TopCarTalk Information - Drugs and the driving law

Drug driving is the term used to describe anyone who gets behind the wheel of a vehicle under the influence of any substance (legal or illegal) that is likely to impair their driving ability.

Under Section 107, Schedule 7 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003:

• It's an offence to drive a motor vehicle while under the influence of a controlled drug;


• Police officers have powers to undertake roadside drug tests on drivers.
  
  

Penalties
Driving under the influence of drugs carries the same penalties as drink driving - a ban and a fine of up to £5,000 or up to six months in jail. If a person under the influence of drugs causes a fatal accident, they could face a two-year ban and a maximum of 10 years in jail.

Roadside testing
The law does not state any legal limit for drugs as it does for alcohol. This is because knowledge of how different drugs impair different people's driving ability is inconclusive. The extent of harm resulting from driving under the influence of drugs continues to be researched, although the current lack of a definite legal limit for drug driving can complicate any possible further prosecution

If you're taken to the station
If field impairment tests demonstrate that you may have been driving under the influence of drugs, you could be arrested and taken to the police station. Here, you may be tested for the presence of drugs through a biological test (for example, by testing a sample of your blood or urine). The police don't have to wait for you to sober up or resume consciousness in order to do this. A doctor can also carry out a blood test to see if you've been incapacitated due to medical reasons, such as illness or intake of prescribed medicine.

New Model to Mini Range

It had to nappen BMw ae going to launch the new MINI Clubman and it will be on sale in the UK in November 2007.

Available in three engine variants: Cooper D, Cooper and Cooper S, the new model has a new rear door mechanism and boasts more space for rear passengers and greater levels of safety.

We can all remember Morris Mini Traveller, Austin Mini Countryman and the Mini Clubman Estate, which enjoyed widespread success in the 1960s and were one of the most popular cars in Britain. Well the new MINI Clubman nevertheless stays true to the MINI design but the retention of short body overhangs, wide track, a long wheelbase and the high shoulder line rising towards the rear.

Modern high-performance engines, designed specifically for the 2nd generation MINI, feature new improvements to optimise fuel economy and emission management. Auto Start-Stop, Brake Energy Regeneration and a Gearshift Point Indicator are standard on all variants and help the MINI Cooper D Clubman to achieve a low emissions figure of 109 g/km CO2.

The Clubman is the next body style in the MINI range to join the successful Hatch and Convertible models, which have sold over one million models since 2001.

As with the Hatch models, the petrol engines will be assembled at Plant Hams Hall in the Midlands and the body panels and sub-assemblies are from Plant Swindon. This ‘MINI production triangle’ employs approximately 6,800 production associates in the UK.

On-the-road-prices:
MINI Cooper - £14,235
MINI Cooper D - £15,400
MINI Cooper S - £17,210

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Porsche Ceyene hybrid!!

Porsche, aware of the growing environmental lobby, have unveiled a prototype Cayenne with hybrid drive. Its not expected to be on sale until 2009 but obviously Porsche want everybody to know that it can be responsible as a car manufacturer.

The car has the 3.6 litre V6 engine, showing that the main focus is on saving fuel rather than performance, however because of the torque boost from the electric motor it is faster than most V6's. Porsche haven't released figures yet but for cars in this class you would expect a 0-62mph of about 8 seconds. Fuel economy should be about 25% better relating to 29mpg combined cycle.

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Formula 1 race calendar extended to 18 races...

THE FIA have announced that the 2008 Formula One race calendar will consist of 18 races, the two new venues are Valencia and Singapore, both will be street races.

The Canadian grand prix is subject to contractual confirmation.

It was thought that France would not appear on the race calendar but the French have been given a reprieve.

2008 Formula One calendar released by the FIA on Friday:
March 16 Australia (Melbourne)
March 23 Malaysia (Sepang)
April 6 Bahrain (Sakhir)
April 27 Spain (Barcelona)
May 11 Turkey (Istanbul)
May 25 Monaco
June 8 Canada*
June 22 France
July 6 Britain (Silverstone)
July 20 Germany (Hockenheim)
Aug 3 Hungary (Hungaroring)
Aug 24 Europe (Valencia)
Sep 7 Italy (Monza)
Sep 14 Belgium (Spa-Francorchamps)
Sep 28 Singapore
Oct 12 China (Shanghai)
Oct 19 Japan (Fuji)
Nov 2 Brazil (Interlagos)

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Stepneygate: No charges for McLaren for now

Formula 1 team McLaren have escaped any immediate penalty following a disciplinary hearing into how chief designer Mike Coughlan came into possession of a 780-page technical dossier on rivals Ferrari which was found at his home.

