Author: LJ Hutchins
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British F3: Double victory for Calado on new Silverstone circuit
James Calado bounced back from a disappointing British F3 debut weekend by taking a pair of victories and guest driver Alexander Sims won the other as the series became the first open-wheelers to race on the new Silverstone Arena layout.
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F2 takes a magical mystery tour to Marrakech
A weekend in Morocco tested Formula Two’s young drivers to their limits – and sometimes beyond – as they got to grips with a street circuit, many for the first time in their careers.
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Donington Park announces plans to re-open by August
The owner of Donington Park has announced this morning that he is hopeful of getting the circuit back in action by the summer.
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As Silverstone thrives, Donington languishes
The Silverstone Circuit in Northamptonshire today staged the launch of its Arena layout, redeveloped at a cost of £5 million, with guests including racing drivers past and present, team bosses and the Duke of York.
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Delta withdraws from X-Prize following fire
A Silverstone-based engineering company that had taken on the challenge of trying to produce the world’s greenest car has withdrawn from an international competition after a fire at its base that destroyed its entry.
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F1: Williams follows McLaren down diversification road
The latest McLaren road car might be the most well-known example of a F1 race team diversifying away from pure track action – but McLaren is certainly not the only team travelling down that road.
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Opinion: Why we wish IndyCar would come to Britain
So there we were, sat high up in the grandstands at the Rockingham Motor Speedway in Northamptonshire, watching touring cars whizzing round part of the banking and onto the infield section, thinking to ourselves ‘we want to see this oval used properly’. Champ Car came to Britain – isn’t it about time the IndyCar Series…
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Another British land speed record – this time on a lawnmower
The glamour, the adrenaline, the waiting place in the history books – there’s something very special about a land speed record as one British team is currently hoping to prove. Even when your steed of choice is a lawnmower. Driven by Sir Malcolm Campbell’s grandson.
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Race of Champions to visit Germany this year
Its drivers keep on winning – and now Germany is to host this year’s Race of Champions as well as regularly supplying the annual motorsport event’s most successful entrants.