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A1GP: series heads off to Mexico City this weekend
2008-03-11 20:01:00 The Australian Grand Prix isn't the only motorsport event on this weekend, you know. While you're dragging yourself out of bed to fall in front of the telly at silly o'clock, there'll be a tense title fight taking place in Mexico City . More About: Series , Weekend , Mexico City
F1: Reports of Ron?s demise greatly exaggerated
2008-03-11 19:50:00 Well, they wrote the obits - but Ron Dennis refused to die. Today he reportedly told staff at McLaren's Woking HQ that he was going nowhere.
F1: Brawn and Button break silence on Honda?s prospects
2008-03-11 19:33:00 Ross Brawn has emerged into the light to give fans of his Honda team an insight into what they might expect from the new racing season. The team maintained an unaccustomed silence throughout much of winter testing, issuing few daily statements on its progress. Well, that's all over now. Brawn, the new team principal, has broken his silence. More About: Break , Button , Silence , Jenson Button
F1: Super Aguri is safe, Davidson looks on the bright side
2008-03-11 19:20:00 Talk about making the best of a bad situation. Super Aguri's tightrope-walk in search of the funding that would ensure their survival wasn't all bad, according to Anthony Davidson. More About: Bright , Side , Safe , Super Aguri
F1: Australian GP to start 90 mins later plus UK coverage times
2008-03-11 19:01:00 A heads-up to anyone who plans to be in front of the television at an inhuman hour to watch the cars line up on the grid for the first race of the season - we're guessing that's quite a few of you. Plus a handy guide to the UK coverage... More About: Start , Australian , Times , Coverage , Australian Grand Prix
F1: Chequered Conflict book review
2008-03-10 11:29:00 Observer journalist and BBC motorsport commentator Maurice Hamilton's got a new Formula One book out - looking at the events of last season, and comparing them with another troubled season, 1986. More About: Book Review , Review , Book , Conflict
IndyCar: Darren Manning, celebrity chef
2008-03-08 03:16:00 It's not quite up there with Helio Castroneves strutting his stuff on Dancing With the Stars or Danica Patrick sprawled uncomfortably on the beach for Sports Illustrated, but Darren Manning has done his bit to put a human face on IndyCar with a spot of steak-bashing. More About: Celebrity , Chef
IndyCar: Darren Manning, celebrity chef
2008-03-08 03:16:00 It's not quite up there with Helio Castroneves strutting his stuff on Dancing With the Stars or Danica Patrick sprawled uncomfortably on the beach for Sports Illustrated, but Darren Manning has done his bit to put a human face on IndyCar with a spot of steak-bashing. More About: Celebrity , Chef
Champ Car / IndyCar: what the merger means for the Brits
2008-03-08 00:03:00 Seven British drivers lined up for the start of the American open wheel season last year, the final campaign to see the sport split between Indy Car and Champ Car . Now, with the first unified season on the horizon, we look at their prospects for 2008. More About: Dario Franchitti , Merger , Justin Wilson
Champ Car / IndyCar: what the merger means for the Brits
2008-03-08 00:03:00 Seven British drivers lined up for the start of the American open wheel season last year, the final campaign to see the sport split between Indy Car and Champ Car . Now, with the first unified season on the horizon, we look at their prospects for 2008. More About: Dario Franchitti , Merger , Justin Wilson
F1: behind the scenes with Gary Paffett
2008-03-07 13:55:00 An awful lot of would-be racing drivers probably think Gary Paffett's got it made - as McLaren's test driver he's got a job to die for, regularly getting his hands on one of the world's top racing machines. On the other hand, what does it feel like to be just one step away from one of motorsport's top jobs - piloting a car capable of winning the F1 World Championship but perpetually in the shadow of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, unable to actually compete? More About: Behind The Scenes , Scenes
F1: behind the scenes with Gary Paffett
2008-03-07 13:55:00 An awful lot of would-be racing drivers probably think Gary Paffett's got it made - as McLaren's test driver he's got a job to die for, regularly getting his hands on one of the world's top racing machines. On the other hand, what does it feel like to be just one step away from one of motorsport's top jobs - piloting a car capable of winning the F1 World Championship but perpetually in the shadow of Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen, unable to actually compete? More About: Behind The Scenes , Scenes
F1: Dennis retrospective spells the end
2008-03-06 13:00:00 So, the Ron Dennis rumours have finally hardened up enough that the BBC feels it?s safe to report them. The story comes in the form of a long profile which is a pretty interesting read, as well as setting out his different roles within McLaren and what he?s actually likely to be resigning from. It?s just a shame it reads so much like an obituary. More About: Retrospective , Spells
F1: More positive Super Aguri rumours
2008-03-05 23:05:00 There is still no hard confirmation that struggling F1 team Super Aguri have sorted out their finances with the help of a new investor, but the rumours are getting more persistent. More About: Rumours , Positive , Super Aguri , Anthony Davidson
A1GP: Brits stick with winning formula
2008-03-05 22:31:00 A1GP's Team GBR has announced which of its drivers will compete in each of the three remaining races of the season - and, sensibly, they're sticking with what works. More About: Formula , Stick , Winning , Robbie Kerr , Oliver Jarvis
