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The ING Renault F1 Team enjoyed a busy and productive opening day of practice at the 2007 Monaco Grand Prix today in Monte-Carlo.

Monaco GP: Practice notes - Renault

Jason Plato has admitted that he is so focused on securing a second Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship that he will resist the urge to go and meet friends for quick pint while back in his native North East next week.

Mahindra Renault has sold 1,500 Logans to date after order books opened in Mumbai on 9 April.

Monaco GP - Red Bull Renault - Practice Mark Webber and David Coulthard both made it into the top ten at the end of Thursday practice with the ninth and tenth fastest laps respectively, but neither were particularly thrilled as problems limited the number of laps they would complete...

Monaco Thursday quotes: Renault

Giancarlo Fisichella was encouraged after putting on a promising performance in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Alonso fastest again in FP2; Raikkonen second; Hamilton next up despite off at Sainte Devote with 30 minutes of session still to go; Trulli and Fisichella complete top five; Massa sixth...

Lewis Hamilton crashes in practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.

May 24 (Reuters) - First free practice session times at the Monaco Grand Prix on Thursday. 1. Fernando Alonso (Spain) McLaren 1:16.973 2. Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren 1:17.601 3. Nick Heidfeld (Germany) BMW Sauber 1:17.616 4. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy) Renault 1:17.758 5. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland) Ferrari 1:17.918 6. Mark Webber (Australia) Red Bull 1:17.956 7. Nico Rosberg (Germany) ...

McLaren drew first blood in Monte Carlo on Thursday morning, as Fernando Alonso set the fastest time ahead of Lewis Hamilton in opening practice for the Monaco Grand Prix.

Mahindra Renault has sold 1,500 Logans till now in May after bookings opened in Mumbai on April 9. According to a release issued by Mahindra Renault today, the company has received 25,000 inquiries so far in 27 Phase 1 dealerships, 12,000 test drives given, and 3,000 bookings clocked in 11 cities.

MUMBAI, May 24 (Reuters) - India's Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. said on Thursday it had sold 1,500 Logan cars so far in May and received more than 3,000 bookings in three weeks.

Fernando Alonso blew away the field in first practice for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix as the McLaren star lined up a second successive victory around the streets of the Principality.

Monaco GP - First practice : McLaren Mercedes went well in testing at Paul Ricard in the high downforce configuration and translated that test pace into the real thing in the opening practice session of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend.

David Coulthard may be the oldest driver on the grid in 2007, but he still admits to feeling nervous ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix - the most glamorous and demanding race on the Formula 1 calendar.

Fernando Alonso led a McLaren one-two in the opening practice session for the Monaco Grand Prix, while the Ferraris only managed fifth and eighth

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STOCKHOLM (Thomson Financial) - AB Volvo said deliveries from its truck operations, which include Volvo Trucks, Mack and Renault Trucks, fell 173 pct in January-April compared with a year earlier to 60,536 units.

Unlike other circuits, the one at Monaco is fair for all competitors. The winding street-circuit isn t the place to just zoom off.

World number two truck maker Volvo (VOLVb.ST) said on Thursday that deliveries of its trucks fell 17 percent in January through April as demand fell sharply in its second biggest market, North America.

Deliveries from Mack fell 54 pct, while deliveries from Renault Trucks were down 10 pct. Deliveries from Volvo Trucks fell 8 pct. In Europe, deliveries fell 1 pct in the first four months of the year, while North America posted a 57 pct decrease compared with a year earlier.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden----Total deliveries of trucks from the Volvo Group's three truck companies decreased 17% through April this year, compared with the year-earlier period. Deliveries from Mack were down 54%, while deliveries from Renault Trucks were down 10%.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Fairuz Fauzy will be heading to the millionaire’s playground of Monaco for the latest round of World Series by Renault, a support race for the Monaco Grand Prix this weekend.

MSC.Software , the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions including simulation software and services, has announced that Volvo 3P, the design and development holding for the Volvo Trucks companies, will standardize their simulation processes on MSC.Software's multidiscipline solution, MD Nastran.

MONACO: Red Bull have made big progress and are moving closer to Formula One's top teams, David Coulthard has said.

MONACO: Briton Lewis Hamilton's second place in Spain made him the youngest leader of the Formula One world championship since the inaugural race in 1950.

It's compact, utilitarian, and it's rocking a turbocharger. The Renault Twingo concept was recently taken out for a road test, and while its exterior appearance is definitely on the bland side, the inside looks about as high-tech as it gets.

