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Hamilton pondered quitting

10:19am Sunday 7th March 2010

Lewis Hamilton feared he might not have been able to recover from the incident which saw him punished for lying to race stewards last season.

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Button feeling settled at McLaren

8:45pm Saturday 6th March 2010

A relaxed Jenson Button heads into the new Formula One season with a feeling of being "at home" with McLaren after just two months.

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Stewart: Duo dreading Schumacher return

9:09am Thursday 4th March 2010

Sir Jackie Stewart reckons Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button are living in fear of being "beaten up" by Michael Schumacher in this season's Formula One world championship.

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Drivers still using mobiles - study

10:38am Friday 26th February 2010

Three years on from the introduction of tougher in-car mobile phone rules, many motorists are still flouting the law, according to a new survey.

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Three is a magic number

10:41am Friday 26th February 2010

SLIDE into the large driver’s seat of the Mazda3 and you might think the Japanese car maker had decided to supersize this strikingly-styled car.

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Pick up a Pixo

10:22am Thursday 25th February 2010

The attractiveness of Nissan’s smallest car is, in the words of a certain smoking-jacketed TV-star meerkat, simples. Affordable, compact, nippy and fuel-efficient, it is just the sort of car that is becoming increasingly sought after.

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Car scrappage scheme in final phase

8:26am Wednesday 24th February 2010

The Government sounded "last orders" for the car scrappage scheme as the offer of a £2,000 discount on new models entered its final phase.

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X marks spot

12:28pm Friday 19th February 2010

The show begins the second you enter the Jaguar XF. In the centre console, an illuminated stop/start button pulsates like a heartbeat until it is pressed. As the 3.0-litre, I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-petrol, turbocharged diesel engine purrs into life, a cast alloy gear selector rises into the driver’s hand and four alloy-covered facia air vents silently glide open.

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Grand designs

12:22pm Friday 19th February 2010

If you ever doubted that family cars are becoming increasingly grander, then take a look at Renault’s Scénic.

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Grand tourer

1:52pm Friday 12th February 2010

A glance at the price tag on this svelte estate version of the Accord might understandably produce a sharp intake of breath. This is well into Audi and BMW pricing territory and that is no coincidence.

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