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		<title>Max&#8217;s tier drop?</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/18/maxs-tier-drop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 16:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Philip</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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.
The F1 supremos met the leading teams – including Ferari, Toyota, Red Bull and Renault, who have all threatened to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1569&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bunking Brigade</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/14/bunking-brigade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 10:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[budget cap]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ferrari]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[How important is it that Ferrari stay in Formula 1? You’ll have seen in the papers that the Scuderia are talking a lot about leaving if the FIA’s proposed rules don’t change for 2010.

To keep pushing the point (‘No really, we’re leaving! We keep talking about it so it must be true&#8230;’) Ferrari president Luca [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1551&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>170</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Three teams for 2010?</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/11/three-teams-for-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 17:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Sunday Afternoon Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bernie ecclestone]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget cap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dietrich mateschitz]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After Lie-gate and Diffuser-gate comes We’re-not-racing-in-a-two-tier-F1-gate, as a number of teams have started ganging up on the FIA with big dirty threats of quitting the show next season.

It began with Ferrari’s warning (which locked them into that tussle with Max Mosley) and now Toyota and both the Red Bull teams are making noises about doing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1538&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>157</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Championship standings</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/11/championship-standings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 12:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[F1 2009]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[World Constructors Championship]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve updated the World Drivers&#8217; and Constructors&#8217; Championship standings following the Spanish GP, so we can see where everyone&#8217;s at.

Jenson Button has stretched his healthy lead up the front in the WDC &#8211; to 14 points ahead of his teammate Rubens Barrichello &#8211; and Brawn as a team are doing very well overall in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1467&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>74</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Spanish class</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/10/spanish-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 13:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[fernando alonso]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenson Button stormed ahead to the win in Spain, leaving teammate Rubens Barrichello wondering how he threw it all away. Still, Brawn will be happy.

It looked to be all Rubens from the beginning as he got a great start, jumping Jenson down into the first corner who had no answer and couldn’t defend. Rubens then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1520&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>92</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>A Spanish lesson</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/09/a-spanish-lesson/</link>
		<comments>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/09/a-spanish-lesson/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2009 13:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[F1 2009]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mark webber]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenson Button showed everyone how it&#8217;s done at the Spanish Grand Prix, qualifying fastest for pole position at the last possible moment in Barcelona.

(UPDATE: There&#8217;s a problem with our blogs, which means none of your comments are coming through. Rather frustrating to say the least. It&#8217;s being worked on. Apologies.)
Jenson crossed the line to start [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1510&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>55</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Spanish practice</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/08/spanish-practice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenson Button topped first practice this morning for the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona, with Williams’ Nico Rosberg going fastest in the afternoon.
Rosberg is becoming something of a master in second practice, although the fact that his car seemed to run out of fuel on his last lap of the day shows how light he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1499&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Williams for the win</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/08/williams-for-the-win/</link>
		<comments>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/08/williams-for-the-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 14:50:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Piers Ward</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Barcelona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[F1 2009]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Frank Williams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kazuki Nakajima]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nico Rosberg]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve just seen the practice times for this weekend’s Spanish GP and declared to the office &#8211; or the two people within earshot anyway &#8211; that I’d love to see Williams win another GP.

Everyone was curious as to why.
I think it’s the ethos of the team to be honest. Rumour has it that Frank Williams [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1505&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Catch-up time</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/05/catch-up-time/</link>
		<comments>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/05/05/catch-up-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 16:45:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jenson Button is gearing up for a tough time retaining his World Championship lead at this weekend’s Spanish GP.

With a two-week break since Bahrain, every team is preparing performance upgrades for their cars at Barcelona, which should put the pack yapping at Button’s heels.
Ross Brawn has admitted that his team has updated their cars, in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1495&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
	
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		<title>Brit GP threat</title>
		<link>http://sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com/2009/04/24/brit-gp-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jamie Hibbard</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bernie ecclestone]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Donington Park]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Grand Prix is once again under threat, as the owners of the Donington circuit begin legal action against the company that has the lease on the venue for the next 150 years.

The owners, Wheatcroft &#38; Son Limited, are seeking £2.47 million in rent from the leasers, Donington Ventures Leisure Ltd.
Bernie Ecclestone is close [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sundayafternoonclub.blogs.topgear.com&blog=3888036&post=1425&subd=bbctopgear&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>50</slash:comments>
	
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