BBC refuse to show Honda appeal

January 29, 2009
BBC refuse to show Honda appeal

London, Thursday: The British Parliament is currently debating a motion to “criticise and condemn” the BBC after the corporation refused to air an appeal asking for someone to buy the embattled Honda Formula One team. With the end of January rapidly approaching, and hence the deadline for the team to find a buyer before the...
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McLaren deny “ailing Ron” rumours

January 26, 2009
McLaren deny “ailing Ron” rumours

Woking, Monday: New McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh has dismissed what he calls “scurrilous rumours” that his predecessor, Ron Dennis, is terminally ill, stating that his former superior is in perfect health and has transferred power at McLaren “to focus on other projects.” “Ron is perfectly healthy,” Whitmarsh said today. “Simply put, he is too...
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Dastardly plans to foil Hamilton revealed

January 25, 2009
Dastardly plans to foil Hamilton revealed

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 McLaren fans had...
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Glock refuses to drive “atheist-branded” Toyota

January 23, 2009
Glock refuses to drive “atheist-branded” Toyota

Cologne, Friday: Speculation has surrounded the security of Timo Glock’s seat at Toyota after the German reportedly refused to drive the team’s new car, carrying controversial sponsorship from a secularist organisation. The slogan, placed on the team by the National Secular Society of the UK, reads “There’s probably no God – so stop worrying and...
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Green Williams “not an environment thing”

January 21, 2009
Green Williams “not an environment thing”

Grove, Wednesday: Frank Williams, the owner of the Formula One team of the same name, has denied that his team’s remarkable new colour scheme has anything to do with raising environmental awareness, upon revealing that the British team will run in a green livery for the 2009 season. At the moment, Williams are operating with...
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