Team Penske driver Ryan Briscoe took pole position for the 96th running of the Indy 500 by emerging fastest from the 'fast nine' shootout on Pole Day at the Brickyard, as Penske and Andretti Autosport dominated the session.

A new era dawns over the Indianapolis 500 for 2012, with a new car, new manufacturers, new teams and drivers set to take on the challenge of the Brickyard. Patronise F1 previews a troubled year for the biggest single-seater race in America.

The TDS Racing Oreca-Nissan of Mathias Beche and Pierre Thiriet secured victory in the opening round of the European Le Mans Series season, thanks to slick pit work and late dramas for Alex Brundle's Greaves Motorsport Zytek.

With nothing important to rabbit on about this weekend, Patty turned its focus to the opening round of the new European Le Mans Series from Paul Ricard. Follow the race as it unfolded with The Ear's minute-by-minute report.

A blistering early qualifying run from Swiss driver Mathias Beche gave the TDS Racing Oreca-Nissan a surprise pole position for the opening round of the new LMP2-led European Le Mans Series at the Paul Ricard circuit.

With no proper F1 action for a while, Patronise F1 will attempt to fill the dead air with some more sportscar action, this weekend taking on the opening round of the European Le Mans Series at the garish Paul Ricard track.

Patty concludes our post-Festive silliness, as well as our efforts to add new stuff to the site while we're all on holiday, with a look at the stories that almost certainly won't be making the headlines in the second half of 2012.

To keep the website ticking over during the brief New Year shutdown, Patronise F1 gazes deeply into its renowned crystal ball, and looks at what will be making the headlines in the forthcoming year. Or, y'know, what won't be.

The 2011 Intercontinental Le Mans Cup saw Peugeot dominate the season from start to finish, but Audi win the biggest race of them all at Le Mans. Patronise F1 takes a look back at the hectic season of sportscar action.

WRC driver Sebastien Ogier clinched the Race of Champions title at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, with the rallying star defeating sportscar legend Tom Kristensen in the final after Formula One's stars slowly wilted away.

The finale to the 2011 motorsport season saw the best and the brightest motorsport stars, and Vitaly Petrov, compete in the Race of Champions. Find out who took the glory in Dusseldorf with The Head's heat-by-heat report.

The Sebastian Vettel/Michael Schumacher pairing secured a fifth-successive victory in the ROC Nations Cup event on home ground in Dusseldorf, overcoming some early losses to secure victory over Team Nordic in the final.

Team Germany's potent line-up of Vettel and Schumacher were gunning for a fifth-straight Nations Cup victory at the 2011 Race of Champions weekend. Find out if they managed it with The Head's heat-by-heat report.

The curtain comes down on the 2011 motorsport season with the now-traditional end-of-season larks of the Race of Champions. With no less than five F1 drivers in the line-up for 2011, Patronise F1 takes a look at the weekend's action.