Red Bull have made big progress and are moving closer to Formula One's top teams, David Coulthard said on Wednesday.

Q: Robert, fourth for the team in Spain yet again, but I'm sure you were happy with it. Robert Kubica : Well, of course I was happy, not only because of the fourth place but because this was the first race this season without any problem, that the car was working 100 percent, and that we hadn't made any mistake in qualifying.

Robert Kubica says BMW has conquered its early season mechanical gremlins.

Coulthard reckons RBR is gaining pace quicker than any other team on the grid.

MONACO, May 23 (Reuters) - Red Bull have made big progress and are moving closer to Formula One's top teams, David Coulthard said on Wednesday.

Monaco GP: Wednesday Press Conference

David Coulthard, Lewis Hamilton, Kimi Raikkonen and Robert Kubica attended Wednesday's press conference in Monaco.

MOSCOW — French automaker Renault has a hit on its hands in Russia, with its Logan world car. In fact, the affordable compact is so popular that Renault is planning to hike production capacity here from 60,000 to 160,000 units a year.

Heidi Klum calls her breasts Hans and Franz. The 33-year-old supermodel says she gave her famous assets the stereotypically German names in homage to her homeland.

Italian Giancarlo Fisichella is staying philosophical about Renault's current form, hoping things will get better in the second half of the season.

Heikki Kovalainen is not ruling out Renault taking their best result of the season on the streets of Monaco this weekend, even though the team have still not sorted out the problems with their R27 car.

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Renault are refusing to write off this year's Championship despite a slow start to the season. Both Giancarlo Fisichella and rookie Heikki Kovalainen have struggled in the opening stint of this year's campaign, failing to finish on the podium never mind win a grand prix.

Renault are refusing to write off this year's Championship despite a slow start to the season.

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AN ELDERLY woman was last night fighting for life after breaking her neck in an horrific head-on collision in which two cars were written off and three other people injured.

Renault's Monaco Tech File

Monte Carlo - Lewis Hamilton will continue to live his dream on Sunday when the British racing sensation competes in his first Monaco Formula One Grand Prix as world championship leader. Getting a maiden career win in the principality in front of the ...

As battles between the Lebanese Army and Islamic militants from Fatah al-Islam entered a third day, dozens of residents of this embattled Palestinian camp seized a chance Tuesday to flee.

RENAULT'S latest 4x4-look Scenic mid-sized people carrier, the Conquest, goes on sale in Britain next month. Orders can be placed now and the Conquest has a revised chassis, with 20mm higher ride height, plus two engine choices - a 1.9-litre diesel and 2.0-litre petrol.

Jarno Trulli is hoping to erase the memory of his pain in Spain by rekindling far happier times around the streets of Monaco. Trulli was forced to retire from the Spanish Grand Prix with a fuel-line fault at Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya 10 days ago as Toyota endured a woeful weekend.

Jarno Trulli is hoping to erase the memory of his pain in Spain by rekindling far happier times around the streets of Monaco.

DUBAI — Waleed Afani emerged the overall champion in the UAE National Autocross Championship 2007 following round five held at the Dubai Autodrome on Friday.

PETALING JAYA: A new-look Super GT roadshow is expected to meet at least one million fans nationwide within the next one month to promote the 2007 Super GT International Series Malaysia to be held at the Sepang Circuit from June 22-24.

MOSCOW — French automaker Renault has a hit on its hands in Russia, with its Logan world car. In fact, the affordable compact is so popular that Renault is planning to hike production capacity here from 60,000 to 160,000 units a year.

A STUDENT says more safety checks are need after her bonnet flew up and smashed her windscreen at 70mph on a motorway.

Poverty and hopelessness have helped foster the emergence of radical Islamist groups in Lebanon's 12 Palestinian refugee camps.

MONTREAL, Canada, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcan Inc. ( Nachrichten ) (NYSE: AL , TSX: AL) today announced that its Board of Directors unanimously recommends shareholders reject Alcoa Inc ( Nachrichten / Aktienkurs ) .'s (NYSE: AA) unsolicited offer to acquire Alcan.

‘There are many dead under the rubble. We have no food, water or power’ Thousands of desperate Palestinian refugees took advantage of a brief ceasefire to flee the beleaguered Nahr al-Bared camp yesterday as battles between the Lebanese Army and Islamic militants from Fatah al-Islam entered a third day.

