Archive for May, 2009

McLaren aim to solve downforce problems

May 31, 2009
McLaren aim to solve downforce problems

Woking, Sunday: McLaren’s technical department have been working overtime this week as they try to solve the problems that have plagued this year’s car since the beginning of the season. The team, who won six races last season and saw Lewis Hamilton win the drivers’ championship, have struggled this year with a fundamental lack of...
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Teams insist on “right to spend selves into oblivion”

May 30, 2009
Teams insist on “right to spend selves into oblivion”

Paris, Saturday: The Formula One Teams’ Association last night entered the 2010 F1 world championship, on the condition that the FIA back down from its plans to intervene in the teams’ financial affairs. The FIA wants to protect the future of the sport by mandating a stringent budget cap on all teams, but FOTA have...
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Ecclestone hints at Sealand GP

May 26, 2009
Ecclestone hints at Sealand GP

Sealand, Tuesday: F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has shocked fans and motorsport experts alike by announcing controversial plans to host a Grand Prix on the principality of Sealand from 2011 onwards. The self-proclaimed autonomous micronation, which consists only of a small platform raised above the North Sea, has been occupied by Major Paddy Roy Bates since...
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Button in trouble after weight-loss run

May 24, 2009
Button in trouble after weight-loss run

Monte Carlo, Sunday: Jenson Button could be excluded from the results of the Monaco Grand Prix after the race stewards found that he was underweight at the post-race weigh-in. Button led the race from pole and dominated to take his fifth win of the season, but that result now hangs in the balance as...
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Hamilton Sr. offers advice to John Button

May 23, 2009
Hamilton Sr. offers advice to John Button

Monte Carlo, Saturday: Anthony Hamilton, father, manager and parasitic hanger-on to world champion Lewis Hamilton, has today offered pointers to John Button, father of current world championship leader Jenson, on where he feels the former rallycross driver is going wrong in dealing with the extreme pressure of being the parent of a racing driver. “John...
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