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Property Grand Prix - Monaco
2008-05-28 09:33:00
Monaco proved to be another thriller of a Formula # 1 race this year with plenty of action and unexpected twists and turns. The team with the best judgment calls won fair and square this year with Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen suffering a wheel location problem before the start which resulted in a drive through penalty during the race followed by a loss of control in the tunnel which took his nose off. This cost him dearly as he lost his championship lead to Brit Lewis Hamilton who now leads by 3 points over Raikkonen.Hamilton won Monaco thanks to the decision by the team to make it a one stop race which proved the right thing to do. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes)Robert Kubica (BMW Sauber)Felipe Massa (Ferrari) Ferrari still leads the McLaren-Mercedes team by 16 points at this stage but tables can quickly turn and maybe the lucky streak has run dry now for the red team. Time will tell when Canada heats up on the 8th of June next month. Mingle with high society While spectators r...
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Life in the fast lane: The beauty queen setting Lewis Hamilton's heart raci
2008-05-20 18:36:00
She turned heads when she accompanied Lewis Hamilton to the Indiana Jones premiere in Cannes at the weekend. Now it has emerged that the Formula 1 driver's mystery date was Vivian Burkhardt, a Miss World runner-up. He invited the 5ft 8in Miss Grenada, 22 to jet over from her home in the Caribbean to join him in the South of France. Scroll down for more... Caribbean queen: Vivian Burkhardt The pair were pictured coming out of the Carlton Hotel together on the world famous Croisette on Sunday evening. Vivian is the latest in a string of identical-looking beauties Lewis has entertained in recent months. The couple first met on the island through Hamilton's family connections. The 23 year-old driver makes regular visits to Grenada to visit his grandfather who returned home after moving to Britain in the 1950s. Miss Burkhardt is currently studying for a degree in Natural Science at St George's University in Grenada and wants to become a surgeon. German-born Miss Burkhardt - who is ...
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Kimi Raikkonen - Interesting
2008-04-19 07:03:00
Kimi Raikkonen has emerge victorious at Interlagos ,Brasil and won, for his first time, the world champion title, passing by only 1 point Hamilton and Alonso ! Coming to Brazil, Raikkonen’s chances of winning the championship were the slimmest of the three. Two ways to accomplish this goal were: finish first, with Alonso taking third or lower and Hamilton sixth or lower; or finish second, with Alonso in fourth or lower and Hamilton eighth or lower. Only Raikkonen could count on the help of a teammate, Massa, who after clinching pole position on Saturday was in the best possible position to provide help. And that was exactly what Massa, who led the race almost from the beginning, did when he pitted in the 50th lap, allowing his teammate take the lead. Massa could probably have overtaken Raikkonen after returning to the track, but instead he kept Alonso at bay in third place. 1. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) 110 p 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 109 p 3. Fernando Alonso...
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So you want to own an F1 car?
2008-04-13 08:55:00
Formula One soaks up millions each year, with some of the most technically advanced racing cars on the planet many fans can only dream of ever driving or even owning an F1 car. Much of the money is brought in through high-profile sponsorship deals and of course the hordes of fans flocking to events to see the machines and their drivers at events. A lot of this income goes towards making the cars better, faster and in turn more expensive.Realistically, if you ever want to own an F1 car you’re going to have to save up for a while (be seriously rich); But what are the options? It’s not actually as impossible as it sounds. And if not an actual fully-running car, what is the next best thing?A fully fledged F1 car?!If we step back in time a bit it is actually a very viable option to buy an older Formula One car. Again, this isn’t cheap but we’ll start with Race-Cars.com. They offer race-used and ex-F1 cars from 1974 to as late as 1999. Admittedly these also range f...

Best Auto Racing Movies
2008-03-31 10:56:00
Here is a list of best auto racing movies from S.I.M, and is generated by using a formula that combines the opinions of users from reliable source along with the users of S.I.M site. S.I.M ratings are based on a scale of 0 to 10.   Cars Rating: G Length: 116 mins. Year: 2006 Cast: Owen Wilson (voice), Paul Newman (voice), Bonnie Hunt (voice), Larry the Cable Guy (voice), Cheech Marin (voice)    Movie Description Disney and Pixar set the bar high for the 2006 summer movie season with the release of Cars. Upbeat, charming, and witty, the delightful tale of Lightning McQueen’s journey to find the checkered flag offers a humorous lesson on priorities and friendship. Sur...
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Different faces of Michael Schumacher
2008-02-28 08:02:00
                    
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Lewis Hamilton going as fast off the track
2007-09-20 10:10:00
There has, in recent weeks, been much fevered activity on the elegant boulevards of Monaco as a small army of elegantly dressed, clipboard-toting 'property finders' scour the principality on behalf of a mysterious and demanding client.   He is said to be in the market for a luxury apartment with uninterrupted views of the Mediterranean. Scroll down for more ... Lapping it up: Lewis on a jet ski ...  The des res, they have been informed, must have its own gym, plus at least two car parking spaces and should come in at around the £5 million mark. Already one gracious residence in the upmarket Fontvieille district has been earmarked and the agents are keeping tight-lipped as to who their client is.   But in this haven of gossip and rumour, the word is already out that the shadowy buyer and would-be resident is none other than Formula One golden boy Lewis Hamilton . Keen to 'trade up' from his fairly modest Surrey bachelor pad, motor racing's new hero is ...
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F1 Wives and Girlfriends
2007-09-20 10:01:00
  Monza stunner Fernando Alonso arrives with his girlfriend Raquel del Rosario at the Monza racetrack in September 2006. Mrs. Montoya Connie, wife of F1's Juan Pablo Montoya walks down the paddock. No longer together David Coulthard and his previous girlfriend Simona Abdelnouron. Perhaps she didn't like her man wearing skirts? Lucky man Jacques Villeneuve of Canada and the BMW-Sauber team speaks to the journalists as his girlfriend Johanna looks on. Cora, Cora, Cora! Cora Schumacher, wife of Ralf Schumacher of Germany, needs no introduction. Ain't he lucky? Louise Griffiths, girlfriend of Jenson Button, shows her support. Clever Kimi Kimi Raikkonen of Finland has married long-time girlfriend Jenni Dahlmann. F1's first lady German F1 driver Michael Schumacher and his wife Corinna pose for the cameras. Rubens' better half Brazilian Rubens Barrichello chats with his wife Silvana ...
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