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Bernard’s medals

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 3:30 pm on Wednesday October 7, 2009 33 Comments

Interestingly, if Bernie Ecclestone’s plan of awarding gold medals to race winners had been in place this season, Jenson Button would have wrapped the Championship up after the Singapore GP the other week.

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Lotus back, BMW saved

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 1:02 pm on Tuesday September 15, 2009 87 Comments

It’s been 15 years since Lotus last competed in F1, but as of 2010, they’re back. Lotus F1 will occupy the 13th spot on the grid next season, backed by a group of Malaysian entrepreneurs.

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Renault race fix?

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 5:41 pm on Tuesday September 1, 2009 68 Comments

The strangest story to come out of F1 after the Belgian GP is that the FIA is investigating Renault for an alleged race-fix, involving Nelson Piquet Jnr at last year’s Singapore night race.

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FOTA update

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 3:37 pm on Friday June 26, 2009 56 Comments

More details are emerging about next year’s F1 rules and plans, following the Formula One Teams’ Association and the FIA’s love-in earlier this week.

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Brit GP: the aftermath

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 4:27 pm on Monday June 22, 2009 19 Comments

It wasn’t the most exciting of races, and it certainly wasn’t the result that the majority of Brit fans were hoping for, but a big love-in occurred over the weekend with the Silverstone circuit.

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Button: World Champ?

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 1:44 pm on Monday June 8, 2009 62 Comments

How soon could Jenson Button win the World Drivers’ Championship this year? It could be in as little as five races time…

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On dodgy ground

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 2:59 pm on Tuesday June 2, 2009 34 Comments

You remember at the end of last week all of the Formula 1 Teams’ Association (FOTA) members had signed up to race in F1 next year, and we breathed a sigh of relief? Well, it might not be quite that simple…

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Max’s tier drop?

Posted by Sam Philip at 4:47 pm on Monday May 18, 2009 67 Comments
Max Mosely

The FIA will ditch the idea of a two-tier F1 championship, but aren’t prepared to budge much on the £40m budget. That’s what seems to have come out of Max ‘n’ Bernie’s Big Budget Cap Meeting.

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