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Luca Badoer fails to impress in Spanish Grand Prix

August 27th, 2009

Felipe Massa was struck by a spring from Barichello’s car during qualifying at the Hungarian Grand Prix in July and this led to events I described in a previous article (Interesting times in Formula One). We all accepted with glee, the news that Michael Schumacher would return to the team and the series which brought [...]

I want Tanner Foust’s job!

August 24th, 2009

Tanner Foust is known for his exploits in drifting, in the American version of the Japanese D1 Series – Formula D. Tanner Foust is a professional racing driver, who is the first driver in Formula D history to win successive championships in 2007 and 2008. Yes I love drifting, but he can keep that job. [...]

Win number five for Rossi – Part 2 of 2

August 20th, 2009

Lorenzo Down At the front, the heat did not subside and Rossi could not lose Lorenzo. He was attached to Rossi like heat to Africa in summer. With 6 laps to go, Lorenzo had visions of victory and took the lead entering turn 3. A re-energized Rossi found another gear and took the fight to [...]

Win number five for Rossi – Part 1 of 2

August 19th, 2009

Valentino Rossi won his first Grand Prix at the Brno Circuit in the Czech Republic, 13 years ago and from the onset of the weekend it was obvious that he was still hungry for victory. In qualifying, Rossi rewrote the record books by setting the quickest lap ever by a motorcycle at the Brno circuit. [...]

Good race Dovizioso!

August 17th, 2009

The MotoGP show went to Donington Park for the final time and the race was the only good aspect of the goodbye at Donington Park. Rossi clinched the pole position but at the start of the race, the usual scramble resulted in a re-organization of the riders known to be at the front of the [...]

Interesting times in Formula 1

August 13th, 2009

I have always been a Michael Schumacher fan. I am a ‘wagonist’ and for that I make no apology. I started watching Formula 1 when Michael Schumacher was already at Ferrari. Ferrari wasn’t winning yet, but I knew enough about Michael Schumacher then, to know that, it was only a matter of time before he [...]

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