Author: LJ Hutchins
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SLF: Game on for 2009
Superleague Formula, the racing series featuring teams based on football clubs that ran its maiden season in 2008, has announced this year’s calendar.
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F1: Will Honda ask for a government bail-out?
Honda Racing is reportedly in talks with the government about securing a share of the £2.3 billion recently earmarked for bailing out the country’s beleagured car industry.
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F1: Adam Khan gets a break with Renault
The dwindling ranks of British Formula One drivers have just received a welcome boost from an unexpected direction after Renault signed A1GP’s Adam Khan in a demonstration role.
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F1: Ecclestone’s £14.5 million ensures Williams will start season
The spectre of just 16 cars lining up on the Melbourne grid at the start of the 2009 season has been averted – thanks to a £14.5 million payment made by Bernie Ecclestone to the Williams F1 team.
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GP2 Asia: Kobayashi maintains series lead
Kamui Kobayashi and Sergio Pérez took the victories as GP2 Asia visited Bahrain’s Sakhir circuit for the third round of its championship.
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Damon Hill given honorary award
Damon Hill is being presented with an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Northampton in recognition of his contribution to motorsport – in his career as a World Championship-winning racing driver and for his work locally.
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F1: Portimao testing report 22/01/2009
And the big news from Thursday’s F1 test session in Portugal is… that there’s nothing to report after a day when the weather was the only player in town.
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F1: Portimao testing report 21/01/2009
Damp conditions on Portugal’s Algarve saw a subdued start to Lewis Hamilton’s 2009 campaign as he took the wheel of the McLaren MP4-24 on his first public outing with the car.
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F1: Portimao testing report 20/01/2009
It was close to being ‘as you were’ on day two of the inaugural 2009 test at the Portimao circuit as Sebastien Buemi topped the timesheet again. Only the kind of weather that would raise eyebrows in Britain, never mind on The Algarve, introduced a note of drama.
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Over the white line: Ben Collins is still The Stig…
What we’d really like to know is, if Ben Collins (aka The Stig) was a stunt driver on recent Bond film A Quantum of Solace, how many Aston Martins does he have on his conscience?