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  • Champ Car and IRL merger goes ahead

    Champ Car and IRL merger goes ahead

    The owners of Champ Car and the Indy Racing League (IRL) have announced that they have reached an agreement for the two series to merge. And it’s IRL that seems have come out on top – the new formula will be named the Indy Racing League and the competition will be known as the IndyCar…

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  • F1: Stewart predicts harder year for Hamilton

    F1: Stewart predicts harder year for Hamilton

    Lewis Hamilton may find that his second year in F1 is a lot tougher than his first, according to veteran racer Sir Jackie Stewart. He predicts that Lewis may find that fierce expectations, a talented team-mate and a potentially under-performing car could all scupper his hopes of a title once more.

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  • GP2: Conway joins Honda’s young driver programme

    GP2: Conway joins Honda’s young driver programme

    It’s official – Mike Conway’s got a testing role with Honda, according to the team, which confirmed his selection earlier this month. The new Trident Racing signing will be complete a GP2 season for that team – but will also contribute to a set number of days with Honda assigned by the FIA for evaluating…

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  • F1: Barcelona testing report day two (February 26)

    F1: Barcelona testing report day two (February 26)

    Lewis Hamilton will have a smile on his face in the run-in to the season-opening race in Melbourne, if the latest Barcelona test times are anything to go by. McLaren managed a one-two on a day when the team’s minds were on the forthcoming Australian Grand Prix, and most of the race drivers put in…

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  • F1: Coulthard injures neck in Barcelona test

    F1: Coulthard injures neck in Barcelona test

    David Coulthard has been forced to pull out of his Red Bull team’s latest Barcelona test session after injuring his neck on the first day. His stats were noticeably down after yesterday’s session when he was the slowest driver on the track, putting in a mere 25 laps.

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  • A1GP: Jarvis says title hopes are over after Durban

    A1GP: Jarvis says title hopes are over after Durban

    A strong weekend for Team GBR fell apart when a freak accident in the feature race cost Oliver Jarvis a possible second consecutive podium – and led him to admit Britain’s hopes of the title are now over.

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  • F1: February round-up

    F1: February round-up

    It’s been a surprisingly active month in F1, despite the fact that there’s been no actual racing. And not always in a good way, either. Here’s our handy guide to what’s happened.

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  • F1: Barcelona testing report day one (February 25)

    F1: Barcelona testing report day one (February 25)

    Lewis Hamilton kept his McLaren’s nose ahead of both Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher in the closely-fought first day of the latest Barcelona test. The British driver put in a fastest lap of 1:22.276, beating Raikkonen by less than a tenth of a second, and Schumacher by just over a tenth.

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  • A1GP: Kerr on the podium in Australia

    A1GP: Kerr on the podium in Australia

    Robbie Kerr put Team GBR on the podium at a rain-soaked Eastern Creek Circuit, ending a run of British bad luck that had stretched back to the previous race in New Zealand.

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