Motorsport: Da Matta returns to winning form

Cristiano da Matta returned to his winning ways yesterday, taking the chequered flag at the 60-lap CART Motorola 220 at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin.

Da Matta won four straight races before failing to finish the last three. But he bounced back yesterday to win his sixth race of the season, the 10th of his career and the eighth in his last 14 CART races.

The Brazilian driver also built his lead to 42 points over Bruno Junqueira and Patrick Carpentier in the series standings.

New Zealand's Scott Dixon had mechanical trouble and completed just 26 of the 60 laps. He is 11th overall with 62 points.