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GT Academy winner Heitkotter's next step is the 24 Hours of Dubai

It all culminates in January at the 24 Hours of Dubai: That's when video-game player and GT Academy winner Bryan Heitkotter will race, professionally, with European GT Academy winner Jann Mardenborough in a Nissan 370Z. The GT Academy was a contest that started last December in which Gran Turismo 5 players competed for a seat in a real race car. Thousands entered, 32 players rose to the top, and 16 of those were invited to a seven-day whirlwind racing and evaluation program at the Silverstone circuit in the United Kingdom.

Mercedes M-class facelift (2008): first official pictures

By Ben Pulman First Official Pictures 13 March 2008 11:43 Believe it or not, but this is the facelifted Mercedes M-class. And despite the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it styling, Merc claims to have meticulously revamped its SUV. The nose gets a new front bumper, new headlights, and in case the M-class wasn’t in-your-face enough, there’s also now a ‘more dominant radiator’.

La Ferrari Leaks: The new Ferrari F150 arrives a few hours early

We have the first picture of the new Ferrari F150 – which looks to be named ‘LaFerrari’ – and some specs too. Update: LaFerrari now revealed, so we’ve published the photos above here too and there’s detail and video of LaFerrari on the link. The new Ferrari F150 is due to be revealed in a few hours and take on the McLaren P1 for the star of the 2013 Geneva Motor Show gong.