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RICCIARDO ON POLE AT ESTORIL

Saturday, September 27, 2008

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RICCIARDO ON POLE AT ESTORIL

Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo has claimed  pole position for the first race of this weekend's Estoril round of the Formula Renault 2.0 series.  In a closely fought Super Pole battle Tobias Hegewald (Motopark Academy) took the initial lead, with Kuba Giermaziak in second, as several drivers opted to bide their time in the pits. Richard Singleton (Hitech Junior Team) cranked things up with eight minutes to go. Valtteri Bottas, however, wasted no time in ousting him from first position. With just over three minutes to go, Daniel Ricciardo beat Bottas's time, just as Albert Costa ran into the safety barrier, causing the red flags to be brought out.

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LOW KEY START FOR A1GP

Saturday, September 27, 2008

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LOW KEY START FOR A1GP

The opening round of the 2008/2009 A1GP series will go ahead as planned despite not having a full grid of the new Ferrari manufactured cars. “The situation we find ourselves in is unfortunate. We have a small number of teams who will not be in Zandvoort. While these teams are obviously very disappointed, they understand we have done everything possible but just ran out of time,” said A1GP CEO, Pete da Silva.

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ERIKSON WINS THE FIRST FORD FIGHT

Saturday, September 13, 2008

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ERIKSON WINS THE FIRST FORD FIGHT

Pole sitter Daniel Erickson, today secured his first race win and a race lap record for the 2008 Australian Formula Ford Championship at the L&H 500 meeting at Phillip Island.  Erickson fought off championship leaders Paul Laskazeski (Spectrum) and Nick Percat (Mygale) to take the 20 points and James Moffat's record, while Percat and Laskazeski settled for second and third respectively.

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TIGHT FIGHT FOR ISLAND HONOURS

Friday, September 12, 2008

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TIGHT FIGHT FOR ISLAND HONOURS

Daniel Erickson, has taken his first pole position for the year today in qualifying for the Australian Formula Ford Championship at Phillip Island.  Driving the locally built Spectrum 011b Erikson recordied the fastest time in Friday morning's practice then backed it up in qualifying, to secure pole ahead of Sonic Motorsport's Nick Percat in the French built Mygale by only .0001sec.

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MATOS WINS INDY LIGHTS CROWN

Monday, September 8, 2008

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MATOS WINS INDY LIGHTS CROWN

  Brazilian driver Raphael Matos is the 2008 Indy Lights series Champion despite finishing third behind team-mate Arie Luyendyk Jr and Ana Beatriz at Chicagoland. The race win was Luyendyk's first in Indy Lights competition after a carrer of 61 races. Matos won the title ahead of Richard Antinucci whose championship hopes finished up against the wall after a lap 26 accident with Sean Guthrie. Australian driver James Davison was fifth to finish ninth in the series.  

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YES LEWIS F1 IS BORING, AND I LOVE IT!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

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YES LEWIS F1 IS BORING, AND I LOVE IT!

Lewis Hamilton thinks Formula One is boring, in fact if you listen to almost anybody on any of the myriad Internet forums or letters to the editors pages of our major motorsport magazines he's not alone. Lewis told the European TV network Eurosport “Look at the last race in Valencia - there was no overtaking at all - so it can be a bit dull. I definitely support the move to try and make F1 more exciting.“ he said. And so say all of us. But at what cost ?

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FINALLY, DARIO COMES BACK TO INDY CAR

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

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FINALLY, DARIO COMES BACK TO INDY CAR

Dario Franchitti is to return to openwheel competition next year joining Target Chip Ganassi Racing as team mate to New Zealand's Scott Dixon. Franchitti will replace former Indy 500 winner Dan Wheldon who leaves Ganassi to return to Panther Racing. Wheldon, began his IndyCar Series career as a driver with Panther Racing in 2002, has signed a multi-year contract to drive the team's No. 4 car beginning in 2009.

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THE “BEAUTIFUL” FORMULA ?

Friday, August 22, 2008

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THE “BEAUTIFUL” FORMULA ?

The passion of European and South American fans for the sport of Soccer is no secret, just take a look at the often over the top celebrations and sadly even outbreaks of tribal violence that mark the avid Soccer fan and you can see just how rabid they can become. So the question is can the tribal passions for your favourite “football” club be transferred to the world of motorsport.

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CARLIN PAIR SWEEP SILVERSTONE F3 POLE

Saturday, August 16, 2008

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CARLIN PAIR SWEEP SILVERSTONE F3 POLE

Carlin Teammates Oliver Turvey and New Zealand's Brendon Hartley share pole positions for Rounds 17 & 18 of the British F3 Championship at Silverstone. For the third time in three races Turvey took pole position, finishing the first 30-minute session for Round 17  0.131 seconds ahead of Hartley.

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