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Dr Helmut Marko is critical not only of the moves to change the engine mapping rules mid-season, but also of rival teams who lobbied the FIA and then refused to own up at a meeting earlier this week.

In the wake of the Hockenheim controversy about Red Bull's reportedly legal traction control and engine exhaust blowing settings, F1's governing body on Wednesday issued a rule clarification that means the team must revert to a more conventional setup in Hungary this weekend and beyond.

The move follows the FIA revealing its concern about the Red Bull solution at Hockenheim, but admitting the wording of the existing rules made it powerless to stop it.

Wednesday's clarification closes the loophole.

"We were not cleared (at Hockenheim) because we falsified the evidence, but because we were within the regulations," Austrian Marko, Red Bull's motor racing consultant, told Servus TV.

He railed against overnight rule changes.

"If something is green, you can't then make it blue," said Marko. "Nowhere does it say that we can't use the regulations in our favour."

Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull RB8. (Photo: WRi2)

He also criticised the behaviour of Red Bull's rivals, who according to speculation lobbied the FIA for the change but were then silent in Monday's technical meeting in London.

"Again and again, there are people who do such a thing. I'm talking of the other teams," said Marko. "Then on Monday, when we could have addressed it professionally and objectively, it is not even addressed."

Red Bull is also still annoyed about Sebastian Vettel's demotion from second to fifth at Hockenheim for his illegal pass on Jenson Button.

Dr Helmut Marko has already referred to a "double standard" sometimes employed by the FIA when it comes to penalties, and now team boss Christian Horner says he has reviewed footage of Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso's pole lap at Hockenheim.

"On the last corner he was off the circuit with all four wheels," the Briton is quoted by Auto Motor und Sport, intimating that the Spaniard also broke the rules for advantage but was not penalised.

The automaker is currently developing a system capable of detecting pedestrians and cyclists on busy streets or when visibility is reduced.

Vehicles may be able to detect pedestrians carrying a smartphone equipped with Wi-Fi Direct, a wireless technology that allows devices to communicate directly with each other rather than through a shared access point.

GM is also looking to develop a smartphone app which could be downloaded by frequent road users, such as bike couriers or construction workers, to help vehicles identify them more easily.

With a 200-metre range (roughly the length of two football fields), this system could warn drivers about a pedestrian stepping out from between two parked vehicles or a cyclist riding behind the car's blind spot, for instance.

Electric car maker Tesla Motors said its second-quarter loss widened after the end of battery-powered Roadster sales and ahead of full output of the Model S sedan. Tesla's net loss totaled $105.6 million, or $1 a share, up from $58.

Also in the news: Audi shows us the 2013 R8 and Ford builds a Mustang to celebrate the Red Tails.

They boys and girls over at the Camaro5 forum have come upon an option sheet for the 2013 Chevrolet Camaro Dusk Special Edition package and some photos of what the finished package will look like.

Toyota, rebounding from lost production from last year's natural disasters in Asia, sold the most cars and trucks worldwide for the year's first half, extending its lead over GM and VW. Toyota global sales rose to 4.

Carroll Shelby's children and his estranged wife are reportedly close to a settlement that will end the dispute over his corporeal remains.

General Motors of Canada has detailed research and development activities in Canada that started in 2009 and stretch to 2016, at a cost of US$850m.

Daimler booked second quarter EBIT of EUR2,243m, down from EUR2,581m the previous year and net profit also dipped to EUR1,515m from EUR1,704m).

Japan's eight leading automakers boosted domestic production 21.2% to 847,734 vehicles in June.

Outright union hostility to PSA Peugeot's Citroen's massive job reduction plans looks likely to be neutered by the imminent holiday season in France that will see vast swathes of the country's automotive sector leave for the beach.

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GM is restructuring its product-development enterprise so that a single engineer takes full responsibility for each of GM's vehicle programs, a move aimed at increasing accountability and speeding the introduction of new cars and trucks.

India's Automotive Component Manufacturers Association (ACMA) has strongly condemned last week's violence at Maruti Suzuki's Manesar plant as fears grow the region's supply chain could be severely impacted.

In light of the child sex abuse scandal that has ensnarled Penn State, General Motors is re-evaluating its sponsorship of the university.

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