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  • Over the white line: Drivers to be confined to ping-pong

    Compound fractures, gold medals and the hitherto completely unsuspected fluffy side of Dietrich ‘Didi’ Mateschitz. Read on for the best of the week’s F1 and motorsport news…

    A1GP, Archive, F1, IndyCar Series, Opinion
    A1 Team GBR, A1 Team USA, A1GP, Andretti Green Racing, Andy Priaulx, Bernie Ecclestone, Bobby Rahal, Danica Patrick, Danny Watts, Dietrich Mateschitz, Fairuz Fauzy, Formula One, James Allen, KERS, Marco Andretti, Mark Webber, Red Bull Racing, Sebastien Bourdais, Sebastien Buemi, Takuma Sato, Toro Rosso

  • Over the white line: DC’s had his Irn-Bru and is man enough to race…

    Gosh, what a week. You’d never know we were in the F1 close season, would you? Join us in ignoring the credit crisis, the ugly-duckling cars and the loss of races, and instead searching out some of the more fun and interesting things to happen this week.

    Archive, F1, GP2
    Andy Priaulx, Bernie Ecclestone, Bruno Senna, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, Gordon Murray, Jenson Button, Lucas di Grassi, Natacha Gachnang, Race of Champions

  • Five tips for fantasy F1 success in 2009

    And so our year in McLaren’s Grand Prix League competition comes to an end. We had fun, did moderately well – and learned a few handy lessons for next year. Here they are.

    Archive, Competitions, F1, Site news
    Fantasy F1, Formula One, McLaren Grand Prix League 2008

  • F1: Will Force India shake-up give di Resta his chance?

    A major shake-up at Force India has seen the departure of its engine supplier, team principal and technical director – could the drivers be next? And, if so, will it be Paul di Resta who gets his F1 break?

    Archive, F1
    Adrian Sutil, Colin Kolles, Dario Franchitti, DTM, Force India, Formula One, Giancarlo Fisichella, McLaren, Mercedes, Mike Gascoyne, Paul di Resta, Vijay Mallya

  • F1: Did you record the race – and can you help?

    One of our readers was desperate to record the Brazilian Grand Prix – but fell victim to acute DVD malfunction. Can anyone out there help?

    Archive, F1
    Brazilian Grand Prix, Formula One, Lewis Hamilton

  • F1: Thanks to ITV for keeping us entertained

    We’ve all moaned and complained, cursed the ad breaks and laughed uproariously at the unintended bloopers. But the Brits on Pole team has thoroughly enjoyed the last 12 years of Formula One coverage from ITV – and we’d like to say thank you.

    Archive, F1
    David Coulthard, ITV F1, James Allen, Jenson Button, Louise Goodman, Mark Blundell, Martin Brundle, Sebastian Vettel, Steve Rider, Ted Kravitz, videos

  • F1 in 2008: sign up for a free Brits on Pole e-book

    If you’ve enjoyed the live blogs, the race reports and the ‘six word’ summaries we’ve produced for each race, we’re collecting them all together in a downloadable e-book that will be available as soon as we’ve incorporated our Brazilian Grand Prix coverage into the work so far.

    Archive, F1, Site news
    e-book, F1 season 2008

  • RoC: Coulthard confirms his appearance

    David Coulthard has, to no-one’s surprise whatsoever, confirmed that he will be putting in an appearance at the Race of Champions event at Wembley in December – in the intriguingly-named ‘Team F1 Racing Great Britain’.

    Archive, Events
    Allan McNish, Andy Priaulx, Anthony Davidson, David Coulthard, Formula One, Jenson Button, Johnny Herbert, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Brundle, Race of Champions, Wembley Stadium

  • DC to the BBC: we have confirmation

    David Coulthard will be joining the BBC next year to provide technical feedback during race weekends, according to a very well-informed source.

    Archive, F1
    BBC, David Coulthard, Formula One

  • F1: Brazilian Grand Prix preview

    Both of Formula One’s championships are up for grabs at the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix, as arch rivals Ferrari and McLaren battle to secure the constructors’ and drivers’ titles.

    Archive, F1
    Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, Brazilian Grand Prix, David Coulthard, Formula One, Honda, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Webber, Martin Whitmarsh, McLaren, Red Bull Racing, Ross Brawn, Sam Michael, Sebastian Vettel, videos, Williams F1

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