Nancy Zinnen Mercer, of Dixon, began with the Dixon Rural Fire Department in 1989 as a paid, on-call firefighter, and now is a captain. She is married to Phil Mercer, and has a stepdaughter, Kara Mercer, 12.

(RTTNews) - The major European markets ended on a mixed note on Tuesday, continuing with the lackluster trend witnessed in the previous session. While a drop in crude oil prices acted as a drag on the heavily weighted oil stocks, mining and utility stocks also came under selling pressure.

Giancarlo Fisichella is hoping the special affinity he enjoys with Monaco will finally spark an upturn in fortunes.

Renault says it will continue improving the R27 and won't switch all its focus to 2008.

Mark Blundell was in the chair for your Ask the Team questions following the Spanish GP.

The German police are searching a Bulgarian citizen, whose car was found in the Pescher Lake near Cologne. His car, a Renault with Bulgarian licence plate, was found in the lake by the fishing club's chairman Rolf Thelen.

Renault’s race engineering chief Alan Permane says that the team was not concerned by Giancarlo Fisichella’s disappointing weekend in Spain, where he was outperformed by rookie teammate Heikki Kovalainen.

I particularly want to draw attention to the keys supplied with Renault Mk.2. They are in the form of a metal card, which is very easily lost and at £145, very expensive to replace.

It has been an eventful few weeks for Magna International (MGA), one of the world's largest producers of automotive components.

Kimi Raikkonen has suggested that both he and double World Champion Fernando Alonso are struggling because of the new type of Bridgestone tyres. The title-elect pair have failed to impress thus far this season, with Felipe Massa and Lewis Hamilton stealing the limelight.

TWO women suffered life-threatening injuries in a road collision in New Tredegar.

Both Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso have been overwhelmed by their team-mates this season and the Finn has suggested that he and the World Champion are struggling because of the Bridgestone tyres.

The Joliet JackHammers exploded for 13 hits and turned in some facny glove work when it counted lifting the JackHammers to their first victory of the season in a 7-4 over Winnipeg at Silver Cross Field Monday.

When Renault arrived in Monaco for last season's Grand Prix, the French team were comfortably leading the constructors’ standings after taking four wins from the six opening races.

A man had to be cut free by firefighters after the van he was driving ploughed into two parked cars and a garden wall on the A151 Bourne Road, at Spalding.

BRIDGES RENAULT in Reading, has recruited not one but two female apprentices for its service department.Leona Jones (18) and Katie Samuel (19) have both begun their careers as trainee Renault technicians."To have two female technicians in the workshop is unusual," said service manager, Sharyn Boffin.

Personal enjoyment of the Monaco grand prix circuit will drive both Giancarlo Fisichella and Heikki Kovalainen on this weekend, despite the improvement shown by Renault at the last race in Spain.

Renault F1 technical director Bob Bell has admitted that this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix will be tough for the team, despite renewed confidence after a better showing in Spain ten days ago.

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Susan Frost, of Sterling, retired April 30 after more than 37 years as the administrative director of laboratories at CGH Medical Center in Sterling. She has a son, John Labora, a daughter-in-law, Amy Labora, and three grandsons, Brandon, Nathan and Joshua.

The wife of a Nottinghamshire man who died after alleged ambulance delays wins the right to open a new inquest.

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Lewis Hamilton has sought to play down soaring expectations of a maiden Formula One win at Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.

Q&A with Renault's Bob Bell

Renault drivers look ahead to Monaco

Q and A with Renault's Fabrice Lom

Q and A with Renault's Bob Bell

Renault's technical director Bob Bell insists the French squad are not ready to give up on the 2007 season despite their lack of competitiveness in the first races of the year.

''We are fighting hard to understand the problems'' Renault scored eight wins in 2006 on the way to championship glory but with Champion Fernando Alonso off to McLaren, the 2007 season has been very different for Technical Director Bob Bell...

Monaco preview quotes: Renault

Monaco GP - Renault - Preview : It has been a tough start to the season for Giancarlo Fisichella and rookie team-mate Heikki Kovalainen.

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A PEDESTRIAN is fighting for his life after a collision with a car on a busy city road.

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The woman who died in hospital following a head-on horror smash near Preston at the weekend has been named as 44-year-old Beverley Parson from Penylan, Cardiff. (21/05/2007 14:02:36)

Q: You personally had a tough race in Spain, but we also saw suggestions that the team's overall level of performance had improved. Do you think that can be sustained in Monaco?

