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  • F1: Bahrain Grand Prix live blog

    Wind is already scouring the Sakhir circuit in preparation for the third race in the 2008 Formula One World Championship. We can’t quite promise to report on the progress of every last grain of sand – but we’ll be here for the next two and a half hours, live blogging the race.

    Archive, F1
    Bahrain Grand Prix, Ferrari, Kimi Raikkonen, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Sakhir Circuit

  • F1: Coulthard rumoured as in BBC’s sights

    David “Potty-Mouth” Coulthard may well have been warned to stay away from every microphone in Malaysia after his colourful threats to take on Felipe Massa were broadcast live and uncensored during the Australian Grand Prix. But, if the most recent rumour out of the Sepang paddock is to be believed, this latest lapse into laddishness…

    Archive, Uncategorized
    BBC, David Coulthard, Louise Goodman, Richard Hammond

  • F1: Malaysian Grand Prix live blog

    It’s hot and humid and just possibly rainy in Malaysia – and it’s snowing here at home as we crawl out of bed and get ready to go with the second Grand Prix of the season.

    Archive, F1
    Malaysian Grand Prix

  • F1: Australian Grand Prix live blog

    It’s March, it’s silly-o-clock in the morning, and that means only one thing – F1’s back and it’s time for the Australian Grand Prix. Brits on Pole is here in front of the TV with a lot of tea and a laptop with a stuck ‘N’ key, ready to blog the action as it happens.

    Archive, F1
    Australian Grand Prix, Formula One

  • F1: Coulthard’s wet-weather warning

    David Coulthard says he fears the safety effects of removing driver aids such as traction control from Formula One cars, especially in rainy weather.

    Archive, F1

  • GP2: Q&A with Mike Conway

    Read the Trident Racing Q&A with its newest driver.

    Archive, GP2

  • F1: Sunday Times sued by FIA over column

    The FIA has announced that it intends to sue The Sunday Times newspaper over an accusation that it has behaved unfairly towards McLaren. A statement issued after the World Motor Sport Council meeting in Monaco said the body had been given the go-ahead to make the legal move.

    Archive, F1

  • McLaren Autosport BRDC Award: the contenders

    The phrase ‘the next Lewis Hamilton’ is a very overused one at present – but we’ve had an excuse to peer into the crystal ball, courtesy of the McLaren Autosport BRDC Award.

    Archive, Events

  • GP2’s Conway heading for Honda and F1?

    Mike Conway, whose GP2 season with SuperNova was mixed but at times highly promising, is to test for Honda’s F1 team.

    Archive, F1, GP2
    Formula One, GP2, Honda, Mike Conway

  • F1: Ecclestone says ‘silly strategy’ cost Hamilton the title

    Bernie Ecclestone, never one to mince his words, has made his pronouncement about Lewis Hamilton’s botched race at Interlagos – he thinks it was McLaren’s “silly” pitstop strategy that did the damage

    Archive, F1
    Bernie Ecclestone, Brazilian Grand Prix, Formula One, Lewis Hamilton, Mark Hughes, McLaren, Ron Dennis

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