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The driver market

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:17:25 GMT

In the next few days there may be some more driver announcements for 2009. The end of August is often used as an option date and so it will be no surprise to learn that one or two variables have been removed from the market.

IRL to go turbo. F1 to follow?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:37:49 GMT

The Indy Racing League is set to switch away from normally-aspirated engines in 2011, and intends to adopt rules with small displacement turbo engines.

What is going on with Kimi Raikkonen?

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:36:37 GMT

Formula 1 is a world which tends to make judgements based on what happened five minutes ago, rather than looking at longer-term trends or the bigger picture. Thus it is no surprise that Felipe Massa's victory in Valencia is seen as confirmation that the Brazilian is now Ferrari's challenger for the World Championship.

Race Report - A siesta rather than a fiesta

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Before the start of the European GP on the new Valencia street circuit we had a quick straw poll in the Media Center. How many Safety Cars are there going to be? "Seven," said one chirpy soul. "Three," said another. In the end, there were none - and the race was worse off for it.

Tensions at Force India

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:07:40 GMT

The Force India team has been doing rather better this year than in previous incarnations in previous seasons, thanks in large part to the arrival of Indian billionaire Vijay Mallya, who has provided the team with financial stability.

Marlboro on the move?

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:43:48 GMT

The e-magazine GrandPrix+ is reporting that Marlboro may be preparing to end its relationship with Ferrari - earlier than has been thought.

Race Notes - Massa dominates European GP

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT

European GP - Race Notes

Sunday Photos

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT

European GP - Sunday Photos

Sunday Press Conference

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

European GP - Sunday Press Conference

Ferrari's $10,000 fine

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:41:34 GMT

The FIA Stewards have decided that Ferrari should be fined $10,000 for "unsafe release" of Felipe Massa from his pit stop. The stewards ruled that Massa had not gained any advantage from what happened and should not be further punished.

Sunday Team Quotes

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

European GP - Sunday Team Quotes

Race Incidents

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:40:00 GMT

European GP - Race Incidents

Race Results

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 14:31:00 GMT

European GP - Race Results

Qualifying Report - Felipe passes the port

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:01:00 GMT

Felipe Massa took pole position for the European Grand Prix after a weird qualifying session on the streets of the port of the Spanish port of Valencia.

Saturday Photos

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 17:00:00 GMT

European GP - Saturday Photos

Saturday Press Conference

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:00:00 GMT

European GP - Saturday Press Conference

Saturday Team Quotes

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

European GP - Saturday Team Quotes

Qualifying Results

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 14:00:00 GMT

European GP - Qualifying Results

Practice 3 Report - Kubica at the top

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:01:00 GMT

Robert Kubica set the fastest time of the morning session on Saturday at Valencia, on a track that had been washed clean by a huge storm on Friday night.

Practice 3 Results

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:00:00 GMT

European GP - Practice 3 Results

Practice 2 Report - Ferrari leads the way

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:31:00 GMT

Kimi Raikkonen ended the second session for the European GP at Valencia fastest for Ferrari. The times, however, remain rather suspect as Fernando Alonso was second for Renault and Jenson Button was third in his Honda, a rather unlikely result.

Friday Photos

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:26:32 GMT

European GP - Friday Photos

Friday Press Conference

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:24:44 GMT

European GP - Friday Press Conference

Formula 1's Olympic gold

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 19:08:37 GMT

Brazil's Maurren Higa Maggi won the gold medal in the women's long jump at the Olympic Games in Beijing. She became the first ever Brazilian woman athlete to win an Olympic gold. Maggi is nicknamed "The Phoenix" because of her ability to come back from adversity.

Friday Team Quotes

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 15:00:00 GMT

European GP - Friday Team Quotes

Practice 2 Results

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 14:30:00 GMT

European GP - Practice 2 Results

Practice 1 Report - A quiet start in Valencia

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:31:00 GMT

The Formula 1 cars took the streets in Valencia this morning with the drivers discovering the new circuit around the port. This produced a rather unexpected result with Sebastian Vettel fastest in his Toro Rosso-Ferrari and team-mate Sebastien Bourdais fourth fastest.

Practice 1 Results

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:30:00 GMT

European GP - Practice 1 Results

Thursday Press Conference

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:00:38 GMT

European GP - Thursday Press Conference

Ingenuity still brings success in Formula 1

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:15:06 GMT

For years engineers have complained that the rules of Formula 1 mean that there is little room left for innovation but Cambridge University's engineering department has just revealed that this is not the case at all.

A race team's nightmare

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 08:49:30 GMT

Penske Racing is one of the most successful in US racing, but even the great suffer setbacks from time to time and early on Wednesday morning disaster struck Penske when the transporter carrying its race cars west to California, for this weekend's race at Sears Point, caught fire at four o'clock in the morning on a stretch of remote road in Wyoming.

The power of poker

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 07:55:42 GMT

Poker has enjoyed a boom in recent years with the televising of the game and its influence has managed to achieve something which Formula 1 has struggled to do for years - it has got the drivers socialising at races.