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Nico Hulkenberg's morning efforts were enough to ensure Force India topped the second day of pre-season testing.

Formula 1 must do much more to bring down costs in the future, says Force India's deputy team principal Robert Fernley, if the sport is to remain sustainable.

Campos Racing has signed Max Snegirev and Giuseppe Cipriani to race in the 2012 Auto GP World Series.

FIA confirms agreement with Stage 1 Technology for the remaining 11 rallies in the 2012 World Rally Championship powered by Nokia

Nico Hulkenberg put Force India on top of the second morning of pre-season testing at Barcelona, setting the fastest time thus far at the Catalan circuit.

British Touring Car race winner Mat Jackson believes he can fight for the 2012 title after being confirmed at Motorbase Performance for a third season

WRC Team MINI Portugal programme gets off to encouraging start

LONDON (Reuters) - British chipmaker CSR Plc underscored its financial strength on Monday with a share buyback of up to $50 million, helping send its shares up more than 20 percent to their highest in six months.

Daniel Ricciardo is confident Scuderia Toro Rosso has produced a car that will enable it to move up the order in 2012

Honda's new Civic British Touring Car hit the track for the first time at Brands Hatch on Tuesday

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Ross Brawn believes the decision by four of his rivals to quit the Formula One Teams' Association (FOTA) was short-sighted, and fears all the sport's competitors may live to regret it

British Touring Car squad Motorbase Performance has signed Aron Smith to complete its three-car line-up for this season

One man who has truly established himself as an all-time Superbike great since his series debut in 1997 is Troy Bayliss from Taree, NSW in Australia. Bayliss was something of a late starter, and he made his initial claim to fame in SBK racing, on a Suzuki as a wild card at Phillip Island in the mid-nineties.

For Bayliss, he is certain that showcasing himself well in the SBK races at home led to what would become much greater things. "I think honestly it was a very big help," said Bayliss. "I never won the Australian Superbike championship but finished second a couple of times. Even if you won the championship it did not mean you would get a ride overseas. So those wild card rides helped me and that is how I got noticed, basically. Always the top guys in domestic Superbike classes can be competitive at a world-class level. Then it is fine picking if you can actually win after that."

For Bayliss, Phillip Island is one of the great tracks, but it really did bring a unique pressure for him. "Phillip Island was always one of the hardest ones because I had so much more work to do, so many family and friends came there and so the whole thing was like a tough weekend! Sometimes the Aussies seem to pull out some great riders at their home track, but to race in the World Championship you have to be fast at every track. It was always good winning at Phillip Island but I felt just as much to win at Monza, Misano and anywhere else."

He is still enthusiastic about SBK racing, as his parting comment demonstrates. "Something that has always been in Superbike is the friendliness, the open pit and you can be a part of it. SBK has a good atmosphere and it is run by Italians. What I love about them, they are family oriented, friendly and the passion is very high."

Business leaders have failed the national interest by not adequately contributing to the economic policy debate, Industry Minister Greg Combet says.

Selling a celebrity sandwich is one thing, but perform a Medievel Times show? It's the next task for Michael Andretti.

Nico Muller topped the timesheets for Trident Racing on the opening day of GP3 testing at Estoril on Tuesday

Sebastian Vettel has singled out McLaren as the rival team that he thinks is in the best shape at the start of the second pre-season test at Barcelona in Spain.

AUTOSPORT's technical correspondent Gary Anderson believes that the high lateral loads experienced at Barcelona played a key part in revealing the chassis fault that forced Lotus to abandon this week's test.

Bruno Senna believes Williams has to improve its consistency on slow corners following his first day of testing at Barcelona.