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Former Porsche CFO Holger Haerter has been fined 630,000 euros ($824,000) by a German court for credit fraud in a criminal case over the refinancing of a 10 billion euro loan during a failed bid to takeover Volkswagen in 2009.

Porsche is in talks to buy a 10 percent stake in supplier Mobileye, a report said. Mobileye develops safety technology such as camera-based anti-collision systems.

News 4 Jun, 2013

The Brabus-tuned Mercedes GL 63 AMG gets a massive bodykit and a boost in power to 611bhp

Bosch UK sales grew slightly last year from EUR2.2bn to EUR2.4bn, with the automotive technology sector continuing to remain the company's largest business sector. The Tier 1 supplier's UK president, Peter Fouquet, talked to Simon Warburton at this week's Bosch presentation at MIRA's (Motor Industry Research Association) test track in the Midlands.

New-car sales in Germany fell nearly 10 percent in May dampening hopes for any recovery in the crisis-hit European market in 2013.

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ROAD TEST EDITOR JONATHAN WONG: I spent a lot of time in our long-term 2007 Audi S6 during road trips crisscrossing the state of Michigan and going to a World Challenge race at Mosport (now known as Canadian Tire Motorsport Park).

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News 5 Jun, 2013

First pictures of the new Skoda Octavia vRS, ahead of its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed

In a classic case of April showers and May flowers, last month's US light vehicle sales bloomed quite nicely following the previous month's dip.

The Renault group increased its share of the French passenger car market 0.7 points year on year for a 23.2% share but the automaker's regional chief branded results "unsatisfactory".

Record energy production coupled with a sustained housing recovery are pushing pickup sales to the highest level in as much as eight years and driving Detroit's comeback. Detroit's 3 automakers have gained 1.

Audi sales boss Luca De Meo expects China's compact-premium segment to grow from about 10 percent of the luxury market to more than 25 percent by 2020. Audi plans to meet this demand with its locally produced A3 sedan and Q3 SUV.

Three years after buying Volvo Cars, Chinese tycoon Li Shufu may get to compete with Audi and BMW on a more level playing field in his own country.

Automotive News Europe salutes the winners of the 2013 Rising Stars awards. Every day until June 12 one of the 18 winners will be featured. Today's Rising Star is Eduardo Munoz, Jaguar Land Rover's global parts supply chain director.

Mazda reached back to the 1960s, specifically to 1968 Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury -- the man credited with launching the now-popular back-first high jump technique known as the Fosbury Flop -- to pitch its new Mazda6.

The 2013 Formula 1 season marks the introduction of new Pirelli tires, updated technical regulations et the arrival of several rookies.

Here is our guide with everything you need to know about the teams, the drivers and the circuits.

A view of things to come for everybody on the F1 grid who does not drive a Red Bull? (WRi2)