McLaren had already suspended their chief designer, and the World Motorsport Council (WMSC) came to the conclusion that there was "insufficent evidence" that the documents had affected this year's title race.

McLaren and current championship race leader Lewis Hamilton could yet face an Formula 1 ban if in the future they are seen to have gained any advantage from the dossier.

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Rail fares going up as passengers are forced back onto the roads...

Can this government, or come to that any other UK government in the last 20 years get anything right regarding public transport? I think not personally. The latest piece of mindboggling news is that rail fares are set to rocket, due to the government's decision to slash funding by 50%, a move which will guarantee huge rail fare price hikes for the next decade. Oh deep joy.

We motorists are being constantly told to do our bit to help save the planet by using public transport more often. Cutting funding and the rail fair increases that will come with it will do nothing to encourage motorists to use what, frankly, are generally appalling rail services.

Set against this news, we have the prospect of road-pricing schemes and congestion charging on the horizon. If they don't get you one way they will get you somehow. The poor old commuter simply cannot win.

If the government wants us all to do our bit to save the planet, then they should be encouraging us all to use public transport by keeping fares low and by making sure that our trains are clean, have enough capacity and run on time.

In other countries where rail networks run smoothly and efficiently like in France for example, they do so because the government has long realised the importance of the getting public transport right. Over here in the UK it is the same old story a complete and utter shambles.

Top Gear star abandons 911 in flood dash drama..

Richard 'Hampster' Hammond has had to abandon his Porsche 911 Carrera due to the flooding which has enveloped many parts of England over the last couple of weeks.

The Top Gear presenter was travelling home from London to Cheltenham for his daughter's birthday. However, Hammond found himself stuck in a traffic jam due to the flood chaos, it was at this point that he donned his running gear and ran the last 16 miles of his journey home.

Hammond told the Daily Mirror: "There was no way I was going to miss it - I'm away from home enough as it is.

"Luckily I had my running gear and a waterproof jacket with me in the car, so I decided to run the rest of the way. It was pitch black but I just put my iPod on and went."

Top Gear returns to our TV screens this Wednesday for a one-off special that sees Hammond and chums in a race to the North Pole.

Hamilton admits making wrong call over tyres, but shows great character and statesmanship.

New kid on the block and still F1 Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has somewhat refreshingly admitted that it was his call to switch to dry tyres during the early stages of the European Grand Prix, it was a race losing decision as things turned out.

F1 is a sport that seems to be almost always mired in one controversy or another, so it makes a something of a pleasant change to hear that Lewis has totally held up his hand and admitted he was at fault.

Added to which there was no carping about the tyre gun failure which led to him having an untimely meeting with the Nurburgring tyre wall at 100 mph during Saturday's qualifying session, which ended with Hamilton being taken to hospital.

The young Briton has taken F1 by storm this season leading from the front and up and until Sunday's dramatic race at the Nurburgring, Hamilton had managed a podium finish in every other grand prix and in some considerable style.Despite his many setbacks in Germany over the weekend, you could not help but sit back and admire the way Hamilton dealt with each one.

How many other drivers would have had the presence of mind to keep that engine ticking over having spun off the track? Not many I'd venture.

As F1 guru and all round good egg Murray Walker recently stated, Hamilton is a true racer. How true. The way Hamilton went about the business of getting out of those mostly self inflicted sticky situations, was intriguing to witness, as much as anything else the it was a test of his positive attitude and his self willingness to haul himself back into the race.

It was remarkable that he managed to finish the race at all, given everything that went on prior to and during that eventful and fascinating race weekend.

It is somewhat ironic, but not that surprising that Lewis is now hinting that he learnt more in Sunday's grand prix than in the previous nine. Hamilton hasn't just been a total revelation this season he has brought F1 back to life.

