This could be a momentous year for Formula One but, for now, it is simply unpredictable.

I had never considered myself a gas guzzler, leaving the family wagon at home on week days, and limiting my driving to work errands in small company fleet cars, writes Mathew Dearnaley.

Hollywood heart-throb George Clooney zooms around in one - now an Auckland man sees it as the ticket to beating the Super City's traffic congestion woes.

The New Zealand Grand Prix is the first race on the FIA's international motorsport calendar.

Former V8 Supercars champion Russell Ingall has agreed to a deal with Holden outfit Lucas Dumbrell Motorsport to contest his 19th straight season.

Years ago, cycling through a carpark, I stopped to admire an immaculately restored Rover 90, just as the driver, resplendent in plaid jacket, cheesecutter and yellow bow tie, disembarked.

A man who crashed his drag racer at 200km/h - flipping at least four times - says he's "sweet", despite bending the steel steering-wheel column with his chest on impact.

The speed tolerance margin returns to 10km/h above the open road limit today after another drop in road deaths this summer.

I'm surprised there aren't more deaths on our roads given our appalling attitudes once we get behind the wheels of our vehicles, writes Kerre McIvor.

Higher petrol prices and more fuel-efficient engines have prompted Kiwis to ditch big gas guzzlers in favour of smaller vehicles, industry experts say.

Having a former Formula One world champion rock up to the annual Toyota Racing Series with his son is not unusual.

A brain injury specialist has warned that if Michael Schumacher survives after his skiing accident "he will not be Michael Schumacher".