The Ferrari 166 MM has been under the spotlight in recent months as the 60th anniversary of Ferrari's first at Le Mans has been honoured so it was entirely appropriate that this famous winning machine was represented at Goodwood this year

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (3/3)

After their American foray to Laguna Seca just ten days ago, the championship-leading Fiat Yamaha Team is preparing for a return to European shores with the first of a double-header of MotoGP races this weekend at the Sachsenring in Germany

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (2/3)

Ferrari is history's most prolific constructor of F1 single-seaters and at the Goodwood Festival of Speed each year a plethora of slippery its red machines take to the "hill" to wind back the clock and relive past glories that are vividly remembered

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Ferrari F1 single-seaters (312/68, 312T3, 126C4, F300 & F2008)

Alfa Romeo, the Australian-built super maxi owned and skippered by Kiwi yachtsman, Neville Crichton, has smashed the race record in the TransPac race by more than a day, arriving in Hawaii in the fastest time in the 103 year history of the event

To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Indianapolis 500 victory of the Maserati 8CTF driven by Wilbur Shaw, Maserati has presented the new Boyle39 polo shirt in limited edition of just 200 pieces – the number of laps completed by the winner

The 0600 position report shows Alfa Romeo within 367 nautical miles of Hawaii and the 20-knot easterly winds and two to three meter seas stretch between her and her Diamond Head destination, leaving her on course to break the Transpac record

One of the most instantly recognisable historic racing cars to tackle the Goodwood "hill" during the Festival of Speed last weekend was the legendary Ferrari 250 GT SWB based racer known to motorsports enthusiasts simply as the "Breadvan"

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Ferrari 250 GT SWB "Breadvan" & 250 GTO

The Museo Storico Alfa Romeo turned up at Goodwood Festival with its usual array of historical masterpieces topped off with an appearance by a fabulous Alfa 6C 3000 CM that Juan-Manuel Fangio raced to second place in the 1953 Mille Miglia

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Goodwood Festival of Speed - Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (1/3)

With the Fiat 500 causing a stir in the paddock, the Fiat Yamaha pairing of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo shared the MotoGP podium for the sixth time this season at the US Grand Prix after finishing second and third at Laguna Seca

Jorge Lorenzo secured his fourth pole of the season at Laguna Seca yesterday for today’s US Grand Prix despite crashing twice during the qualifying session which leaves him doubtful for the race while team mate Valentino Rossi will line up second

The first of two American races this season got underway for MotoGP at Laguna Seca yesterday with a strong showing from the Fiat Yamaha Team pairing of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, who finished first and second respectively

The Beach Concours d’Elegance will host some of the rarest and most illustrious Ferraris at this year’s event with the unique display set to include ten 1949 166 MM Touring Barchettas and the world’s four remaining Ferrari TR 59 race cars

The Fiat Yamaha Team arrives at the Laguna Seca circuit in the United States this week in stunning form with its riders Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo lying first and second in the MotoGP World Championship, separated by just five points

Valentino Rossi wrote another chapter in his extraordinary career in the MotoGP Assen TT in Holland yesterday, becoming only the second rider in the sport's history to reach 100 Grand Prix wins coming thirteen years after his first 125cc victory

In the year that the 60th anniversary of Ferrari's first win at Le Mans was honoured and President Luca di Montezemolo flagged the race away there was a Ferrari win as Carlos Monteverde was victorious in the "Legends" race driving a 250 LM

Ducati Corse had a mixed weekend at Assen but steps forward in the bike's performance were a positive and that allowed a sick Casey Stoner to take yet another podium finish and team mate Nicky Hayden to notch up his best result of the year

Fiat Yamaha Team rider Valentino Rossi, who is looking to rack up his 100th career victory today, took his second pole position of the MotoGP season in the Netherlands yesterday with a commanding display at the Assen TT circuit

Photo Gallery: 82nd Mille Miglia - 27th historical re-run (IX)

The all-conquering Fiat Yamaha Team of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo move north through Europe this weekend for the historic Dutch TT at Assen with the Italian reigning MotoGP World Champion aiming to collect win number 100

Alfa Romeo is back in the USA and to celebrate owners from across California will gather in Los Angeles on Sunday – but it’s not the modern Alfa Romeos that they will be greeting but the Australian-made all-conquering ‘Alfa Romeo’ super maxi