Prior to his arrival for many neutrals, like myself, the sport had become dull and predictable. No more. F1 is alive and well and there's a genuine battle raging for the Championship.

Lewis Hamilton will hopefully learn from the mistakes that he made in Germany and go on to win the trophy, but even if he doesn't it is going to be great to watch the remainder of the season. I cannot personally remember the last time that I genuinely held that view of F1.

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Alonso wins dramatic European Grand Prix...

Fernando Alonso won his 18th Grand Prix today at Germany's Nurburgring in what can only be described as a highly eventful and dramatic race. The conditions and rain made it a very difficult start for the drivers as no sooner was the race under way than the track was flooded, which soon led to six cars including championship race leader Lewis Hamilton aqua planing off the track.

To his credit the 22 year old Brit kept his engine ticking over even in though his McLaren was wheel deep in grit, once a crane lifted his car back onto the track Hamilton rejoined the race. However, conditions got so bad that it wasn't long before the race was called to a halt.

The race restarted under Red Flag conditions with Hamilton left at the back of the grid, added to which he was a full lap behind. The rules state that cars which have been lapped can overtake while the safety car takes the rest of the cars around the circuit. Hamilton did exactly that but inexplicably he then decided to change to dry tyres instead of catching up the rest of the pack.

It turned out to be a disastrous points losing decision as Lewis soon spun off the track again. The remainder of Hamilton's race was spent trying to fight his way back into contention. The championship race leader gave it his best shot and displayed some fantastic overtaking skills, but it wasn't to be as he finished in ninth position, one place out of the points.

Meanwhile Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso had a battle royal with the Brazilian looking almost certain to win the race, but that all changed in the final laps as once again the heavens opened and the drivers raced into the pit-lane for once last tyre change.

The race ended as it had started in very dramatic fashion as Alonso and Massa's wheels momentarily came together as Alonso took the lead and raced onto the chequered flag.

Alonso's win means that Lewis Hamilton's championship lead has been cut to just two points.

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Lewis Hamilton cleared to race after crash scare....

F1 Championship leader Lewis Hamilton has been cleared to race in Sunday's European Grand Prix after recovering from a serious crash during Saturday's qualifyround at the Nurburgring.

The crash came about after one the McLaren's front wheels came off at high speed, the fault was later put down to a wheel gun malfunction.

The 22 year old Brit was keen to race despite his ordeal, as was Ron Dennis the McLaren team boss.

McLaren will no doubt be reviewing their pit-lane preparation procedures following what can only be described as a very unusual and untimely mechanical tool failure.

The accident served to once again remind everyone connected with the sport how dangerous F1 is.

It will be very interesting to see how Hamilton reacts, he's had his share of shunts and accidents in the past during his karting years, but the pressure is really on now and coming so soon after the crash Sunday's European Grand Prix will be an even bigger mental challenge.

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Ferrari release pictures of the new F430 Scuderia

Ferrari has released first official pictures of the F430 Scuderia - a lighter, hardercore version of the standard coupe.

The engine is a tuned version of the 4.3 litre V8 which produces 510bhp. Crucially though, the Scuderia weighs 100kg less than the 430 coupe, so expect a sparse carbon-fibre-heavy cabin a la the previous generation 360 CS.

Tech-wise the Stradale gets race-derived gearbox software - named the 'F1 Superfast' - which reduces each paddleshift to 60 milliseconds. There's also a newly integrated electronic driver aid system which combines the 'E-diff' electronic differential with traction and stability control, to enhance performance in each setting.

The Scuderia will first be seen in the metal when it's unveiled by Michael Schumacher at the Frankfurt motor show in September.

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Robotic cars for the future?

Are Robotic Cars a reallity? Well over the past 10 years companies have been developing Cars to enter the Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) challenge and have made significant progress.

The DARPA Urban Challenge is a vehicle research and development program with the goal of developing technology that will keep war fighters off the battlefield and out of harm’s way.

The Urban Challenge features cars maneuvering in a mock city environment, executing simulated military supply missions while merging into moving traffic, navigating traffic circles, negotiating busy intersections, and avoiding obstacles.

