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According to Bernie Ecclestone, Formula 1 will shed some of its current races to make room for new Grands Prix to be held in New York and Russia. Full story...

Continuing in the traditional partnership with famous artists such as Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol; BMW announced a revival of the series of speeding canvasses also known as race cars with Jeff Koons as this year's artist. Full story...

Anyone who wants to get ahead in a race and ideally stay there to capture victory needs optimum control of his car. That's provided by the chassis suspension -- with extreme technical challenges to be mastered, as a race car is constantly moving, continually changing load and centre of gravity. Full story...

Even though Melbourne and Sepang hosted two exciting races within eight days, Bernie Ecclestone believes F1 still needs to implement changes. Full story...

Audi wants to surprise the spectators at this year's 24-hour race at Le Mans in France with a progressive design: the Audi Design Team created a fresh outfit for the innovative diesel race sports car that bears all the hallmarks of "pleasure in efficiency." Full story...

Indy Lights rookie driver Jean-Karl Vernay captured victory in his maiden race in the series and is looking to clinch the title at the end of the year to move on to the IndyCar series next season. Full story...

Back at Maranello, Ferrari is hard at work to emulate the success of McLaren's so-called 'F-duct' downforce-spoiling innovation. Full story...

Finishing races is good, but not good enough, Bruno Senna said after Sunday's Malaysian grand prix. Full story...

Australian grand prix organiser Ron Walker has slammed reports that drivers successfully pushed for an earlier start-time for next year's Melbourne race. Full story...

Munich. Hairpin bends behind the kitchen, cobblestones in front of dad's pit lane, traffic-calmed noise protection zones in the living room - with the BMW Baby Racer II Motorsport, budding drivers from one and a half to three years old will master it all with their blue-white-red roadster that is ready for anything. Full story...

Some of the flaws in Lewis Hamilton's race-driver character are McLaren's fault, team boss Martin Whitmarsh has admitted. Full story...

Three races and third pole position for Red Bull, it's Mark Webber's turn to obtain it. Full story...

Lexus -- the leading luxury-auto brand in the United States for the past decade -- used a 42 percent gain in March to inch ahead of rival Mercedes-Benz after the first quarter. Full story...

Senior road tester Owen Mildenhall to race Lexus ISF in this year’s Nurburgring 24 hour race

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Norbert Haug has admitted there is a "good" chance that David Coulthard will race for Mercedes in the German touring car series DTM in 2010. Full story...

The 18 year old racer from Saskatchewan is testing on the front running Superbikes for the American team today (Thursday) at Infineon, just North of San Francisco. Jake Zemke also rides for MJR, and leads the 2010 AMA Superbike Championship, with two wins at Daytona, and second and fourth place finishes at Autoclub Fontana last weekend. Full story...

The extreme climate, hot and humid, has led the Malaysian Grand Prix to be dubbed the 'toughest race of the year' for the drivers who will endure cockpit temperatures above 40°C and lose around three kilos in weight. And it's just as tough for the pit crew in their fireproof suits, boots and helmets. Full story...

Thanks to the NASCAR version of musical chairs, Scott Riggs, gets to return to the Sprint Cup Series for at least two races with Keyed-Up Motorsports. Full story...

David Coulthard is heading into yet another grand prix weekend hoping to agree a deal to race in the German touring car series DTM in 2010. Full story...

Auburn Hills, Mich. - The next chapter in the storied racing history of the Dodge Viper is being written as the first 2010 Dodge Viper SRT10 ACR-X rolled off the assembly line at the Conner Avenue Assembly Plant in Detroit on Monday, March 29. Built for road racing enthusiasts, the Dodge Viper ACR-X combines the best performance attributes of the record-setting, street-legal Dodge Viper ACR (American Club Racer) and the safety equipment of championship-winning Viper Competition Coupe. Full story...