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Archive for October, 2009

Hamilton to partner self in 2010

Written by Red Andy on 08 October 2009

Woking, Thursday: McLaren have announced today that Lewis Hamilton will be his own teammate in 2010, after the world champion’s father-manager Anthony vetoed all other potential teammates for the young star. Hamilton has a clause in his contract giving his management the right of veto over any driver signed by McLaren, apparently in order to [Read More]

Pre-emptive penalties attract criticism

Written by Red Andy on 06 October 2009

Paris, Tuesday: The FIA and its Formula One race stewards have been criticised today for pre-emptively issuing penalties ahead of the Brazilian Grand Prix, which takes place in Sao Paulo in less than two weeks’ time. After the madness of qualifying in the Japanese GP at Suzuka, where five drivers were given grid penalties for failing [Read More]

GP2 Asia scales back

Written by Red Andy on 03 October 2009

Bahrain, Saturday: The GP2 Asia series, F1’s winter feeder series, has announced it is to scale back its ambitions in the wake of the current economic crisis. Events on the GP2 Asia calendar have previously taken place across the continent, in countries such as Indonesia, Malaysia and Qatar, but as the credit crunch bites the decision [Read More]

Raikkonen to build house out of money

Written by Red Andy on 01 October 2009

Zurich, Thursday: Departing Ferrari F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen has announced that he is to build himself a new house in Switzerland, after being paid millions of dollars by Ferrari for the privilege of not driving for them next season. Given that Raikkonen is also set to earn a comparably huge sum driving for McLaren in 2010, [Read More]

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