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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 Media’ Articles

F1 to embrace new media

Written by Red Andy on 10 December 2009

Monaco, Thursday: Mercedes GP CEO Nick Fry has led calls for Formula One to modernise at this week’s Motor Sport Business Forum, claiming that the sport needs to utilise new media in order to widen its global appeal. Writing in a pamphlet issued yesterday in the Principality, entitled A Treatise on the Relevance of the Modern [Read More]

Jordan leads Briatore tributes

Written by Red Andy on 23 September 2009

Monte Carlo, Wednesday: Former F1 team owner and BBC TV pundit Eddie Jordan has led tributes to departing Renault team principal Flavio Briatore, after the Italian was handed an effective lifetime ban from FIA-sanctioned motorsport on Monday. Briatore was not a popular figure amongst many members of the F1 fraternity, and the whooping and [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]

Autosport in protest over news timing

Written by Red Andy on 04 July 2009

London, Friday: British motorsport magazine Autosport has expressed its displeasure at the motorsports world today, in a statement pointing out that a disproportionate amount of news happens on Wednesday, after the magazine has passed its print deadline. “This obvious and unfair discrepancy means that we keep having to publish stories a [Read More]

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