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Toyota plans to boost pay to directors by 19 percent for the last fiscal year after the company reported a record profit.

Automotive News Europe honors the winners of the 2014 Rising Stars awards. Every day through June 3 a pair of the 14 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Engineering is Porsche's Alexander Hitzinger.

Automotive News Europe salutes the winners of the 2014 Rising Stars awards. Every day through June 3 two of the 14 winners will be featured. The Rising Star for Finance is James Sheehan of Benteler Automotive.

Toyota plans to boost pay to directors by 19 percent for the last fiscal year after the company earned record profit.

From press release

The Sportsman and Pro-Stock divisions will have an important evening this coming Sunday as the DIRTcar Series will kick off at Cornwall Motor Speedway, Ontario for both divisions.

A full program is also on the schedule as Jiffy Auto Services will be the main sponsor.

The Sportsman will have a 50-lap event involving the best drivers from the division hauling to Cornwall for the initial event of the DIRTcar Sportsman Series. Invaders such as defending series champion Brad Rouse, Mathieu Desjardins, Martin Pelletier, Jessica Power and several others will compete again a stout field of local runners such as runner up in the 2013 series Joey Ladouceur, Shane Pecore, Corey Wheeler and many others. A great field of cars is expected.

The 2013 DIRTcar Pro-Stock Series champion Dave Bissonnette will try to use his home track to his advantage and get a good start to defend his crown. A 50-lap feature is also on the card as drivers like Rob Yetman, Francois Adam, Alain Brochu, Stephane Lemire will visit the speedway to run against Bissonnette, Roch Aubin, Jocelyn Roy, Stéphane Lebrun and other great local racers.

The very competitive Jiffy Auto Services Modified division will have a 30-lap event as the points race is very tight after 2 races with Stéphane Lafrance and Carey Terrance tied at 90 points in first, Chris Raabe is only 1 point behind the leader as Chris Herbison and Kyle Dingwall are tied at 86 points while Brian McDonald is at 85.

The Luminacorr Semi-Pro class will have a 15-lap event as the Mini-Stock will run a 12-lap event.

Come and see some of the best Sportsman and Pro-Stock drivers as it will only costs 15$ in general admission for the evening, children of 16 years and under is still only 2$. Heat races are scheduled to start at 7pm sharp as time trials are scheduled at 6:30pm.

For more information on the upcoming season at Cornwall, please visit the website at www.cornwallspeedway.com you can add us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/cornwallspeedway or on twitter at @cornwalspeedway.

From press release

The 2014 racing season will get underway Saturday afternoon (May 31) at Delaware Speedway, located near Delaware, Ontario.

The event features the Transmission Direct Enduro 100 and Bone Stock Chaos Cars in action at 4:00 pm.

The afternoon will feature the first day of the Saturday price drop, the debut of 12 new High School Challenge Cars, and showcase some of the wildest racing Delaware Speedway has to offer.

Price Drop at Saturday Events
Prices to see Delaware Speedway's Saturday Enduro & Bone Stock Chaos Car programs are going down. Starting this Saturday Adults will now be able to take in the action for just $14. Seniors and students will be $12 and kids age 12 and under will enter free of charge.

Spectator gates for the event will open at 3:00 pm, racing will start at 4:00 pm. Earlier in the day at 11:00 am will be a separate practice event for drivers. Spectators are welcome to enjoy this early practice session free of charge.

From GMM

Sebastian Vettel has denied throwing a tantrum after Sunday's Monaco grand prix.

It was in the glitzy Principality that the reigning quadruple world champion's 2014 hit a new low, with problems not only in qualifying but also the race.

"I heard that I kicked my helmet in the corner and shouted at the team!" the German said at the Red Bull Ring on Tuesday.

"I have no idea where that comes from. I prefer to find constructive solutions. Of course it's not going perfectly at the moment and I was not very happy when I got out of the car, but at the same time the boys were cheering for Daniel (Ricciardo). I have to say he is doing a really good job, which I respect and say 'Chapeau'."

