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Petronas A Sponsor In Demand As Teams Chase Them Down

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:09:53 +0000

Petronas, the malaysian oil and fuel company are said to be an in-demand sponsor for teams tonight as much of the pitlane is searching for a lucrative deal. The company who have been involved in Formula One for many years with Sauber, and then later BMW are now out of contract following the ...

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McLaren KERS partner wins Powertrain Innovation of the Year award

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:14:00 +0000

British company Zytek won the Powertrain Innovation of the Year award at the Professional Motor Sport World Expo held in Cologne this week. The prize came as a result of development work performed on the hybrid technology seen in Formula One and the American Le Mans Series. Zytek is the ...

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Toyota-assisted Kobayashi eyeing Lotus seat

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 18:02:00 +0000

No sooner had newcomer Kamui Kobayashi dazzled the world of Formula One with his aggressive racing style and a points haul in only his second grand prix – he finds himself poised to return to his father’s sushi restaurant after Toyota pulled the plug on grand prix racing. The Japanese driver ...

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Wind tunnel operator Aerolab, sues Force India

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:48:00 +0000

Aerolab, the Italian operator of the wind tunnel which the Force India team uses, has announced that it is to take legal action against the Silverstone-based team for what it has described as 'serious and persistent' breaches of contract. The situation dates back to earlier this week, when ...

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Raikkonen stands to make more money by taking a year off

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 17:35:00 +0000

The ongoing discrepancy between Kimi Raikkonen's wage demands and the salary that his most likely F1 2010 employer McLaren-Mercedes is willing to pay him could drive the Woking-based outfit to look to out-of-work BMW-Sauber refugee Nick Heidfeld instead – as it emerged that the Finn might do ...

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Kobayashi Targets Lotus, As New Boss Gascoyne Looks For Experience

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:17:40 +0000

Kamui Kobayashi has stated he is now targetting getting a contract with one of the four new F1 teams, preferably with the Lotus Grand Prix team. Kobayashi was a Toyota test driver, who completed the last 2 races for the Japanese outfit who pulled out of F1 earlier this week. Kobayashi, who ...

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Raikkonen May Take Well Paid Sabbatical For 2010

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:05:18 +0000

Kimi Raikkonen is being touted as spending 2010 on the sidelines after contract talks with McLaren hit the rocks. The Finn has been ousted from his seat with Ferrari a season early after the Italian car manufacturer opted to bring former two time world champion Fernando Alonso to the team. ...

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Indy Lights Testing Update

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 14:23:39 +0000

Early November Edition: “Who’s Testing With Who?” There will likely be a few revisions and updates to this list, but this is the information I have now. I will make revisions/updates as they become available— so make sure to check back soon. Barber Motorsports ...

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Campos honoured to give Senna F1 shot

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 12:01:00 +0000

Campos Meta 1 has said it is an honour to hand Bruno Senna his chance in Formula 1, after finally confirming that it has agreed a deal with the Brazilian

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Lotus design under scrutiny

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:28 +0000

Force India is keeping a close eye on the progress of the Lotus Formula 1 team's 2010 design, with team sources saying it is concerned about the similarities between its old car and the new Lotus

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Lotus wants experienced drivers

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:29:00 +0000

Lotus hopes to finalise its driver line-up by the end of this month, with technical chief Mike Gascoyne admitting that it wants two experienced men on board next year

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Q and A with Mike Gascoyne

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:22:28 +0000

Q and A with Mike Gascoyne

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Stefano Coletti tests with AFS/AGR

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 20:36:58 +0000

Formula 3 Euro Series’ race winner Stefano Coletti recently tested an Indy Lights car with team AFS/AGR at Putnam Park, Indiana. Coletti, 20, ended his 2009 Formula 3 Euro Series season with 1 win, 2 podiums, and 8 top-ten finishes. He also took part in four GP2 races this ...

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V8 Star Visits Victorian Bushfire Region Of Flowerdale

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 22:27:59 +0000

V8 Star Visits Victorian Bushfire Region Of Flowerdale V8 Supercar racing star Alex Davison has given the people of Flowerdale an afternoon to remember bringing his IRWIN Racing Ford Falcon and a sizeable donation to the rural community north of Melbourne. Davison and the IRWIN Racing ...

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Pétition pour le circuit de Spa Francorchamps

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:02:19 +0000

Since the last publication of the Belgian State Council, too many people think that all the persons living in Francorchamps and all around are disturbed by the noise and are against the circuit , this is not right. We are not deaf with criticisms when those are founded and justified. Our ...

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FIA 'concerned' by Toyota's exit

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 23:10:27 +0000

The FIA has described Bridgestone and Toyota's decisions to exit Formula 1 as a 'concern' - and says it wants to clarify Toyota's legal position as it had previously committed to the sport until 2012

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Lotus model holds an uncanny resemblance with VJM02

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 19:06:00 +0000

When the new Lotus F1 team released pictures of its 2010 car's wind tunnel model in mid-October, people at Force India took a second look at what they saw. "The as yet undesignated model is the product of the recent collaboration between Lotus F1 Racing Chief Technical Officer Mike Gascoyne ...

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Etihad and Aldar to pay damages to Force India

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:45:00 +0000

Judge Gray, sitting in the London High Court, has ordered Etihad Airways, the Abu Dhabi national carrier, and Aldar Properties to jointly pay the Force India Formula One team US$4.683 million in damages as compensation for a terminated sponsor deal. Etihad, the title sponsor of the team, ...

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Ecclestone: 2 days for Silverstone to sign

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0000

F1 commercial rights-holder Bernie Ecclestone has issued Silverstone with an ultimatum – sign a deal within the next 48 hours, or the British Grand Prix will be definitively pulled from the 2010 world championship schedule. Following the failure last week of Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd ...

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Ferrari hitting hard on F1's governance

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 17:55:00 +0000

Contrary to what has been given as a decisive reason by Honda, BMW, and Toyota for justifying their departures from Formula One, Ferrari insists that the real cause is not the economic crisis but rather the constant hammering the sport's authorities have dealt car manufacturers. "In reality ...

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