TEAMS
Red Bull Racing
Sebastien Vettel - Mark Webber
Full Team Name: Infiniti Red Bull Racing
Base: Milton Keynes, UK
Team Principal: Christian Horner
Technical Chief: Adrian Newey
Test Driver: Sebastien Buemi
Chassis: RB9
Engine: Renault RS27-2013
First Season: 2005
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Scuderia Ferrari
Fernando Alonso - Felipe Massa
Full Team Name: Scuderia Ferrari
Base: Maranello, Italy
Team Principal: Stefano Domenicali
Technical Chief: Pat Fry
Chassis: F138
Engine: Ferrari 056
First Season: 1950
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Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Jenson Button - Sergio Pérez
Full Team Name: Vodafone McLaren Mercedes
Base: Woking, UK
Team Principal: Martin Whitmarsh
Technical Chief: Tim Goss
Chassis: MP4-28
Engine: Mercedes-Benz FO 108F
First Season: 1966
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Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Räikkönen - Romain Grosjean
Full Team Name: Lotus F1 Team
Base: Enstone, UK
Team Principal: Eric Boullier
Technical Chief: James Allison
Test Drivers: Jerome D'Ambrosio, Nicolas Prost, Davide Valsecchi
Chassis: E21
Engine: Renault RS27-2013
First Season: 1981
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Mercedes AMG Petronas F1
Lewis Hamiton - Nico Rosberg
Full Team Name: Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team
Base: Brackley, UK
Team Principal: Ross Brawn
Technical Chief: Bob Bell
Chassis: F1 W04
Engine: Mercedes-Benz
First Season: 2010
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Sauber F1 Team
Nico Hülkenberg - Esteban Gutiérrez
Full Team Name: Sauber F1 Team
Base: Hinwil, Switzerland
Esteban Gutierrez
Test Drivers: Robin Frijns
Chassis: C32
Engine: Ferrari
First Season: 1993
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Sahara Force India F1 Team
Paul di Resta - Adrian Sutil
Full Team Name: Sahara Force India F1 Team
Base: Silverstone, UK
Team Principal: Vijay Mallya
Technical Chief: Andrew Green
Chassis: VJM06
Engine: Mercedes-Benz
First Season: 2008
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Williams F1 Team
Pastor Maldonado - Valtteri Bottas
Full Team Name: Williams F1 Team
Base: Grove, UK
Team Principal: Frank Williams
Technical Chief: Mike Coughlan
Test Driver: Susie Wolff
Chassis: FW35
Engine: Renault
First Season: 1975
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Scuderia Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo - Jean-Éric Vergne
Full Team Name: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Base: Faenza, Italy
Team Principal: Franz Tost
Technical Chief: James Key
Chassis: STR8
Engine: Ferrari 056
First Season: 2006
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Caterham F1 Team
Charles Pic - Giedo van der Garde
Full Team Name: Caterham F1 Team
Base: Leafield, UK
Team Principal: Cyril Abiteboul
Technical Chief: Mark Smith
Test Drivers: Qing Hua Ma, Alexander Rossi
Chassis: CT03
Engine: Renault RS27-2013
First Season: 2010
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Marussia F1 Team
Max Chilton - Jules Bianchi
Full Team Name: Marussia F1 Team
Base: Banbury, UK
Team Principal: John Booth
Technical Chief: Pat Symonds
Test Driver: Rodolfo Gonzalez
Chassis: MR02
Engine: Cosworth CA2013K
First Season: 2010
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Is 2013 the year Fernando Alonso will clinch his third drivers' crown? (WRi2)

DRIVERS
Numerous drivers are lining up this season as title contenders. Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel heads the list, but Spaniard Fernando Alonso, not far behind, will be trying very hard to steal his crown.

Maybe some outsider named Mark Webber, Lewis Hamilton or Kimi Räikkönen will prevail...

Sebastian Vettel
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Mark Webber
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Fernando Alonso
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Felipe Massa
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Jenson Button
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Sergio Pérez
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Kimi Räikkönen
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Romain Grosjean
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Nico Rosberg
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Lewis Hamilton
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Nico Hülkenberg
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Esteban Gutiérrez
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Paul di Resta
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Adrian Sutil
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Pastor Maldonado
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Valtteri Bottas
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Jean-Éric Vergne
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Daniel Ricciardo
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Charles Pic
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Giedo van der Garde
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Jules Bianchi
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Max Chilton
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Can Lewis Hamilton turn Mercedes into title contenders? (WRi2)

TRACKS
Here is a list of all 19 race tracks the Formula 1 championship will visit this season.

Albert Park (Australia) Results and story
Sepang International Circuit (Malaysia) Results and story
Shanghai International Circuit (China) Results and story
Bahrain International Circuit (Bahrain) Results and story
Circuit de Catalunya (Spain) Results and story
Circuit de Monaco (Monaco) Results and story
Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve (Canada)
Silverstone Circuit (UK)
Nürburgring (Germany)
Hungaroring (Hungary)
Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps (Belgium)
Autodromo di Monza (Italy)
Marina Bay Street Circuit (Signapour)
Korean International Circuit (Korea)
Suzuka Circuit (Japan)
Buddh International Circuit (India)
Yas Marina Circuit (Abu Dhabi)
Circuit of The Americas (US)
Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Brazil)

Adjusted rules and regulations for 2013


Enjoy the season!

From GMM

Red Bull is not ready to announce its 2014 driver lineup, team boss Christian Horner insists.

With Mark Webber approaching his 37th birthday, the end of his contract and amid a fractious relationship with Sebastian Vettel, it has been rumoured Daniel Ricciardo or Kimi Raikkonen are at the front of the queue to replace him.

Australian Webber, however, sounds confident he will still be on the grid in 2014, as he is reportedly looking ahead to the radical new turbo V6 engine rules.

"There will be so many new things that you'll see many retirements in the first grands prix of the season," he told Italy's Autosprint magazine this week.

"Even winter testing will be complicated because it won't be like today, covering 400 kilometres a day -- the cars will be in the pits a lot of the time. I think that in the early races, it will be good enough to get to the end of the race and in the points," added Webber.

