Italian motor racing fans never truly took Michael Schumacher to their hearts but they have realised what they will be missing when the celebrated Ferrari driver bows out at the end of this season.
Renault are confident the Formula One championship is being run fairly and without favouritism, team boss Flavio Briatore said on Monday.
Champions Renault are close to a deal to supply one of the two Red Bull-owned Formula One teams with engines next year, team boss Flavio Briatore said on Monday.
Rossi won the MotoGP class of the 2006 Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prix at Sepang Circuit near here Sunday.
On any other day, Poland's Robert Kubica would have been the talk of the Formula One paddock on Sunday.
Formula One paid tribute to Ferrari's Michael Schumacher after the sport's most successful driver announced he would retire at the end of the season.
Germans applauded Michael Schumacher's decision to quit motor racing at the top of the sport while wondering if his cool professionalism might deny him a place in posterity at the forefront of their affections.
Renault team boss Flavio Briatore stepped back on Sunday from comments comparing Formula One to Italian soccer's match-fixing scandal and suggesting the championship had been decided "around a table".
Honda ditched plans to run a new version of their engine in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix after a dramatic double failure in Friday practice.
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