Bradl wins, Smith stars in the wet

Stefan Bradl stretched his Moto2 championship lead yet further with a commanding win at a very wet Silverstone - but the hero of the race was home rider Bradley Smith, who came through from 28th on the grid to take his first podium in the series in second. It was another British rider who starred early on, as Scott Redding pounced when fast-starting leader Bradl had a moment on the way out of Stowe on the opening lap.

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Saudi Arabia on the Hudson: NYPD Officer Stopped Cyclist For Wearing Skirt

When Jasmijn Rijcken, the general manager of the VANMOOF bicycle company, traveled from Amsterdam to New York in late April, she was excited to see what she’d heard described as a city that had embraced bicycling. It wasn’t NYC’s new protected bike lanes that defined her ride through the city, however, but the New York [...]

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A 2000-Pound Mazda MX-5 Miata? Don?t Count On It

The Mazda MX-5 Miata offers one of the purest and most enjoyable modern roadster experiences?just look at how much fun these guys are having. Recently, rumors have been popping up that Mazda will add purity by drastically cutting the car’s weight in its next iteration, some suggesting a 2000-pound target, while others claim engineers are [...]

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2012 Porsche Panamera Turbo S First Drive: Consider Us Duly Impressed

Porsche launches the ultimate Panamera, and we are duly impressed. It’s not that any Porsche Panamera lacks power. The 300-hp V-6 is quick, the 380-hp hybrid and the 400-hp V-8 are quicker still, and the 500-hp Turbo?well, let?s just say we?ve squeezed a 3.3-second 0-to-60 run out of that 4400-pound rocket. But this is Porsche, [...]

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Webber: No rush to sort out contract

Mark Webber says he remains in no rush to try and sort out a fresh contract with Red Bull Racing for 2012, despite claiming his current focus is on staying at the team for another year. Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner prompted speculation that Webber is in the driving seat to remain as Sebastian Vettel's team-mate for another year earlier this weekend when he revealed the Australian had told him he wanted to race on. And although neither party plans to enter serious contract negotiations until the summer, Webber said in Montreal on Saturday that he saw no reason to be thinking of anything other than staying at Red Bull Racing.

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Ford Cancels 7-Passenger C-Max for U.S., Will Sell Only 5-Seat Hybrid and Plug-In Models

Ford has announced it is no longer bringing a gas-powered, seven-passenger C-Max to the U.S., and will instead only offer the 2013 C-Max five-passenger hybrid and plug-in Energi hybrid starting in 2012. (Aww, and we’d already driven our C-Max. Sort of.) The now-canceled North American gasoline C-Max was essentially a European Grand C-Max without the [...]

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Eyes on the Street: Huge Grand Army Plaza Ped Islands Under Construction

Photo: Ben Fried Construction has started on NYC DOT’s project to greatly expand the pedestrian zones at the north end of Grand Army Plaza. The result of a years-long community-based planning process led by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, these pedestrian improvements will reclaim a lot of asphalt and give people a much more direct walking [...]

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Dovizioso promises to keep improving

Andrea Dovizioso promised to 'not give up' on trying to get closer to Honda team-mate Casey Stoner after his strongest race performance of the year so far at Silverstone. The Italian has been overshadowed by stablemates Stoner and the currently-injured Dani Pedrosa since Honda expanded to a three-bike works line-up this year, but in Britain he was able to lead in the wet and finish second, albeit 15 seconds behind Stoner

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