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Christian Horner, meanwhile, is not ready to talk about Red Bull's 2014 lineup.

Asked specifically about Raikkonen, the Briton said at Milton-Keynes this week: "There is only speculation. We have not decided what we are going to do beyond Mark's 2013 contract. But if we do have to announce the name of a driver, it certainly won't be in the next week."

Meanwhile, Red Bull designer Adrian Newey had an embarrassing moment while racing a Lamborghini in the 'Super Trofeo' race at Silverstone last week, [link artid="156469"]losing control and smashing into the wall on the warm-up lap[/link.

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Maria de Villota has revealed the terrifying extent of the damage to her carbon fibre helmet that saved her life during an horror Marussia test crash last year.

The 33-year-old Spaniard suffered serious skull, brain and facial injuries last July when she inexplicably lost control of the F1 car whilst straightline aerodynamic testing at Duxford airfield (UK).

Her head, now visibly scarred, struck the loading ramp of a truck, and today she wears an eye-patch to cover her right eye, which was irreparably damaged in the crash.

At a road-safety and spinal injury event in Madrid this week, de Villota revealed the $4,000 carbon-fibre Bell helmet she was wearing in the crash, which was cracked almost in half from underneath the visor to the rear-mountings for the HANS safety device.

The Spanish newspaper El Pais published one photo.

Photo: El Pais

"Until now only my family and friends have seen it (the helmet)," de Villota is quoted as saying, "but I think it's also important for others to see it as well."

Referring to the extent of the damage to the expensive, specialised F1 helmet, she added: "If this is what we have in formula one, imagine what would have happened if I had not been wearing anything."

Here is the complete schedule of the 2013 Grand Prix of Canada to be held this weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve near Montreal.

Please note that all times are local, Eastern Daylight Time.


Friday, June 7
8:00 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:50 a.m. to 9:10 a.m. Ferrari Challenge (20 minutes) Free Practice Session
10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Formula 1 (90 minutes) 1st Free Practice Session
11:55 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. CTCC (30 minutes) Qualifying Session
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Formula 1 (90 minutes) 2nd Free Practice Session
3:55 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Ferrari Challenge (20 minutes) Free Practice Session
4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. CTCC (30 minutes) Qualifying Session
5:15 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (30 minutes) Free Practice Session
6:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Formula 1600 (30 minutes) Qualifying Session

Saturday, June 8
7:30 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:45 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. Ferrari Challenge (30 minutes) Qualifying Session
10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Formula 1 (60 minutes) 3nd Free Practice Session
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (30 minutes) Qualifying Session
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Formula 1 (60 minutes) Qualifying (22 for Q1, 16 for Q2, 10 for Q3)
2:20 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Formula 1600 Grid Access and Formation Lap
2:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Formula 1600 (30 minutes) 1st Race
3:00 p.m. Formula 1600 Podium Presentation
3:20 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. CTCC Grid Access and Formation Lap
3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. CTCC (30 minutes) 1st Race
4:00 p.m. CTCC Podium Presentation
4:20 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ferrari Challenge Grid Access and Formation Lap
4:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Ferrari Challenge (30 minutes) 1st Race
5:00 p.m. Ferrari Challenge Podium Presentation
5:20 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Grid Access and Formation Lap
5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (30 minutes) 1st Race
6:00 p.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Podium Presentation

Sunday, June 9
8:00 a.m. Venue opens to public
8:50 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. CTCC Grid Access and Formation Lap
9:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. CTCC (30 minutes) 2nd Race
9:30 a.m. CTCC Podium Presentation
9:35 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Formula 1600 Grid Access and Formation Lap
9:45 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Formula 1600 (30 minutes) 2nd Race
10:15 a.m. Formula 1600 Podium Presentation
10:20 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Grid Access and Formation Lap
10:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge (30 minutes) 2nd Race
11:00 a.m. Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge Podium Presentation
11:05 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. Ferrari Challenge Grid Access and Formation Lap
11:15 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Ferrari Challenge (30 minutes) 2nd Race
11:45 a.m. Ferrari Challenge Podium Presentation
12:30 p.m. Formula 1 Drivers' Parade
12:45 p.m. Nations' Presentation
1:30 p.m. Formula 1 Pit Lane Opening
1:45 p.m. Formula 1 Pit Lane Closing
2:00 p.m. 2013 FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA 70 laps (excluding formation lap) or 2 hours.

* This schedule is subject to change without notice