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Archive for September, 2009

Button slump blamed on baggage allowance

Written by Red Andy on 19 September 2009

Brackley, Saturday: World championship leader Jenson Button’s mid-season slump in performance has been blamed on the Brawn GP’s policy of using budget airline easyJet to fly to races. The Briton won six of the year’s first seven races, but then failed to finish on the podium in any of the following five Grands Prix. Only in [Read More]

McLaren fans complain over lack of bias

Written by Red Andy on 06 September 2009

Woking, Sunday: Fans of McLaren’s F1 team have hit out at press reporting of the recent coverage of the Renault race-fixing controvery, insisting that it is not sufficiently biased against Fernando Alonso. The heyday of the McLaren-oriented media came in 2007, when Alonso was regularly accused of backstabbing his team, kidnapping kittens [Read More]

McLaren in viral video dispute

Written by Red Andy on 04 September 2009

Paris, Friday: The FIA have confirmed that they are investigating the McLaren Formula One team after allegations emerged concerning the originality of their latest viral video advertisement, featuring McLaren world champions Lewis Hamilton and Mika Hakkinen. In the short video, Hamilton and Hakkinen are interviewed separately about a [Read More]

Trulli signs with Mercedes

Written by Red Andy on 03 September 2009

Stuttgart, Thursday: Mercedes have announced that Toyota F1 driver Jarno Trulli will begin a new role with them in 2010, after the Italian failed to reach a contract settlement with his current employers. Trulli, who has driven in F1 since 1997, has been linked with a number of seats for next year, but Mercedes today declared [Read More]

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