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Ten reasons to visit the 2009 Goodwood Festival of Speed

It is unlikely that any motoring fan needs convincing to go to an event like the Goodwood Festival of Speed, but that hasn’t stopped the FoS PR team from reminding us what a great line up they have in store for 2009. The event runs next week (3-5 July) and if you’re lucky enough to […]

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Formula 1

Drivers United

In an era, as pointed out by Mark Webber, where a single footballer has been sold for enough money to run two F1 teams in Mosley’s world it is no surprise that Formula One teams are showing signs of frustration. The ongoing saga of the £40M budget cap could be the wedge that forces F1 […]

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Motorsports

24 Hours of Le Mans

The 77th running of the 24 Hours of Le Mans will be held this weekend (13–14 June). As seen on the official race website here is a très cool promo clip featuring the action from years past. Note, the flipping Mercedes is not the Mark Webber incident, although it was from the same race in […]

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Ford Formula 1 News

You can take the boy out of Queanbeyan…

…but you can’t take the Queanbeyan out of the boy. No doubt, recent access to a high powered Aussie muscle car brought back plenty of Monaro Street memories from Mark Webber’s youth. Imagine if he had the keys to FPV F6 back in the day, he would have been the biggest show in town. Yes, […]

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Formula 1

Button wins Australian Grand Prix for BrawnGP

Jenson Button has claimed a fairy tale victory for BrawnGP in their debut race at the 2009 Australian Grand Prix. Completing the dream start for F1’s newest team was a late race crash between Red Bull Racing’s Sebastien Vettel and BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica, gifting second place to Rubens Barichello. The one-two podium finish for […]

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Formula 1

Red Bull RB5 explained by Sebastien Vettel

Red Bull racing new boy Sebastien Vettel talks us through the the new Red Bull RB5 which he and our own Mark Webber will use to tackle the 2009 Formula One Season. It’s a very cool clip with the rule changes for the 2009 season explained and accompanied by clever graphics. Vettel promises the rule […]

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News Video

Race of Champions

The 2008 Race of Champions is being held at Wembley Stadium this weekend. To help get you in the mood, here is a clip of last year’s final, featuring Germany’s Michael Schumacher (you may have heard of him) and Sweden’s Mattias Ekström. Finally something that Schumacher didn’t win! For more info on the 2008 happenings, […]

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BMW Formula 1

Robert Kubica gives BMW Sauber first pole position

Polish driver Robert Kubica has just earned his first pole position in qualifying at the Bahrain Grand Prix. He edged out Britain’s Lewis Hamilton by 2/10 of a second, and Brazilian Felipe Massa by just 3/100 of a second with his fastest time of 1:33.096 and in the process gave BMW Sauber their first pole […]

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Audi WEC

2015 LM24: Audi sets lap record

Audi failed to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans for just the third time since its maiden win in 2000. The four rings have an incredible record at La Sarthe and while they gave away their crown to Porsche in 2015 they did take one record from their stablemates; the outright race lap record. […]

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Audi Porsche Toyota WEC

Toyota claims pole for 2014 Le Mans

The third and final qualifying session for the 2014 24 Hours of Le Mans has just finished and the #7 Toyota TS040 Hybrid (Wurz/Sarrazin/Nakajima) has claimed pole position with a time of 3:21.789, set by Kazuki Nakajima. Porsche’s return to the outright category has gone well so far with its #14 919 Hybrid (Dumas/Jani/Lieb) posting […]

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Formula 1 Red Bull Racing

Vettel: I was faster, I passed him, I won

Look, we don’t want to keep talking about the fallout from the Malaysian Grand Prix, but it’s the gift that keeps on giving. Despite the weeks that have passed, Formula 1’s media spotlight is still pointing directly at Sebastian Vettel. And the three-time champ is only too happy to make the most of the opportunity. […]

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Formula 1 Red Bull Racing

Vettel urged to apologise to Formula 1

Yes, we’re still talking about that controversial win by Sebastian Vettel at last month’s Malaysian Grand Prix. Five-time grand prix winner John Watson has urged Vettel to apologise to Formula 1 and from what we can tell he’s not joking. Now a media pundit Watson said, “The way he acted was dishonest.” Before upping the […]