Category: News
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F1: Donington throws its hat back into the Formula One ring
Wanted: people of vision to keep the dream of Formula One at Donington Park alive and bring a race to the ailing circuit in 2011. That’s the appeal made today by Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd administrator Nigel Price
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Is there any future for A1GP in Britain?
The fifth season of the World Cup of Motorsport is due to start in less than one month – and, at the moment, it is highly questionable whether there will be a British team or race date. British fans may have to get used to the fact that there will be no driver to cheer…
Tagged as: A1 Team GBR, A1 Team Ireland, A1 Team Pakistan, A1GP, Adam Carroll, Adam Khan, Dan Clarke, Tony Teixeira
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Walker’s Norfolk motorsport team razed by fire
The Norfolk-based motorsport team behind driver James Walker has seen its headquarters destroyed by a fire that burned for around five hours yesterday evening – but it remains determined to stay on track.
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British team breaks land speed record with near-140mph steam car
A British engineering team has bested a land speed milestone that has stood unbroken for more than a century with a steam-powered car that raced into the record books in the California desert.
Tagged as: British Steam Car Challenge
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Silverstone has go-ahead to seek investors
Silverstone’s management has been given the go-ahead to negotiate with potential investors in a move that could see the circuit regain the rights to stage the British Grand Prix.
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F1: Williams ‘seeks to make a broader contribution’
The Williams F1 team has set up a not-for-profit foundation designed to promote education, energy efficiency and road safety, with its initial project set to take place in the African nation of Angola.
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Donington Park: no news before September
Donington Park has said that no details of the progress of its construction work and fundraising attempts are going to be released before September.
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Will Middle Eastern money secure Silverstone’s F1 future?
Calling in Middle Eastern financiers is likely to be the only way the Silverstone circuit will ever be able to afford to bring its facilities up to the standards required by Formula One promoter Bernie Ecclestone, reports suggest.
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A1GP: Hedge fund investor posts second consecutive loss
RAB Capital, a London-based hedge fund management company and major shareholder in A1GP, has posted interim results that show profits dipping into the red and the assets under its management shrinking by nearly a third.