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Ferrari’s Alonso wins 2010 German F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:54:23 +0000

Felipe Massa handed Ferrari team mate Fernando Alonso a controversial victory in Sunday’s German Grand Prix as the red team scored their second one-two of the season and the win they were under so much pressure to achieve before the summer break, beating Sebastian Vettel’s pole-winning Red Bull into third place.

Lewis Hamilton held on [...]

Red Bull’s Webber wins 2010 British F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:50:18 +0000

While Spain defeated Holland in the FIFA World Cup, Mark Webber dominated this weekend’s British Grand Prix from the start, rebuilding his lead after a safety-car period that allowed team mate Sebastian Vettel to get back in the game after a disastrous first corner had seen the German go off track after a light brush [...]

Red Bull’s Vettel wins 2010 European F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 17:33:50 +0000

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel bounced himself back into contention for the world championship with an easy European Grand Prix win in Valencia on a day when a spectacular back flip left Mark Webber on the sidelines in the other Red Bull.

Vettel led from the start, defending strongly against a forceful Lewis Hamilton in the [...]

McLaren’s Hamilton wins 2010 Canadian F1 GP

Presley Reese — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:07:30 +0000

Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button in their McLaren MP4-25s turned the world championship fight on its head in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, when they scored the team’s third one-two of the season after a tense race in which nobody was able to relax.

It began with second fastest qualifier Mark Webber being moved back five [...]

McLaren’s Hamilton wins 2010 Turkish F1 GP

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 30 May 2010 17:05:51 +0000

In a Turkish Grand Prix that at one stage seemed destined to yield Red Bull yet another one-two win, the team’s two drivers failed spectacularly, running into each other while in the lead, and handing the McLaren cars that one-two instead.

Red Bull’s Mark Webber led off the line as team mate Sebastian Vettel boiled [...]

Red Bull’s Webber wins 2010 Monaco F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 16 May 2010 17:30:17 +0000

Red Bull’s Mark Webber underwent trial by safety car in Monte Carlo on Sunday afternoon, but kept his cool throughout four interventions, the last of which was after a late tangle at Rascasse between backmarkers Jarno Trulli and Karun Chandhok which happened right in front of his Red Bull.

That brought out Bernd Maylander and [...]

Red Bull’s Mark Webber wins 2010 Spanish F1 GP

Presley Reese — Tue, 11 May 2010 08:09:51 +0000

Mark Webber drove the race of his life in Barcelona on Sunday afternoon, leaving Red Bull team mate Sebastian Vettel behind on the way to the third Grand Prix victory of his career. The Australian won the Spanish F1 Grand Prix race to the first corner as Vettel tucked into second place ahead of McLaren’s [...]

McLaren’s Button wins 2010 Chinese F1 GP

Presley Reese — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:26:37 +0000

Jenson Button won a nail-biting Chinese Grand Prix for McLaren on Sunday afternoon, with team mate Lewis Hamilton chasing him home second after a race of many parts.

It began with light rain, a jump start by Fernando Alonso’s Ferrari and an incident in the first corner when Vitantonio Liuzzi spun his Force India into [...]

Kahn Range Rover Sport modified 2010 models

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 20:15:40 +0000

British modding firm Kahn Design has unveiled two new kits for the 2010 Range Rover Sport, one dubbed the RS300 Cosworth and the other the RS600 Supercharged.

The diesel-powered 300 hp RS300 has a Cosworth-tuned TDI engine, and comes with 22-inch wheels, new front mesh grille, custom body kit, custom leather interior, carbon fibre engine [...]

GulfSport Racing starts Formula Gulf racing series

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 13:07:09 +0000

For the first time in the region, young aspiring drivers will have a structured route to F1, building their experience and preparing them for the challenges of the Europe and Asia racing championships.

The series will provide an affordable, professionally-run race series in the UAE with the Champion being awarded a Scholarship to race in [...]

Red Bull’s Vettel wins 2010 Malaysian F1 GP

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 19:59:11 +0000

Red Bull desperately needed a victory to get back into the world championship chase, and Sebastian Vettel delivered it in fine style in a dry Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. And to make things even better, Mark Webber brought the sister car home second.

Vettel snatched the lead at the start from his Australian team [...]

McLaren’s Button wins 2010 Australian F1 GP

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:32:41 +0000

Jenson Button moved within six points of the world championship lead on Sunday with a superbly judged victory for McLaren in a dramatic Australian Grand Prix that firmly gave the lie to suggestions that Formula One racing is boring.

A rain shower just before the start saw the field start on intermediate Bridgestone tyres, and [...]

Ferrari’s Alonso wins 2010 Bahrain F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 20:28:29 +0000

Fernando Alonso drove a superbly judged race to emulate Nigel Mansell and Kimi Raikkonen, as he sped to victory on his debut for Ferrari in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix. Alonso chased Sebastian Vettel’s fleet Red Bull fruitlessly in the early stages, when both were running the super-soft Bridgestone tyres, but had an advantage after they [...]

Vettel wins 2009 Abu Dhabi F1 GP

Presley Reese — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:38:11 +0000

Completely insignificant in terms of championship points, the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix concludes the F1 season. Once a brake problem slowed McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel had no competition in Sunday evening’s inaugural day/night race. A brilliant win cemented his second place in the drivers’ world championship behind Brawn GP’s Jenson Button, [...]

Webber wins Brazil GP but Button wins title

Presley Reese — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 07:53:33 +0000

Jenson Button went into the Brazilian Grand Prix looking for a miracle. And he found it. After 60 of the 71 laps, as Mark Webber swept to a dominant victory for Red Bull ahead of BMW Sauber’s Robert Kubica and a fighting Lewis Hamilton, he had done enough. And a late puncture for Brawn GP [...]

Red Bull’s Vettel wins Japanese F1 Grand Prix

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:23:33 +0000

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel brought his world championship hopes alive again with a superb victory in Japan on Sunday afternoon, winning as he pleased and leading Jarno Trulli’s Toyota home by 4.8 seconds despite a late safety car intervention. Lewis Hamilton was third for McLaren, another 1.5 seconds adrift, after losing out to Trulli in [...]

McLaren’s Hamilton wins 2009 Singapore F1 GP

Presley Reese — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:38:54 +0000

Lewis Hamilton won the nighttime 2009 Singapore F1 Grand Prix on Sunday evening, driving a perfect race for McLaren to deliver a richly deserved triumph.

The world champion took the lead at the start, and led throughout apart from a four-lap period from 47 to 50 when Renault’s Fernando Alonso went ahead before making his [...]

LeMans team builds Acura racecar in 2 days

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 19:18:34 +0000

About 42 hours after Highcroft Acura driver Scott Sharp walked away from a crash during practice for the Petit Le Mans racing event in the United States, a freshly-built Acura ARX-02a was rolled out for the morning warmup on Saturday. The Highcroft crew put in marathon sessions of work, totalling 20 hours, to build a [...]

Barrichello leads Brawn 1-2 at Italian F1 GP

Presley Reese — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:43:26 +0000

Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button took Brawn GP a significant step closer to both world championship titles at the 2009 Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza on Sunday afternoon, in a race rendered dramatic by a last lap shunt for McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton, as he was pushing hard in third place after Button.

As expected, [...]

Ferrari’s Kimi wins 2009 Belgian F1 GP

Mashfique Hussain Chowdhury — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:10:17 +0000

In what has to be the most random podium finishes of the season, Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen became the sixth different victor in six races, and his first for 2009, with a closely-raced success in Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, in which his KERS system played a crucial role in the opening stages. Interestingly, perennial loser Force [...]