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17 Oct 2008: SLF: Tappy surrenders Tottenham drive to Bernoldi

Superleague Formula’s mid-season driver shakeup has come as bad news for Tottenham Hotspur driver Duncan Tappy, who has lost out to former F1 pilot Enrique Bernoldi.

17 Oct 2008: GP2 Asia: British driver at Super Nova Racing

Just when you thought it was safe to switch off from the support races… along comes James Jakes.

16 Oct 2008: F1: Blundell calls stewards unfit for purpose

Don’t bottle it up, Mark! You’ve got to learn to tell it like it is. No, but seriously, it’s very refreshing to hear somebody other than Sir Jackie Stewart in the risk-averse, conservative world of F1 actually expressing a worthwhile opinion.

16 Oct 2008: F1: Chinese Grand Prix preview

So, does Hamilton have any chance at all of tying up the title this weekend? Or will some combination of Massa, Raikkonen, poor tyre choices, his own team’s blunders and the race stewards prise it out of his hot little hands?

16 Oct 2008: When to catch the Chinese Grand Prix in the UK

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 Chinese Grand Prix in the UK.

16 Oct 2008: F1: Chinese Grand Prix weather prospects

Will the weather in Shanghai turn out to be one of the more predictable things about this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix?

16 Oct 2008: Sponsor banned for pit-lane driver assault

Now, here’s something you don’t read about every day – the story of a sponsor who has reportedly taken his investment in a motorsport team a little bit too seriously.

16 Oct 2008: F3: Disappointment for Turvey in season clincher

Oliver Turvey has failed to clinch the British F3 International Series championship after his final outing saw him parked up at trackside three laps from the end.

13 Oct 2008: Out of the black – and into the red?

Now the Japanese Grand Prix is out of the way, we’ve got the chance to post something that caught our eye last weekend. This is the story of the Carbon Black rally, an event where people with more money than sense smash up prestige motors and, these days, get arrested for their pains.

12 Oct 2008: F1: Japanese Grand Prix in six words

A race that, despite fantastic performances among the middle-order drivers, only served to underline the fact that F1 is a business, not a sport – and the experience of European or North American fans in particular is currently a very long way down its list of priorities. Get a 60-second briefing as to why…

 
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