On the other hand, it seems obvious that Vettel has also already said 'Au revoir' to a fifth title in 2014.

"Red Bull can forget about the championship," Mercedes team chairman Niki Lauda told Austria's O3 radio.

Helmut Marko and Sebastian Vettel in the Red Bull's stand, in Monaco. (Photo: WRi2)

But Sebastian Vettel insists he is not giving up yet.

"As long as everything is still mathematically possible, I keep fighting. We are still having blips but I think we are on the right track generally," he said.

Part of the reason the maths are still working out for Red Bull is because, at the Abu Dhabi finale, double points will controversially be on offer.

"At the beginning we saw it differently," Dr Helmut Marko smiled on Tuesday, "but now we are thrilled by this new rule!"

Meanwhile, Vettel said he sees nothing sinister in the fact that all of the 'bad luck' is concentrated on his car in 2014, rather than Ricciardo's.

"Generally I don't really like the word 'luck'," said Vettel. "There is always a reason when something goes wrong."

And Sebastian Vettel said that every problem is another lesson for the team. Marko insisted Red Bull is not giving up on 2014.

"After the shock of the winter, we have established ourselves as the second strongest team behind Mercedes," Helmut Marko said. "It is not over yet."

Sebastian Vettel agreed: "We are the second force. But it would be wrong to compete with the goal of coming second to Mercedes."

'Smoke', also known as Tony Stewart, spent Memorial Day driving a sprint car, 9 1/2 months after his accident.

NASCAR Sprint Cup regular Tony Stewart was involved in a scary sprint car wreck that broke his right leg last year.

This led to months of rehabilitation that forced him to cut his 2013 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season short before the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup began, but we all knew this day was coming.

But yesterday, Stewart is back in a sprint car.

'Smoke' to post some pictures on Twitter of him celebrating Memorial Day inside the very type of vehicle he wrecked last August.

(Photo: Tony Stewart Twitter)

An strange accident occurred Tuesday during a visit of two Mercedes drivers, including Nico Rosberg, to the training camp of the German National Football Team in Italy.

Mercedes was shooting a promotional video with two of its drivers and German football players, Julian Draxler and Benedikt Howedes.

The official Mercedes press release says that while driving on a closed road, DTM driver Pascal Wehrlein injured two people whom he unexpectedly encountered walking on the closed course.

The rumour says that Nico Roberg managed to avoid the two persons but Wehrlein could not avoid the contact.

Mercedes cannot offer any statement concerning the severity of injuries, as both injured parties are currently undergoing medical treatment.

Pascal Wehrlein was uninjured in the accident. Mercedes deeply regret this accident and send wishes of quick recovery to the injured. We will work in full cooperation with the authorities in determining the exact circumstances of the accident.

Moments after the accident, Nico Rosberg wrote on his Twitter account: “I am shocked by the accident. My thoughts are with the two people who were injured and I wish them a fast recovery”.

From press release

The FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA announces that all tickets for grandstand 31, located at the “Pont des Îles” chicane, have now been sold.

With nine days to go before the cars take to the track at circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, grandstands 1 and 34 are also sold out, and seats in other parts of the track are getting rarer every day. As an example, tickets for three days or for Sunday only in the new Popular Grandstand are no longer available.

Reserved seating is still available in grandstand 2 (located at the starting grid and across the track from pit lane), grandstands 11 and 12 at the “Senna curve”, grandstands 15, 21 and 24 at the “Hairpin” and grandstand 33, in front of the “Canada Pavilion” chicane.

Fans can also buy daily tickets for either Friday or Saturday in the Popular grandstand, located right after the exit from the “Hairpin”, as well as general admission tickets on a daily basis or for the three days of the event.

Fans who wish to buy one or more seats or general admission tickets must contact the ticket office at 514-350-0000 or 1‑855-790-1245, every weekday between 9 AM and 8 PM, or order their tickets securely at www.circuitgillesvilleneuve.ca or www.admission.com.

