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Paul di Resta gets his F1 drive

And finally – the worst-kept secret in Formula One driving circles has been officially confirmed. Silverstone-based squad Force India has confirmed that young Scot Paul di Resta will be one of its race drivers for the 2011 season.

January 26, 2011

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Adrian Sutil, Force India, Nico Hulkenberg, Paul di Resta, Vijay Mallya
Alexander Sims: “You’ve got to fight for whatever you believe possible”

A past winner of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver award, Alexander Sims finished fourth in each of the last two Formula Three Euro Series championships and is now looking forward to a 2011 spent in either GP3 or GP2. He talked to BritsOnPole about a year of highs and lows and about what the…

December 14, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1, F3 Euro Series, GP2

Tagged as: Alexander Sims, ART, F3 Euro Series, GP2, McLaren, McLaren Autosport BRDC Young Driver of the Year
F1: Lewis and Jenson put together a DIY comedy job (video)

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button needn’t bother applying for work as car mechanics should the day job driving F1 cars ever go south on them, if this new Vodafone video is anything to go by – but they might just find work as improvisational comedians.

June 18, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Vodafone
F1: Button launches his 2010 triathlon charity bid

Jenson Button needs your help – to help make a success of his 2010 London Triathlon bid and beat last year’s total of nearly £20,000 raised for the children’s charity of which he is a patron.

June 18, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Formula One, Jenson Button
F1: Lewis Hamilton ‘taking nothing for granted’

Lewis Hamilton may currently be topping the drivers’ championship – but he is taking nothing for granted, according to a news item just posted on his website.

June 18, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Formula One, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren
Classic Team Lotus Festival comes to Snetterton this weekend

Fans of all things Lotus are heading to Norfolk on Sunday for what should be one of the most entertaining racing-themed events of the summer.

June 17, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, Events, F1

Tagged as: Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Snetterton, Team Lotus
F1: Hamilton and Button win thriller in Canada

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button triumphed in an engrossing five-way battle for supremacy at a Canadian Grand Prix dominated by the struggle to manage extreme tyre wear over the 70 laps of the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

June 13, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton
F1: Canadian Grand Prix liveblog 2010

For the first time this season there isn’t a Red Bull driver on pole, but Lewis Hamilton got his McLaren out front during qualifying in part by gambling on the softer type of tyre – will he pay for that decision during the race?

June 13, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton
F1: Hamilton breaks the Red Bull qualifying streak

Lewis Hamilton broke the dominance of Red Bull in this season’s qualifying sessions by seizing pole position in Canada – but it took a car so light with fuel that he had to push it towards the pits afterwards.

June 12, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1

Tagged as: Canadian Grand Prix, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Formula One, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber
England’s racing drivers on the World Cup, Beckham and supporting the USA

With World Cup fever reaching new heights among English football fans ahead of the team’s opening match, most of the country’s top open wheel racers are in North America looking for ways to watch the game.

June 12, 2010

Categorised under: Archive, F1, IndyCar Series

Tagged as: Alex Lloyd, Dan Wheldon, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Plowman, Mike Conway, World Cup