Korea Michael?s last GP for Williams

Williams technical director Sam Michael's last race with the team will be the Korean Grand Prix, before handing his responsibilities over to other people. Michael resigned from the outfit earlier this year on the back of the team's poor start to the campaign, having felt the Grove-based operation would benefit from a restructuring of its technical operation.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/korea-michaels-last-gp-for-williams/

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Raquel Nelson Speaks on the Today Show About Her Son and Her Court Case

We’ve written quite a bit about Raquel Nelson over the past week or so, but now, we’ll let her speak for herself. The Today Show devoted an eight-minute segment to her case this morning, including an interview with Raquel. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Nelson’s lawyer, David Savoy, also contacted [...]

Source: http://dc.streetsblog.org/2011/07/25/raquel-nelson-speaks-on-the-today-show-about-her-son-and-her-court-case/

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Christodoulou to Race McLaren GT at 24 Hours of Spa

McLaren GT Adam Christodoulou Tue, 26 Jul 2011 Former Formula Renault British champion and Star Mazda champion, Adam Christodoulou has been one of the first drivers to be selected to compete in the brand new McLaren MP4-12C GT3 race car,...

Source: http://www.motorsportsjournal.com/archives/2011/07/christodoulou_to_race_mcl.php

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TRG Goes 1-2 Again

The Racer's Group (TRG) BOWMANVILLE, ONTARIO (July 25, 2011) Moves into GTC Class Lead with Win at Mosport TRG moved into the GTC class lead by scoring its second one-two finish in a row with another owerful and consistent performance...

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Name That Shifter, No. 33: 2000 Honda Insight

On Monday we presented this week?s shifter and asked you to identify the make and model of the vehicle from whence it came. The presence of the 1990s Honda shift knob helped several of you recognize the car as a 2000 Honda Insight. The first commenter to correctly identify it was DEM, who specified both [...]

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Mercedes-Benz Brings a ?TraumaHawk? Sprinter Ambulance to the C/D Office

Reps from Mercedes-Benz recently stopped by our office with a specially outfitted, incredibly sweet Sprinter van. The “TraumaHawk” has been set up for ambulance duty by American Emergency Vehicles, and it features everything you’d expect, from flashing lights and wicked-loud sirens (sorry, neighbors) to heavy-duty cabinetry. (We’re suckers for ambulances.) Like all Sprinters sold in [...]

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Spy Shots: Subaru XV (read: Impreza Outback Sport) leaked via patent renderings

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Subaru XV Rendering

Subaru unveiled its steroid-enhanced Impreza - the XV concept - at the 2011 Shanghai Motor Show earlier this year, previewing what a high-riding version of the automaker's new C-segment hatchback could look like. Here in the United States, the XV is better known as the Impreza Outback Sport - a vehicle which we've gotten quite accustomed to, especially for its signature two-tone look.

Interestingly, when we spoke with Subaru officials earlier this year, we were told that the XV isn't in the cards for the U.S., but that it's being considered. However, other markets are slated to get a production version of the crossover as early as next year, and the final design looks to be revealed with these Chinese patent office filings. It looks like exactly what you'd expect from a modern-day Outback Sport, which is to say higher-riding and modestly toughened up visually.

If the XV does arrive in the States someday, Subaru tells us that it likely won't be called Outback Sport. Still, with these patent filings showing a left-hand-drive setup, and with China Car Times reporting that a 2.0-liter inline-four (the new boxer engine) will be underhood, we don't think it'll be too hard for Subaru to adjust this thing for American use.

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Bortolotti on pole for race two

Formula 2 points leader Mirko Bortolotti has secured pole for the second race at Brands Hatch. The Italian took advantage of a quiet spell on the track 10 minutes into the session to put on new tyres and reel off a quick succession of fast laps, culminating in a 1m15.730s effort. His advantage over his rivals was 1.4s when he returned to the pits, and while most of the gap was eventually eroded, it was never bettered

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/bortolotti-on-pole-for-race-two/

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Alonso: Red Bull is exposed to errors

Fernando Alonso believes Red Bull Racing is now exposed to the possibility of making more errors in the race thanks to the growing competitiveness of McLaren and Ferrari. With a pit stop mistake at the British Grand Prix having contributed to Sebastian Vettel not winning a race for only the second time this year, Alonso believes that Red Bull Racing are no longer in the super comfortable position that they were at the start of the season. "For sure it's not as easy as when they were one second in front of everyone," said Alonso, when asked by AUTOSPORT if he felt that Red Bull Racing was now under real pressure

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/alonso-red-bull-is-exposed-to-errors/

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