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Kimi Räikkönen to star at Festival of Speed

FORMULA One favourite Kimi Räikkönen has been confirmed as a star guest for the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed. The charismatic Finn will be at the famous Goodwood event as part of a wider celebration of motorsport heritage in conjunction with the Festival of Speed’s recently-announced chief sponsor, Shell. As well as bringing F1 racer Räikkönen and supplying the ‘official fuel’ for the event, V-Power Nitro+ premium unleaded, Shell will celebrate the 50th anniversary of legendary British racer John Surtees’ Formula One World Championship victory with Scuderia Ferrari.

Mercedes A45 AMG (2013) first pictures of new hot hatch

This is the Mercedes A45 AMG: the first time Merc’s in-house tuning arm has tried its hand at building a hot hatch. Packing 355bhp, all-wheel drive and a seven-speed dual-clutch paddleshift transmission, the A45 AMG will outpace a Porsche 911, but cost less than £40,000. It’s on UK sale from July 2013, but if you can’t wait that long, Merc’s baby barnstormer is appearing at the Geneva motor show from 5 March 2013.

Skoda Rapid Spaceback (2013) at Frankfurt motor show

This is the new Skoda Rapid Spaceback that’s basically an estate version of the Rapid hatchback that was launched in the UK last year. Skoda wants its miniature Audi A3 Sportback-lookalike to appeal to young buyers and trendy youthful families when the car goes on sale this October, and it shouldn’t cost much more than the regular Rapid, which starts at £12,905. Skoda Rapid Spaceback – more space you-know-where, then?