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Manning returns to European Le Mans Series racing
IndyCar racer Darren Manning is to compete in Le Mans Series races at Nurburgring and Hockenheim this summer, it has been announced.
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Scooby-Doo, where are you!
OK, this has eff-all to do with this blog’s core topics of British drivers in open-wheel racing cars. But, priorities. Top Gear’s Jamie Hibbard has just published its review of the new Impreza WRX STI.
Tagged as: Top Gear
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BBC Sports Personality: Lewis vs the Olympians
The early betting on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year makes Lewis Hamilton the favourite – but that’s because, with half a year to go, hardly anyone else has had a chance to perform yet.
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Whoops! There goes £50k worth of Mercedes McLaren front wing…
Deary me, someone’s broken another £300,000 supercar – this time after it got tangled up with an 18-wheel truck.
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What’s going on at Top Gear?
News is trickling through about a bit of a dispute between the BBC and members of the Top Gear team. And the inevitable reason is that common root of all evil – money.
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Driveless Franchitti can take his pick of American racing series
It’s alright for some – while several IndyCar teams struggle for sponsorship or dream in vain of adding a second car, Chip Ganassi would apparently only need to snap his fingers to put Dario Franchitti into a funded race seat.
Tagged as: Andretti Green Racing, Chip Ganassi, Dario Franchitti, Felix Sabates, IndyCar Series, NASCAR
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Sponsorship woes kill off Franchitti’s NASCAR season
Dario Franchitti’s debut NASCAR Sprint Cup campaign, already disrupted by poor results, broken bones and failures to qualify for races, is now over for good after team owner Chip Ganassi shut him down due to lack of sponsorship.
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Mercedes Benz announces fossil fuel pull-out
Well, here’s an announcement with really far-reaching implications. The car manufacturer Mercedes Benz, motor-racing stalwart and McLaren engine supplier, has reportedly announced that it intends to stop producing cars that run on petrol or diesel.
Tagged as: Mercedes
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Can Top Gear still cut it?
We’ve been watching the same old Top Gear repeats until we can lip-synch along with Clarkson, Hammond and May. But this Sunday, finally, series 11 made its debut. So, was the first episode any good? Have the blokes found whole realms of untapped silliness to conquer, or is the format starting to get stale? Brits…
Tagged as: Top Gear