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The furore over fuel which may yet decide the F1 championship should not overshadow a stunning performance by Lewis Hamilton and a clinical drive to victory by Kimi Raikkonen.
Raikkonen is the champion for now, pending an investigation into yesterday’s result.
The Finn stormed to victory in his Ferrari in Brazil yesterday with team mate Felipe Massa [...]

German tuner Geiger showed the world its take on the outlandish Hummer H3 and Ford GT, while on the other side of the world, Australian manufacturer Holden unveiled details of its latest pickup - the 410bhp Maloo R8.
Jaguar showed a little more reserve and unveiled the revised X-Type, and Mazda gave the world official details [...]

Bentley boss and president of Bugatti, Franz-Josef Paefgen is our kind of guy.
Why? He is the driving force behind the slightly unhinged idea of fitting the monstrous Bugatti Veyron engine into the new Bentley Arnage saloon.

Town centre speed limits are likely to drop to 20mph, and be enforced by a new generation of speed cameras.
A report by government advisors claims that these measures would halve the number of deaths on Britain’s roads.

A study at Brunel University has found that modern design has rendered cars so quiet that their ‘lack of feel’ makes them potentially life threatening.
The research blames reduced engine and road noise, and a lack of steering feel for the increased “isolation” of the driver from their environment. Drivers of old cars were found to [...]

On Wednesday I’m interviewing one of the giants of motor racing - Sir Jackie Stewart.
This is the man who won at the Nürburgring in the rain and fog - by four minutes. By the end of his career he’d won more Grands Prix than anyone else and had three world championships to his name.
This is [...]

The Government has listened to the 1.8 million motorists who signed a petition against road charging, according to today’s papers.
Almost two million drivers gave Number 10’s website the thumbs down over the change, which could have cost drivers up to £1.30 per mile.

Britain had its share of sporting triumphs at the weekend. But I was at Thruxton watching a gallant sporting defeat for touring car star Jason Plato.
Having led the championship almost all year he fell behind rival Fabrizio Giovanardi at the final round.
I watched the race from the pits where the tension was incredible.