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#formulaone
Report: Michael Schumacher Talking To Mercedes About F1 Comeback
Cold hearted killer and David Hasselhoff enthusiast Michael Schumacher is reportedly in talks with Mercedes about coming back to F1. Guess all that talk of replacing Felipe Massa made him pine for his glory days. [PlanetF1] -
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Auto-Erotic Design: McLaren F1 Form Follows Function Even With Foot Pedals
'Form follows Function' is the defining design philosophy underlying styling, engineering and packaging of every McLaren road car. The same's true for McLaren's F1 car. The perfect example? The gorgeous function-first pedal design. What's your favorite set of clutch/slow/go pads? More » -
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BREAKING: Jenson Button Signs With McLaren
Making the dissolution of Brawn GP complete, Formula One world champion Jenson Button has stepped into the fun of being Lewis Hamilton’s teammate at McLaren for 2010. More » -
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BREAKING: Kimi Räikkönen Leaves Formula One
After failing to find a car for 2010, Ferrari’s world champion has announced that he is to leave F1 for rallying. More » -
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Mercedes-Benz's Silver Arrows
With yesterday’s acquisition of Brawn GP, Mercedes-Benz will return to Formula One after a 55-year hiatus. Judging by their earlier attempts to build race cars, every team has reason to be very, very afraid. More » -
#topgear
Meet The Lego Stig
Some say every time you introduce The Stig, you have to recall a strange power of his in a Clarksonesque way. All we know is…he’s called The Lego Stig. More » -
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RUMOR: Renault May Pull Out Of F1
Following today's announcement of Toyota leaving F1, Renault's board of directors is in an unscheduled, closed-doors meeting discussing the possibility of also exiting the motorsport. More » -
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Kimi Räikkönen On Fire
We almost forgot to show you the hottest scene from the previous weekend’s Brazilian Grand Prix, which saw Jenson Button become Formula One’s world champion: Kimi Räikkönen on fire! More » -
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People to Watch: Kamui Kobayashi
Substituting for an injured Timo Glock at the Brazilian Grand Prix, Toyota’s GP2-racing test driver displayed balls of titanium and mad, scorching speed. More » -
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New Lotus F1 Car: First Look
Here's a first look at the designed-from-the-ground-up car Lotus will return to F1 in next year. More » -
#classiccars
Help Us ID the Mystery Roadster of Suzuka
During the drivers’ parade that preceded the Japanese Grand Prix on October 4, Williams’s Kazuki Nakajima rode in this vintage Japanese roadster. Can you help us figure out what it is? More » -
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Nelson Piquet Jr. Going To NASCAR?
Renault’s crash-happy dismissed Formula One driver is set to do something very different after his brief, unhappy career in single-seaters: drive a Toyota Tundra in circles. More » -
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Robert Kubica Goes To Renault F1
Renault F1 has confirmed BMW’s Robert Kubica will serve as Fernando Alonso’s replacement for the 2010 Formula One season. More » -
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2009 Japanese Grand Prix: A Jolly Good Race
With the wacky 2009 championship down to its antepenultimate race at Suzuka Circuit, Jenson Button’s eroding cushion of points was looking increasingly fragile. Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel smelled blood. Spoilers, shmoilers! More » -
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Massa: Renault Cheated Me Out Of F1 Title
In an interesting addendum to Flaviogate, Ferrari’s Felipe Massa has accused Renault of robbing him of the 2008 championship. More » -
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The Dork, The Fop and The Stud
Remarkably, this photograph is not a blogpost from Nerd Boyfriend. It is Scuderia Ferrari in 1974: drivers Niki Lauda and Clay Regazzoni flank their manager, a very young Luca di Montezemolo. More » -
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Ayrton Senna's High-Speed Exploits at Suzuka
After a two year detour to Fuji Speedway, the Japanese Grand Prix returns this Sunday to Suzuka Circuit, Honda’s scintillating test track where Ayrton Senna ran a pulverizing qualifier to take pole position twenty years ago. More » -
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OFFICIAL: Fernando Alonso Signs Three-Year Contract With Scuderia Ferrari
Fernando Alonso, Renault’s two-time world champion will officially replace Kimi Räikkönen and will make him $28–37 million a year. More » -
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2009 Singapore Grand Prix: Into the Night
Singapore is the new Monaco: a harborside city track, no passing, more spectacle than motor race. But it’s an absolute thrill when you treat it as pure eye candy. Here’s some photos from last Sunday's race. More » -
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Fernando Alonso reportedly will sign a five-year deal with Ferrari for $36.5 million. Jackpot! [Planet-F1]
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Williams F1 HQ: British Racing Green Of A Different Sort
At Williams F1’s UK headquarters, even the topiary is infused with petrolhead geekiness. More » -
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Puma Builds Lifesize Ferrari F1 Car With Clothing
Looks like Puma finally found a use for all its naff Ferrari-branded clothing. This Ferrari F60 is built of shoes, hats and the red and gold polo shirts exclusively worn by European rednecks. -
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Briatore, Staff Out At Renault F1 Over Race-Fixing Scandal
Flavio Briatore and head engineer Pat Symonds are out at Renault F1 in a seeming admission of guilt in the Nelson Piquet Jr. race-fixing scandal. FIA still plans to hold a disciplinary hearing for Renault on Monday. [BBC] -
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Lotus Returns To Formula 1!
