Motorsport

MINI is making a return to rallying, with the Countryman WRC joining the World Rally Championship in 2011.

Audi has won Le Mans for the ninth time, with a diesel car; expect to see the technology from this motorsport development work appear on Audi's diesel road cars in the not-too-distant future.

A Ford Focus powered by liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) achieved victory in the British Touring Car Championship round at Oulton Park.

Volkswagen will be entering three natural gas-powered Sciroccos in the Nürburgring 24-hour endurance race over the weekend 12-16 May.

Volkswagen is launching a one-make Bio-CNG-powered race series in 2010, and the company claims this fuel reduces CO2 by 80 per cent.

The new Honda Insight may be here, but the original Honda Insight hybrid, in the hands of the Oaktec rally team, is on course for its best season ever following a series of strong results in the Formula 1000 rally championship.

Peugeot has won the Le Mans 24 Hours with a diesel-powered 908 HDi FAP.

Volkswagen will field two Scirocco cars with natural gas engines at the Nürburgring 24-Hour Race on 23/24 May.

Yes it sounds like one of the motor industry’s many April fool spoof stories, but the University of Warwick really has made a racing car from vegetables.

The Oaktec Honda Hybrid rally season got underway at Sunday’s Roskirk Stages and it was pretty much business as usual as the Lancaster based team scored another Formula 1000 Class A victory.