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Formula 1: Alonso and Ferrari illuminate the night in Singapore

September 28th, 2010

The round at Marina Bay, Singapore is now being touted as 1 of the main events on the F1 calendar. The race on Sunday confirmed why. At a spectacular location which boasts an unforgiving street circuit, notorious for its treachery, the world’s best drivers showed up for battle. Only a chainsaw could cut the visible [...]

Formula 1: Whose light will shine in Singapore

September 24th, 2010

When Lee Kuan Yew drafted his master plan to transform his tiny city state – Singapore – I don’t think F1 was factored in. But Bernie is a genius, so Round 15 in the series, Weekend at Bernie’s, will unfold on Singapore’s streets, at night! A street circuit which demands perfection from the drivers, errors [...]

MotoGP: Stoner and Ducati wake up at Aragon

September 23rd, 2010

A new track on the MotoGP tour produced an unfamiliar outcome. Casey Stoner (Ducati Team) won the World Championship in 2007 and as such he is an accomplished MotoGP rider. But for myriad reasons, he has not been able to reproduce that championship winning form. On Sunday, the Casey Stoner of yesteryear resurfaced. Starting from [...]

Boost Controller : Noel ‘Spi’ Rhone

September 16th, 2010

The KGB, CIA, MI6 and other intelligence services all have a spy or few on their payroll. Little do they know that their spies are imposters.They aren’t real, they are knock-offs they are fake, costume jewelry! The real S.P.I. is here, in the land where vegetation exists in abundance and rivers flow like the perennial [...]

Formula 1: Alonso wins – the horse prances at Monza!

September 12th, 2010

Thrilling and spectacular are words spoken when mention is made of the fastest circuit in F1 history – Autodromo di Monza. How fast? While testing, Montoya sped to 231 mph! At a track which has more history than a museum and where the support for Ferrari is as obvious as the red on the F10, [...]

Formula 1: Who will win at Monza this weekend?

September 9th, 2010

People who still have hope in man solving the problems that afflict planet earth, cling to a dream and a place most commonly referred to as utopia. This place is an imagined perfect place – peace on earth, harmony among men, mornings of pleasure and evenings of unrestrained happiness. Formula 1 fans are in an [...]

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