Paddon chasing top-ten finish in Oz

New Zealander Hayden Paddon says he won't be distracted by his Production Car World Rally Championship aspirations on this week's Rally Australia - the Subaru driver is chasing a top-10 finish overall. Paddon has dominated this year's PWRC, winning the three events he's competed on to date, and another victory here would be enough to clinch him the championship.

Danny Kladis Hans Klenk Peter de Klerk Christian Klien

Renault boosted by Spa performance

Renault's technical director James Allison says the team has been very encouraged by the pace shown during the Belgian Grand Prix, although he concedes it will take some races to see if the squad has turned the corner. Renault put on one its strongest performances in months at Spa, with both its drivers qualifying in the top ten as the updates introduced by the team in recent events began to work better. Allison admitted the showing has left the team bullish about its chances for the upcoming races

Jimmy Jackson Joe James John James Jean Pierre Jarier

Button: Team must learn from errors

Jenson Button says that 'learning from mistakes' will be key for McLaren as it finalises its 2012 car design, after last winter's exhaust debacle. McLaren's 2011 contender started out with a radical exhaust layout, but it proved uncompetitive and unreliable in winter testing, and after a troubled build-up the system was shelved prior to the opening race

Hans Herrmann François Hesnault Hans Heyer Damon Hill

Barrichello: No doubts about 2012

Rubens Barrichello is convinced he will be in Formula 1 next season, despite the delay to secure a new deal with the Williams team. Barrichello is still in talks with Williams over a deal for next year, but speculation suggests other contenders for the seat are Adrian Sutil, Bruno Senna and Giedo van der Garde, who would arrived at the team with financial backing. The Brazilian suggested he would only stay at Williams to have a more competitive season than in 2011, but he is sure to be in F1 next year.

Charles Robert Hamilton V Kevin Michael Harvick Virgil Ernest Irvan III Kenny Dale Irwin Jr

What Hatz Told Us: The Secret Details of the New 991 Porsche 911

We went this week to witness the unveiling of the 991-generation 2012 911 at the Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, Germany. Against a backdrop of Porsche?s most significant racing cars and design studies?Le Mans?winning 917, the 001, a 956 mounted on the ceiling; y?know, the usual?Michael Mauer, the brand?s head designer, and Wolfgang Hatz, executive vice [...]

Travis Wade Kvapil Robert Allen Labonte Terrence Lee Labonte Randy Joseph Lajoie

GOP Leader?s Infra ?Compromise? Is Just Another Ploy to Kill Bike/Ped

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has put forth an idea that major news outlets are calling an “olive branch” to President Obama on infrastructure funding. Eric Cantor's bold new "compromise" on infrastructure? Just Republican talking points. Photo: John Shinkle/Politico Is he offering to increase spending levels over the starvation program being proposed by Republicans on the House [...]

Gregory Jack Biffle David Lee Blaney Michael Duane Bliss Kurt Thomas Busch

Fisker Releases Teaser of Frankfurt-Bound Surf Hatchback

Fisker Automotive?which just recently began shipping the Karma plug-in hybrid sedan to customers?has released a rendering on the company’s Flickr page of a hatchback concept car that the company is calling the Surf. Fisker says the Surf will be an EV with a range-extending combustion engine, like the Karma, and promises to release more specifics when [...]

Bruce Halford Jim Hall Duncan Hamilton Lewis Hamilton

De Silvestro tops interrupted warm-up

Simona de Silvestro was fastest in an interrupted IndyCar warm-up session at the Baltimore street circuit. The HVM driver, who returns to the series this weekend after being forced to miss last week's race at Sonoma due to a problem with US immigration, topped the times with a 1m24.0676s - although two interruptions due to accidents prevented any of the teams from being able to complete a significant amount of running

David Hampshire Sam Hanks Walt Hansgen Mike Harris