The Billabong Pro Tahiti is the third out of 10 events of the surfing World Championship Tour! Check out the highlights from round 3. For all further information go to www.billabongpro.com
 Bobby Martinez has defeated Australia’s Taj Burrow in a dramatic final to win the Billabong Pro Tahiti surfing contest in 3- to 5-foot waves at notoriously hollow Teahupoo.
The triumph, for a surfer who was raised in Santa Barbara’s gritty and gang-infested westside, puts Martinez in the race for the world title. He vaults from No. 19 to No. 7 in the ASP World Tour rankings after three of 10 competitions. His best finish in three years on the tour was No. 6, as a rookie in 2006.
Australians still hold the top three spots in the rankings, with …Â Details
After five races, and back on European soil again, Ross Brawn and his team are still in command in Formula One. Jenson Button has won four out of five races, and is still the leader in the Drivers Championship with 41 points. Teammate Rubens Barrichello is in second position with 27 points, followed by the drivers of the other very successful team of this year, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber with 23 and 15,5 points.
Brawn-Mercedes is also leading the Constructors Championship with 68 points, followed by RBR-Renault with 38,5 points, and Toyota with 28,5. Although Vijay Mallya claimed his team had made “remarkable progress”, Force India is the only team which has failed to score any points at all, unfortunately the 2010 rule …Â Details
A French court on Wednesday dismissed Ferrari’s bid to stop Formula One from instituting a budget cap next season.
Ferrari sought a court injunction against governing body FIA’s plans to introduce a voluntary US$60 million cap for racing teams from 2010, but the appeal was rejected by Judge Jacques Gondrand de Robert.
“There is no imminent damage that needs to be prevented or clearly unlawful unrest that needs to be stopped,†the judge said.
Ferrari, Renault, Toyota, Red Bull and Toro Rosso have threatened to pull out of next year’s championship if the cap isn’t overturned… Details