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2011 Japanese Grand Prix - Sunday

2011 Japanese Grand Prix report

09/10/11

Jenson Button is a class act. In the ‘green room’ before the podium ceremony he smiled and warmly congratulated the …

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2011 Hungarian Grand Prix report

31/07/11

The 2011 Hungarian Grand Prix marked Jenson Button’s 200th Formula 1 race start. He lined up third on the grid …

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Lewis’s learning curve

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26/07/11

Dear Nigel, So what are we to make of Lewis Hamilton’s recent form? He’s had a couple of bad results …

Fernando Alonso in the Gonzalez Ferrari 375 at Silverstone

Alonso shows Ferrari form

19/07/11

The big question as we approach the German Grand Prix is this: can Ferrari win another one? Has Fernando Alonso …

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Chasing perfection at Silverstone

11/07/11

The British Grand Prix at Silverstone. What a wonderful event it is, and what a race it was. As with …

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2011 British Grand Prix report

10/07/11

The night before the British Grand Prix Fernando Alonso murmured that he thought he really might be able to do …

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2011 European Grand Prix report

26/06/11

The Sebastian Vettel steamroller continued in Valencia as the German scored yet another finely judged victory in the European Grand …

Nelson Piquet at Monaco 1991

Monaco challenge remains unique

24/05/11

Nelson Piquet described driving a Grand Prix car in Monte Carlo as like trying to ride your bicycle around your …

Elio de Angelis and Nigel Mansell

The de Angelis’ of today

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12/05/11

Dear Nigel, In a previous podcast it was remarked on how Elio de Angelis was a lovely guy – a …

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Kimi, NASCAR and ‘racers’

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12/05/11

Dear Nigel, I am a huge Kimi Räikkönen fan and am thrilled to see him coming stateside to race in …

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The week in motor sport (18/04/2011)

18/04/11

Another ‘week in motor sport’ episode where I talk to the editor Damien Smith about Lewis Hamilton’s stunning victory in …

2011 Chinese Grand Prix - Sunday

2011 Chinese Grand Prix report

17/04/11

We don’t often see Lewis Hamilton well up with emotion, but it was more than understandable as he prepared to …

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The week in motor sport (13/04/2011)

13/04/11

The third installment of our ‘week in motor sport’ series. This week Rob Widdows and Ed Foster discuss the Malaysian …

Sebastian Vettel and Adrian Newey

Systems overdrive

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13/04/11

Adrian Newey isn’t a fan of KERS, but why he would be? Yes, it provides an 80-horsepower boost for a …

Sebastian Vettel on the podium.

2011 Malyasian Grand Prix report

10/04/11

“Fantastic job, fantastic job. In the heat we kept our heads cool,” commented Sebastian Vettel on the radio after he …

Sebastian Vettel on the podium in Australia

2011 Australian Grand Prix report

27/03/11

“That was really controlled,” said Sebastian Vettel over the radio at the end of the Australian Grand Prix. “Thank you …

Alonso face a Renault road block

Misread signals

01/03/11

Dear Nigel, In your January 2011 column (Roebuck’s Reflections) you make light of Fernando Alonso’s gestures to Vitaly Petrov on …

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The reader survey results are in…

09/02/11

Ahead of our Hall of Fame event next Tuesday (February 15), the Motor Sport team sent out a survey to …

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Seconds would be great…

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10/01/11

Dear Nigel, I’ve just got hold of another copy of your excellent Grand Prix Greats (lost the first one years …

Vitaly Petrov leads Fernando Alonso at Abu Dhabi

Were they lacking drive?

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10/01/11

Dear Nigel, So the fizz has come and gone from the ersatz champagne sprayed in Abu Dhabi, and I’m left …