By Sudip Kar-Gupta AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - A current slump in the global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker Renault said on Saturday. "Something will have to happen," Renault Chief Executive...
In order to optimize its sales process, Renault VI, the third largest manufacturer of heavy vehicles in the world, decided to supply dealers with a portable IT tool capable of supporting every stage of a vehicle's sales cycle. Capgemini partnered with CWC (a U.S. company specializing in sales force tools...
By Jui Chakravorty Das NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co F has had exploratory talks with French automaker Renault SA RENA to sell Volvo, but the talks ended quickly due to price differences, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. The two...
By Jui Chakravorty Das NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Ford Motor Co F has had exploratory talks with French automaker Renault SA RENA to sell Volvo, but the talks ended quickly due to price differences, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters. The two parties have...
HAMILTON BACK ON TRACK Briton weathers the storms of Silverstone, and his private life, to evoke memories of Senna Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren's chief executive, said it was something nobody in the team would forget. He was not talking about Ayrton Senna's triumphal domination...
MADRID AFP — Spain's largest bank, Santander, is to sponsor Ferrari from 2010, which could facilitate the arrival of Spanish driver Fernando Alonso to the Italian Formula One team, Spanish newspapers said Friday. A spokeswoman for Banco Santander would not confirm the reports, but said the bank's current...
1. Felipe Massa Ferrari-Ferrari 1min 14.989secs 109 laps 2. Jenson Button Honda-Honda 1min 15.081secs 121 laps 3. Heikki Kovalainen McLaren-Mercedes 1min 15.289secs 123 laps 4. Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 1min 15.378secs 118 laps 5. Sebastian Vettel...
US reopens $35bn air tanker deal *The US government last night reopened a bitter $35bn (18bn) aerial tanker contest after the selection process that picked European group EADS over Boeing was found to be flawed. It said mistakes had been made when the original bids were evaluated....
PARIS AFP — French automaker Renault cut its sales forecast for this year on Wednesday after saying its sales worldwide rose by 4.3 percent in the first half compared to the same period of 2007. Renault had previously been expecting growth in sales of 10 percent over 2008,...
1. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 60 laps 01:39:09.440 2. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber +68.5 3. Rubens Barrichello Brazil Honda-Honda +82.2 4. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari +1 lap 5. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes +1 lap ...
Kimi Raikkonen was in characteristically phlegmatic mood at the end of today's British Grand Prix at Silverstone, after a mistaken tyre strategy by Ferrari cost him any hope of challenging for victory. The Finn had looked menacing in the early stages of the race, closing in on the...
Fernando Alonso has asked Renault to provide him with a more reliable engine - stressing that 'it is almost always the same thing that breaks' - as Spanish oil company Repsol has flattened suggestions it is keen to facilitate a move to Honda for the double Formula 1 World Champion...
1. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:21.049 2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 01:21.554 3. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 01:21.706 4. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 01:21.835 5. Nick Heidfeld Germany BMW Sauber 01:21.873 6. Fernando Alonso...
SILVERSTONE, England AFP — Fernando Alonso set the fastest lap in Saturday morning's final practice ahead of British Grand Prix qualifying in the afternoon. The Renault driver made light of the slippery track conditions early on in the session and then returned in the final seconds to post...
Just two weeks after Jarno Trulli's podium in France, neither Toyota driver made it through to the final shoot-out for positions on the British Grand Prix grid, but the ongoing story is the deficit separating Ferrari from McLaren. With no interruption from the rain in Q2, Jarno Trulli...
1. Fernando Alonso Spain Renault-Renault 01:20.740 2. Mark Webber Australia Red Bull-Renault 01:20.988 3. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:21.266 4. Sebastian Vettel Germany Toro Rosso-Ferrari 01:21.277 5. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 01:21.668 6. Nelson Piquet...
Fernando Alonso completed his final flying lap at just the right moment to capture top spot on the timesheets in the third and final free practice session ahead of qualifying for the British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Spaniard thus ran out fastest in an hour-long session that...
SILVERSTONE, England AFP — World championship leader Felipe Massa topped the times but also suffered a high speed crash in an eventful free practice session at Silverstone on Friday morning. The Brazilian Ferrari driver completed only eight laps in the first session ahead of Sunday's British Grand Prix,...
Despite having claimed that 'everyone' in the Formula 1 paddock would like to employ double world champion Fernando Alonso, Ross Brawn has stressed that Honda is not a suitable destination for the Spaniard - yet. Honda is just one of the destinations the disaffected Renault star has been...
1. Felipe Massa Brazil Ferrari-Ferrari 01:19.575 2. Heikki Kovalainen Finland McLaren-Mercedes 01:19.587 3. Lewis Hamilton Britain McLaren-Mercedes 01:19.623 4. Kimi Raikkonen Finland Ferrari-Ferrari 01:19.948 5. Robert Kubica Poland BMW Sauber 01:20.367 6. Fernando Alonso Spain...
