Author: Andy & LJH
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Brits on Pole Twitter updates for 2009-04-05
A dump of the day’s Twitter updates – covering the whole of the Malaysian Grand Prix and the Honda Grand Prix of St Petersburg.
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F1: Here we go again – Hamilton disqualified from Oz results
Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of his third place in the Australian Grand Prix after stewards reconvened and decided the McLaren driver and his team had deliberately misled the original investigation into how the race had finished.
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IRL: Wilson’s loss could be pay driver Duno’s gain
Imagine that Heikki Kovalainen has just lost his McLaren seat for 2009, not in favour of some talented young driver like Rosberg or Vettel, but to make way for Yuji Ide on the promise of a hefty cheque. You’d be outraged, right?
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Opinion: Why Turvey’s ambition may be his downfall
So, Brendon Hartley has got a shot at a F1 test with Red Bull. What does that mean for his overlooked Carlin team-mate, the UK’s Oliver Turvey? Is he still the new Lewis Hamilton? Or the new Mike Conway instead?
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Opinion: what F1 has in common with pro wrestling
Dodgy penalties and unclear regulations mean that Formula One increasingly resembles the scripted ‘sports entertainment’ of American professional wrestling. Is this really what the future holds?
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Racing splits: F1’s nightmare scenario
BritsOnPole is taking a three-part look at splits in sport and what the effect would be on world open-wheel racing if F1 surrendered to the tensions that lead to civil war. In this final part, we examine what would be at stake should it happen.
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Racing splits 2: When civil war rages
With the threat of splits and breakaways a constant background noise in Formula One, Brits On Pole is taking a three-part look at how other sports have been affected by civil wars, and what the effects might be on F1. In part two, we look at how other sports have fared.
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Racing splits: Is Formula One heading for disaster?
Earlier in the season, just when the threat of a split in world motorsport seemed to be receding, up popped Max Mosley and Bernie Ecclestone with dangerous talk of F1 breakaways and rivals to GP2. But if it happens, does it have to end in tears?
Tagged as: Bernie Ecclestone, CART, Champ Car, FIA, Flavio Briatore, Formula One, Formula Two, GP1, GP2, GP3, IndyCar Series, Max Mosley, sports administration, Tony George