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F1: when to catch the Monaco Grand Prix in the UK
2008-05-22 17:41:00 Wondering what time to get yourself in front of the telly or radio for the latest round in the F1 championship? Here are the broadcast times for the stations covering the Monagasque Grand Prix in the UK. (Ha! we've been looking for an excuse to use that word all day.) More About: Media , Catch , Formula One , Monaco
F1: Monaco Grand Prix preview
2008-05-22 17:00:00 At stake at this weekend's Monaco Grand Prix is not just the distinction of winning one of the most coveted trophies in F1 - it's also a chance to grab the season initiative. McLaren will be desperate to impose themselves on the race after taking the hunt to Ferrari in Turkey. But the Italian team was still dominant there and it will be looking to underline this dominance in Monte Carlo with the whole world watching. More About: Preview , Grand Prix
F1: your exclusive view of events in Monaco?
2008-05-22 16:13:00 ...is available on this webcam, covering the harbour area. You can clearly see the stands fill up and empty at the various times when things are happening on the circuit. It's strangely exciting. More About: Events , Exclusive , View , Formula One , Monaco
F1: Catch up with RBR?s Coulthard and Newey
2008-05-22 15:16:00 David Coulthard has hailed a breakthrough in Istanbul after he got to the chequered flag for the first time this season with no failures, collisions or crashes. Writing in his column on the ITV F1 website, he says: "I feel like I got a monkey off my back in Turkey." More About: Catch , Red Bull Racing , David Coulthard
Monaco GP: celebrating nearly 80 years of racing history
2008-05-21 21:22:00 When Roy Hulsbergen got in touch recently, to tell us about his project to produce an online archive of video, pictures, anecdotes and memories celebrating nearly 80 years of grand prix racing in Monaco, we knew an interview with him would be the perfect way to celebrate the build-up to this year's event. More About: Blogroll , Events , History , Racing , Years
IRL: Starting line-up for Indy500 finalised
2008-05-19 18:32:00 A last-gasp crash by Pacific Coast’s Mario Dominguez saved the blushes of Marty Roth as the final qualifiers for the 92nd Indy500 were confirmed on bump day. Dominguez, the last driver to make a qualifying attempt, was running fast enough to bump Roth from the 33rd and final qualifying place when he crashed entering the second ... More About: Line , Dan Wheldon
F1: Mosley saga takes (another) soap-opera turn
2008-05-19 14:15:00 Revelations regarding motorsport boss Max Mosley 's er, slightly idiosyncratic, sex life are now on their way from the merely ridiculous to the burlesque. Now, in an ideal precursor to the Monaco Grand Prix, there's a suggestion that MI5 may somehow have been involved in his downfall. More About: Opera , Soap , Turn , Saga
GP2: scurrilous gossip from Istanbul
2008-05-19 13:29:00 If you're wanting to get up to speed with the personalities and politics of the GP2 series, and possibly find out who the next young super-recruits to F1 might be, you could do a lot worse than follow the series blog. More About: Gossip , Istanbul
F1: Paul Ricard testing report
2008-05-19 12:57:00 McLaren have had some good news about their prospects for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton put in the fastest lap on the first day at a test circuit set up to replicate the challenges of the streets of Monaco. More About: Testing , Report , Paul
F1: reports of Hamilton backlash premature?
2008-05-19 12:17:00 We've been taking quite seriously the idea that a huge backlash was under way against Lewis Hamilton in the UK. But maybe we were wrong. Stevenage's finest son has, after all, just come second in a poll to determine the nation's favourite celebrity. More About: Premature , Backlash
F1: Hamilton to shine in Monaco - literally
2008-05-18 11:45:00 It's usually Red Bull Racing that takes the prize for most outrageously impractical commercial tie-in during the Monaco Grand Prix - but this year McLaren will outshine them, literally, thanks to Lewis Hamilton 's and Heikki Kovalainen's diamond-studded helmets. More About: Shine , Literally
IRL: Manning, Wilson and Lloyd all qualify for Indy500
2008-05-18 04:16:00 The pressure is off the British entrants for the Indy500 - at least for a day or two - as all have now successfully qualified for the race. More About: Lloyd , Manning , Wilson , Justin Wilson
IRL: Wilson works on race set-up
2008-05-16 23:41:00 The rain stayed away from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for long enough yesterday to finally let the drivers get back in their cars and put in a few laps on the track. More About: Race , Works , Wilson , Justin Wilson
A1GP: drivers to get Schumi?s winning car
2008-05-13 20:41:00 Wondering what next year's Ferrari-designed A1GP car is going to look like? Well, here's your first shot at finding out. The series' management has unveiled a first image of the 2009 car - a technical drawing that precedes its first test. Here it is (you have to imagine it painted red and with Michael Schumacher sitting in it). More About: Drivers , Schumi , Winning , Ross Brawn
F1: who d?you think you are?
