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Max Mosley's Courtroom Drama Draws To A Close, We Provide Probable Outcome

Max Mosley's sordid legal affair appears to be ending now that the judge in the FIA president's case against the tabloid (News Of The World) that published the details of his alleged Nazi Orgy is nearly ready to rule. Though a major distraction for the sport, we've sort of gotten used to the craziness Mosley injects into our workday. But moments like when he told the judge he really likes S&M will live on in our hearts, and in the legal system whenever someone else uses the old Marv Albert defense. But the question still remains — who'll win? We break down the case below. More »

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Lewis Hamilton Races F1 Car Against Learjet

The age-old battle of car versus airplane has been renewed by Lewis Hamilton, racing his McLaren Mercedes F1 car against a Learjet. Sadly, it's not quite as exciting as Top Gear's Bugatti Veyron versus EuroFighter contest, but then this was just some publicity stunt put on because Hamilton is a "brand ambassador" for Bombardier Learjet. Whatevs; we'll take all the car vs. jet battles we can get.
[via GridCrasher]

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Guide To F1 Victory Champagne: An Innuendo-Laden List Of How It's Done

Blasting giant bottles of champagne has been a Formula One tradition almost as long as the swig of milk taken on the stand at the Indianapolis 500. So, of course, there are certain stylistically unique ways of celebrating victory, or at least near-victory. GridCrasher has come up with a clever list of 13 types of post-race podium pandemonium that includes pearl necklaces, ninjas, and Mexican stand-offs — just as any decent list mentioning Michael Schumacher should. [GridCrasher]

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Max Mosley Tells Judge He Hearts S&M... Seriously

Oh Max Mosley, you creepy weirdo. After being caught in what the tabloid News Of The World described as a Nazi-style sex orgy, Mosley has been forced to cop to the fact that he loves sadomasochistic group sex. But not Nazi sex. No sir. Mosley said he couldn't imagine anything less erotic than Nazi sex, but because he's Max Mosley, he followed up with yet another bizarre revelation. More »

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F1 Loves All Its Fans Equally, Except Some More Equally Than Others

The F1 Paddock Club is the seating area where the Formula One uber-rich go to wine, dine, converse and oh yes, watch some cars do something or the other. Although most invitees to this exclusive club have an income level rivaling some small nations, it must be so bothersome to actually attend the races when they could be out on their yacht in the middle of the Mediterranean. The Paddock Club assists them by acting as a shanty of sorts providing the barest of essentials to help them make it through a day roughing it at the track. Frankly, it's a wonder they even manage to have pan seared tuna and on-site pastry chefs. The folks at F1Fanatic have put together a guide to this brave new world. [Check out the digs at F1Fanatic]

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Video: Batmobile Hits The Track At Silverstone

We told you this past week the Batmobile would be taking some laps at Silverstone, with Panasonic Toyota Racing's Formula 1 car team spending some time this weekend running alongside at the track. Now we've got the video to prove that still shot wasn't some kind of hallucination. Don't expect a lot of screeching tires and hard and fast 'round the bend action. Do expect a lot of Panasonic Toyota Racing drivers Timo Glock and Jarno Trulli hamming it up with the Tumbler and the BatPod — which apparently, from what we hear, almost no one can successfully drive. Although Trulli looking like he's searching for the ignition. Still, setting aside the fact that it's fairly lame B-roll in the action department, we've got to say the current incarnation of the Batmobile's the coolest one conceived — even if we don't get to see it taking Silverstone like it deserves to be taken. Sure makes the KITT-like night vision on the 2009 BMW 7-Series look like a kiddie toy, don't it? [via Panasonic Toyota Racing]

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Batmobile To Lap Silverstone Alongside Toyota F1 Car

Toyota and Warner Bros have joined forces to promote The Dark Knight, announcing that the Tumbler will make an exhibition lap of Silverstone alongside the TF108 Formula One car this Thursday. More »

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Mosley Warned By Ecclestone Two Months Before Orgy

According to The Times, Bernie Ecclestone warned Max Mosley, "that people had been hired to discredit him and that they had been given an unlimited budget to do so." The paper's information comes from a corporate spy who now feels remorse for trying to help the former Fascist Party member avoid the plot against him. More »

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Mohammad Bin Sulayem Saves Mosley's Ass From Final Spanking, Compares Scandal To "Terrorist Attack"

Those curious how Max Mosley was able to pull an upset vote and keep his job as head of the FIA after a serious Nazi sex scandal need look no further than Mohammed Bin Sulayem, head of motorsports in the United Arab Emirates. Oh Max, did you really think it would look better to have your ass saved in a scandal involving the Jewish community by a guy named Mohammed? It's actually not that bad, we think... though Bin Sulayem did bring up terrorist attacks in his defense of Mosley. Seriously. More »

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Pit Row Crash Knocks Raikkonen, Hamilton Out Of Canadian Grand Prix

Following in the footstops of Daddy Hamilton, Lewis had an unfortunate accident at the Canadian Grand Prix this weekend. Apparently missing the red light as he exited pit row, Hamilton rear-ended Kim Raikkonen just 17 laps into the race. With two of the sport's best drivers out, BMW's Robert Kubica won his first Formula One event, becoming the first Polish driver to do so. Break out the pierogi and golabki, they're still partying in Krakow. (h/t PhkMark, the happy Canadian) [YouTube]

Ferrari Boss Flip-Flops on Mosley One day after calling on Max Mosley, president of the F.I.A., to resign, Luca di Montezemolo, Ferrari's president, changed his tune.

