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Sir Frank Williams sounds unlikely to oust German rookie Nico Hulkenberg for the 2011 season. Full story...

Jim Hunter, NASCAR vice president of corporate communications, whose career that spanned more than 40 years, lost a year long battle with cancer at age 71. Full story...

After getting involved in road safety campaigns in Germany and the UK, the Williams F1 Team will be trying to make a difference in Qatar where speeding is responsible for more death than all other causes. Full story...

Until recently it was unusual for Juan Pablo Montoya to be considered as a pole contender. That has changed this year. Full story...

Timo Scheider (Audi) won the penultimate round of the DTM championship presented in Adria, Italy. Bruno Spengler (Mercedes) took third place, and took the championship lead back before the final round in Shanghai. Full story...

There is a 30 percent chance that investors holding preferred shares in Porsche SE may not be able to swap their stock for equity in Volkswagen, according to VW CEO Martin Winterkorn. Full story...

European buyers will get a more costly and more upscale version of Volkswagen's new Jetta sedan than North American customers. Full story...

General Motors Co., preparing for an initial public offering, is showing a different spirit than the failed behemoth that preceded it: investing in small cars, planning to hire workers and paying obligations early. Full story...

General Motors Co., preparing for an initial public offering, is showing a different spirit than the failed behemoth that preceded it: investing in small cars, planning to hire workers and paying obligations early. Full story...

An American businessman bought James Bond's 1964 Aston Martin DB5 for 2.9 million pounds ($4.59 million) at a London auction. Full story...

The new Buick Regal is on sale now-- and it's doing almost exactly what the last Buick Regal did for years: attracting a new and theoretically more youthful shopper to the brand's showrooms. Regal's long been the sporty model in Buick's lineup, and the last-generation model packed much of the styling and hardware to back that up. Full story...

After confirming that it had come to terms with veteran driver Tony Kanaan to end their partnership, Andretti Autosports announced that it had signed Ryan Hunter-Reay to a new contract for the next two seasons. Full story...

In parallel to its 2010 race programme with the 908 HDi FAP, Peugeot Sport has been busy designing and developing the prototype that will defend its colours in 2011. Full story...

Gary Paffett (C Class Mercedes) took pole position today in Adria, ahead of his teammate, Canadian driver Bruno Spengler. Full story...

Stuttgart. Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart, continues to consistently target fuel economy with each model change. Depending on the model, the savings achieved by all currently available model series in comparison with the corresponding predecessors lie in the double-digit percentage range whilst simultaneously offering significantly increased performance. Full story...

Adrian Sutil has denied rumours he could be set to replace Michael Schumacher at Mercedes next year. It has been suggested the 27-year-old German, who is currently contemplating his future at Force India, is first in line for the Mercedes race seat should Schumacher decide over the winter break to return to retirement. Full story...

Jerome d'Ambrosio is close to securing his formula one race debut for 2011. That is the claim of Eric Boullier, who is in charge not only of the Renault team, but also Genii Capital's driver management arm Gravity. Full story...

Martin Whitmarsh on Friday vowed to support Jenson Button as the reigning world champion pushes for a second consecutive drivers' world title. Full story...

The Suzuki SX4 hatchback is no longer the freshly discovered species of our automotive fauna. It's already been around since 2007. Though less popular than the similarly sized Toyota Matrix, Volkswagen Golf and Nissan Versa, it nevertheless has one particularity that's rather important to many drivers across the country. Like the Subaru Impreza, it offers the undeniable advantages of all-wheel drive, particularly appreciated in winter. Full story...

The addition of Bulgaria to the F1 calendar could mean the end of the sport's Hungarian and Turkish rounds. That is the claim of organiser and Bulgarian motor racing official Bogdan Nikolov, who said this week that a contract for a debut race in 2012 could be signed as soon as next month. Full story...