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- Toro Rosso launch with youngest drivers31 January 2015, 7:32 pm
Toro Rosso launched their car for the 2015 Formula One season on Saturday, placing their faith in the hands of the youngest driving team in the sport's history. Carlos Sainz, 20, the son and namesake of Spain's former double world rally champion, will drive one of the cars. The other seat will be occupied by 17-year-old Max Verstappen, the son of ex-F1 driver Jos. Toro Rosso finished in seventh place in the 2014 season and will be contesting their 10th championship campaign this year.... 
- Motorsport - Toro Rosso launch with youngest drivers31 January 2015, 5:54 pm
- Toro Rosso launched their car for the 2015 Formula One season on Saturday, placing their faith in the hands of the youngest driving team in the sport's history. Carlos Sainz, 20, the son and namesake of Spain's former double world rally champion, will drive one of the cars. The other seat will be occupied by 17-year-old Max Verstappen, the son of ex-F1 driver Jos. Toro Rosso finished in seventh place in the 2014 season and will be contesting their 10th championship campaign this year...
- Motor racing-Newey plays down Red Bull's title chances31 January 2015, 5:34 pm
Red Bull may win races this season but they cannot realistically expect to mount a Formula One title challenge, according to their championship-winning designer Adrian Newey. "I think we should be realistic about our expectations for this year," the Briton, who has stepped back from his full time role as technical supremo at the former champions, said in an interview published by Red Bull. I think it's really a season that will be very much about trying to extract the most we can and build on it...
- Formula One - Pursuit of Mercedes begins in Jerez31 January 2015, 1:47 am
- Preparations for the Formula One season start in Jerez on Sunday with the first of three four-day testing sessions and with Mercedes looking to lay down an early marker for continued dominance. Mercedes, who will also use the Spanish track to launch their 2015 car on Sunday, cruised to the constructors' championship last season, whilst Lewis Hamilton edged out team-mate Nico Rosberg for the drivers' title. A series of technical changes at the start of 2014 gave Mercedes a huge jump o...
- Burgess struggles on England Saxons debut31 January 2015, 12:03 am
Sam Burgess endured an underwhelming debut for England Saxons as he failed to showcase his credentials for a Six Nations call-up in his team's 18-9 victory over the Ireland Wolfhounds on Friday. With England head coach Stuart Lancaster watching on at Irish Independent Park in Cork, Burgess produced several errors in the first half before becoming an increasingly anonymous figure after the break. The Bath inside centre, who is just eight matches into his union career after changing codes, fa...
- Formula One - Sauber out to make a point30 January 2015, 3:09 pm
- Formula One minnows Sauber outlined their ambitions for the upcoming season on Friday - to win some points which is something they failed to do in 2014....
- Formula One - Ferrari unveil 'sexy' new car for 201530 January 2015, 3:06 pm
- Ferrari unveiled the "sexy" SF15-T on Friday, the car the legendary Italian stable are counting on to bring back the feel good factor at Maranello after a miserable 2014. When Fernando Alonso trailed in a lowly ninth in Abu Dhabi in November it wrapped up a wretched season for the iconic Italian stable, their first winless campaign since 1993. Ferrari's lacklustre performance in taking only fourth in the constructors title race triggered sweeping changes at their Italian HQ in a...
- Motor racing-Ferrari see gains on the engine side30 January 2015, 2:14 pm
By Alan Baldwin Jan 30 (Reuters) - Ferrari hope their race pace will be more in line with their qualifying speed this season after changes to their under-performing Formula One power unit over the winter. "We had a number of issues with last year's engine and power unit," technical director James Allison said after the team's online presentation of the new SF15-T car that they hope will return Ferrari to the top of the podium after a blank 2014. "It improved a lot during the season and we take t...
- Vettel warns against expecting too much of Ferrari30 January 2015, 12:31 pm
By Alan Baldwin LONDON (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel gave Ferrari's new Formula One car his seal of approval on Friday while warning fans not to expect too much from a team that made major changes after failing to win anything last year. "Obviously there is a change in colour for me so it's a new experience but I think the car looks beautiful," said the four- times world champion, who has joined from Red Bull, after the SF15-T car was unveiled online. "There is a lot of c...
- Motor racing-Vettel warns against expecting too much of Ferrari30 January 2015, 12:20 pm
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel gave Ferrari's new Formula One car his seal of approval on Friday while warning fans not to expect too much from a team that made major changes after failing to win anything last year. "Obviously there is a change in colour for me so it's a new experience but I think the car looks beautiful," said the four- times world champion, who has joined from Red Bull, after the SF15-T car was unveiled online. "There is a lot of change going on, a...
- Toyota, Honda, Fiat Chrysler must do 'follow up' recalls of 2.12 million vehicles31 January 2015, 3:55 pm
Honda, Toyota and Fiat Chrysler will do "follow up" recalls of about 2.12 million vehicles with defective electronic control units that can cause airbags to inadvertently deploy, federal safety regulators said today....
- Fiat Chrysler to abandon sub-$25,000 minivans31 January 2015, 5:01 am
Fiat Chrysler plans to abandon the bottom end of its minivan lineup next year as the redesigned 2017 Chrysler Town and Country replaces the existing model and the Dodge Grand Caravan....
- Nissan vehicles to use common visible parts31 January 2015, 5:01 am
Nissan's modular platform saves money by using common components. But owners rarely notice; most of the shared parts are unseen under the hood....
- GM ignition-switch victims accepting offers, Feinberg says30 January 2015, 9:00 pm
General Motors' compensation program for victims of ignition-switch accidents is meeting its goal of sidelining many potential lawsuits, according to the lawyer handling the payments....
- Honda crash death exposes weaknesses in recall system30 January 2015, 7:24 pm
The driver of a 2002 Honda Accord who died earlier this month in a crash involving a ruptured Takata airbag inflator hadn't been notified that his vehicle was recalled in June 2014 for the suspect inflators, a Honda spokesman said....
- Millennials will grow to 25% of U.S. market in 2015, TrueCar says30 January 2015, 5:37 pm
Millennials will become a serious force in the US car market in 2015, TrueCar said in a new report this week. The car-buying site estimates that the group will purchase 4....
- Denso to expand Tenn. plant, add 400 jobs30 January 2015, 4:24 pm
Denso, the world's second-largest automotive supplier, is set to expand a plant and add about 400 employees in Athens, Tenn....
- Lear Q4 profits surge on North America growth30 January 2015, 3:12 pm
Seating and electronics supplier Lear reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profits due to strong demand from North America....
- Ford on verge of promoting newer UAW hires to top-tier pay for first time30 January 2015, 11:15 am
Ford has exceeded its cap on employees earning second-tier wages and will promote 55 workers hired in 2010 to its top wage scale, the UAW said late Friday....
- Honda cuts profit target as Takata airbag recalls bite30 January 2015, 7:52 am
Honda sliced 6.5 percent off its core annual profit forecast as it set aside hundreds of millions of dollars in extra cash to cover an extended car recall to replace potentially faulty airbags made by Takata....
