Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Perez unveiled the new Sauber in Jerez on Monday. The Ferrari-engined C31 will take to the Spanish track later in the day for some promotional filming, ahead of the start of the first multi-team test of the winter on Tuesday. “We're aiming to start the new season as strongly as we did in 2011, but then also to maintain this level of performance throughout the year,” explained Peter Sauber

Back in 2009 Romain Grosjean made his Formula One debut as Fernando Alonso's Renault team mate over seven Grands Prix, after being drafted in to replace Nelson Piquet. Two years later, he's returning to the frontline at the same team (now Lotus) and ready to drive alongside another world champion - 2007 titleholder Kimi Raikkonen. The Frenchman discusses his hopes for the season ahead

Following the launch of his team's 2012 car, the E20, Lotus technical director James Allison looks to the season ahead... Q: How different is 2012 likely to be from 2011? James Allison: If you casually flicked through the regulations you'd be forgiven for thinking that there aren't many differences from last year, however nestling in there are some fairly profound changes

2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen makes his Formula One race return with Lotus this March, when he will grace the grid for the first time since his Abu Dhabi outing with Ferrari at the end of 2009. Following the launch of his new team's 2012 car, the E20, the Finn discusses his comeback and the year ahead

Lotus have officially unveiled the new car with which returning 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen and team mate Romain Grosjean will contest the 2012 FIA Formula One World Championship. The UK-based team hope the E20 - the 20th F1 chassis built at their Enstone factory - will allow them to improve on the fifth place they achieved as Renault last season

Former world champion Jorge Lorenzo wants organisers to cut the top speed of the sport's new bikes for safety reasons.

Speedworks Motorsport has released an artist's impression of the Toyota Avensis Adam Morgan will race in his rookie British Touring Car Championship campaign this year

Chevrolet and RML will not contest the 2012 British Touring Car Championship, opting instead to focus their efforts on retaining their WTCC crowns

British Touring Car racer Lea Wood is aiming for regular points finishes after acquiring the ex-Andrew Jordan Vauxhall Vectra for this season.

Reigning British Touring Car champion Matt Neal cas welcomed the competition MG's return will bring to the series

British Touring Car racer Andy Neate believes his deal to drive a works MG alongside Jason Plato will help him reach a new level

Rider standings for the 2011 MotoGP season.

BBC Sport has comprehensive coverage of the 2012 MotoGP season.

The FIA GT1 World Championship will soon be heading for the Paul Ricard HTTT, for its first French round.    The circuit, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, has great historical significance for GT racing.  The first-ever race of the BPR series was held there in 1994, marking the rebirth of this category of motor racing, which has culminated this season with the world title being granted by the FIA.   A look at the history of GT racing at the Paul Ricard HTTT ...

Next weekend the FIA GT1 World Championship will be heading for the beautiful circuit of Brno, which will host the third round of the brand-new World Championship.  This is the tenth time that the FIA's leading GT Championship has raced at the Czech circuit, starting off in 2000.  The circuit, which undulates through the forest, has seen some great races in the past, and one of the best-remembered was that in 2002, eventually won by Jamie Campbell-Walter's Lister Storm, after a breath-taking final hour.   Jamie will be back in action in Brno this coming weekend, but to read about that epic race... take a step back in history and read all about it here !

The 2009 Champions of World Motor Sport received their trophies from the FIA in a Gala Prize-Giving in Monaco on December 11th.  Among them, the FIA GT Champions were honoured.  Standing in front of a gleaming Vitaphone Racing Team Maserati MC 12, Andrea Bertolini and Michael Bartels were presented with the trophies as GT1 Drivers Champions - for the third time - while Mr Matthias Quinger collected Vitaphone's fifth consecutive GT1 Teams Trophy.  In GT2, Richard Westbrook was presented with the trophy for the GT2 Drivers Championship. Amato Ferrari collected the GT2 Teams title for the fourth consecutive time, while Antonello Coletta of Ferrari was presented with the GT2 Manufacturers Cup.  

The International Court of Appeal has published the decision concerning the appeal lodged by the Royal Automobile Club of Belgium (RACB) on behalf of its competitor Pekaracing nv against decision N°17 taken by the Stewards of the Meeting dated 25 October 2009 concerning the event run at Zolder (Belgium) on 25 October 2009 and counting towards the 2009 FIA GT Championship.

The full text, which can be read on the FIA website, states that the Court found the appeal inadmissible.  Therefore there are no further changes to the Zolder results, which remain provisional pending the appeal of Pekaracing against the exclusion of the nr 4 Corvette.

Further to the result of the appeal, Vitaphone Racing Team drivers Bertolini and Bartels have an unassailable lead in the Drivers Classification, to secure the title, to be confirmed by the FIA.

2009 was a good season for Bert Longin, adding a team title and two third-place overall finishes to his career record, in the Belgian GT and FIA GT Championships respectively.  During the season he claimed two wins, three second-place finishes and four third-place finishes, meaning an average of one podium in every two races contested.  Furthermore, he finished in all FIA GT races in the top six.  2009 was an incredibly strong and consisten season.