F1: play McLaren?s Grand Prix League 2008
2008-03-04 18:46:00 McLaren's annual fantasy Formula One competition is back - register a team and you could win prizes including a TAG Heuer watch and a VIP visit to the McLaren Technology Centre. More About: Play , Competitions , League , Grand , 2008
F1: ten top rumours about McLaren?s future
2008-03-04 17:30:00 A week ago claims that Ron Dennis would choose the start of the 2008 Formula One season to announce his departure as McLaren's team principal seemed outlandish. But, as the week went on, the stories predicting his resignation hardened up considerably, until it became very difficult to preserve the view that Ron intends to stay at the McLaren helm for very much longer. More About: Future , Rumours
F1: young driver gives sports journo a workover
2008-03-04 15:16:00 A dictionary definition of the word schadenfreude tells us that it describes satisfaction or pleasure felt at someone else's misfortune. Well, next time you're thinking about press tickets to grands prix worldwide, VIP enclosures, paddock passes and exclusive access to the stars of F1, just picture The Times' Edward Gorman experiencing a punishing training session with Lewis Hamilton... More About: Sports , Driver , Young
Legge gears up for tin-top racing
2008-03-04 14:19:00 Katherine Legge is looking forward to making a new start as a factory driver for Audi in the DTM racing series, after describing her 2007 champ car season as "kind of a disaster, to be honest". More About: Racing , Oliver Jarvis , Katherine Legge , Gears
F1: Hamilton gets backing from Prost
2008-03-04 12:42:00 Four-times world champion Alain Prost has said that he believes Lewis Hamilton has what it takes to follow in his footsteps - as long as his car is good enough. The F1 legend, who took the title three times while driving a McLaren, told the BBC that he was backing Hamilton to win this year while being interviewed for the Inside Sport programme. More About: Backing
F1: Davidson should have Aguri race drive
2008-03-04 12:35:00 Fears that F1's most cash-strapped team might not even make it as far as the Melbourne grid seem to have been allayed - for the time being. And that's good news for British driver Anthony Davidson , who is still waiting to sign a contract for 2008. More About: Drive , Race
F1: will McLaren be moved up the pit lane thanks to Bernie?
2008-02-28 18:07:00 McLaren might not have to shoehorn its vast Grand Prix weekend operation into the last garage on the pit wall after all, according to an intriguing footnote in a Times story today. The paper says the Woking team, facing banishment to the far end of the pit lane following its expulsion from the 2007 constructors' championship, has found an unlikely saviour in the person of Bernie Ecclestone. More About: Lane
F1: Coulthard interview on FormulaOne.com
2008-02-28 17:55:00 David Coulthard says he believes that his Red Bull team could be in a position to challenge for third place in the championship this year following winter testing in Barcelona. He has talked about the 2008 season, life at Red Bull and the teams he sees as his main competition in an exclusive interview for the FormulaOne.com official website. More About: Interview , David Coulthard
F1: McLaren?s latest Spygate woes and Dennis resignation rumours
2008-02-28 17:15:00 Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the paddock - like the plot of some dreadful horror B-movie, another tentacle of the Spygate row reaches out to engulf you. More About: Rumours , Resignation , Dennis
F1: Alonso, Hamilton and racism in sport
2008-02-28 15:18:00 With winter testing finally over and the launch of the 2008 racing season imminent the hot topic in the British press is still friction between two of Formula One's most talented drivers. The last few days have seen a stream of stories based on remarks made by Fernando Alonso following accusations of racism among his Spanish fans. More About: Sport , Racism , Hamilton
A1GP: Kerr on the podium in Australia
2008-02-04 23:18:00 Robbie Kerr put Team GBR on the podium at a rain-soaked Eastern Creek Circuit, ending a run of British bad luck that had stretched back to the previous race in New Zealand. More About: Australia , Adam Carroll , Robbie Kerr , Danny Watts
A1GP: Desperate day for Britain, but Carroll and Khan shine
2008-01-20 23:11:00 A mystery mechanical fault and a controversial clash with the American car meant that Team GBR failed to finish either of A1GP's New Zealand races and now drop to eighth in the championship. More About: Britain , Khan , Shine , Carroll , Adam Carroll
A1GP: Brits falter in NZ qualifying
2008-01-19 20:07:00 Team GBR's Robbie Kerr and the other British-based drivers have set themselves a stiff test for both the sprint and the feature races in New Zealand after disappointing qualifying sessions. More About: Qualifying , Adam Carroll , Danny Watts , Brits
F1: McLaren extends Hamilton?s contract to 2012
2008-01-18 19:46:00 Call it an experiment that worked out for everyone - McLaren have extended Lewis Hamilton 's 2006 contract for a further five years and agreed to pay him a shedload more money. More About: Contract , Clar
A1GP: France and Ireland set early NZ pace
More articles from this author:2008-01-18 18:39:00 Team Ireland scored second place and GBR sixth when the part-biofuelled A1GP field hit the track for a first, history-making, practice session on Friday. More About: France , Early , Pace , Robbie Kerr 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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