Autoweek Daily Drive — Monday, November 5, 2012

HOME   |   CAR NEWS   |   CAR REVIEWS   |   RACING   |   AUTO SHOWS   |   VIDEOS   |   COLLECTOR   |   SUBSCRIBE Monday, November 05, 2012                  Winter driving in a Caterham Supersport... Video: A Caterham Supersport and a snow-covered road Anyone born before the automakers started trying to push front-drivers on us knows that rear-wheel drive and a set of decent tires will get you just about anywhere you want to go, even in deep snow. Skeptical? Take it from EVO magazine, which posted this video of editor Henry Catchpole enjoying a Caterham Supersport in all its sideways glory....   The Best (and worst!) of France and Italy Call this the gathering of cars you're amazed even started. Yet, there were over 300 of them by 11:00 a.m., spread all over the lawn and under the trees in Woodley Park in Van Nuys, Calif. for the annual Best of France and...   2012 Land Rover LR4 HSE review notes EXECUTIVE EDITOR ROGER HART: Each time I get with a Land Rover I really wish I had some sort of nasty, muddy, rock-infested two-track in which to really play with this thing. It seems a shame to use such a capable...   Renault, Caterham form joint venture to build sports cars Two lightweight two-seat sports cars, likely to be on sale in 2015 or 2016, will be the first output of a joint venture between French automaker Renault and U.K. sports car maker   Hamilton says McLaren hasn't done a good enough job during 2012 F1 season After a season punctuated by unreliability and mistakes, Lewis Hamilton says that McLaren didn't do a good enough job to win the 2012 World Championship. In Abu Dhabi, Hamilton dropped out of the lead after just 19 laps with a mechanical issue. It was his second early exit in five races....   No way to keep Vettel back at Abu Dhabi, says Button Not surprisingly, Jenson Button was frustrated that he wasn't quick enough to keep Sebastian Vettel behind in the closing stages of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix....   Former IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard addresses fans via Twitter After almost a month of Twitter silence, former IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard finally logged into the popular social media site and let loose over the weekend. With rumors of his impending termination as CEO swirling around for ...   Alex Zanardi talks about his future: Video Alex Zanardi has become one of the biggest inspirational figures in the racing world. After a devastating accident during a CART race in 2001 left him a double amputee, Zinardi found another way to race. Earlier this... You May Have Missed...   Johnson edges Keselowski at Texas, increases points lead Jimmie Johnson won from the pole in the AAA Texas 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, but Brad Keselowski didn't make it easy, finishing second after some fender-to-fender contact that had the crowd on its feet. Johnson dominated the first half of the race, leading the most laps, but as the sun went down...   You know it's not your day at the track when ... Kevin Harvick's No. 29 Chevrolet was damaged before the NASCAR Sprint Cup race at Texas Motor Speedway when a skydiver's sandbag crashed into the car during the pre-race ceremony. The damage forced the crew to send the car back to the garage for repairs before Sunday's race had even started....   Kimi Räikkönen wins Abu Dhabi GP; Alonso second, Vettel third Kimi Räikkönen scored the first win of his Formula One comeback season in Abu Dhabi after Lewis Hamilton retired from a comfortable lead on Sunday. However, the real star of the race was Sebastian Vettel, who took an impressive third after starting from the pit lane. Vettel finished just a place...   Adrian Newey takes RB6 and vintage Leyton House March out for a spin: Video Few know the changing face of Formula Once race cars more than designers like Red Bull Racing's chief technical officer Adrian Newey, who recently had the unique opportunity to get behind the wheel of two ground-breaking Formula One cars separated by two decades.Newey took a trip to Silverstone...   Graber-bodied 1938 Jag Takes Best in Show at Hilton Head Frank and Milli Ricciardelli, from Monmouth Beach, NJ, came to the 11th annual Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival and Concours d'Elegance as the event's honored collectors, with the organizers honoring them for their years of dedication to the collector car hobby. The Ricciardellis have long...   Brilliant Vettel salvages podium finish from pit lane Sebastian Vettel put in an amazing drive to third place in the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after starting the race from the pit lane.Vettel got some help, however, by retirements ahead and by safety cars.The German made good progress in the early laps, benefiting from some first lap incidents...   Alonso not disappointed despite gaining little on Vettel at Abu Dhabi Fernando Alonso kept his Formula One title challenge on track with a superb second-place finish in Abu Dhabi, having started only sixth on the grid.The Spaniard insisted that he wasn't disappointed to have gained only three points on his title rival. Sebastian Vettel seemingly faced such an uphill... CLICK HERE TO UNSUBSCRIBE from the Autoweek Daily Drive E-mail or to sign up for other Autoweek e-mail products. IMPORTANT: Please add Autoweek.com to your E-mail Address Book to ensure you will continue to receive our newsletters. 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