Category: Archive
When we founded the site, we focused entirely on open wheel racing and ran a full written news service. This content dates from those days. Everything we wrote remains as a news archive, but now we focus on racing and beyond – with suggestions for days out, books, driving experiences and merchandise to enhance your racing experience.
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GP3: Sims opens the season with a victory
Alexander Sims shrugged off an opening race spoiled by a qualifying penalty to dominate the second contest of GP3’s season-launching weekend in Istanbul Park, winning by more than seven seconds.
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Sam Bird: “The clock is ticking down to my next win”
iSport International’s Sam Bird will go into the new GP2 season as one of the title favourites – and he’s demonstrated his intention to be in the thick of the action by qualifying on the front row for the opening race of the campaign in Turkey.
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Max Chilton: “I want to be the fastest Brit”
BritsOnPole caught up with Carlin GP2 driver Max Chilton at the pre-season Silverstone test and asked him about his prospects for this year, his rookie season last year, and what it was like to drive for a brand-new squad that hadn’t settled on a definite team-mate for him.
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Williams and Jaguar to collaborate on hybrid C-X75 supercar
The Williams F1 team has announced that it is partnering with Jaguar to launch a limited-edition hybrid supercar of which just 250 models will be made.
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Taxi! Lewis Hamilton to get behind the wheel of a NASCAR Chevy
Did someone call a taxi for Lewis Hamilton? The McLaren driver is to take time out from challenging for the Formula One championship to get behind the wheel of a Chevrolet Impala from America’s NASCAR Sprint Cup.
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Confusion over 2011 Superleague calendar
A revised Superleague Formula calendar was released late yesterday evening – containing no confirmed British round for the first time in four years and minus several other expected races.
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F1: Williams technical boss Michael quits – to be replaced by Coughlan
The Williams Formula One team has announced the resignation of its well-regarded technical director Sam Michael this morning – and revealed that his replacement will be none other than disgraced former McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan.
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DTM 2011: Paffett and Jarvis prepare for hard-fought season
Imagine that the UK’s British Touring Car Championship was on the back page of every newspaper, discussed in every pub, bus queue and office, and generally followed with the same intensity as football.
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Caterham: Scaring the hell out of Tony Fernandes
“I had a go on a Caterham, it scared the Hell out of me,” recalled Team Lotus boss Tony Fernandes ruefully as he announced his purchase of the company. He should have tried it the way BritsOnPole did later the same day.
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Caterham boss sees bright future after sale to Team Lotus
On the face of it, the sale of Caterham Cars to the Malaysian-owned Team Lotus Enterprises looks like another sad tale of an iconic British company being sacrificed to the ambitions of an overseas giant – but that would be missing the point.