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Archive for March, 2009

Montezemolo banned from Comet

Written by Red Andy on 20 March 2009

Maranello, Friday: The Ferrari Formula One team have today issued a statement confirming that team boss Luca di Montezemolo has been banned from entering the premises of electrical goods store Comet, after a fresh outburst of rage against a range of household appliances earlier this week. Montezemolo, who is the president of FOTA as well as [Read More]

FIA now “too ridiculous” to parody

Written by Red Andy on 18 March 2009

The Internet, Wednesday: Motorsport satire sites across cyberspace have been plunged into turmoil today with the revelation that the new-for-2009 Formula One rule changes announced by the FIA yesterday cannot be made any more ridiculous than they already are. The job of entertaining motorsport fans by parodying serious news stories has become more [Read More]

Viral ad gives McLaren technical insight

Written by Red Andy on 17 March 2009

Woking, Tuesday: Sources at the McLaren Formula One team have confirmed that a recent viral advert featuring world champion Lewis Hamilton, although fake, gives a crucial insight into the operation of one of F1’s (sometimes) most successful teams. Some of the more credulous inhabitants of the Internet have mistaken the video, which shows [Read More]

F1 suffering massive superlative shortage

Written by Red Andy on 14 March 2009

Barcelona, Saturday: The impact of the latest crisis to hit Formula One was fully realised today, at the end of a dramatic week of testing for all the F1 teams. Reports from Barcelona indicate that F1 insiders and journalists alike have run out of ways to describe the performance of the Brawn GP team, who dominated [Read More]

Fry to retain Brawn role

Written by Red Andy on 12 March 2009

Brackley, Thursday: It has been confirmed today that former Honda team principal and later CEO Nick Fry will be retained as part of the new Brawn GP operation, which rose from the ashes of the fallen Japanese team last week. Fry will join team principal Ross Brawn at the outfit in 2009, taking on the [Read More]

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