Steve Davies

If you were watching the Italian GP from Monza last weekend, then you may have seen Jay Kay from Jamiroquai on the grid or perhaps listened to him at the 'F1 Rocks in Monza' concert on Friday which saw the British Funk band enthral a 7,000 strong audience.

On the eve of the Frankfurt Motor Show, Audi has unveiled its much-anticipated 2012 DTM challenger - the A5 DTM. Bearing the internal project name "R17" at Audi Sport, the new A5 DTM conforms to the new technical regulations that will come into effect for the 2012 DTM season, which have been designed to achieve three key aims: improve the safety of the vehicle, reduce costs by up to 40 percent and showcase a spectacular exterior design.

It's the Italian Grand Prix from Monza this weekend and we thought it would be interesting to find out more about Lewis Hamilton's state of mind, two-thirds of the way into the 2011 season.

Even though we're still in the midst of the title battle for Germany's 2011 DTM series, preparations for the 2012 season kick-off in earnest from next week. First off Mercedes, who today have given us a sneak preview of their 2012 DTM C-Coupé, courtesy of driver Gary Paffett.

The circuit of Albi was the focus yesterday for the world premiere of Peugeot Sport’s new production-car competition model. The RCZ Peugeot Sport adds to, rather than replaces, any of Peugeot Sport’s existing competition models (206, 207 or Spider) and will compete primarily within the one-make RCZ Racing Cup in 2012.

For the 2012 season Porsche have upgraded the 911 GT3 R, adding a further 20 bhp (now 493 bhp), providing quicker steering wheel mounted paddle-shifts, a softer anti-roll bar on the front axle to reduce understeer and an automatic throttle blip control, making it almost impossible to miss a gear and over-rev the engine. The 911 GT3 R remains based on the 997 platform rather than the latest 991.

Infiniti have teased out a few more details on the Sebastian Vettel inspired FX model that we mentioned last week, with a new batch of images and some details about its technical specification.

Formula 1 came to the heart of Manchester city centre yesterday, as the McLaren Mercedes team and F1 driver Jenson Button performed to packed crowds of fans lining the streets.