Steve Davies

I feel compelled to bring the following videos to your attention, not because of some otherworldly showcase of fine driving skills, nor because they scoop the latest drop-dead-gorgeous supercar - in fact they have very little to do with cars at all - even though they've been produced by one of the most sought after car brands, BMW.

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The announcement from Honda says, "Repsol Honda MotoGP riders Dani Pedrosa, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner have shown their support for the new sporty Honda CR-Z by displaying the logo on their racing leathers", however you can just imagine the conversation between Honda's PR rep and ex-MotoGP world champion Casey Stoner.

Last night spy photographer Palbay contacted us to share a series of images of BMW's 1 Series M Coupe at the BMW Performance Center Skidpad in South Carolina. The water adds a nice effect to the shots, and serves to underline just how much fun the driving school instructors were having at the time.

There's a stunning set of images over at mclaren.com taken by photographer Darren Heath, which explore a secret location somewhere in the south of England that McLaren use to store their old race cars.

Not wishing to be outdone by the launch of BMW's M3 DTM Concept, Audi has revealed a rendering of its own 2012 challenger - the A5 DTM Concept. Internally named "R17", the A5 DTM will replace the four-door A4 DTM with which Audi has won the DTM title four times since 2004.

BMW have unveiled their 2012 DTM contender, on the eve of the DTM Show Event at the Olympic Stadium in Munich this weekend. The M3 DTM Concept is based on the current E92 M3 equipped with a 480 bhp V8 engine.

"Race on Sunday, Sell on Monday" is the philosophy which underpinned the most iconic sporting marques such as Ferrari, Porsche and Lotus and it still applies today, with Aston Martin, who successfully completed the gruelling 39th ADAC Nürburgring 24 Hour race last month and has now announced a road-going version of the V12 Zagato race car.