of the […]

A1GP Zandvoort sprint: Zaugg repeats ‘06 win

Adrian Zaugg repeated his victory in last year’s Zandvoort sprint race in this year’s season opener with a dominant win for the South Africa team.
Zaugg risked a collision with Mexico’s Salvador Duran at the rolling start - the pair touching and Duran coming perilously close to the pit wall.
But Zaugg kept the lead ahead of […]

GP2 Valencia Sprint: Glock wins race and title

Timo Glock has won the 2007 GP2 championship after cruising to his fifth win of the year in the final race of the year at Valencia.
The German was never headed as Brazilian title rival Lucas di Grassi struggled to make progress through the field.
Glock, test driver for the BMW F1 team who made four starts […]

F3 Euro Nogaro 2: Buemi hangs on to win

The championship contenders took a win apiece at Nogaro as Sebastien Buemi took a narrow win ahead of a host of pursuing ASM rivals.
Buemi benefitted from second-placed Franck Mailleux stalling at the start to leap from sixth to second on lap one.
Edoardo Mortara took the lead but lost it when he was called in to […]

F3 Euro Nogaro 1: Grosjean wins as ASM dominate

Romain Grosjean cruised to a straightforward win at Nogaro with his ASM team mates in tow.
Kamui Kobayashi followed him - a little too closely at times - to take second, while Nico Hulkenberg completed an ASM podium with third.
Sebastien Buemi took fourth at the start and remained their till the end of a race that […]

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