2008-05-13 19:30:00 Keith Collantine, over at the F1 Fanatic blog, has had the wonderful experience of meeting and interviewing motor-racing legend Sir Stirling Moss.
F1: Magny-Cours is off the calendar
2008-05-13 19:14:00 Magny-Cours - the rural French racetrack famed for having facilities so poor that David Coulthard was inspired to go out and buy a motorhome - is officially off the F1 calendar. More About: Calendar , Formula One , Bernie Ecclestone
F1: renewed backlash against customer car ruling
2008-05-13 18:26:00 A couple of interesting reports today for those following the arguments over whether customer cars are good or bad for the sport. More About: Honda , Customer , Super Aguri , Ruling , Ross Brawn
F1: gearing up for Monaco
2008-05-13 17:47:00 The Monte Carlo Grand Prix remains our favourite race of the year - and we know that we're hardly original in our choice. Small wonder then that, with the Monaco event less than two weeks away, the sport is already gearing up for its showcase fixture.
F1 quotes: Webber threatens to get on his bike?
2008-05-13 16:27:00 A slight deviation from the script now as we take a detour from the doings of British racing drivers to report some well-chosen words from the Australian Mark Webber . More About: Bike , Quotes , Red Bull , Formula One
F1: now Massa joins Hamilton in shunning GPDA
2008-05-13 16:12:00 An article in today's Independent does Lewis Hamilton little credit, suggesting as it does that he won't support the Grand Prix Drivers' Association because he rather petulantly doesn't want to pay the fees. More About: Massa
F1: Our McLaren Grand Prix League freefall is now merely a slide
2008-05-13 16:00:00 McLaren has done its sums, and the latest scores from round five of its Grand Prix League fantasy racing competition are now up on the site. The Brits on Pole team is delighted to announce that its trapdoor-like habit of dropping hundreds of places after every race is now a slide. A mere trickle, in fact. More About: Competitions , Slide , Freefall
F1: Webber praises reaction to Turkey dog hazard
2008-05-13 15:44:00 Sunday's GP2 race in Turkey brought scenes that few fans will have enjoyed watching - the sight of stray dogs venturing onto the Istanbul track and, in one case, being run down by Bruno Senna's car. More About: Formula One , Hazard , Mark Webber , Reaction
F1: Hamilton?s wirework not up to his driving
2008-05-13 14:40:00 Part of being a top-flight sports star is presumably learning when to say no - and that's a lesson which has come home to Lewis Hamilton after a stunt for sponsors left him red-faced and tongue-tied. More About: Driving
F1: Massa magic conjours victory in Turkey
2008-05-12 01:23:00 Lewis Hamilton tried a sneaky three-stop strategy, Kimi Raikkonen fuelled up and ran a long first stint, but neither of them could find an answer to Felipe Massa who won the Turkish Grand Prix by the simple tactic of driving very fast from the front. More About: Victory , Turkey , Magic
F1: Turkish GP in six words
2008-05-11 18:40:00 The perfect antidote to processional racing - today the lead swapped hands and raw speed was traded against strategy for a gripping race at the Istanbul circuit. You'd venture out to put the kettle on at your peril - but at least no drivers were felled by hitting stray dogs, as happened to Bruno Senna in the GP2 race... More About: Words , Turkish
F1: Turkish Grand Prix live blog
2008-05-11 13:29:00 On the surface it looks like more of the same - Ferrari's Felipe Massa on pole for the third year running and seemingly on his way to another big stack of points for Ferrari. But look a little deeper and this has the potential to be a really interesting race. More About: Blog , Live , Grand , Turkish , Grand Prix
GP2: Grosjean wins race dogged by incident
2008-05-11 13:12:00 Adam Carroll's hopes of winning the GP2 Turkish sprint race from pole ended with an early gearbox failure - but the prize for unlucky exits went to Bruna Senna, eliminated from the race after he hit a stray dog on the track. More About: Race , Incident , Wins , Mike Conway , Adam Carroll
IRL: Dixon and Wheldon nail Indy500 qualifying
2008-05-11 02:54:00 Target Chip Ganassi Racing confirmed their status as the team to beat by seizing the first two qualifying positions for the Indy500 in a tactically intriguing pole shoot-out at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. More About: Qualifying , Dixon , Justin Wilson , Nail , Dan Wheldon
GP2: Pantano unchallenged for Turkey win
2008-05-10 23:03:00 Adam Carroll will start on pole in tomorrow's GP2 sprint race after his return to the series saw him squander an impressive qualification performance in the feature race to finish eighth. More About: Turkey , Mike Conway , Adam Carroll
IRL: Lloyd to miss qualifying after crash
More articles from this author:2008-05-10 20:06:00 Rookie Alex Lloyd will sit out weekend qualifying on medical advice after hitting the wall during Indy500 'Fast Friday' practice. More About: Qualifying , Miss , Crash , Justin Wilson 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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