Monaco may be the most unusual, most unique race on the Formula 1 calendar, but for the engineers the challenge remains the same: fine-tuning their car to achieve maximum performance around the circuit.

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Fernando Alonso heads to Monte Carlo confident that he can claim back-to-back Monaco GP victories with two different teams. The Spaniard clinched the victory in the principality last season with Renault, and is determined to do so again this year while driving for McLaren.

AKLAN has winded up its provincial canvass of election results from various municipalities today with winners proclaimed by the Provincial Board of Canvassers, chaired by Lawyer Renault Macarambong of the Commission on Elections (Comelec).

ESCAPE ROUTE is fancied to get his 2007 campaign up and running with victory in the Renault Vans Handicap at Lingfield.

Renault operations in Brazil last year cut losses by more than 50% compared to 2005, after the parent company that year pumped in $230m to reduce the red ink of previous years. The 2006 deficit still topped some $100m, but this year the bottom line should look a lot better.

A MAN was being questioned by police following a fatal accident on a rural road.

ESCAPE ROUTE is fancied to get his 2007 campaign up and running with victory in the Renault Vans Handicap at Lingfield.

Thomas Deane previews Tuesday's meetings in the UK.

Renault is optimistic that its return to form will continue at the Monaco GP.

Escape Route is fancied to get his 2007 campaign up and running with victory in the Renault Vans Handicap at Lingfield.

Fernando Alonso heads to Monte Carlo confident that he can claim back-to-back Monaco GP victories with two different teams.

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Lewis Hamilton says he is "realistic" about winning the Monaco Grand Prix on his Formula One debut in the Principality.

Alonso suffering with 'doubt' - Nielsen An uncertain week of weather should clear in time for Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix...

A VAN driver was arrested yesterday following a collision that resulted in the death of a motorcyclist on the A5, near Glasfryn, Cerrigydrudion, Conwy.

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A woman has died after being cut free from the wreckage after a head-on crash in Garstang.

Giancarlo Fisichella is confident Renault's recent test at Paul Ricard will pay dividends at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix.

Reigning World Series by Renault champion Alx Danielsson sampled a Formula One car for the first time on Friday when he tested for Renault at Silverstone.

A fire destroyed a car and caused huge tailbacks on the M4 yesterday. Firefighters were called to the blaze between junction 8/9 and 7 at 10.30am. The Renault Megane had been travelling from Newbury to Heathrow Airport when it went up in flames.

A driver who goes into the weekend without a sponsor qualifies for the 500 Sunday, in his first day driving the car. Richie Hearn's recent racing résumé is thin and that's being kind.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Richie Hearn's recent racing resume is thin and that's being kind. No major starts in two years, some low-key go-kart action and absolutely no money to wave in front of a team owner's face. So what does he do Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway? He puts a car he hadn't driven until that morning into the Indy 500 field.

ANTIBES, France -- Up, up, the long and winding road to the Hotel du Cap, the grand old dame squatting there on her rocky cliff, and with a flash of special-entry pass, a lone prole taxi (everyone else arrives by chauffeured Renault or speedboat) enters the heavily fortified and forested gardens ...

Monaco: arguably the most prestigious motor race in the world. The track itself is no more than a maze of cramped, serpentine public roads that coil their way in and around Monte-Carlo.

A 63-year-old woman is left in a critical condition after she sustains head injuries in a crash on the M25.

A 38-year-old man is in a critical condition following a collision on an interchange in Cardiff.

Q and A with David Coulthard

Lines provide only a glimpse of car, but firm has revealed number of upmarket interior and exterior details. The teaser picture is on a website counting down the number of days to the model's unveiling.

BARCELONA, Spain - The way this Formula One season is shaping up, Lewis Hamilton – not Fernando Alonso – could be the first McLaren world champion since Mikka Hakkinen.

BARCELONA, Spain – Two-time defending Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso was fastest in Friday’s practice sessions for the Spanish Grand Prix.

It says much about the extraordinary turn of events inspired by Lewis Hamilton in the first four races that Fernando Alonso is suddenly being viewed as a member of Formula One's old guard.

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Formula 1: Ahead of Monaco Lewis Hamilton's exceptional rise has exposed the fallibility of Fernando Alonso.

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Lewis Hamilton is approaching his debut in the most glamorous Grand Prix of all as the youngest ever Formula One world championship leader and a British sporting icon in the making.

