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How you can get race-day tickets to Silverstone for the British GP
Regretting the fact that race day at Silverstone is sold out for the British Grand Prix? That’s a great line from competition organisers but it’s also just spin.
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That Lewis Hamilton / Airfix / Abbey advert in full
Of all the many adverts featuring Lewis Hamilton, the best since last season’s classic with Fernando Alonso and Mika Hakkinen is surely the new Abbey Airfix kit one.
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F1: French Grand Prix as it happened
We missed doing our usual live blog this week (much to our disgust) so here instead is a lap-by-lap breakdown of how the French Grand Prix developed – dodgy overtaking, flapping exhaust pipes, super-wide Toyotas and all.
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IRL: Wheldon celebrates his birthday with Iowa win
Dan Wheldon celebrated his 30th birthday with a winning fuel strategy gamble in the Iowa Corn Indy 250, then donated his winnings to disaster relief in the flood-hit state.
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F1: French Grand Prix report and reaction
A win’s a win and they all count at the end of the season – but Felipe Massa knows very well that his victory in France and his lead in the championship came not through driving dominance but through his team-mate’s mechanical misfortunes.
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F1: Whitmarsh denies it’s McLaren against the world
Disturbing signs that the McLaren F1 team might be developing a siege mentality began to emerge after the French Grand Prix saw their drivers weighed down under an avalanche of penalties that effectively smothered their hopes.
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F1: French Grand Prix in six words
Raikkonen’s mechanical woes and Trulli’s desperate defending meant that what might have been a processional race retained interest to the end. Here are our six word summaries of how all the drivers and teams performed.
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GP2: Arden triumph in slippery sprint
Mike Conway’s hopes of a second victory from pole position were dashed at a wet and slippery Magny-Cours, where success went to the teams that made the right tyre choices and the drivers who were best at sticking to the track.
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F1: Victory for Massa in France
Felipe Massa won the French Grand Prix and moves into the championship lead after a broken exhaust pipe half-way through the race derailed what seemed like a certain Kimi Raikkonen victory.