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Saturday, March 6, 2010, 5:56 pm
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I hope that you weren’t expecting a guest post from everybody’s favourite elephant and I hope he doesn’t think I was shamelessly using his name in an attempt to attract readers or at least if he does that he doesn’t mind.
Three days short of three and a half years after I started this blog, I [...]

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Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8:21 pm
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Remember last year we had the great big stooshie between FOTA, the Formula One Teams Association and the FIA then headed by Max Mosley, which almost led to a breakaway series?
At the time, FOTA thanked fans for their support – it was kind of good to have our existence acknowledged. No point in holding our [...]

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Friday, February 12, 2010, 11:30 am
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Now that one of my favourite drivers of all time, Rubens Barrichello has gone to Williams F1, I’m going to have to at least try to learn to love the team against which I have some deeply held mainly DC and Damon Hill related grudges. I’m not a fan of Frank Williams’ attitude towards his [...]

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Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 5:05 pm
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West Lothian has produced some marvels in its time, former Doctor Who actor David Tennant would be enough by himself to put the county on the map forever. Then, of course there was Susan Boyle, who lives less than 10 miles from where I’m sitting now.
Bathgate has also produced Indycar champion Dario Franchitti. Now Franchitti’s [...]

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Monday, February 1, 2010, 8:32 pm
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A sizeable chunk of the Formula One world has gathered in Valencia for the first official testing of the year. This is where the cars hit the road for the first time and the designers all sweat as we get to see if they do actually work in real life as opposed to in [...]

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Sunday, January 31, 2010, 7:33 pm
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Cosworth makes a return to F1 this season providing engines for no less than five teams, USF1, Campos, Lotus, Virgin and Williams. These will be powering the teams round the the likes of the historic circuits of Monaco, Spa and Monza.
Rubens Barrichello, who’s moved from Brawn to Williams, recently visited the Cosworth factory [...]

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Monday, January 25, 2010, 7:03 pm
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First, they teased us
And then they finally gave us what we wanted – a good lopk at the car and the drivers, for the 2010 season. As the launch was taking place, people were asking on Twitter what colour the car actually was. Was it white, or silver – and nobody mentioned the lovely splash [...]

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Monday, January 25, 2010, 10:22 am
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As I write this the Formula 1 media circus is gathering in snowy Stuttgart for the launch of Mercedes GP Petronas, the team that will hopefully propel Michael Schumacher to his 8th world championship, not that I’m in any way biased or anything.
This is the new incarnation of the Brawn GP team which was in [...]

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009, 8:07 pm
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You may remember that I got a tiny bit excited in the Summer when Michael Schumacher announced his albeit short lived return to F1. Unfortunately, that didn’t come to fruition because of his neck injury at the time, but that episode clearly poured fuel on that one smouldering ember of passion for being a full [...]

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Saturday, December 12, 2009, 5:47 pm
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You would think, wouldn’t you, after all the F1 posts I’d put you through detailing my obsession with Brawn GP during the course of the season, that their World Champion Driver Jenson Button would be my first choice for the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, due to take place at Sheffield Arena tomorrow [...]

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Thursday, November 19, 2009, 11:24 am
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I am a naughty Lib Dem blogger, of that there is no doubt. Yesterday I didn’t write anything about the Queen’s Speech, opting instead to say nice things about the lady herself rather than the tripe written for her by the Government.
I only had so much energy left after that and was faced with [...]

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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 4:16 pm
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The F1 world is gathering on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi for the final race of the season at the brand spanking new Yas Marina Circuit. At this point, I get a bit squeamish and start wringing my hands a bit because I’m not terribly keen on the idea of building huge, opulent, unsustainable facilities [...]

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Thursday, October 29, 2009, 4:16 pm
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The F1 world is gathering on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi for the final race of the season at the brand spanking new Yas Marina Circuit. At this point, I get a bit squeamish and start wringing my hands a bit because I’m not terribly keen on the idea of building huge, opulent, unsustainable facilities [...]

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:16 pm
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Before I get into full flow, let me just say that I have just about come down from Cloud Nine after the Brazilian Grand Prix which saw my favourite F1 team, Brawn GP grab the Constructors’ Championship in style with Jenson Button winning the World Championship.
Considering that 8 months ago, this team did not exist, [...]

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:16 pm
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Before I get into full flow, let me just say that I have just about come down from Cloud Nine after the Brazilian Grand Prix which saw my favourite F1 team, Brawn GP grab the Constructors’ Championship in style with Jenson Button winning the World Championship.
Considering that 8 months ago, this team did not exist, [...]

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Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 7:16 pm
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Before I get into full flow, let me just say that I have just about come down from Cloud Nine after the Brazilian Grand Prix which saw my favourite F1 team, Brawn GP grab the Constructors’ Championship in style with Jenson Button winning the World Championship.
Considering that 8 months ago, this team did not exist, [...]

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Saturday, October 24, 2009, 4:43 pm
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How would you feel if your favourite sporting event was suddenly removed from the calendar?
Each year we have certain set iconic sporting events that we’re aware of even if we absolutely hate the sports involved. How would you feel if the World Tennis Association decided not to hold a Grand Slam at Wimbledon anymore, or [...]

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Sunday, October 18, 2009, 3:24 pm
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It’s a bit weird for it to be this time on a Formula One Sunday to not be watching the race – but today it’s in Brazil and doesn’t start until 6pm.
Rather than bite my nails in anticipation at the duel to come, I’ve written an article on the Brawn team for those nice Brits [...]

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Sunday, September 27, 2009, 12:30 pm
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“apart from the shunt at the end of the qualify it was a positive day…flat out tomorrow”
You have to love Rubens Barrichello. It can’t be easy to maintain a positive attitude on a day when the Gearbox Fairy had basically farted in his face and a truculent bit of wall had got in the way [...]

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Monday, September 21, 2009, 6:42 pm
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The World Motor Sport Council met this morning in Paris to decide the fate of the Renault F1 team after it as good as admitted that its former team principal, flamboyant Flavio Briatore, and his engineering director Pat Symonds, had left the team after ordering Nelson Piquet Jr to crash during last year’s Singapore Grand [...]