ERIC MAUK: Welcome, everyone, to today’s Champ Car media teleconference where we are pleased to be joined by the president of RuSPORT, Jeremy Dale, and the new driver of the #10 RuSPORT Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone, Ryan Briscoe (pictured right). Ryan will be joining the team, driving the 10 car for the final two races of [...]

A trio of important sponsors appear destined for next year’s Formula One grid.
With Renault’s ‘ING’ title sponsorship to be unveiled in the coming weeks, it is understood that McLaren and Honda are also likely to snare significant deals.

Juan Pablo Montoya is a bigger loss to formula one than the similarly departed Jacques Villeneuve, according to FOM President Bernie Ecclestone.
But to the Grand Prix magazine, the 75-year-old Briton generally played down the disappearance of big names in 2006. The biggest loss, of course, is seven time World Champion Michael Schumacher.

Three teams were in action today at Jerez, kicking off another week of testing at the Spanish circuit.
Ferrari test drivers Marc Gene and Luca Badoer finished first and second on the time sheets.

After making two-Champ Car starts with Rocketsports Racing this season, Antonio Pizzonia returns to the cockpit of the #18 Rocketsports Ford-Cosworth/Lola/Bridgestone to team up with previous Australia-race winner Mario Dominguez creating a dynamic pairing for the team at the Surfers Paradise venue.