The program is conducted as a series of qualification steps leading to a competitive final event, scheduled to take place on November 3, 2007. The exact location will be announced before the National Qualification Event scheduled for October 2007. DARPA is offering $2M for the fastest qualifying vehicle, and $1M and $500,000 for second and third place.This program is an outgrowth of two previous DARPA Grand Challenge autonomous vehicle competitions.

We are starting to see some of this technology transfer into everyday cars, for example the Mercedes C Class with the new Pre-safe system and the selective dampening systems.

DARPA Challege website

Mercedese C Class official site

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UK has highest fuel tax in European Union

New statistics released this week show that the UK pays more in fuel taxes per litre than any other EU country. Howver on the positive side the UK does spend more per mile for road maintenance.

Figures compiled by the European Union Road Federation show that fuel duty accounts for 46 pence in every litre of petrol and diesel bought in Britain last year. That’s more than twice as much as Greek drivers were taxed, and nearly two-and-a-half times what those in Lithuania pay.

However, British roads are expected to last 75 years – far longer than nearly all its European partners’ networks. The UK pays £2,391 per mile to keep its routes in working order, compared with Germany’s £1,510 and Lithuania’s tiny £125.

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Canadian super-coupe echoes McLaren F1

Locus, a new Canadian Company have developed a new supercar - The Plethore. This new car has the same seat configuration as the McLaren F1 supercar, with the driver seated in the middle position and the passengers seated further back and at each side.

It will be offered with a choice of two power outputs: an entry-level 750bhp, and a scary-sounding 1,300bhp. No further details have yet been released on the car's powertrain but the brave can sign up now: prices start at wopping £155,300 . Canada may not be known for its home-grown products but it's actually one of the world's most prolific car-building nations. More cars are now built in the province of Ontario than in the US state of Michigan, traditionally the heartland of American car manufacture.

Fiat launch a virtual showroom

Fiat has launched a sophisticated 'virtual showroom' website which makes browsing and buying its cars easier than ever.

The site - available at Fiat UK . Top features include a car configurator which allows users to choose their car model, spec, colour and accessories - that's nothing new, but Fiat's site simplifies the process by packing it all into one colourful screen and sends details to a local dealer once you're finished. There's also a finance payment planner and a real-time chatroom link with Fiat HQ so you can discuss your potential purchase. It's worth a look - expect other manufacturers to follow suit in coming months.

New Ferrari Dino in the works?

Ferrari Deputy Managing Director Amedo Felisa and CEO Luca Cordero di Montezemolo have both denied plans for a new low-end model, but rumors continue to circulate from within the Italian automaker the a new car is most definitely in the works.

The car will reportedly arrive in 2009, and share a platform with the upcoming replacement to the Maserati GT coupe. Like the forthcoming Alfa Romeo 8C, the new Dino will make use of carbon fiber and aluminum to keep weight low. Power will come from a 400 horsepower V8, and annual volume is expected around 4,000 units.

McLaren summoned to FIA hearing

The FIA has decided to call McLaren to appear before the World Motor Sports Council on July 26th, 2007, to answer questions about the alleged possetion of confidential Ferrari documents. Last week McLaren suspended there Chief designer Mike Coughlin after a 700 page document belonging to Ferrari was discovered during a serch of his home.

For this to happen the FIA must believe that McLaren are in breach of Atricle 151c which deals with "any fraudulent conduct or any act prejudicial to the interests of any competition or to the interests of motor sport generally.

A McLaren statement read: "McLaren is extremely disappointed to note that it has been asked by the FIA to answer a charge of being in possession of certain documents and confidential information belonging to Ferrari."

"Whilst McLaren wishes to continue its full co-operation with any investigation into this matter, it does wish to make it very clear that the documents and confidential information were only in the possession of one currently suspended employee on an unauthorised basis and no element of it has been used in relation to McLaren's Formula One cars."

If McLaren are found in breach of Article 151c the FIA could fine or even disqulify the team. To impose a ban, the FIA would need to prove that Coughlan made use of the information he had - either in accommodating Ferrari design features on the McLaren or in adapting McLaren strategy in light of what he knew about Ferrari. Should that happen, Hamilton and Alonso could be thrown out of the world championship.

