The FIA has modified its bodywork tests after McLaren requested clarification over Ferrari’s sprung floor mounting system. The system is also believed to be used by BMW Sauber.
BMW Sauber driver Robert Kubica topped the times in the first day of testing at Sepang today, ahead of Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen and Alex Wurz for Williams. […]

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Oliver Jarvis took Team GBR’s first A1GP victory in Mexico yesterday despite a tense final lap under pressure from Team USA’s Jonathan Summerton. The British driver took the lead at the start and only Summerton ever mounted a serious challenge. Adrian Zaugg took a comfortable third for South Africa, ahead of Italy’s Enrico Toccacelo.
The feature […]

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Perhaps it’s just me but it’s never a good sign when a F1 team announces that everything will be all right “once we get back to Europe”. The translation of this well-worn phrase is, of course, “we have completely screwed up with our new car, it’s shit slow and we don’t know why”. This year […]

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Team Malaysia’s Alex Yoong dominated qualifying for tomorrow’s A1GP races in Mexico City with an aggregate time nearly a second quicker than the closest challenger, Team Germany rookie Christian Vietoris. Oliver Jarvis qualified third for Team GBR on his second A1GP outing.
Team New Zealand, currently second in the championship behind Germany and hoping to capitalise […]

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Team New Zealand’s Jonny Reid topped the times in practice for this weekend’s A1Gp in Mexico, ahead of Team GBR’s Oliver Jarvis and Team Germany’s Christian Vietoris, impressing on his first outing filling in for championship leader Nico Hülkenberg with a fastest time just 0.070s down on Reid. Jean Karl Vernay, making his début for […]

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The Spyker team have launched arbitration proceedings against Super Aguri & Toro Rosso over the legality of their 2007 cars. The Chamber of Commerce in Lausanne, which rules on all disputes involving the Concorde Agreement, will oversee Spyker’s complaint.
Max Mosley is staying remarkably silent on this - most unusual for Max - and it can […]

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The BRDC is rumoured to be planning to finance the redevelopment of Silverstone by selling off land to build two hotels, a science park and three hundred houses. As well as being unlikely to go down well with existing residents of Silverstone village, it would surely only be a matter of time before the new […]

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Two rookie drivers will make their A1GP race débuts in Mexico this weekend, with the confirmation that Team Germany will run 17-year old Christian Vietoris in place of championship leader Nico Hülkenberg, while Team France have announced that 19-year old Jean-Karl Vernay will take the place of Loïc Duval. Team Germany seat holder Willi […]

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David Coulthard apologised to Alex Wurz for the clash that took them both out of the race.
“My fault,” Coulthard said. “I went too deep into the corner and you can’t blame Alex for that.”
Is it worrying that it is startling to hear a racing driver admit his own culpability?
Lewis Hamilton was understandably delighted to finish […]

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Living as I do in one of the more picturesque parts of England, my drive home from work during the summer months is plagued by tourists meandering along country lanes at 15 mph, while I sit behind them seething and wishing my car was fitted with a rocket launcher. I imagine Rubens Barrichello felt much […]

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