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[UTF-8] Acclaim continues for Hamilton debut 2007-05-04 07:02:08 McLaren rookie driver Lewis Hamilton
, who finished third in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne, exceeded the expectation of even insiders at his own team.
Chief executive Martin Whitmarsh said that he had feared what the British press reaction might be had Hamilton not found his feet in Formula One immediately, but in the end he had no need to worry as the GP2 Series champion joined team-mate Fernando Alonso on the podium.
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Lauda tips Hamilton for glory 2007-05-02 05:56:03 Formula One legend Niki Lauda has tipped British debutant Lewis Hamilton
for success in his first season.
After four races of his F1 career, the young McLaren driver has finished on the podium each time he has taken to the track – a record for a rookie in the sport.
Former McLaren driver Lauda won three titles in his career and endured a bitter and tightly-contested battle for his third F1 crown with his 1984 team-mate Alain Prost.
And he believes a more… Read more:glory
Raikkonen unhappy with qualifying form 2007-04-27 13:00:42 Kimi Raikkonen has admitted that qualifying
has been the crucial difference between himself and his Formula One rivals thus far this season.
The Finnish driver, currently on 22 points in the drivers’ championship, is the joint-leader alongside the McLaren drivers Fernando Alonso and new British sensation Lewis Hamilton.
Despite this, Raikkonen believes he should be ahead of the other drivers.
"We picked up a lot of points, but we could have done even more… Read more:unhappy
Defending champion delighted with “dream” victory 2007-04-26 15:40:05 Fernando Alonso has said his victory at the Malaysian grand prix is a dream result after claiming his first win for McLaren since moving from Renault at the end of last season.
The Spaniard led the race from start to finish and said it was a special feeling to have won a grand prix with to different constructors.
He said: "It is a perfect result, a dream. This is such a tough race but we were relaxed in the end.
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F1 chief plots night race in Asia 2007-04-24 18:20:35 Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has announced his vision of an expanded F1 calendar with a night race at a top Asia
n circuit as its centerpiece.
The manufacturers’ pit crews have been reluctant to extend the series from the current 17 races to the proposed 20, but Ecclestone insists that the plan is to the long-term benefit of all those involved despite the extra work and cost incurred.
"We could easily imagine that the number of grand prix in a season could more…
New tyre markings in F1 2007-04-22 21:00:25 Formula One tyre manufacturer Bridgestone has confirmed that it will introduce special markings to help fans see the difference between compounds.
Under new 2007 rules, teams must use both hard and soft compound tyres in races but the white dots that were painted on during the Australian grand prix to help spectators tell the difference between the two proved difficult to spot.
The new system was given the go-ahead after teams conducted tests in Sepang last week and more…
Caborn backs plans to save British GP 2007-04-21 06:03:10 Sports minister Richard Caborn has given his seal of approval to plans
to develop Northamptonshire’s Silverstone track and safeguard its future on the Formula One circuit.
Silverstone has a contract with the sports governing body, the FIA, to host F1 until 2009, but problems with public access to the track, a lack of investment and a growing number of potential successors in the Far East and Asia have made a renewal of that deal increasingly uncertain.
Damon Hill, the more… Read more:British
Hamilton ‘must learn trade’ 2007-04-20 00:42:59 Former Formula One world champion Emerson Fittipaldi says that Britain’s rookie driver Lewis Hamilton
should not expect to win races immediately.
The Brazilian legend says that Hamilton must go through a learn
ing stage before he can start realistically targeting the top step of the podium on a regular basis.
Hamilton celebrated his first Grand Prix with third place in Australia last week but Fittipaldi says that is the best he can hope for this season.
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Hornish has new goals in defending Indy title (AP) 2007-05-11 10:08:00
INDIANAPOLIS – Sam Hornish Jr. is growing into his celebrity status.
His face is plastered on media guides, on television, around the historic Indianapolis oval, and, of course, etched into the Borg-Warner Trophy. As this year’s star attraction, the low-key 27-year-old still is adapting to his new role as defending Indy 500 champion.
