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  • F1: Malaysian Grand Prix live blog

    Here we are again, just where we hoped we’d never be again after last year – waiting for a race to start so it will wipe away the bitter taste of off-track shenanigans. Malaysia today. Will the weather decide everything?

    Archive, F1
    Malaysian Grand Prix

  • F1: Hot in-car action from the BBC

    F1 fans can look forward to in-car cameras, the option to view split-screen coverage and the ability to screen out annoying commentary when the season starts in March this year.

    Archive, F1, News
    Anthony Davidson, BBC, David Coulthard, Eddie Jordan, Formula One, Jake Humphrey, Jonathan Legard, Lee McKenzie, Martin Brundle, Maurice Hamilton, Murray Walker, videos

  • Hot from Guildford – the new James Allen

    We reckon the BBC missed a trick when it picked its commentary team for its F1 coverage – yes it’s got Martin Brundall and David Coulthard, yes Murray Walker is involved somwehere in there, but where is Leigh Hobden?

    Archive, Uncategorized
    videos

  • Over the white line: Ben Collins is still The Stig…

    What we’d really like to know is, if Ben Collins (aka The Stig) was a stunt driver on recent Bond film A Quantum of Solace, how many Aston Martins does he have on his conscience?

    Archive, F1
    Alex Brundle, Aston Martin, Ben Collins, Bentley, Donington Park, Fernando Alonso, Ferrari, Formula One, Formula Two, Hermann Tilke, James Allen, James Bond, Jonathan Palmer, MotorSport Vision, Nelson A Piquet, Renault F1, Richard Hammond, The Stig, Top Gear, Williams F1

  • How Hamilton became world champion

    It all worked out in the end, didn’t it? In the face of a multitude of critics, too many near misses and even some gloomy predictions from fans like us who thought he might end up struggling, Lewis Hamilton ended the 2008 season as world champion by the slenderest of margins. His route to the…

    Archive, Uncategorized

  • Awards round-up: who else got what off who

    So, those drivers who aren’t named either Lewis Hamilton or Alexander Sims – how have they fared during the awards season?

    Archive, British F3, Competitions, Events, F1
    Autosport, awards, BRDC

  • Over the white line: Lewis’ biggest challenge yet

    Now the F1 season’s come to a close we’ve decided to experiment with a new weekly feature that rounds up a lot of the lesser-spotted stories from the week’s news and sport coverage.

    Archive, Uncategorized
    James Allen, Lewis Hamilton, Martin Brundle, Pedro de la Rosa, Toyota

  • 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: Brazilian Grand Prix live blog

    It’s now almost eight months since Lewis Hamilton cruised to unruffled victory and Felipe Massa ended up by the side of the road in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix – now the pair face off in Brazil to decide the championship.

    Archive, F1
    Brazilian Grand Prix, Formula One

  • 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

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