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A spokesperson for Rubens Barrichello has denied suggestions the Brazilian veteran has already signed to switch to the Williams team in 2010. Full story...

Alain Prost is still not ruling out a move to Renault as a full-time replacement for the ousted and banned team boss Flavio Briatore. Full story...

79 days after sustaining life-threatening head injuries in a Budapest qualifying crash, Felipe Massa on Monday morning returned to the wheel of a formula one car. Full story...

Bernie Ecclestone has admitted the possibility that some of F1's new teams might not actually make it to the Bahrain grid next March. Full story...

Felipe Massa on Monday said he felt back to his old self after driving a formula one car for the first time since sustaining serious head injuries in July. Full story...

Aveo is the Rodney Dangerfield of the Chevrolet lineup. It just "don't get no respect". Here is an entry level car that can be ordered as either a sedan or a five-door hatchback in LS or LT trim with either a five-speed manual gearbox or a four-speed automatic. Yet, you hardly see any ads for the car on TV or in the paper from GM. Local dealers have them, but seem to be able to get better deals on larger cars. Full story...

QUEBEC - The 2010 models have arrived. Dealers are offering not only so-called unbeatable prices, but also extremely low financing rates, sometimes even as low as 0%. Buyer beware! To get a good deal, the Quebec Consumer Protection Agency (Office de la protection du consommateur) recommends that buyers be aware of potential pitfalls and properly evaluate the costs related to financing a purchase. Full story...

She's one of the best known faces in television drama, so there was no mistaking when Angela Griffin called into Fiat's flagship dealer, Fiat Marylebone, to collect her new car. Full story...

Gil de Ferran rode into the sunset with a victory in his final race Saturday. David Brabham and Scott Sharp finished second in class and third overall, more than enough to secure the LMP1 driver championship. Full story...

Timo Glock will miss the Brasilian and probably the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as it was discovered he suffers a cracked vertebrae, a direct result from his heavy crash in Suzuka's walls in qualifying last week-end. Full story...

Bruno Senna is now said to be the most probable driver to join Pedro de la Rosa at Campos next year. The Brazilian apparently has a very solid sponsor backup deal that could accommodate Campos or at least tempt them to bring him on board. Full story...

Second Saturday at 0.6 seconds from winners Gil de Ferran and Simon Pagenaud and equalizing a victory records (8) in 2009, team Fernandez Racing will be forced to close its doors due to insufficient funding for 2010. Full story...

She's one of the best known faces in television drama, so there was no mistaking when Angela Griffin called into Fiat's flagship dealer, Fiat Marylebone, to collect her new car. Full story...

Gary Paffett (C Class Mercedes) won the 9th round of the 2009 DTM championship today in Dijon, ahead of team mates Paul Di Resta and Bruno Spengler. Full story...

Dario Franchitti (Ganassi) has prevailed in the last moment of the IndyCar grand finale at Homestead to win one exciting race and clintch his second carrer title while Ryan Briscoe (Penske) and Franchitti's team-mate Scott Dixon dominated the race from the front, battling wheel to wheel for victory for most of the afternoon. Full story...

John Edwards became the youngest champion in the 36-year history of the series with a dominating performance at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca on Sunday afternoon. He and Jonathan Summerton ended the season tied with 182 points and four victories apiece. Edwards took the title based on the fact that he earned four second-place finishes to Summerton's three runner-up results! Full story...

When Jeff Gordon waves the white flag, maybe it's time to think surrender to Jimmie Johnson for the NASCAR Sprint Cup title, only Johnson says it's too early. Johnson won his third-straight fall race at Auto Club Speedway holding off Gordon by 1.6 seconds in a 500-mile race around the two-mile oval, it was Gordon's eighth second place finish this year. Full story...

Medical tests overseen by the FIA have shown that Felipe Massa's eyesight will not delay his return to formula one. Full story...

Canadian driver Bruno Spengler clinched pole position today in qualifying in Dijon. It's the first pole position this year for Spengler, who started from first position last time in Norisring in 2008. In Dijon, Spengler set fastest time ahead of team mate Paul Di Resta, while Audi drivers Tom Kristensen and Mathias Ekstrom will share row 2. Full story...

While Joao Barbosa and Hurley Haywood won Saturday's Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series presented by Crown Royal Cask No. 16 season-ending Grand Prix of Miami, Jon Fogarty and Alex Gurney finished fourth to capture their second Daytona Prototype championship. Full story...