Tag: Formula One
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F1: Jerez test report 9/12/08
The first full day of Jerez testing was like a flashback to November and Barcelona for Toro Rosso drivers Sebastien Buemi and Sebastien Bourdais after the duo comfortably topped the unofficial timesheets.
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Over the white line: humble pie and Rocket Red
This week the most exciting thing to happen was the long-awaited appearance of a coveted McLaren rocket red victory shirt through the letterbox of Brits on Pole Global HQ – and, gosh, it is red.
Tagged as: BTCC, Darren Turner, Donington Park, Formula One, Giorgio Pantano, GP2, Heikki Kovalainen, Jason Plato, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Simon Gillett, The Stig, Top Gear
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F1: How McLaren is tackling the 2009 rule changes
Holding onto a world title is no mean feat at the best of times – but what is McLaren planning to do in the face of what it describes as the most comprehensive shake-up of regulations in the history of the sport?
Tagged as: aerodynamics, Formula One, KERS, McLaren, McLaren MP4-24, Paddy Lowe, Pat Fry, Pedro de la Rosa
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Over the white line: Drivers to be confined to ping-pong
Compound fractures, gold medals and the hitherto completely unsuspected fluffy side of Dietrich ‘Didi’ Mateschitz. Read on for the best of the week’s F1 and motorsport news…
Tagged as: A1 Team GBR, A1 Team USA, A1GP, Andretti Green Racing, Andy Priaulx, Bernie Ecclestone, Bobby Rahal, Danica Patrick, Danny Watts, Dietrich Mateschitz, Fairuz Fauzy, Formula One, James Allen, KERS, Marco Andretti, Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi, Takuma Sato, Toro Rosso
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British GP: ‘We have the time and the money’
Construction of the new grand prix-worthy circuit at Donington Park is set to take nine months and has finance in place, according to the venue’s CEO Simon Gillett. He has also revealed that the circuit plans to deal with potential congestion problems on the race weekend by banning cars.
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F1: Coulthard, Brundle, Kravitz… and Eddie Jordan too
The BBC has finally got around to confirming what we all knew already – that David Coulthard and Martin Brundle will make up the crux of its next year’s F1 team.
Tagged as: BBC, David Coulthard, Eddie Jordan, Formula One, Jonathan Legard, Lee McKenzie, Martin Brundle, Murray Walker, Ted Kravitz