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On the plus side: Sky taking over F1 means that we'll get much more team radio. #hacking 08:14:48 AM July 29, 2011 from TweetDeck
Classic poor timing from F1 re: Sky deal. I'm sure they will announce the F1 show will be presented by Andy Coulson. 07:34:20 AM July 29, 2011 from TweetDeck
Jenson Button complaining about something other than "MASSIVE FRONT LOCKING." It's a start I suppose. #f1 12:38:59 PM June 24, 2011 from TweetDeck
I like how FOM tells us it's a thermal image, just in case we were wondering if anyone had slipped LSD into our coffee. #f1 11:50:18 AM May 07, 2011 from TweetDeck
Fiat involved in #F1 takeover? Talk about conflict of interest! It'd be like a standard ECU being built by one of the teams ... oh wait ... 03:50:46 PM May 04, 2011 from TweetDeck

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‘F1 Drivers’ Articles

GPDA consider superlicence action

Written by Red Andy on 26 February 2009

Paris, Thursday: The Grand Prix Drivers’ Association will meet over the next few days to plan a course of action over the FIA’s recent hike of superlicence prices, with a range of potential activities ranging from “quietly paying up and pretending the whole thing never happened” to “full-blown revolution.” GPDA [Read More]

Alonso “dismayed” by Danica rumours

Written by Red Andy on 17 February 2009

Enstone, Tuesday: Double world champion and Renault lead driver Fernando Alonso is reported to be “dismayed” at rumours that the fledgling USF1 team may be interested in testing IndyCar driver Danica Patrick when the team gets off the ground. Patrick, who has a single IRL victory to her name after a win at Motegi last year, [Read More]

Raikkonen to enter 2010 independently

Written by Red Andy on 04 February 2009

Paris, Wednesday: Ferrari have announced that 2007 world champion Kimi Raikkonen will be entering the 2010 Formula One season “on his own” after the FIA announced plans to drastically cut the cost of competing in F1 from next season onwards. The FIA plan to reduce the operating budget of an F1 team to around 50 million [Read More]

Coulthard: This will be my year

Written by Red Andy on 30 January 2009

Monte Carlo, Friday: Ageing Scotsman David Coulthard has claimed that 2009 will be his year to finally win the Formula One world championship, dismissing the fact that he retired from the sport at the end of last year as “irrelevant.” Coulthard first raced in F1 in 1994, and despite spending ten years in competitive Williams and [Read More]

Dastardly plans to foil Hamilton revealed

Written by Red Andy on 25 January 2009

Woking, Sunday: The McLaren Formula One team has today revealed details of a “complex and multi-layered” plan by the FIA to stop Lewis Hamilton from winning last year’s F1 world championship. The plans, which were “given” to McLaren by an anonymous FIA employee (who has now been suspended), finally show what many [Read More]

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