“A lot more people know who you are,” he said. “I thought after winning two championships in the IRL, I was about as recognizable as I
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Rookie graduating Vanderbilt, then on to Indy (AP) 2007-05-11 10:07:34
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Brad Jaeger might be the only driver heading to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this month who actually will be slowing down.
He graduates Friday from Vanderbilt
with a degree in mechanical engineering, allowing the Indy Pro series rookie to focus entirely on his first Indy race without the distraction of classes, books and tests.
“It’ll be a month to remember,” the 21-year-old Jaeger said.
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Dixon and Danica get going at Indianapolis 2007-05-11 10:06:54 With practice winding up at Indianapolis
Scott Dixon
has moved to the top of the speeds recorded with a fastest lap of 226.473mph in his Target Chip Ganassi car, but he was only a fraction faster than Danica
Patrick, who has found more speed in her Andretti Green entry and was the fastest of the five team cars at 226.358mph. Behind her were Dan Wheldon (Target Chip Ganassi), who set a best of 226.206mph, Tomas Scheckter (226.161), Ryan Briscoe 225.995 and Marco Andretti 225.881.
Pole
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Agathangelou leaves Red Bull 2007-05-11 10:06:39 Ben Agathangelou, who headed the aerodynamic team at Red Bull
Racing before the arrival of McLaren’s Peter Prodromou, has left the Milton Keynes team.
Agathangelou has spent his entire career in F1, starting in 1994 when he joined McLaren after graduating in aeronautics and astronautics at the University of Southampton. He spent three years in Woking and then moved to a senior role in Harvey Posthlethwaite’s team at Tyrrell. From there he went on to be chief aerodynamicist with Honda Racing
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Renault to build new CFD centre 2007-05-11 10:05:37 Renault has won planning permission to build a new computational fluid design facility at the team’s base at the Whiteways Technical Centre in Enstone. The new building will be partially underground and will be linked to the existing facilities. The new project will add another 13 staff to the 550 employed at Renault F1 in England. The team has just one windtunnel at the facility and it seems that unlike some other teams it has decided to use CFD more, a startegy which has been adopted in more… Read more:Renault
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F1: Alonso 1 - British Media 0 2007-05-11 10:05:01 Fernando Alonso
didn’t hesitate when it was suggested that he might have been suffering a touch of attention-deficit in Bahrain last month.
The
Daily Mail’s
Jon McEvoy asked the World Champion to comment on claims that Ron Dennis had had to speak to the Spaniard, and put his arm around him in a gesture of support, because he felt resentment at the spotlight falling on teammate Lewis Hamilton.
"I had no conversation with Ron, so that is not true," said the Spaniard.
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F1: Barrichello holds out hope for Honda 2007-05-11 10:04:39 Although team boss Nick Fry fears that it could be four months -
that’s four months!
- before Honda
is competitive, Rubens Barrichello remains confident that there could be a marked improvement as early as the French Grand Prix, which takes place at the end of next month.
"I think the car is better than ever," said the Brazilian today. "Obviously the test and the effort that the team is making had to result in some changes, so I think the car is a little bit better,
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Rubens: No desperation at Honda 2007-05-11 10:04:14
Rubens Barrichello has denied that Honda
is becoming desperate about its current plight, but expects the team’s troubles to continue in Spain.
He said he was determined to remain positive and keep working to improve the troubled RA107 chassis.
“I don’t think it’s desperation, it’s the fact that we need to work together,” said Barrichello.
“It doesn’t matter if I get out of the car and say this car is bad.
“They already know what the car is.
“We
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Alonso aiming to forget Bahrain struggle 2007-05-11 10:03:35 Fernando Alonso
is aiming to forget his disappointing performance last month in Bahrain as he looks to cement his position at the top of the world championship standings in his home grand prix this weekend.
The double world champion struggled for pace throughout the last round at Sakhir and eventually finished a disappointing fifth in the race – three places behind his rookie team-mate Lewis Hamilton.
Alonso admits it was simply a bad weekend for him, and is more…
Kanaan enjoying role as teammates’ mentor (AP) 2007-05-11 10:02:54
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — No group of drivers in the IndyCar Series is more close-knit than the five teammates at Andretti Green Racing, and a lot of the credit for that goes to Tony Kanaan.
