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Archive for June, 2009

Accrington Stanley to join Superleague

Written by Red Andy on 29 June 2009

Accrington, Monday: English football club Accrington Stanley has confirmed that it will compete in next year’s Superleague Formula championship after its application to join was accepted last week. The Lancashire team, currently playing in the fourth tier of English football (named League Two, for some reason), claimed that the global [Read More]

USF1 in rebrand shock

Written by Red Andy on 27 June 2009

Charlotte, Saturday: The team currently known as USF1 has applied to the FIA for a name change ahead of the 2010 season, amid reports that it has been rebranded to represent the motorsports interests of a different country. “Assuming we can get the paperwork done, we plan on entering F1 in 2010 as Team Turkmenistan F1,” [Read More]

New F1 game to feature post-race penalties

Written by Red Andy on 24 June 2009

Warwick, Wednesday: Developers of the latest set of Formula One video games have today revealed that an element of realism will be added to their newest releases by introducing the concept of post-race penalties into their game. Codemasters, who won the official FOM contract to produce F1 games in 2008, announced that F1 2009, scheduled for [Read More]

STR to find driver through Reality TV

Written by Red Andy on 22 June 2009

Faenza, Monday: Scuderia Toro Rosso have announced that they will decide their driver line-up for 2010 based on the results of a reality TV show, to be aired across Europe this autumn. The show has yet to be named, with previous suggestion The F1 Factor having to be abandoned in the wake of the news that [Read More]

Williams in quit threat over points

Written by Red Andy on 20 June 2009

Silverstone, Saturday: F1 veterans Williams have added a further complication to the tensions currently escalating in the sport this weekend, by announcing their intention to leave Formula One at the end of 2009 if their demands for a reform of the points system are not met. The team, which won nine Constructors’ world championships between [Read More]

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