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The Renault Formula 1 has been handed a two-year suspended ban for its involvement in fixing the result of last year's Singapore Grand Prix when it asked Nelson Piquet to crash voluntarily to cause a Safety Car situation. Full story...

Speculation about the date of an eventual return of 2008 MotoGP World Champion and factory Ducati rider Casey Stoner is running high, as the Ducati Team announced that Italian Mattia Pasini will be testing for three days at Mugello this week, just ahead of the Portuguese MotoGP round. Full story...

Canada and Korea are featured on the first officially published formula one calendar for the 2010 season. Full story...

Jack Daniels, the Tennessee whiskey division of Brown-Forman Distillers, announced that it was ending its' five-year relationship with Richard Childress Racing. Full story...

American Honda announced that they will not participate in next season's AMA American Superbike championship. Honda cited, "the current AMA racing environment in the American Superbike class does not align with our company goals," as the reason for its withdrawal. This after being clearly dominated by Suzuki in the Superbike class over the last decade. Full story...

Stuttgart/Affalterbach - The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG which celebrated its world premiere during the 2009 International Motor Show (IAA), is the highlight in the latest version of the PlayStation 3 video game Gran Turismo 5. And just as with the visitors to the IAA, it is expected to excite gamers worldwide with its breathtaking performance. Full story...

Evolution, Vogue, auRA. Evora. That's the etymology of the first new Lotus since 1995, when the delicious Elise came to market. Staying true to the tradition of the Norfolk-based company, Evora designers obviously chose a name that starts with an "E" (as in Elite, Elan, Europa, Esprit, Exige and Eleven, the original E-named Lotus). Full story...

Audi fans will be able to drive the e-tron concept car through PlayStation Home starting in late 2009. Audi is the first carmaker to develop its own virtual area there, known as the Audi Space. The Audi e-tron, a high-performance sports car with a purely electric engine, was introduced at the International Motor Show (IAA). Starting in December, it will be available in the Vertical Run driving game within the Audi Space. Full story...

As the covers are taken off the new Scirocco R at the Frankfurt Motor Show (IAA), Volkswagen is revving it up with a new interactive racing game. The "Scirocco R 24 hour Challenge" allows gamers to drive the most powerful and fastest accelerating production Scirocco ever built through a series of difficult corners and expansive landscapes similar to the Nürburgring. The game is available now to download for free for the iPhone and iPod touch from the Apple App store. Full story...

New Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge vehicle owners will soon have room to put gloves in their glove boxes instead of 4-pound owners' manuals. Full story...

Fore! Here is Volvo Cars' first production car ever to run on electricity. What is more, it's pretty capable off-road. Full story...

Honda recently awarded an all-new 2010 Honda Insight hybrid to Richard Hasenmyer of Houston, TX, as the winner of an environmentally-focused contest at the August 2009 Lollapalooza music festival. Hasenmyer, along with thousands of other festival attendees, participated in the 'Rock & Recycle' program, which aimed to promote recycling and eco-friendly transportation. Full story...

There is an ongoing, perhaps never ending, discussion about SUVs and large vehicles and their place in this ravenous World of ours. "Big SUVs are bad", "Large vehicles pollute too much" and the ever-popular "What the heck do they need such a large truck for?" are sentences typically uttered by those that consider themselves green and friends of the planet. Full story...

A persistent weather system that moved into the area on Saturday morning forced the postponement of the Komatsu 300 at Riverside International Speedway. Full story...

Audi and Mercedes-Benz will share the front row of the grid for the eighth DTM season round at the Circuit de Catalunya, with Tom Kristensen and Paul di Resta. Full story...

Colombia-native Juan Pablo Montoya set the fastest time in both free practice sessions held Saturday in preparation for the Sylvania 300, the opening round of the NASCAR Chase for the Sprint Cup held at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Full story...

Jenson Button says he wants to remain with the Brawn team in 2010. It has been reported that the Briton and world championship leader, having agreed a pay-cut for 2009 after the Honda management buyout, is now pushing for more money for next season and is yet to be made a satisfactory offer. Full story...

Scott Dixon (Ganassi) has put himself back in the championship lead heading into the season finale at Homestead by winning the Indy Japan 300 at the Twin Motegi ring ahead of team-mate Dario Franchitti. Full story...

Kumho is exhibiting examples of a brand new laser etching process at the Frankfurt Motor Show (September 15-27) - technology that is set to transform the way the company designs its tread patterns. Full story...

FRANKFURT, ― At the 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show Ford of Europe is revealing the next step in its acclaimed low CO2 Ford ECOnetic strategy, the super-efficient new 2010 Focus ECOnetic. Full story...