Ross Brawn has predicted that drivers will fight for 1st place with more vigour and determination in the coming Formula One season, making it one of the most unpredictable championship campaigns yet.

We already expected that, thanks to the new partnership between Button and Hamilton at McLaren, we could see some infighting and less team-loyalty this year. With the new points system which sees 1st to 10th, as opposed to 1st to 8th, awarded a sequence of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1, we can expect that all racers will want as high a finish as possible, and will have added incentive to chase first-place thanks to the new 7-point gap.

Other news include the hint that MotoGP racer Valentino Rossi, who had revealed that his future lay in rallying, may extend his career as far as 2012, or at least make a return then, when the sport brings back the huge and "more fun" 1000cc engines.

Ferrari F1 have unveiled their new car, which they will use to reinstate their team at the top of the constructors championship in the new season.

After a "painful" 2009 and the 2010 season fast approaching, the F1 world were waiting with baited breath for the team to reveal the design of their new vehicle, which will be driven by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa. After the return of the team's uber-driver Michael Schumacher was almost achieved during last season's spell without the injured Brazilian Massa, and the German legend's revelations that he will instead drive for Mercedes during the 2010 season, it looked as if it would as an abortive a start to the season as last year.

However, Fernando Alonso, 2006 World Champion, has said "we are ready to face the challenge" ahead of the team. The new car will certainly put the wind up the competition, as you can never write Ferrari off.

Any fan of MotoGP needs to take a look at this - for those that say F1 drivers are unrivalled as the best in the business, here you'll see MotoGP World Champion Valentino Rossi trying his hand at driving the 2008 Ferrari F1 car.

Super Bike Racing's Andrew Wright Flees Country Under My Helmet

In mid 2006, Andrew Wright, a former owner of Super Bike Racing, was convicted on smuggling charges for illegally bringing motorcycles into the country, re-labeling them and selling them even though they did not meet EPA and DOT standards. He was sentenced to 27 months in prison and ordered to pay $20,674 in damages to former customers. The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General said that Wright has been [...] Read More


Man Charged When Friend Left in Ditch After ATV Crash Under My Helmet

Back on September 15, a guy riding an ATV at about 60 miles per hour, ran in to the back of his friends ATV. Both of the ATVs ended up in a nearby ditch, flipped over in the water. The guy that ran in to the back of his friend said he did not see his friend after the accident, and he thought that his friend had left the scene [...] Read More


ATVers Fined/Jailed Because No Laws to Enforce OHVs Under My Helmet

I don't know how I missed this one, but Jim, the 4x4 Guide over at About.com caught it... Seems there's a beach in Hatteras, Virginia that a Federal Judge has assigned fines and jail time to for riding on the beach because, according to Jim:because the National Park "does not have regulations in place to govern ORV traffic." I'm gonna go out on a limb here and ask; where's the justification [...] Read More


Bike Trips That Will make your Head and Wheels Spin Hidden Travel Gems

If the rising cost of fuel has you rethinking your trip or renting a car while on vacation, try these bike-focused vacation ideas. www.backroads.com has tons of itineraries that will take you on two shiny wheels along the coasts of California, through the Tuscan sprawl of meadows or even visit the Castles in France. Case in point: the weekend in California's Alexander Valley tour which meets in the spa town [...] Read More


Freikometer: Bike to School movement for the future of the country The RFID Weblog

My nephew has crossed the limits of obesity, courtesy the junk food he munches everyday and the sedentary lifestyle which has become a part of his living. I was searching for ways to get him back into shape and I came across Freikometer, a technology developed by Rob Nagler to make his boys pedal to school everyday. Rob Nagler along with Tim Carlin mounted their Freikometer, a solar powered rider monitor [...] Read More

Jeremy Clarkson is already looking like a belligerent old man in the corner, doing his best to loudly stand in the way of progress. The aging, blinkered, fool makes a point of every day getting a jibe in at any of the car companies who are trying to move forward. Despite all this, though, I do enjoy the BBC's Top Gear, though that may be thanks to his co-presenter James May's timely use of the term "apocalyptic dingleberry" in reference to his higher-paid friend.

But I digress, why I mention the once-great writer and presenter is some of his most recent reviews. He has taken to ruling out any hybrid car, ignoring looks or any of the specifications. Although I often rule out any opinion he now holds as pointlessly one-sided, I am inclined to agree with him. Many of these car companies are being buffeted on the winds of "celebrity" trends; in that all in Hollywood except the ghost of Charlton Heston needs to be seen with a Toyota Prius to hold the moral high ground.

I don't, however, come at it from the same stand point as Mr Clarkson. I am not one who believes in a preachy media so won't be a hypocrite, but to anyone who indeed does believe in progress and, even if not totally convinced by the threat of climate change, accepts the facts that our current oil reserves will someday soon run out and it's about time we were no longer slaves in our foreign policy to governments in control of these reserves, Clarkson is looking less and less relevant.





On 1st January I turned on the TV and was immediately met by one of the most impressive, balls-out statements I have ever seen from an advert. Renault, "from next year" (which i took to mean 2011) will release the first line of purely electric, truly emission-free cars. America and many European countries have pledged to help make this possible, and we'll have more news to follow. The courage I saw in Renault in being the first company to take the essential steps towards the future made the start of 2010, for me, an optimistic one.

All who are indeed car fans know that the beauty of the machine is one of the first things you look at, and you can't tell me these don't look unbelievably cool...