Auto123.com and the WRI2 agency present the gallery of photos showing the historic win of Jenson Button and the new Brawn GP team at the season opener of the Formula 1 World Championship held Sunday in Melbourne, Australia.
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Rain delayed the NASCAR Camping World Truck race at the Martinsville Speedway short track as it is postponed until Monday afternoon but it also cut short on the NASCAR Sprint Cup practices and qualifying sessions.
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Volkswagen's compact hatchback will again be known as the Golf as history repeats itself. The nostalgia of re-naming it the Rabbit several years ago has evaporated, so this sixth generation version will carry the 'Golf' nameplate upon its new sheet metal. But don't expect that metal to look dramatically different from that which we've grown to love over the years.
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As competent as the Acura TSX is in the corners, it has never been a powerhouse on the straightaways. Relying upon four cylinders instead of six to put a little fire under the hood has unjustly punished this beautifully balanced performer. But a bank of Acura engineers appealed the sentence and the bench has rendered a decision in favour of the fast lane.
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Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher in Australia questioned the stewards' decision to penalise his countryman, Red Bull Racing driver Sebastian Vettel.
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Yamaha's James Stewart won his ninth race of the '09 season, in front of more than 37,000 fans inside Toronto's Rogers Centre, after leading every lap of the final. With four races left of the 17-race title chase, the championship battle is coming down to a straight fight between Stewart and Chad Reed, the Suzuki rider who arrived in Toronto with an 11 point lead in the championship.
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Casey Stoner dominated MotoGP's last official pre season test, held on Sunday at Jerez, in Southern Spain. Stoner won the traditional Fast-Lap prize of a new BMW road car for his performance in the morning shoot-out.
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Auto123.com and the WRI2 agency present the gallery of photos showing the historic win of Jenson Button and the new Brawn GP team at the season opener of the Formula 1 World Championship held Sunday in Melbourne, Australia.
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Rick Wagoner is stepping down as chairman and CEO, effective immediately. Wagoner, 56, was named president and CEO of General Motors in 2000, and assumed the role of chairman in 2003.
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On Friday I was in Washington for a meeting with Administration officials. In the course of that meeting, they requested that I "step aside" as CEO of GM, and so I have. Fritz Henderson is an excellent choice to be the next CEO of GM. Having worked closely with Fritz for many years, I know that he is the ideal person to lead the company through the completion of our restructuring efforts.
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At least five Formula 1 teams have already turned their attention to copying the Brawn GP diffuser design, according to gossip as the Albert Park paddock packed up ahead of this week's dash to Malaysia.
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I'm told this is 'the most fuel efficient SUV'. The 2009 Ford Escape Hybrid is definitely a competent vehicle, though its green technology only shines under certain driving conditions. My all-wheel-drive Escape Hybrid test vehicle trekked well on the West Coast through abnormal dumps of snow and sheets of ice, despite being fitted with just all-season tires (which, for 2009, have less rolling resistance).
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is about to resign after eight years as the Obama administration prepares to decide on the automaker's request for additional government rescue loans, two people familiar with the matter said.
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner will resign under pressure from the Obama administration as the government prepares to announce Monday a second bailout for the company and Chrysler LLC.
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is about to resign after eight years as the Obama administration prepares to decide on the automaker's request for additional government rescue loans, according to two people familiar with matter.
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General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner is about to resign from the top job after an eight-year tenure at the struggling automaker, media reports said.
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President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast today that struggling U.S. automakers had not done enough yet to become "lean, mean and competitive" under federal oversight.
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Departing PSA/Peugeot-Citroen CEO Christian Streiff defended his record at the French carmaker after being fired on Sunday by the company's board. Streiff said his policies had allowed the PSA group to be "well equipped to face the crisis."
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Christian Streiff, CEO of PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, has been removed from his position, the company announced on Sunday. Streiff will be replaced by Philippe Varin, currently CEO at Corus, a steel company.
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U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said today that the government is ready to help Chrysler LLC and General Motors restructure, but he declined to comment in detail on new steps expected to be announced by the White House Monday.
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