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Car Feature - New Ford Mondeo

The car made its public debut at the Paris Motor Show last September

The new car clearly uses Fords new Iosis styling concept - revealed at the Frankfurt show in 2005. The front, of the car has a dramatic new look, with triangular chrome air intakes, which frame a gaping lower grille. On either side are twin spotlamps, while large headlights and a three-bar grille finish off the new Mondeo's nose. The end result is a front end that's much bolder than before.

Other neat details include the raised bonnet creases, which run to the base of the A-pillars, while the rising shoulder line and small glass area give the Mondeo a sporty profile. The steeply raked tailgate and roof spoiler continue that theme, while extended wheel­arches, sporty bulging sills, chrome-backed LED tail-lights and a protective silver bumper guard are further neat touches.

The basic entry-level engine options will include 1.6-litre petrol and 1.8-litre turbodiesel units, but the big seller is expected to be the 2.0-litre turbodiesel. A 2.0-litre petrol model is also set to appear, as well as a top-of-the-range 2.5-litre five-cylinder turbocharged petrol version.


This new ford has a lot of competition in this sector of the market. Can it keep up the previous sales success of the earlier version where 1 in 5 of all saloons in the is class where Ford Mondeo's

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Manchester Congestion Charge

Greater Manchester's 10 councils will soon decide whether to bid for a £3bn government package of public transport investment and a congestion charge.

It has now become Manchester top issue and has been generating lots of opposition. It has become a major issue for Manchester due to the expansion of businesses and living accommodation in the city centre with the consequential increase in traffic. Increasing traffic also increases pollution and congestion.

Identified as one of the fastest-growing cities outside London and it's set to add over 200,000 jobs by 2015. Unfortunately this increase in number will add to the problem and the councils say: doing nothing is not an option.

Motorists may have to pay up to £5 to enter Manchester city centre as part of congestion fee plans set to be unveiled this week. Pay-as-you-go tariffs will be introduced within the M60 which would target 15 roads into Manchester.

Drivers would pay £2 to enter an outer zone and another £1 to get into the city centre at peak times. They would then be charged a further £1 to leave each of the zones.

Greater Manchester is among 10 areas in England which have received Government money to develop possible congestion-beating plans in the hope of getting finance under the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF).

This is exactly how London started off with a small congestion charge that next year will be as much as £25 per car. Is Manchester next?

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BMW and Merc to join forces?

After years of battling for customers it looks like BMW and Mercedes might actually join forces to build there small cars.

BMW and Mercedes are already working together on a number of technologies - including hybrid engines and gearboxes - and it was thought that there were no set plans to expand this, but in an interview with Michael Ganal, BMW's sales and marketing head, he suggested that his company was looking at expanding cooperation with Mercedes, leading to speculation of a full-scale tie-in between the two German firms.

There is also a suggestion that Mercedes may work with BMW to produce the next-generation A-Class on the Mini car. Such a deal would make financial sense for BMW, which has to run the Oxford factory at full capacity to turn over a profit.

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Stepney approches Honda Team

Honda have become the third team embroiled in Formula One's 'spy' controversy when they confirmed that the two men accused in the affair had approached them looking for jobs earlier in the year.

Honda say Nigel Stepney, formerly of Scuderia Ferrari, met with them in June of this year and brought with him Mike Coughlan of McLaren, with a view to investigating job opportunities within the Honda Racing F1 team. The team says Honda would like to stress that at no point during this meeting was any confidential information offered or received.

Honda's Nick Fry informed Ferrari boss Jean Todt and McLaren's Ron Dennis of the meeting and has offered to provide any information required by Ferrari and McLaren.Ferrari dismissed former technical manager Stepney earlier in the week. They have taken legal action against him and a senior McLaren technical employee, widely identified in newspapers as chief designer Coughlan, over “the theft of technical information.”Briton Stepney said on Thursday, on his return to Italy from a vacation in the Philippines, that he was “surprised” by Ferrari's actions and denied any wrongdoing. Championship leaders McLaren have assured Ferrari none of the leaked information had been incorporated into their race-winning car. The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) is checking that is the case.

