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WRC set to introduce longer events By David Evans Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 09:23 GMT Endurance rallying could return to the World Rally Championship next year, if a proposed removal of the maximum number of competitive miles is implemented. Rounds of the WRC are currently permitted to run anything up to 310 competitive miles, an increase from the 220-mile rule which had been in place prior to this season’s increase. But that limit could be binned next year following a meeting of the WRC’s Global Working Group

FIA explains Puebla cancellation By Hugh Podmore Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 11:33 GMT The FIA has confirmed that the second round of the World Touring Car Championship at Puebla will not go ahead. The governing body of world motorsport released a short statement explaining that it took the decision because of security concerns in the region

Q & A with Karun Chandhok By Jonathan Noble Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 11:41 GMT Karun Chandhok’s last minute deal with Hispania completed the Formula 1 grid for 2010, but the Indian makes his grand prix debut for a team that has not tested its car yet. As preparations for the Bahrain Grand Prix got underway at Sakhir today, Chandhok spoke exclusively to AUTOSPORT about his expectations and getting used to being an F1 driver. Q.

Bahrain preview quotes - Hispania Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 12:13 GMT Karun Chandhok: I am really looking forward to my F1 debut this weekend. It will also be the first time I will be driving the new HRT F1 car so I can’t wait to get my hands on it. Fortunately I have driven in Bahrain before in GP2 so that will help the learning process a bit! I was on the front row in 2008 and was very competitive when I was back here in 2009, so I’ve got pretty good knowledge of the circuit

Razia to replace Zampieri at Rapax By John O’Brien Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 12:40 GMT Luiz Razia will replace Daniel Zampieri at the Rapax team for the GP2 Asia Series finale in Bahrain this weekend.

Senna: Speed differences not a problem By Hugh Podmore and Jonathan Noble Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 17:25 GMT Bruno Senna says there will not be a problem with disparity in speed between cars this weekend in Bahrain, as long as the drivers respect each other. The Brazilian rookie was responding to questions about whether the potential lack of speed of his HRT car, and the other new teams, could be dangerous - an idea put forward in recent days by Felipe Massa and Ferrari. But Senna pointed out that bigger gaps in car performance existed in other forms of motorsport and could be solved by respect.

Vergne fastest in F3 testing again By Hugh Podmore Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 17:30 GMT Jean-Eric Vergne today set the fastest time at Oulton Park as British Formula 3 challengers gathered for the penultimate pre-season test. The Frenchman, driving for Carlin Motorsport, managed to better Max Chilton’s 2009 pole position time at the Cheshire track with a 1m27.444s. Colombian Carlos Huertas was hot on the Frenchman’s heels, taking his Raikkonen Robertson Racing machine to within four-tenths of the pacesetter at the end of the day, having dominated the morning.

Villeneuve joins BBC commentary team By Hugh Podmore Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 17:57 GMT Jacques Villeneuve is set to join the BBC’s Radio 5 Live commentary team for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The 1997 Formula 1 world champion, who has been disappointed in recent weeks after his plans to return to F1 this year with Stefan GP collapsed when the team was not granted a last-minute 2010 entry, will move into the commentary box for the first race of the season

Tech 1 impressed with GP3 car By John O’Brien Wednesday, March 10th 2010, 18:03 GMT Tech 1 Racing team boss Simon Abadie was impressed with the performance of the GP3 car at the championship’s inaugural test at Paul Ricard last week. Each of the 10 teams was running the car for the first time and Abadie was surprised by its pace. “We had one little problem with the turbo pipe, but it’s a very good car,” he said.