They can also get their tickets in person, at the Île Sainte-Hélène ticket office (next to the Jean-Drapeau metro station), which will be open to the public starting at noon on Monday 2 June. Business hours are posted at the official website of the FORMULA 1 GRAND PRIX DU CANADA.

From GMM

Red Bull is flirting with a change of engine supplier, according to reports on Wednesday.

Dr Helmut Marko has told Germany's Sport Bild that the reigning world champion team will assess the progress made by current supplier Renault at the time of its home Austrian grand prix at the Red Bull Ring in June.

"We have to decide on our future engine partner then," he said.

What engine in the Red Bull chassis next year? (Photo: WRi2)

A partnership with Mercedes has already been ruled out, and becoming a customer of another arch-rival, Ferrari, must also be seen as highly unlikely.

Honda is returning to F1 as McLaren's works partner next year, with Red Bull magnate Dietrich Mateschitz recently saying he did not want to simply be a "customer" of the Japanese manufacturer.

There might be another way.

Red Bull already has close commercial ties to Volkswagen, the German carmaker giant.

"Volkswagen is already in other racing series, with engines that are similar to formula one technology," said Marko.

From GMM

Former two-time World Champion Mika Hakkinen says Lewis Hamilton's behaviour was "sub-standard" in Monaco.

Hamilton accused his Mercedes teammate of deliberately sabotaging his push for pole position, afterwards refusing to acknowledge his race win.

"I appreciate Nico's patience in this situation," double world champion Hakkinen told Finland's Ilta Sanomat newspaper, when asked about the falling out.

"I do not like the idea of what Lewis did. It was quite sub-standard behaviour," said Hakkinen.

Even now, it is believed Hamilton and Rosberg have not spoken a word since Monaco.

"They are in different places," team boss Toto Wolff is quoted by DPA news agency. "So it's not unusual."

Hamilton indicated after Monaco that he had seen evidence that convinced him that Rosberg had acted deliberately under braking for the Mirabeau corner.

That same evidence did not, however, convince the Monaco stewards, including former F1 driver Derek Warwick.

"I don't want to give him (Hamilton) advice really," Warwick told the Daily Mail. "He has won umpteen races and a world championship.

"But if I were to say anything it would be to man up and concentrate on the next race in Canada."

Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes AMG, in the streets of Monaco. (Photo: WRi2)

"Rosberg is the perfect package"
Indeed, Rosberg is showing signs of wanting to move on.

"It was one of the more difficult weekends," he said on a visit to Italy where the German football team is preparing for the world cup.

"But I think after a break we will, as always, talk about it," added Rosberg.

"I make an effort for teamwork and for the atmosphere in the team."

It seems less likely that Hamilton is similarly ready to move on.

Indeed, Gerhard Berger - who hosted the Mercedes bosses and drivers for a dinner on his yacht in Monaco - thinks the duo are set for an "explosion".

"Clearly it's just starting now," he told Austrian Servus TV.

"I think Hamilton must do his homework better. He is currently the fastest man in formula one, but he still focuses too much on trivialities. Rosberg is the perfect package," added Berger.

A clear 'number 1' and 'number 2' situation is easier for a team to manage, but team boss Wolff said he believes one of the secrets of Mercedes' dominance this year is a pair of drivers who spur each other to great heights.

But that doesn't mean he was overjoyed in Monaco.

"I was the bad guy after qualifying," said Wolff. "I told them it is absolutely unacceptable to have to spend the afternoon with the media talking about whether one of them cheated or not. I have other things to do."

He was particularly unhappy about Hamilton's suggestion that he will deal with the situation just as Ayrton Senna did, sparking rumours of a deliberate crash.

"We had our board members in Monaco, our partners -- I will not have our team and our brand made a fool of. I think they (the drivers) understood," said Wolff.

"They can have fun with their toys so long as they don't break them," the Austrian is quoted by Italy's La Gazzetta dello Sport.

"It will never come to the level of the Prost-Senna relationship," Wolff promised.

"Clearly there is no hugging, but this is a job, not a holiday. It is wonderful to have two drivers at this level."