Dennis added that the team had supplied a full set of drawings and development documents to the FIA, detailing all updates made to the McLaren chassis since the incident occurred at the end of April

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Michael Schumacher drives Zinedine Zidane

Michael Schumacher returned at the wheel of his personal Ferrari FXX, to drive his friend Zinedine Zidane around the Magny Cours circuit. The money raised from the event will be used for charity purposes.

Schumi drives his Ferrari around Magny Cours:



The FXX is the most advanced GT ever created at Maranello and its mission is to involve Ferrari’s most valued Clients as genuine Prancing Horse Test Drivers in their own right.

The FXX has not been homologated for road use and thus will not be a competition model. It will be used exclusively on the track as part of a specific ongoing research and development programme featuring this first ever group of Client Test Drivers.The FXX is powered by an imposing 6,262 cc V12 engine that can punch out over 800 bhp at 8,500 rpm. Its gearbox is the result of the transfer of F1 strategies, delivering gear change times of under 100 ms. This is almost as fast as the F1 single-seaters, themselves the absolute pinnacle of current technological achievement.

Not sure its for everybody, especially at the £1.1M price tag.

Police chief calls for return of hidden speed cameras

Here we go again facing the the return of hidden speed cameras after Britain’s top traffic policeman said that more lives would be saved if drivers were unable to predict where they could be caught.

Med Hughes, Chief Constable of South Yorkshire, and head of roads policing at the Association of Chief Police Officers, has opened the way for forces to stop painting cameras yellow or informing drivers where they will be using mobile camera vans.

Until April, policy allowed Police to keep part of the fine. In return, they had to abide by a set of rules, including a requirement for cameras to be conspicuous and clearly signposted.

The Government changed the system after protests that police had a financial incentive to catch drivers. The Police now receive a fixed grant but they are no longer bound by the rules that stated that “camera housings must be coloured yellow” and be visible from 60 metres (197ft) on a road with a 40mph limit or less and 100 metres on other roads.

The rules also required Police to publicise the location of mobile cameras. North Wales Police Force have already stopped publishing details of where it is carrying out speed enforcement.

Another rule that has ceased to apply had required Police to focus almost all their enforcement on roads where there had been several deaths or serious injuries. North Wales and Cumbria now focus on roads which they believe to be dangerous but where there have been no serious crashes.

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Car feature - Nissan GT-R

The GT-R coupe will replacement the high-performance Skyline GT-R and is scheduled to go on sale in 2007.

However, the details of the beefy GT-R’s mechanical specification and the design of its interior remain continues to be the subject of speculation. Current thinking is that more than one version of the car will be offered: An entry-level rear-driver with around 350bhp, and this, the V-spec. Benchmark-testing against a Porsche 911 Turbo, lends weight to the speculation that the GT-R V-spec’s twin-turbo V6, which has been developed with the help of Cosworth and probably 3.8 litres in capacity – will produce around 470bhp and that the car's chassis will employ an evolution of the ATTESA four-wheel-drive system from the R34 Skyline.

Although it will offer 911 Turbo-matching power, the GT-R V-spec is expected to be priced closer to a regular Carrera, at around £60K, when it comes to the UK in 2008.

Renault F1 paint job

Renault has unveiled this new livery before the Silverstone Grand Prix, with a paintjob matching that of the first-ever Renault F1 car - the turbocharged RS01.

Renault won't want to take anything but artistic inspiration from the RS01. Nicknamed the 'Yellow Teapot', the RS01 was an unreliable mess on the track, failing to finish any races in its first season.

Unfortunately we're not going to see the yellow car on the track though - it's a one-off created to celebrate 30 years of Renault in F1.

But maybe, with a bit of persuasion, Renault might adopt the livery permanently. The way their F1 season is going so far, we can't imagine that Heikki or Fisi will complain.

Driving Dilemma: Traffic Lights and the Police..

So you're are stopped at a red light and you hear the sound of a siren from behind suddenly a Police car appears in you rear view mirror with lights flashing and siren blazing. Do you go through the red light or make them wait?

This is a difficult one because if the set of lights has a camera you will be prosecuted for running the red light never mind the possibility that you will have an accident. If you hold them up you will cost the emergency services valuable seconds.

What would you do?