Ford Motor Co. expects the 2012 Focus compact to earn 40 mpg, giving the automaker four vehicles that produce 40 mpg or more in 2011.

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As Red Bull Racing aptly proved this season, you don’t need an automaker’s backing to rise to the top of the Formula One ladder. Any consumer company with a popular image will do the trick. Virgin has been trying to follow in Red Bull’s footsteps with the launch of its own F1 team, but as Richard Branson and company have discovered, it’s more than most can chew. So it should come as little surprise that the upstart team has pursued – and secured – an automaker’s support for next season and beyond. The surprise is at which company that is.

Ferrari was undoubtedly disappointed with the results from this weekend’s season-ending grand prix in Abu Dhabi, but the Italian outfit may have left with a parting gift. One they had to pay for, anyway.