Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/07/20/caption-competition-34-ecclestone-and-hembery/
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Saturday
Caption Competition 33: Ecclestone and Hembery | Caption Competition
What have F1 ringmaster Bernie Ecclestone and Pirelli motorsport director Paul Hembery been chatting about? That's for you to decide.
Thursday
Wednesday
Massa Looking To Force India And Lotus
Felipe Massa may well turn to the likes of Force India and Lotus if his current contract at Ferrari is allowed to expire this year. Reports that Jules Bianchi is in line to replace the Brazilian have been circulating all weekend. Should the Marussia man make the step up, Massa would be pushed out, but [...]
Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/sh_54hiyxrg/massa-looking-to-force-india-and-lotus
Tuesday
Driver line-up confirmed for Young Drivers? Test | 2013 F1 season
The driver-line up for the Young Drivers' Test which starts at Silverstone tomorrow has been confirmed.
Source: http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/07/16/complete-driver-line-up-for-silverstone-young-drivers-test/
Greg Biffle wins second consecutive Michigan race for Ford?s 1,000th win
After a late tire-issue for Jimmie Johnson, Greg Biffle cruised to the checkered flag for his second Michigan win in a row on Sunday and first victory of the season.
Biffle was in command of the race after the final restart but was feeling pressure from Johnson, who was closing. Did he have enough time to catch Biffle? With two laps to go and Johnson trailing Biffle by under a second, he lost a tire in the middle of turns one and two and his car skated up towards the wall.
The right side of the car was pancaked. Johnson's chances at the win were toast, and Biffle finished more than four seconds ahead of Kevin Harvick.
"I love it when the 48 crashes trying to catch me. Love it," Biffle exclaimed over the radio after crossing the finish line.
He explained his comment on the radio later -- Johnson came through the field to the front numerous times Sunday and said he had to drive really hard over the last segment of the race to get near Biffle.
"Well, let me clarify that a little bit" Biffle said. "I don?t want to see anybody wreck; I should have said make a mistake. And that?s truly what he did is he made a mistake. He pushed the envelope, and we all do that. I almost did that; he almost busted me, and basically that?s what I was referring to was breaking him. We got him to make a mistake, we got him to falter, and we pushed the envelope, and that?s part of racing and part of running hard and being competitive, and it makes you feel good when you push the guy over the edge, and he made a mistake.
It was also the second straight Michigan race that Johnson had a problem while racing Biffle for the win. Last August, Johnson's engine started to wane while he was in the lead and Biffle passed him for the win shortly before it expired with five laps to go.
Biffle had the lead on that final restart thanks to a great break on pit road during a green flag pit stop cycle. As Biffle had just hit pit road on lap 167 of the 200 lap race, Jamie McMurray blew a tire and brought out a caution flag. But because he was in his pit stall when the caution waved, Biffle was able to exit the pits without going a lap down.
That meant that as the rest of the lead lap cars who hadn't pitted made their way in for service during the caution, Biffle inherited the lead and never gave it back. His teammate Carl Edwards, who started on the pole, had pitted just prior to Biffle. He wasn't so lucky. He was forced to take the wavearound and finished 8th.
"I was really worried about that 48, you know, he'd been pretty fast, but when this thing got in clean air it was all over," Biffle said.
The win was Ford's 1,000th race win across all of NASCAR's national series.
Last week, Biffle finished second to Johnson at Pocono. And it was possible the opposite would be true this week. But because of the tire issue Johnson ended up 28th, the highest finishing Hendrick Motorsports car after Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jeff Gordon and Kasey Kahne also all had problems.
Johnson's points lead is now 31 over Edwards and Biffle is 8th in the standings.
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Monday
Buick Enclave
When Buick recently decided to name 11 "greatest hits" from its back catalog, it wanted one vehicle to define each decade the company has been making luxury cars. The most current model on the list and the one representing the modern Buick brand? The Enclave.
This full-size crossover seats up to eight people in a giant interior that could also double as a moving van. Its luxury styling elements, quiet cabin and optional AWD have earned the V-6-powered Enclave not only prestige within Buick?s history, but also a breakout sales success rank that few expected when the model was launched as a 2008 model.
The name is pronounced ?On Clave? and loosely means "to surround and protect." The name matches the mission of this family friendly wagon: offer almost all of the normal minivan space and safety benefits in a more fashionable SUV shell - with optional AWD and 4,500-pound towing capability.
The latest 2014 Buick Enclave packs a few updates to its interior amenities, new safety tech and a light exterior refresh that includes LED lights front and rear. How does it fare versus its primary competition in the $45,000 luxury crossover segment: the Infiniti JX35 and the new Acura MDX? Does it have enough luxury to justify the extra spend over the latest seven-passenger Hyundai Santa Fe?
Click past the jump for the full review of the 2014 Buick Enclave with mega photo gallery of the revised exterior and interior.
Buick Enclave originally appeared on topspeed.com on Monday, 15 July 2013 19:00 EST.
Source: http://www.topspeed.com/cars/buick/2014-buick-enclave-ar159666.html
Jimmie Johnson completes Daytona season sweep
Much like he did in the season's opening race, Jimmie Johnson kept the rest of the field at bay in the final laps at Daytona International Speedway to win the Coke Zero 400.
At the Daytona 500, Johnson had six laps of green flag racing to hold off any challengers. Saturday night, he had two, after the race was extended for a green-white-checker restart.
