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GP2: Silverstone preview and qualifying report

Bruno Senna has claimed his second pole in a row at Silverstone, taking the top spot in qualifying ahead of Romain Grosjean and Andreas Zuber.

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Alvaro Parente, Andreas Zuber, ART, Bruno Senna, Giorgio Pantano, iSport International, Luca Filippi, Lucas di Grassi, Mike Conway, Racing Engineering, Romain Grosjean, Sebastien Buemi
F1: will Jenson Button be seeking a new drive in 2009?

Every year in F1 it’s a toss-up exactly how early speculation about the drivers’ market will get going. And this year, with several factors making things much more lively and unpredictable than in 2007, it’s happening very early indeed.

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Honda, Jenson Button, Nick Fry, Ross Brawn
F1: Monaco Grand Prix live blog

Before Monaco qualifying McLaren publicly told its drivers that it expected them to “add to the illustrious history of the team at the Monaco Grand Prix.” And now Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen are smarting after failing to find an answer to Ferrari in qualifying. The red cars beat them to the front row by…

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David Coulthard, Formula One, Honda, Jenson Button, Lewis Hamilton, McLaren, Monte Carlo Grand Prix, Red Bull Racing, Ron Dennis
GP2: Monaco preview

The GP2 series will be staging a double race at Monaco this year for the first time since its inception in 2005. The feature race is due to take place tomorrow (Friday) morning while the sprint race will take place on Saturday afternoon.

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Adam Carroll, Ben Hanley, Circuit de Monaco, GP2, Mike Conway
F1: Honda’s Fry has nothing to offer Davidson

Nick Fry’s bid to prove that he’s the hardest-headed team boss in F1 goes on apace with the news that the driveless Brit Anthony Davidson currently has little to expect from Honda.

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Anthony Davidson, Formula One, Honda, Nick Fry
GP2: Grosjean wins race dogged by incident

Adam Carroll’s hopes of winning the GP2 Turkish sprint race from pole ended with an early gearbox failure – but the prize for unlucky exits went to Bruna Senna, eliminated from the race after he hit a stray dog on the track.

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GP2: Pantano unchallenged for Turkey win

Adam Carroll will start on pole in tomorrow’s GP2 sprint race after his return to the series saw him squander an impressive qualification performance in the feature race to finish eighth.

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GP2 comes to Europe with Barcelona race

The first race of the GP2 season is due to take place at the Circuit de Catalunya tomorrow – and you’ll be able to watch it on UK television.

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Ben Hanley, Circuit de Catalunya, Mike Conway
F1 Jerez test: day one

The BMW Sauber team shone on the first day of testing at Jerez on Tuesday, with Nick Heidfeld putting in the fastest lap of the day. He was closely followed by Jenson Button for Honda, who came in a little more than a tenth of a second behind him.

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F1: could a Brit test for BMW?

A seat in next year’s BMW F1 car is likely to be a very strongly-coveted proposition. And one is still open, albeit in a testing role. But, as we all know, these seats can be among the most hotly-contested of all, because of the opportunities they provide. Could a British driver possibly be on the…

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