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F1 Star Lewis Hamilton's Dad Crashes Porsche Carrera GT, Shows He's Like Son

Yes, perhaps the old adage of "like father, like son" is actually true. We all know how much Lewis Hamilton loves the Porsches, right? We also know how much he loves diving head first into the walls too. Enter Anthony Hamilton, his father and manager. He was just out having some fun with his wife in a loaned silver Porsche Carrera GT yesterday in jolly good England, when he
"lost control of the 205mph £330,000 ($643,600) supercar just after he left home with wife Linda yesterday."
The Sun continues the story after the jump. More »

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Max Mosley Responds To FIA Club Critics, Let The Crazy Continue

We've got the response from Max Mosley and his band of kinky minions to those puritans from the clubs that asked he accept resignation and be rewarded with a vote of confidence. In his usual nutty fashion, Mad Max responds that this is the "worst possible" solution because any suggestion there is a crisis is "nonsense" and, anyways, he'll lack the authority to save the FIA. It all makes perfect sense... if you're on acid. The full letter courtesy of AutoSport below: More »

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Max Mosley Rejects Treaty, Attacks The French

Like we said, we've been trying to tone down the Max Mosley news with the exception of stories so ridiculous they warrant noting, like the involvement of MI5 in the kinky sex or when F1 teams construct complex strategies to avoid Mosley. Therefore, we bring you these two updates. In addition to suing News Of The World, which broke the story, in its home country of Britain, Mosley is also suing the company in France, where the laws must favor the kinky. Not only that, he also rejected what seemed like a fair deal offered to him by a group of FIA officials. More »

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Honda F1 Team To Sport Multiple Lebowskis, The Dude Abides

In order to tout their record of environmental achievement, the good folks at the Honda F1 Team launched the MyEarthDream campaign, which involves individuals pledging to do something for the environment and then having their name printed on Honda's new F1 car. The screening system isn't that great as Jalopnik reader Alex Saretzky was able to find Jeff "Dude" Lebowski printed on the car. A little research using the photo search feature of the Web site uncovered a number of Bunny Lebowskis as well. Apparently, all she had to do was agree to turn off the tap when brushing her teeth (though for $1,000 she'll brush with something much better). You can see the car in its fully glory below, as well as, we assume, numerous references to The Big Lebowski. More »

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Max Mosley Prostitute Linked To British Intelligence Agency, Uberraschung!

We joked last week about how the only reason we're following the Max Mosley story anymore was because it "keeps getting crazier and crazier." Little did we know that it would be revealed by The Times that one of Max's prisoner/gaurd prostitutes (Mistress Abi), in a twist even Graham Greene couldn't have imagined, was the wife of an MI5 agent. For those who don't know, Mi5 is the domestic spying agency pledged to "Defend the Realm" of the UK. In this case "Defend The Realm" meant spanking and sexing the head of the FIA in a sadomasochistic orgy. Remember when Mosley said the sting was setup "by a group specialising in such things for reasons and clients as yet unknown" after getting busted? We now live in a world where that may be true. Understandably, MI5 isn't happy with the implication that instead of tracking down terrorists they're tracking down old man boners. More »

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Max Mosley Threatens FIA Will Go To Crap If He's Ousted, Officially Channeling Nixon

We'd rather not devote time to Max Mosley and his ongoing attempts to screw up racing like he's screwed up his life, but the story keeps getting crazier and crazier. After being asked to avoid F1 events and, basically, being benched for Monaco, Mosley has issued a letter stating that FIA will be ruined and Formula One destroyed if he's voted out in the big "vote of no confidence" meeting this June. This is basically the Nixon approach. The nation will be ruined and the media, who are blowing everything out of proportion for political reasons, will win. Snippets from the crazy letter discovered by Autosport.com below. More »

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Max Mosley Turning Tables On F1 Teams, Avoiding Them At Monaco

Remember how that small group of F1 participants (just drivers, staff, team bosses and sponsors) were developing an elaborate system to avoid Max Mosley at Monaco? They were going to hire spies and scouts to follow his movements and make sure that when Mosley tried to find someone they'd have it so someone would say they had just left the place that someone else had said they had just been before. Basically, the Monaco Grand Prix was going to turn into one long Abbot & Costello routine. But then the FIA decided to strip Mosley of his official title, for the event, instead putting Mosley's Deputy in charge. More »