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All clearances given, the BBC is reporting that Michael Schumacher is officially a driver for the Mercedes-Petronas F1 team. The deal is understood to be a one-year agreement, with Schumacher being paid £6.2 million ($9.82M U.S.) and having an open door at the end of the year to carry on if it all works out.
Mercedes is said to have its eye on Sebastian Vettel when his contract is up in 2012. Theoretically then, if Michael remains Michael behind the wheel, he could drive for the Three-Pointed Star and collect trophies, and perhaps Championships, until then. That’s an immense theoretical, however: Prost and Lauda took time off, came back, and won the whole show again; Jacques Villeneuve, well, not so much.
And as much as Ferrari respects the times it had with Schumacher, we have a feeling Luca di Montezemolo has already called Alonso to tell him, “You know what you have to do…” On the other hand, if Alonso doesn’t work out at Ferrari, and Michael does well and only has a one-year deal with Mercedes…
[Source: BBC | Image: Clive Mason/Getty]
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Permalink | Email this | CommentsCar of the decade
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Now that was easyI’ve been reading through some of the Best of 2000 car articles in various auto magazines, so I decided to do my own version.
Except, when it comes to hybrid cars, the Toyota Prius so dominates the list that its not really worth pretending that there is any serious competition.
I would have liked to fit the Ford Fusion hybrid and the Honda Insight into this piece as serious contenders to the Car of the Decade, but how could I? In terms of sales, neither competes with the Prius – not even close.
So, picking the Car of the Decade was easy this decade. Fortunately, next decade should be a far more interesting story.
Still, will any other hybrid, including plug-in hybrids, outsell the Prius in the next decade?
A look inside the Honda CR-Z
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Inside the CR-ZWith Honda’s CR-Z hybrid moving closer to reality, new leaked pictures of the car are becoming more common. Check out more here.
Audi e-tron: Driven! Video proof!
Author: adminAudi S4: A lot of fun with ESP off
Author: adminAudi A6: Best of all classes
Author: adminPorsche Cayenne S Hybrid: Video review
Author: adminTop Gear Coming To An End?
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The Top Gear Presenters
I read today that it’s possible that Top Gear is coming to an end. Were the worst to happen and it left our screen, I’d be genuinely gutted. It is more inventive, more entertaining and perhaps more insightful than 90% of other TV on at the moment. It’s also not a soap, ‘reality TV’, self serving or full of crap storytelling (the storytelling on Top Gear is actually very well put together, but more on that later).
Whether you’re 12 or 112, Top Gear has something for you. Each of the three lads has a very strong personality, despite (perhaps) at times coming close to caricature. They play off each other and it forms an excellent piece of TV entertainment every Sunday evening.
A the risk of sounding like a certain James May, I don’t watch much TV as I find it insufferable. Yet, on Sunday evenings, I’m riveted, waiting for 8pm (or thereabouts) to arrive. Even the challenges that aren’t really about cars are huge fun to watch and you can see that they genuinely love what they do.
I understand where the quotes from Andy Wilman are coming from – they’ve recently lost some viewers (but still have a huge number) and some episodes haven’t rung quite true for me. Others however have, and I’d hate to think that a retweak was out of the question.
I guess my question is whether they can look at the formula again and pare it back to what it should be – or whether there’s room in the ‘busy’ (see crap) schedule for this type of entertainment show. Frankly, it’s one of the few car shows on the beeb (and TV in general) so no; I’d be incredibly unimpressed if it went.
Ultimately, it would be like three good friends leaving never to return, if the worst happened. I’m sure I’m not the only one that feels this way. As long as it is on, I promise I’ll never miss and episode. In fact guys, I’ll probably be watching a few times again on Dave…
MINI Beachcomber Concept
Author: adminHere’s a great new video from Autocar – it’s an interview with the designer of the new MINI Beachcomber concept. Gert Hildebrand talks Autocar through the car, including inspiration, features and the reason behind the concept. It looks extremely funky and I can see it selling very well, albeit in a form that loses some of the more controversial aspects of the concept.
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