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IRL: no Minardi in 2008, says Stoddart
Plain-speaking Aussie businessman Paul Stoddart says he won’t be moving his Minardi Champ Car team across to the IRL following the merger because he’s had enough of trolling around at the back of the field.
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F1: McLaren teamcast talks up Hamilton’s prospects
Now, we know it won’t exactly set the world of Formula One on fire to learn that Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen are the best of friends going into the 2008 season. Or that the team believes Hamilton can handle the pressure of competing at the very top of the sport. But, nevertheless, McLaren’s official…
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A1GP: series heads off to Mexico City this weekend
The Australian Grand Prix isn’t the only motorsport event on this weekend, you know. While you’re dragging yourself out of bed to fall in front of the telly at silly o’clock, there’ll be a tense title fight taking place in Mexico City.
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F1: Reports of Ron’s demise greatly exaggerated
Well, they wrote the obits – but Ron Dennis refused to die. Today he reportedly told staff at McLaren’s Woking HQ that he was going nowhere.
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F1: Brawn and Button break silence on Honda’s prospects
Ross Brawn has emerged into the light to give fans of his Honda team an insight into what they might expect from the new racing season. The team maintained an unaccustomed silence throughout much of winter testing, issuing few daily statements on its progress. Well, that’s all over now. Brawn, the new team principal, has…
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F1: Super Aguri is safe, Davidson looks on the bright side
Talk about making the best of a bad situation. Super Aguri’s tightrope-walk in search of the funding that would ensure their survival wasn’t all bad, according to Anthony Davidson.
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F1: Australian GP to start 90 mins later plus UK coverage times
A heads-up to anyone who plans to be in front of the television at an inhuman hour to watch the cars line up on the grid for the first race of the season – we’re guessing that’s quite a few of you. Plus a handy guide to the UK coverage…
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F1: Chequered Conflict book review
Observer journalist and BBC motorsport commentator Maurice Hamilton’s got a new Formula One book out – looking at the events of last season, and comparing them with another troubled season, 1986.
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IndyCar: Darren Manning, celebrity chef
It’s not quite up there with Helio Castroneves strutting his stuff on Dancing With the Stars or Danica Patrick sprawled uncomfortably on the beach for Sports Illustrated, but Darren Manning has done his bit to put a human face on IndyCar with a spot of steak-bashing.
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