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Virgin Sign Yamamoto For Reasons Clear Only To Themselves

When a back marker team has a bit of a short fall in their budget, Sakon Yamamoto has become the go to guy. He is the poster boy for all the reasons why pay drivers are detrimental to F1 and is only on the grid because of the rather monstrous size of his wallet. Pay drivers are, [...]

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F1 Drivers Wish Kubica Well Through Cringeworthy Video

The F1 paddock is obviously a relatively close knit group of people, and so when one of their own gets injured all the drivers feel it. This sense of unity and well wishing has lead to the F1 drivers recording get well messages for Kubica, which have been sewn together and put up on the [...]

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F1 Sees Sense Over Bahrain; Race Put On Hold

The alternative headline to this piece, of course, is “Oh cock, now we’ve got to wait another two weeks for a Grand Prix…” So, in a move that is about as shocking as a Ferrari being red or Vitaly Petrov being mistaken for Nico Bellic and arrested for the murders of 7,000 people in Liberty [...]

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Nick Heidfeld Officially Confirmed At Renault

Lotus Renault have confirmed that the man taking over for Robert Kubica’s during the Pole’s recovery time will in fact be Nick Heidfeld. The guy impressed during the recent testing at Jerez and from this weekend’s Barcelona test onwards Nick will be the driving force behind that team. Although there isn’t a soul in the [...]

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Nick Heidfeld To Test For Renault

Nick Heidfeld will get his chance in a Renault during this weekend’s four day test in Jerez, with the team sizing up whether or not to stick the German into the race seat vacated after Kubica’s horror crash. All this despite me telling them in no uncertain terms that they should go with Bruno Senna. [...]

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So, How Do Renault Handle The Kubica Situation?

Now that we know Robert Kubica is stable, awake and taking visitors from his Italian hospital bed, the speculation game about just who will take over is seat in with Renault can begin. So far it looks as if the front runners are Vitantonio Liuzzi, Nick Heidfeld and Bruno Senna. Liuzzi is available as a [...]

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Monday Update: Kubica’s Long Road Back Begins

As you should all know by now, yesterday morning Robert Kubica’s life was turned upside down when he crashed a rally car at the Ronde di Andora event. All very nasty, and frankly it’s great that Kubica appears to be out of the woods and starting on his long road back to recovery. Although his [...]

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Martin Whitmarsh Misses Kimi Raikkonen

Alright, ‘misses’ might be a bit of a strong word, but he definately wants Raikkonen back. Not necessarily for his team either, he just wants Raikkonen back in F1 in general. McLaren Team Principal Whitmarsh thinks that the media shy Scandinavian was misunderstood during his time in F1 and that the sport would be ‘richer’ [...]

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Vitaly Petrov Aiming For A Weekend Without Mr Cockup

Where as Robert Kubica has spent the first few races of 2011 showing just why he is an exceptional talent, his rookie team mate Vitaly Petrov has been showing the teething problems which new drivers find in F1 when faced with a fast yet difficult car. He has, for lack of a better phrase, been [...]

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F1 Drivers React To Hamilton’s Weaving

During the Malaysian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton got into a of trouble about a technique he used to try to throw Vitaly Petrov off of his tail. Going down the pit straight, and with Petrov trying desperately to slip stream him, Hamilton started to weave all over the place. Petrov followed suit, but Hamilton’s multiple [...]

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