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WILL Bratt ended the second day of Formula Renault UK testing at Croft delighted with his performance, having been one of the three fastest drivers during three of the day's four sessions of track action. (19/05/2007 14:48:39)

Giancarlo Fisichella was positive his Renault R27 has improved after yesterday's final day of testing at the Paul Ricard circuit

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Reigning World Series by Renault champion Alx Danielsson had his first run in Formula One machinery on Friday when he shook down two of Renault's 2006 chassis at Silverstone

DRIVER Lee Gainey has to pay £900 to repair his Renault Clio... after mice set up home in the engine.

Paul Ricard - Renault - Testing Day 4 Renault have tackled all these legendary parts of the Paul Ricard circuit this week...

May 19 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks rose to a 6 1/2-year high this week after companies reported earnings that exceeded analysts' estimates and more than $75 billion in takeovers boosted speculation of mergers in the media, building and auto industries.

Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 4 One test session, four days, two race tracks, three Grand Prix: that pretty much sums up the efforts of Red Bull Racing, who have been running at the Paul Ricard track in the South of France since Tuesday...

Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 4 : One test session, four days, two race tracks, three Grand Prix:

LONDON: Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso were billed as the heavyweights in the Formula One title fight but both are behind on points going into next week's showcase Monaco Grand Prix.

The week's testing at France's Paul Ricard HTTT concluded on May 18th and Kimi Raikkonen was the fastest of the 11 drivers present on the final day.

The ING Renault F1 Team today completed its four-day test programme at the Paul Ricard HTTT in southern France. The session was conducted in preparation for next weekend's Monaco Grand Prix, and also the Canadian Grand Prix in three weeks' time.

Buenos Aires (Thomson Financial) - French automobile manufacturer Renault SA said it is planning to invest over 200 mln pesos or 50 mln eur in Argentina to construct a new medium-sized car.

A 16-year-old girl dies when the car she was a passenger in crashes in Hertfordshire.

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LONDON (Reuters) - The late Enzo Ferrari would have surely approved of former driver Jody Scheckter's latest project -- to make buffalo Mozzarella cheese as good as Italy's finest.

At 10.20 am, Renault shares were up 2.42 eur or 2.36 pct at 105.10, after rising as high as 106.30 in early deals. The CAC-40 was 54.81 points or 0.91 pct higher at 6,081.81.

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LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Euroshares opened modestly higher this morning after a lacklustre showing on Wall Street yesterday with oil stock benefiting from the rise in crude prices and Renault firmer on positive broker comment, dealers said.

Paul Ricard - Renault - Testing Day 3 After two days’ preparation for the Monaco Grand Prix, Renault changed to a set-up more suited to the Canadian track during its third day of testing on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit in the south of France...

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DUBAI — The third round of the Formula Renault Campus French Championship at Dijon, France, witnessed another shining performance by Ramez Azzam, driver for Courtyard by Marriott.

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Renault's new Scenic ain't that cheap, but it is ugly

French carmaker Renault signed a contract with President of Argentina Nestor Kirchner, regarding a USD 80 M investment programme aimed at launching the Logan model in the Latin American market, Rompres reports.

Today, the ING Renault F1 Team finished its third day of testing on the Paul Ricard HTTT circuit. After the first two days' running in Monaco Grand Prix set-up, like the other teams present on the French circuit the ING Renault F1 Team switched to preparation for the Canadian Grand Prix.

Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 3 Mark Webber returned to the Red Bull cockpit today as the teams all switched to a longer, 5...

In transit to the Spanish Grand Prix, I stop in one of the fast food restaurants in the concourse of London's Gatwick Airport. I can't name the particular outlet, but let's just say it was breakfast time and I had sausage and egg inside an alliterative muffin.

LONDON (Reuters) - Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso were billed as the heavyweights in the Formula One title fight but both are behind on points going into next week's showcase Monaco Grand Prix.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -The way this Formula One season is shaping up, Lewis Hamilton - not Fernando Alonso - could be the first McLaren world champion since Mikka Hakkinen.

A baby girl survives after a car and lorry collide in South Yorkshire killing her mother and seriously injuring her father.

Renault's engineering director Pat Symonds claims the team is finally nearing a solution to their current problems.

ING Renault F1 Team today completed its second day of running at the Paul Ricard HTTT in southern France.

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RENAULT TWINGO: Slovenian workers check a new model of the Renault Twingo at the end of a production line in factory in Novo Mesto, yesterday.

