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Right at the front of the grid, the 2015 Formula 1 'silly season' is threatening to burst into life.

On paper, the top teams are all locked up contractually.

Ferrari: Fernando Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen

Mercedes AMG: Lewis Hamilton, Nico Rosberg
Toto Wolff is not ruling out a change to the Mercedes squad's driver line-up should the increasingly bitter Hamilton and Rosberg feud prove impossible to manage.

"We would have to take decisions and take the consequences of having a different line-up," Wolff told the BBC at Monza.

"If we are not able to manage the two of them following the Mercedes-Benz spirit then we need to admit that."

Red Bull Racing: Sebastian Vettel, Daniel Ricciardo
Sebastian Vettel denied he was linked with a huge-money move to McLaren-Honda.

McLaren: Jenson Button is waiting on his future.

Sahara Force India: Nico Hulkenberg gave the strongest sign yet that he is not a player on the driver market this time around.

He said it "can be assumed" that he is staying at Sahara Force India in 2015.

"I am very comfortable where I am sitting," Hulkenberg told German reporters at Monza. "I have no headaches."

It's not quite the same situation for his teammate Sergio Perez, as Spaniard Dani Juncadella is knocking on the door with sponsor Astana in tow.

"I have only read newspaper reports," Mexican Perez said when asked about Juncadella.

"I'm not worried. It's not like a year ago with McLaren -- I have a greater role in the decision-making now and I feel comfortable at Force India."

Tesla Motors selected Nevada as the site for a massive battery factory that will be key to the success of its next generation of electric cars.

The fuel economy of light vehicles purchased in the U.S. during August hit an all-time high, a University of Michigan report said Thursday.

One month after going public, Mobileye posted lower net income but sharply higher revenue on strong demand for its camera-based systems that help drivers avoid collisions.

AutoNation said today that its new-vehicle sales in the United States during August were the dealership group's best since 2002.

Vehicle sales in Canada hit a record, jumping almost 8% in August led by strong demand in Ontario, the country's most populous province.

Fiat said that most of its shareholders had chosen not to exercise an option that could have derailed its merger with Chrysler, Reuters reported.

Cooper Standard Holdings agreed to purchase an additional stake in its Chinese automotive sealing joint venture for $60 million.

Car sales across Western European rose 1.2% in August, a 12th consecutive monthly gain, with strong gains in the UK and Spain compensating for a slowdown in Germany and France, according to LMC Automotive.

Canadian auto sales raced to an all-time record in August as consumers in the country's most populous province rushed back into the market, helping fuel a 8 percent jump in new vehicle sales, an independent industry analyst said.

Renault Russia says the market for electric vehicles in the country will likely be a slow burner due to challenging climatic conditions and consumer preference for larger cars.

Former Nissan senior executive Andy Palmer tried to persuade Nissan CEO Carlos Ghosn to invest in Aston Martin before Palmer jumped ship to lead the UK sports-car maker, sources said.

Eating a stone's throw from Moscow's notorious Lubyanka was an unusual experience last week, but then as so much of Russia is unexpected, it pays to keep an open mind.

Fiat may sell as much as $1.04 billion in shares to reduce debt and gain local investors after the new company formed from merging with Chrysler Group lists stock in the U.S., according to Bloomberg News calculations.

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