F1
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Saturday, November 19, 2011
Team boss says McLaren must be front-runners
Team principal Martin Whitmarsh spelt out the urgency for McLaren to make a lightning start to next season if his team are to avoid another barren campaign. Whitmarsh’s message came a day after Prime Minister David Cameron paid a visit to the...
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Friday, November 18, 2011
US Grand Prix to be called off says Ecclestone
The Formula One United States Grand Prix is set to be called off even before it has had its first edition the sport’s supremo Bernie Ecclestone told reporters. Ecclestone said there was no doubt that at the next meeting of the sport’s governing body...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Texas Formula 1 circuit and race in limbo
Work on the purpose-built circuit that was to host the US Grand Prix from 2012 has been halted in a dispute among developers, Formula One and promoters that has put the race in doubt. As the Circuit of the Americas issued a statement yesterday...
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Thursday, November 17, 2011
Pirelli say not their fault
Pirelli have ruled out a structural failure of one of their tyres as the cause for Sebastian Vettel’s puncture in Sunday’s Abu Dhabi GP. The incident occurred just two corners into the 55-lap race, forcing the double world champion off track and...
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Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Hamilton contradicts McLaren chief Whitmarsh
Lewis Hamilton has again been left baffled by a comment from McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh. Just a fortnight ago Whitmarsh suggested, in the wake of the Indian Grand Prix, that one of the reasons behind Hamilton’s rollercoaster season was...
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Monday, November 14, 2011
Hamilton dedicates GP to mum
A delighted Lewis Hamilton produced a near-flawless performance yesterday and then dedicated his spectacular victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to his mother on her birthday. Hamilton, recovered from the worst lows of a rollercoaster year, took...
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Hamilton looking forward after Abu Dhabi win
Lewis Hamilton is hoping his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix win he dedicated to his mum is now "the start of something good". In a year littered with incidents and penalties, and with Hamilton admitting to suffering from personal problems, it was a victory...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Vettel equals Mansell pole record
Newly-crowned double world champion Sebastian Vettel drew level with Nigel Mansell in the Formula One record books yesterday when he delivered a stunning fastest lap to secure pole position for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 26-year-old German...
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Sunday, November 13, 2011
Williams should sign Raikkonen says Whitmarsh
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has yesterday urged Frank Williams to bring Kimi Raikkonen back to Formula One. Williams have described as “a lot of supposition” suggestions Raikkonen will be driving for his team next season, although it has...
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Saturday, November 12, 2011
Hamilton on top after opening day in Abu Dhabi
Lewis Hamilton topped the times in yesterday’s incident-packed second free practice session ahead of to-morrow’s Abu Dhabi GP, the McLaren driver outpacing his nearest rival and team-mate Jenson Button by two-tenths of a second. The two Englishmen...
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Friday, November 11, 2011
Alonso seeks victory to erase Abu Dhabi memories
Fernando Alonso and his Ferrari team will be seeking to erase memories of a nightmare weekend in 2010 when they challenge for glory in the penultimate race of the Formula One season, Sunday’s ‘twilight’ Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The two-time champion...
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Massa laughs off Hamilton crash odds
Felipe Massa today scoffed at a British bookmaker who has offered short odds on the Brazilian becoming involved in another collision with Lewis Hamilton this weekend. The 5-1 shot from Ladbrokes follows their latest clash in India 11 days ago,...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011
Ecclestone takes stand in F1 bribery case
Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone took the stand in Munich yesterday as the star witness in the trial of a former banker accused of receiving bribes from the motorsport chief. The testimony from Ecclestone, Formula One’s commercial rights holder...
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Hamilton's thoughts on Abu Dhabi
After a run of five consecutive points finishes, Lewis Hamilton is bullish about his chances of beating world champion Sebastian Vettel in this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix."I go to every race believing I can win it," says Lewis, "and that never...
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Sunday, November 6, 2011 by
Tim Collings
Teams at breaking point with 20 races says McLaren chief
McLaren team chief Martin Whitmarsh believes Formula One’s expansion to a record 20 races in 2012 will take teams to the limits of their ability to tolerate the stresses and strains of the sport. Martin Whitmarsh thinks several teams are close to...
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Thursday, November 3, 2011
Renault boss waits on Kubica update
Renault team principal Eric Boullier admits he is still no nearer to discovering when Robert Kubica will be able to return to the wheel of a Formula One car. Kubica, who required five operations following a serious rallying accident in February, has...
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Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Indian GP to ‘break even in four years’
Indian Grand Prix organisers said they hoped to break even within four years and were talking to MotoGP and other race series in a bid to make up for their limited profits from Formula One. The private Jaypee infrastructure group revealed the plans...
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Hamilton apology to team
Lewis Hamilton felt obliged to apologise profusely for the latest incident to blight his season, even though he was not to blame. Not for the first time in a torrid campaign, Hamilton departed a grand prix looking thoroughly miserable and feeling...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Dominant Vettel wins with ease
World champion Sebastian Vettel made history by winning India’s first ever F1 race with ease yesterday as McLaren’s Jenson Button tightened his grip on the championship’s second place. Red Bull’s Vettel led throughout for his 11th victory of the...
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Monday, October 31, 2011
Racing deaths overshadow Indian Grand Prix
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel admitted he had “mixed emotions” about his emphatic Indian Grand Prix victory yesterday after two tragic deaths left motorsports in mourning. India’s Formula One debut started with a solemn minute’s silence, and several...