Aero investigation still ongoing - Symonds : F1's beleaguered World Champions Renault have calculated the loss of Fernando Alonso this year at about 0.

PARIS (Thomson Financial) - Automaker Renault said it has signed an agreement with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner to invest 80 mln usd in the country, mainly to produce the low-price Logan car model for the Latin American market.

The Logan will be made in Santa Isabel, in Cordoba province. The initial output rate will be 35,000 units per year, with 80 pct of the cars destined for export. Parts of the investment will also go into the Kangoo and Clio ranges.

DUBAI — The Nivea for Men Endurance Challenge, one of Dubai’s most thrilling and exciting motorsport events is returning to the Dubai Autodrome. Round 1 will be held on the Autodrome’s 1.2 km CIK approved Kartodrome track tomorrow and on Saturday.

BMW to boost U.S. output German automaker BMW said it will increase production at a U.S. plant to shield itself from the weaker dollar and meet potential market growth in its biggest single market, the United States. The company said it would raise the capacity of its plant in Spartanburg, S.C., from the current 140,000 per year to more than 200,000 annually. The company will increase the number ...

BARCELONA, Spain -- The way this Formula One season is shaping up, Lewis Hamilton -- not Fernando Al...

Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 2 David Coulthard took over driving duties from Mark Webber for the second day of Red Bull Racing’s four-day test at Paul Ricard...

Paul Ricard - Renault - Testing Day 2 : Renault today completed its second day of running at the Paul Ricard HTTT in southern France.

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Lewis Hamilton continued to set the pace on the second day of testing at Paul Ricard today.

Lewis Hamilton again topped the times as the Formula One group test at Paul Ricard's HTTT facility rolled into a second day, underlining his potential as a possible Monaco Grand Prix winner.

Paul Ricard - Wednesday - Testing Day 2 : Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets for the second straight day at Paul Ricard as the teams concentrated on preparation for the forthcoming Monaco Grand Prix.

Pat Symonds says Renault is getting to the bottom of what has caused its slump.

Luc-Alexandre Ménard, Renault's senior vice-president, public affairs and Euromed regional leader (eastern Europe and Mediterranean zone), and E Panteleev, Moscow government minister on Wednesday signed a framework agreement in Paris concerning the implementation of the project to increase production at the Avtoframos plant in Moscow.

Following their improved showing in the Spanish Grand Prix, Renault should be fighting for podium places again by the end of the season. That is the view of team President Alain Dassas.

Renault's team manager Steve Nielsen has joined the chorus in casting doubt over Fernando Alonso's ability to compete with Lewis Hamilton.

At 12.03 pm, shares had risen 0.98 eur or 1.01 pct at 103.98 and the CAC had fallen 18.81 points to 6,030.94.

Renault's engineering chief Pat Symonds has admitted he has been surprised to see Lewis Hamilton give the team's former driver a hard time at McLaren so far in 2007.

Lewis Hamilton is doing his best to keep the hype alive after setting the quickest time in testing in France. Eleven teams were present on Tuesday and each team sent one driver around the short and tight 2D SC course at Paul Ricard which simulates the Monte Carlo circuit.

Renault has announced details of its "lifestyle" Scenic derivative, due in South Africa before the end of 2007 - but we still don't know what it'll be called here.

Renault team manager Steve Nielsen believes that Lewis Hamilton's form will cause his McLaren teammate Fernando Alonso to question his own ability

In his third Formula One test this year, Malaysian Fairuz Fauzy helped the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team complete an extensive testing evaluation, completing over 250km at Paul Ricard on Tuesday.

Silverstone shakedown for Alx Danielsson Reigning Renault World Series champion Alx Danielsson will shortly make his Formula One test debut...

Renault F1 president Alain Dassas has set a high target for his struggling team, asking the struggling Enstone operation to aim for podium finishes before the end of the season.

Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 1 : Testing at the Paul Ricard Circuit began today.

Paul Ricard - Renault - Testing Day 1 : Following last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Renault today began a four-day test programme at the Paul Ricard HTTT in the south of France.

Forecast-beating earnings from DaimlerChrysler and news that Reuters and Hanson had agreed to be bought lifted stock markets across Europe Tuesday.

LONDON: Struggling Formula One champions Renault can beat BMW Sauber to third place overall and have not ruled out podium finishes by the end of the season, according to team president Alain Dassas.

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Paul Ricard - Red Bull Renault - Testing Day 1 Testing at the Paul Ricard Circuit began today...