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1. We can match Ferrari - Hamilton

Lewis Hamilton says his McLaren can match the Ferraris for pace, but admits they are the team to beat in 2010.

2. Lorenzo will attend Qatar testing

Jorge Lorenzo admits he is likely to miss the final MotoGP pre-season test because of his hand injury.

3. Raikkonen buoyed by rally debut

Former Formula 1 world champion Kimi Raikkonen says he is encouraged by his World Rally Championship debut for Citroen after finishing 30th in Sweden.

4. Read the latest on the TT

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6. FIA

7. Go Motorsport

8. Formula 1 standings

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9. MotoGP standings

Rider, team and manufacturer standings for MotoGP 2009.

10. MotoGP coverage

BBC Sport has comprehensive coverage of 2010 MotoGP season

11. World results

Motor racing updates from around the world, including the United States.

12. UK results

13. World 'bikes results

The latest bike results from around the world.

14. UK 'bikes results

British bikes - all the details.

15. Toyota's schoolma'am Auris gets herself X-rated

Toyota's nine-model Auris range of four-door hatches has been whittled down to six, given three new engines with the latest technology and a six-speed manual gearboxes - and then X-rated.

16. Ecclestone denies new-rules crisis

Formula 1 is not in crisis over the new rules, says commercial supremo Bernie Ecclestone in the wake of criticism of a dull season-opening race.

17. NPA got it wrong - so breathalyser stays in use

The National Prosecuting Authority has done an about-turn over the Dräger breathalyser and now says it will continue to be used.

18. Grow local car sales or shut plants - KPMG

South Africa should stop manufacturing cars if half of them were exported and the country did not become a low-cost production location, says KPMG.

19. Round-Africa ride just the ticket for adventure

Spencer Conway's circumnavigation of Africa by motorcycle is turning out to be an even bigger adventure than he expected.

20. Let’s Have Tea While Charging Our EV

One of the big hurdles to the widespread adoption of electric vehicles is the time it takes to charge the battery. So-called “quick chargers” that can get you going in as little as 20 minutes are the best solution to that problem, and Japanese automakers want to standardize the technology. Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi and Fuji Heavy [...]

21. High-Speed Rail As a Conduit of Sprawl

It’s fast, it’s efficient and it is the future of transportation, but will high-speed rail cause sprawl? Yes, it could, warn some urban planners. Despite the promise of creating more densely populated urban centers, high-speed rail could do quite the opposite by making it easier for people to live far from urban centers. Let’s use California as [...]

22. Tell Us Which Cars Are Damn-Near Perfect

The problem with trying to compile a list of nearly perfect cars is you’re going to leave something off. We knew that going in, but we also knew you’d tell us where we screwed up. You did, and we’ve got to give you guys credit for some great suggestions. We are slapping our collective foreheads for [...]

23. Tesla Roadster Gets a Reprieve — And New Markets

Tesla Motors won’t kill the Roadster next year as expected, and in fact is poised to start cranking out a lot more of them while Tesla expands its market to include Asia and Australia. The nugget of news comes from this month’s issue of the Tesla Newsletter, which says, “Tesla has negotiated agreements with key suppliers [...]

24. 10 Damn-Near Perfect Cars

> There are some 1 billion cars on the planet, and when you get right down to it, they’re all essentially the same — a box on wheels propelled, more often than not, by an internal combustion engine. Get past the marketing and one’s as good as another. That’s the view [...]

25. McLaren Cribs From Planes, Flutes to Build Faster F1 Cars

With the start of the Formula One season upon us, all eyes are on McLaren and its drivers, reigning world champion Jenson Button and former world champion Lewis Hamilton. But the attention isn’t exclusively on the champs. Everyone’s talking about the creative aerodynamics of the MP4-25 cars they’re driving. Nobody outside the team is sure of [...]

26. Electric Motorcycle Racing Becomes a ‘Race to Own’ Co-Op

The man who jump-started electric motorcycle racing believes a new form of motor sport requires a new form of governance, so he’s created a cooperative where teams racing in the TTXGP help make the rules, settle the disputes and share in the profits. Azhar Hussain’s approach stands in stark contrast to the centralized structure of most [...]

27. Operator Error Usually The Cause of Unintended Acceleration In Past Investigations

As stories of Toyotas suddenly accelerating as if possessed continue making the news, many are starting to wonder if it’s really anything to be worried about. History shows most cases of unintended acceleration are more often than not a problem with the driver, not the equipment. And it appears to be a problem most often [...]

28. Mercedes Builds A Car To Protect Us From Ourselves

MONTVALE, New Jersey — Mercedes-Benz has been on a relentless quest to achieve hyper-safe accident-free driving since 1959, when it introduced the first car to feature energy-absorbing crumple zones. At long last, it’s getting pretty close to reaching its goal. The Experimental Safety Vehicle concept car essentially turns the entire vehicle into an airbag using novel [...]

29. Audi Sees Solid Future for EVs

A mere 10 years from now Audi expects 5 percent of its sales will be electric vehicles. That’s not the wishful thinking of tree-huggers or even the fanciful projection of some think-tank. It is the bold prediction of Michael Dick, Audi’s technology chief. Audi is getting into electrics in a big way, creating a specific brand [...]