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2009 Australian Grand Prix report
Everybody likes a fairy tale, and the 2009 Australian Grand Prix will go down as just that. When Jenson Button learned last November, after all 2009 seats had been settled,…
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Fernando never had this trouble…
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Montezemolo replies to the FIA World Council’s changes
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McLaren in the office Grand Prix
This is quite simply, brilliant. Bear with it and you may well see a rather novel way of cost cutting in Formula 1. Who needs the drivers anyway… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY[/youtube] How…
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Brawn GP gets the green light
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FOTA gets our vote
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USF1: team owners unveil plans
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2009 Australian Grand Prix report
Everybody likes a fairy tale, and the 2009 Australian Grand Prix will go down as just that. When Jenson Button learned last November, after all 2009 seats had been settled,…
Opinion
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Fernando never had this trouble…
Like a bird on the back of a buffalo, I am watching my little world move around me. Life can be like baseball, or perhaps that should be cricket where…
Opinion
F1
Montezemolo replies to the FIA World Council’s changes
FOTA has reacted to the FIA World Council’s tough new measures to force cost cuts in Formula 1. The governing body has rejected FOTA’s proposal of the 12-9-7-5-4-3-2-1 points system…
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For whom is the grass greener?
This week sees the first day of spring. And that’s official. Even if it snows. In my neck of the woods spring arrived last weekend and suddenly there is work…
Opinion
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The hard line behind FOTA’s friendly message
On March 5, in Geneva, FOTA – Formula One Teams Association – had its inaugural press conference, and my immediate impression was to feel a touch underwhelmed. Luca di Montezemolo,…
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McLaren in the office Grand Prix
This is quite simply, brilliant. Bear with it and you may well see a rather novel way of cost cutting in Formula 1. Who needs the drivers anyway… [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiLoANg6nNY[/youtube] How…
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Brawn GP gets the green light
Finally we have news on Honda Racing. It’s taken a fair bit of time, with rumours of various buyouts including a Richard Branson/Virgin takeover, but finally Ross Brawn released a…
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FOTA gets our vote
This week has been all about James and Darren. James and Darren are carpenters. Their task this week has been to give our kitchen what I believe is known as…
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USF1: team owners unveil plans
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Madring’s La Monumental gives Madrid’s new F1 circuit a distinctive challenge
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‘It was the day Niki Lauda almost died. Who remembers a frightened James Hunt’s brilliant win?’
Niki Lauda’s blazing Ferrari cast a pall over the 1976 German Grand Prix, so it’s easy to overlook what happened in the F1 race. Matt Bishop recognises James Hunt’s masterful and brave victory at the Nürburgring
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The Beatle who predicted F1’s TV boom decades early
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