After a long haul up the Derwent River a remarkably relaxed, youthful and fresh looking Neville Crichton steered his 100 foot supermaxi Alfa Romeo into Constitution Dock last night after taking line honours in the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race

Alfa Romeo has taken line honours in the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, crossing the finish line opposite Castray Esplanade on the Derwent River at 22:02:10hrs tonight for an elapsed time of 2 days, 9 hours, 2 minutes and 10 seconds

Rolex Sydney Hobart Race leader Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo leading over the final miles to the finish of the 628 nautical mile yachting classic and with a healthy 17nm advantage over nearest rival Wild Oats XI faced a final hurdle - a strong sou'-wester

Race leader Alfa Romeo was the first to clear the calm-creating ridge of high pressure to the north of Tasmania this morning and the yacht has opened up a healthy lead of 30 nautical miles on her nearest maxi opponent for line honours, ICAP Leopard

The Rolex Sydney-Hobart race fleet leaders stalled and stopped in calms off the far south coast of New South Wales earlier today but nevertheless super maxi yacht Alfa Romeo extended its race lead over its biggest rivals, ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats

With winds swinging to the north-east in the vicinity of South Cape just after midday the race is really on as Alfa Romeo extends her lead over big rivals ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats XI in the race of the 100 footers to be first yacht to the finish line in Hobart

Alfa Romeo remained in control of her nearest maxi opponents through a changing wind pattern overnight and into today's second day of the 2009 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race as the fleet races into the changing air conditions of the Bass Straight

Alfa Romeo took round one of the battle of the maxis at the head of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race with smart downwind tactics in Sydney Harbour which started today; the race is shaping up into a battle to the line between the three giant yachts

Neville Crichton and his 100ft Alfa Romeo from led the fleet out of Sydney Harbour this morning after peeling away from Wild Oats XI (Bob Oatley) and ICAP Leopard (Mike Slade) and heading to the Western shore as the 65th Sydney Hobart got underway

The low pressure system remnant of a tropical cyclone crossing the continent is setting up a tricky wind pattern for the start of the Rolex Sydney Hobart race today, but it is a forecast that suits Alfa Romeo and Wild Oats over their chief rival Leopard

The Centenary of Alfa Romeo will be celebrated with brio at the 21st Anniversary Phillip Island Classic Festival of Motor Sport from 19-21 March 2010, with more than 100 examples of the Italian marque taking to the Grand Prix circuit for a variety of events

Neville Crichton and his Alfa Romeo crew made short work of Day 1 of the Rolex Trophy Passage Series, taking line and handicap honours in the 27 nautical mile Passage Race; the yacht just one hour 48 mins 25 secs to complete the course

ItaliaspeedTV: The Ferrari Classiche department in Maranello provides restoration, maintenance and supply of part and issues certificates of authenticity to road-going Ferraris of 20 years old as well as to all competition cars

Ferrari Classiche has recently completed the restoration of the "Corsa Indianapolis" a single-seater (chassis #0388) which was a one-off built in 1953 specifically to race in the Indy 500 although plans to enter it in the famous race were shelved

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: Ferrari Classiche restoration project, Ferrari Monoposto Corsa Indianapolis, chassis #0388 (1953)

Neville Crichton’s 100 foot Alfa Romeo will join the world's biggest and best assembly of maxi yachts in recent times that will contest this year's Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race: seven of them will be on the start line of the race on Boxing Day

Neville Crichton’s 100 foot yacht Alfa Romeo has sounded the warning bell for this year’s upcoming Rolex Sydney Hobart, capitalising on a costly mistake aboard rival Wild Oats XI to take a resounding victory in today's SOLAS Big Boat Challenge

At the Bologna Motor Show the wraps have come off a new Abarth-branded single-seater, fitted with Fiat Powertrain's 180 bhp 1.4 turbo, that will push forward the careers of young driving talent in the ACI-CSAI promoted formula series through to 2014

Race Retro, the international historic motorsport show, in 2010 will be celebrating all things Alfa Romeo on its centenary year with a stunning display of vehicles and some of its leading drivers appearing including Italian racing legend Bruno Giacomelli

ItaliaspeedTV: Ferrari in action in the Motorsport Arena at the Bologna Motor Show, including laps and pitstops with Luca Badoer in the F60, F430 Challenge racing action and demonstration runs by the FXX

Highlight of the Bologna Motor Show at the weekend was Luca Badoer's appearance in the F60 for a pit stop simulation and a long series of hot laps to the delight the fans on the grandstands despite the harsh weather conditions

Over the weekend at the special track laid out for motor sports events at the 34th Bologna Motor Show the world of Ferrari was on show with a busy programme of F430 Challenge races and demonstrations by the FXX and F60

ItaliaspeedPhotoStream: 34th Bologna Motor Show, Arena - Ferrari F430 Challenge [races], FXX [untimed demonstration] and F60 [pit stop demonstration with Luca Badoer]

ItaliaspeedTV: 34th Bologna Motor Show, Ferrari stand - including the new prototype 599 XX, F60 single-seater, production 430 Scuderia, and two F430 GTs from Risi Competizione and AF Corse

Giancarlo Fisichella was guest at the Ferrari stand at the Bologna Motor Show during the opening day where the Scuderia driver signed numerous autographs for the vast number of young fans alongside the F60 he drove in five races this year