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Lewis Hamilton versus Nico Rosberg is not the only raging battle in formula one.

Red Bull's Christian Horner lost his temper with "the negativities" being spread by journalists during the Friday press conference in Hungary.

"All we do is focus on the negatives and it has to be said, it gets pretty boring for us to sit up here and field these questions," he said.

Red Bull Racing's Christian Horner was angry at some journalists (Photo: WRi2)

Not only that, amid some alarming TV ratings and dwindling crowds for the Hockenheim-Hungaroring double-header, it is believed the issue of the media's role to play was discussed at length during Bernie Ecclestone's meeting with key teams on Saturday.

Journalist Ralf Bach, reporting for Germany's Sport Bild, was in a particularly feisty mood on Friday when he questioned the teams' morality in simply following Ecclestone to controversial race destinations.

Bach said in the FIA press conference that "Bahrain is killing their own people", and wondered if they would also blindly follow the F1 supremo "to North Korea".

McLaren team boss Eric Boullier did not respond to that question, but rumours on Sunday suggested he was furious and even asked the FIA to consider revoking Bach's accreditation.

Eric Boullier believes journalists should stop "spreading negativity around" (Photo: WRi2)

A McLaren team source denied that, but did admit that Boullier had been upset with some of the questions posed on Friday.

And The Times quotes the Frenchman as saying: "By spreading negativity around, we distract people from being passionate and watching us and we stop people who could be potentially interested to watch because we are negative.

"The negativity is part of the problem of why we have an audience which is going down," Boullier added.

Jaguar Land Rover will cut prices on 3 models by an average of $32,300 starting August 1, after the National Development and Reform Commission, China's state planner, launched an investigation into monopolistic prices in the auto industry, the...

The Chinese owner of Fisker Automotive hopes to launch a second model that would join the $100,000 Karma luxury plug-in hybrid in three years, according to the company's chairman.

Aston Martin will revive its Lagonda nameplate with a limited-edition sedan designed for customers in the Middle East.

VW brand's global marketing head, Simon Thomas, will leave the post after about a year in the job. Thomas will be succeeded by Xavier Chardon, VW brand's European sales chief.

Volkswagen's global marketing head, Simon Thomas, will leave the post after about a year in the job. Thomas, a former top Nissan Europe executive, said he is leaving VW at his own request.

The pace of auto sales has slowed slightly after hitting an eight-year high in June, but July's results are still shaping up to be at least 9 percent better than a year ago, according to four forecasts.

The freshened '15 Porsche Cayenne will offer a new twin-turbo engine, a plug-in hybrid model, and prices that range from 3 to 11 percent higher, when it goes on sale Nov. 1 in the United States.

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We are now in the midst of what I like to call slash-your-wrists or lose-the-will-to-live season and it can apply equally to whether you are issuing or writing up a sometimes seemingly interminable series of quarterly results.

Porsche South Africa has bought the 72-hectare Kyalami racetrack, which hosted F1 races between 1967 and 1993, for 205 million rand (14.5 million euro) at an auction.

Valeo's sales for the first half of 2014 were up 7% to EUR6.35bn (US$8.54bn) compared with EUR5.94bn in the first half of 2013. EBITDA for the period was up 11% to EUR740m compared with EUR666m. The net income rose 38% to EUR262m from EUR190m.

Dana's net sales for the second quarter ended 30 June 2014 were down 5% to US$1.71bn compared with $1.80bn in the same period of 2013. Income from continuing operations before income taxes were down 7.75% to $119m compared with $129m. Net income of the firm was down 6.3% to $90m compared with $96m in the year ago period.

3M's net sales for the second quarter ended 30 June 2014 were up 4.93% to US$8.13bn compared with $7.75bn in the second quarter of 2013. Its operating income for the period was up 9.05% to $1.86bn from $1.70bn in the corresponding period in 2013.

Lear's second-quarter profits rose to $148.5 million on higher light-vehicle output, record seating sales, and solid gains and expanded profit margins in its electrical distribution business.

Fiat Chrysler and PSA Peugeot Citroen have denied a Financial Times report, which stated that the companies are planning to merge, Reuters said.

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The Gujarat government in India has accepted that it gave Tata Motors a soft loan worth INR4.19bn (US$69.9m), The Economic Times said.