It's Sunday afternoon again - but things are a bit different this time around. Formula One is about to stage its first ever night race around the streets of Singapore. While it's a brand-new event on an untried circuit, some things remain the same - title contenders Felipe Massa for Ferrari and Lewis Hamilton for McLaren will be squaring up on the front row.

The challenges of F1's first-ever night race have forced McLaren to abandon the search for aerodynamic perfection and fit headlights to Lewis Hamilton's MP4-23. The new look for the car was unveiled with a video and photos from the team, and Hamilton told the Singapore Grand Prix Thursday press conference that he would be running with the bank of four high-intensity lamps to improve downforce. It was, of course, all a hoax...

We were lucky enough to be able to interview AJ Foyt Enterprises driver Darren Manning when he was over in England last weekend - here's part one, in which he explains why he's a lot happier racing in America than he would be in Europe and talks about the 2008 season with Foyt.

Lewis Hamilton beat the rain, the challenging Spa circuit and Kimi Raikkonen to take the flag first at the Belgian Grand Prix - but the one battle he couldn't win was against the race stewards who stripped him of his victory.

Reigning IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti is to return to the series next year, driving for former rival Target Chip Ganassi Racing at the expense of Dan Wheldon who moves to Panther Racing. The shock news means that Franchitti will race in 2009 as the team-mate of Scott Dixon, who he beat to the title when the New Zealander ran out of petrol as the pair raced side-by-side around the season's final bend. Wheldon, meanwhile, steps down to the team where he began his IRL career in 2002 and where he will replace Vitor Meira.

BMW's Nick Heidfeld set the fastest overall time on day two of Formula One's Monza test, with championship leaders Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton book-ending him with the fastest laps on the first and last days.

Justin Wilson won the Detroit Indy Grand Prix at Belle Isle to score his first IRL victory - but only after Helio Castroneves was ordered to surrender the lead for blocking the Englishman's overtaking attempts.

I'm not convinced Danica Patrick has what it takes to race right at the very top, but how many drivers do? To me it's beyond doubt she's plenty good enough to be where she is at the moment - in one of the best cars with one of the best teams. In F1 terms, she's a Jarno Trulli or a Nick Heidfeld rather than a Lewis Hamilton or a Fernando Alonso. But it seems that, for a lot of people, if she's not perfect she's not fit to be let out of the house. I hate that attitude, and as a result I love this Jack Arute column on the IndyCar site.

After 14 years, more than 230 races and 13 wins (so far), Red Bull Racing's David Coulthard has announced his retirement from Formula One.

Darren Manning's IndyCar drive with Foyt Enterprises is in danger after his retirement from the Iowa Corn Indy 250 due to exhaustion led to a pitlane row between driver and boss.

Great interview with Booker T on life after the WWE and why he's happier building new talent than hogging the main events.

Of all the many adverts featuring Lewis Hamilton, the best since last season's classic with Fernando Alonso and Mika Häkkinen is surely the new Abbey Airfix kit one.

Dan Wheldon has been cleared as fit to run in qualifying for the Bombardier Learjet 550k despite a high-speed crash that left him briefly pinned in his overturned car.