Johnson was the leader for the restart and pulled away from Kevin Harvick on the backstretch of the penultimate lap. Then, over the next lap and a half of racing, the rest of the field was jostling for second place. By the time Tony Stewart was comfortably there, there wasn't enough distance to make a move on Johnson's lead before the checkered flag as two separate crashes happened on the final lap behind the leaders.
"I think I showed strength early and a lot of guys knew that and were willing to work with me," Johnson, who led for 94 of the race's 161 laps and became the first driver since Bobby Allison to win both of Daytona's races in a single season, said. "And kind of help me through situations which was great, and I don't know if I really made a bad move tonight so I'm pretty proud of that."
There's no denying that Johnson was the race's dominant driver, given the massive amount of time he spent up front all evening. His car was able to work both the top and bottom groove flawlessly and while leading, Johnson was able to change lanes seamlessly to draft with and blunt the momentum of the faster lane behind him.
However, with six laps to go, there was a move that could have been his undoing had the race stayed green -- and Johnson wondered at the time if it might have been.
Johnson was the leader on the inside line while the pack was running double file behind him. As the outside line moved forward, Johnson moved to the top side to jump in its draft. But when he did that, it drew Kahne alongside him.
He and Kahne stayed side-by-side through turns one and two, and off of turn two, Johnson's car stayed high, which opened up a gap between the two for Marcos Ambrose, who was just behind Johnson on the outside line. Ambrose went for the three-wide pass for the lead, but as he did, Johnson moved back down towards Kahne. Ambrose had nowhere to go but to the left and he hit Kahne, sending Kahne shooting towards the inside backstretch wall and the caution flag into the air.
"Throughout the race I was able to move up to whatever lane was advancing and stall them out," Johnson said. "(Ambrose) had a huge run and I moved up to defend it. He didn't push me off. I certainly had some concerns there. The thought of making the wrong move did go through my mind as I went up the frontstretch."
It worked out for Johnson as he was the leader at the time of the caution, so he kept the lead. But Kahne had been up near the front with Johnson all evening, his car was one of the few strong enough to pose a challenge to Johnson's prowess.
Instead, he finished 32nd and just a week after Matt Kenseth broke the tie with Johnson and took his circuit-leading fourth win of the season, Johnson's tied again with him and his points lead is even bigger. Thanks to Carl Edwards' late race troubles, Johnson now leads Clint Bowyer by 49 points.
More Spy Photos: Lamborghini Aventador SV
The very last week saw some new spy photos of the Lamborghini Aventador SV, through prototype testing with a camouflage, of course, was superior to the prototype we found today. The prototype we have below and has been hunted for this weekend, reminds us once again that the Lamborghini Aventador SV is only a matter [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/479-more-spy-photos-lamborghini-aventador-sv.html
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2013 Sachsenring Moto2 And Moto3 Saturday Press Releases
Press releases from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams after qualifying for the German Grand Prix at the Sachsenring:
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Sunday
Sebastian Vettel: ?I?m just incredibly proud today??
Sebastian Vettel finally won his home Grand Prix in Germany after holding off the challenge of Kimi Raikkonen in the closing laps. It was also his first win in July, an unusual statistic that has followed him around in recent … Continue reading 
Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2013/07/07/sebastian-vettel-im-just-incredibly-proud-today/
Bump Day Live Blog!!!
FINAL UPDATE As The Speedway sits quietly after two days of non-stop running, Michel Jourdain packs up to head home after a heartbreaking afternoon. The #17 crew called off a last minute bonsai run after an entire day of parts … Continue reading 
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/05/19/bump-day-live-blog/
Volkswagen Passat 2014
The Volkswagen Passat 2014, which hit the market in August this year, has been wearing a much more attractive design. It is clear that Volkswagen design line has changed: the rounded forms have given way to straight lines and angular. It is not just that the designers keep the sign of the times, but every [...]
Source: http://www.autocarblog.co.uk/505-volkswagen-passat-2014.html
2013 Sachsenring MotoGP Friday Round Up: How A Crash Can Change A Championship
There's an expression in the Dutch language, "een ongeluk zit in een klein hoekje," which translates literally as "accidents hide in small corners." It seems particularly relevant at the Sachsenring on Friday, as while there were crashes galore at Turn 11, the fast corner at the top of the long downhill run to the two final left handers, Jorge Lorenzo crashed at Turn 10, the uphill left which precedes Turn 11. It is not much of a corner, just the last of the long sequence of left handers which proceed from the Omegakurve towards the top of the hill, and the plunge down the waterfall. But it was enough to bend the titanium plate holding Jorge Lorenzo's collarbone together, and put him out of the German Grand Prix, and maybe Laguna Seca as well. That relatively minor corner may have ended Jorge Lorenzo's championship hopes.
What happened? It's hard to say exactly, but buoyed by the fact he topped the timesheets in FP1, and was consistently fast, Lorenzo came out in FP2 in attack mode. He pushed aggressively for the first two laps, setting a time that would put him in 4th on just his second full lap out of the pits. He was faster still round the first two sectors of the track, and then Turn 10 happened. The factory Yamaha man was thrown off his bike and into the air, landing having on his shoulder and back. The impact was violent enough to bend the titanium plate, and Lorenzo immediately knew something was wrong. He got up, zipped open his leathers and started gingerly feeling his collarbone.
A Ramble on Tires, Push and the Future
As the season reaches the halfway point the future of indycar is starting to look quite bright. Something as simple as an in-depth look at the odd link between downforce, pushy racecars and tires, a bone of contention in their … Continue reading 
Source: http://anotherindycarblog.wordpress.com/2013/07/02/a-ramble-on-tires-push-and-the-future/
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