The FIA has announced that a Lotus team comprised of Clark, Senna, and some guy named Nigel will be the 13th team on the grid next season. However, they'll be based in Malaysia, which seems rather odd. [BBC] -
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Nelson Piquet Jr: "Flavio Ordered Me To Crash In Singapore"
Embattled F1 driver Nelson Piquet Jr.'s legal statement to the FIA, in which Nelson confesses to purposefully crashing in the 2008 Singapore GP under orders from team manager Flavio Briatore, has leaked. No team orders in F1, huh? [grandprix.com] -
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Fisichella Joins Ferrari As Reserve Driver
Giancarlo Fisichella will be filling in for Felippe Massa for the last five races of this season and will be on reserve should the injured driver not be able to race next season. [ManipeF1] -
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How To Bake A Life-Size F1 Car Out Of Bread
First, assemble the ingredients: 33 Lbs yeast, 4.7 gallons water, 2.2 Lbs salt, squid ink, soy beans etc; then bake 1,000 loaves and 22 varieties of bread. Assemble and coat with 3 gallons of food varnish. Voila! More » -
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YouTube Co-Founder Hurley Sees Video As "A Big Part" Of F1
As we reported yesterday, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley will become a primary investor in America's new F1 race team. Hurley sees video "as a big part of what we do at U.S. F1." So, what, they'll be StreetF1re.com? [Reuters] -
#formluaone
F1 Driver Sebastien Bourdais Claims He Was Fired By Text Message
30-year-old French F1 driver Sebastien Bourdais tells Autohebdo he was told his services were no longer required by Red Bull's Toro Rosso F1 team by way of text message. See CarandDriver, texting and then not driving's the real danger. [F1-Live]
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Schumacher Cancels F1 Comeback
Don't call it a comeback, because Schumi ain't coming back. Michael Schumacher's called off an eagerly-anticipated Formula One comeback with Ferrari because he hasn't recovered from a neck injury sustained in a motorcycling accident earlier this year. Sorry Felipe! More » -
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F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone: "[Like Me, Enzo Ferrari]...Was A Good Used Car Dealer"
During the weekend of the Hungarian Grand Prix, The New York Times’s F1 correspondent Brad Spurgeon conducted a fascinating interview with Bernie Ecclestone, the man who rules the racing series. More » -
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F1 Team Boss Brawn May Face Driving Ban After 100 MPH Speeding Ticket
Ross Brawn, the head of the Brawn GP Formula One team, whose drivers include Jenson Button, is accused of doing 100 MPH on a 70 MPH road in the UK. He now faces losing his license over the offense. [BBC] -
#carculture
Time-Lapse Gallery Of Abu Dhabi's Nearly-Completed Ferrari World Theme Park
Located just across from Iran, the nearly-completed Ferrari World Theme Park sits on Abu Dhabi's largest natural island. In addition to the "usual" theme park rides, it will host this year's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. More » -
#formulaone
When Schumacher Attacks!
Statistically, Michael Schumacher is the greatest F1 driver ever. But with machine-like ability comes cold, sometimes violent, calculation. With Schumacher returning to F1, other drivers need to be afraid. Very afraid. More »
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Michael Schumacher Returns To F1
As we speculated, Michael Schumacher will be taking over driving duties from injured Felipe Massa "until the Brazilian driver will be able to race again." Schumi's first race will be the European Grand Prix on 23 August. [EVO] More » -
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Felipe Massa In Intensive Care After Brutal Hungarian GP Crash!
Ferrari driver Felipe Massa slammed into a wall during qualifying for F1's Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday and was airlifted to a hospital. His team says he's in stable condition. [AP]
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#formulaone
Max Mosley To Step Down As F1 President
In a letter today to membership, embattled FIA chief and reported sex freak Max Mosley has confirmed he will not stand for re-election when his term as president of motorsport's governing body ends in October. Full letter below. More » -
#forumlaone
F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone Says Democracy Bad, Hitler And Saddam OK
Perhaps hoping to underscore why he gets along so well with Max Mosley, F1 Boss Bernie Ecclestone told The Times he doesn't like democracy and believes Hitler, Saddam Hussein and the Taliban were doing a good job. More » -
#topgear
Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron Vs. McLaren F1
It's a fantasy race spawning tens-of-thousands of auto fan-boy arguments: Which super car wins in a balls-out drag race — the Bugatti Veyron or the McLaren F1? Top Gear found out last night. Now it's our turn below. More » -
#carart
Artist Creates Life-Size F1 Car Out Of Styrofoam
Remember as a kid when you'd pick up any ol' scrap of material and create an amazingly complex tank or heavily fortified hillside bunker? How about a life-size F1 car replica... out of Styrofoam? More »