At 32, Kanaan doesn’t really feel like a grizzled veteran, but the 2004 series champion is not only racing for wins and another title, he is playing the role of mentor to 20-year-old Marco Andretti and 25-year-old Danica Patrick, a newcomer to the team.
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Car owner instructed not to honor Super Bowl champs (AP) 2007-05-15 18:00:35
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Colts have no problem with Peyton Manning starting the Indianapolis 500. They just don’t want a Colts car running in the May 27 race.
Paul Diatlovich, the primary owner of PDM Racing, said he had asked permission to paint Jimmy Kite’s No. 18 car in the Colts team colors — dark blue and white — with a message on the car’s sidepod that read simply “Go Colts.”
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Dreyer & Reinbold hires veteran driver Yasukawa (AP) 2007-05-15 17:51:28
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Dreyer & Reinbold Racing hired veteran Roger Yasukawa on Tuesday, giving the team its first three-driver program at the Indianapolis 500.
Yasukawa, who drove for the Indianapolis-based team two years ago, will try to qualify this weekend for his fifth consecutive start at Indy.
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11 spots left to fill for Indy lineup (AP) 2007-05-15 17:23:22
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — So who’s left to fill the starting field at the Indianapolis 500?
Led by two-time winner Helio Castroneves on the pole, 22 of the 33 spots
were claimed during the first two days of qualifications last weekend. Three other drivers, including former winner Al Unser Jr., were bumped from the lineup
but had speeds that would likely be fast enough to join the field Saturday.
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Rossiter joins Super Aguri 2007-05-15 13:42:48 Honda has switched James Rossiter to the Super
Aguri F1 team from his current position as official test driver with Honda Racing F1. This might suggest that there has been a settlement between Super Aguri and Giedo Van der Garde, who is under contract to be the team’s “reserve and test driver” but wants to join Spyker F1, but the reality is that the team needs someone to do the testing work and cannot call on van der Garde’s services because of the ongoing dispute. At the same time Honda F1 has more…
Hamilton will set ‘new standards’ 2007-05-15 12:02:52
Championship leader Lewis Hamilton
will “create the new benchmark for Formula One”, according to three-time champion and fellow Briton Sir Jackie Stewart.
The 22-year-old McLaren rookie became the youngest driver to lead the overall standings after his fourth podium finish of the season in Spain.
“I think he is going to rewrite the book,” said Stewart.
“We’ll see a new generation of properly prepared professional racing drivers. I don’t think there is one who is
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F1: Street tracks hold no safety fears for Ecclestone 2007-05-15 11:58:20 Having concluded deals which will see two new street circuits join the F1 calendar in 2008, one of them scheduled to be held at night, Bernie Ecclestone has said that there will be no safety issues.
"There’s another street track we’ve been racing on for quite a few years that’s in the south of France - Monaco I think it’s called," he said, according to
The Times
. "We’ve had no trouble there, so I don’t see why we should have any trouble at these other street
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F1: Q&A with Renault’s Alain Dassas 2007-05-15 11:53:09
Mr. Dassas, what’s your opinion on today’s race?
Alain
Dassa, Renault
F1 Team President: "We’ve seen a slight improvement this weekend, which is encouraging. Heikki’s race was also very positive, as it was very consistent this afternoon. In addition, we ran into problems with our refuelling rigs. This obliged us to make three stops instead of the two initially scheduled, so we ended up in seventh and ninth places."
You were back in the paddock after being absent
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F1: Theissen unhappy with testing rules 2007-05-15 11:46:44 When it was announced that in 2007 teams would no longer be able to use three drivers in Friday practice sessions, it was clear that this would have an impact on up and coming drivers, robbing them not only of an opportunity to gain F1 knowledge, but also the chance to strut their stuff in front of the assembled team bosses.
Then came the change to the testing rules, which stated that teams could only use one car, and that mileage would be restricted.
As predicted, this has come as
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F1: Difference of opinion over first corner incident 2007-05-15 11:40:43 Fernando Alonso has criticised Spanish Grand Prix winner Felipe Massa for the first corner
incident which saw the McLaren driver go off track, losing a number of positions. Although to most observers, it appeared to be a racing incident, Alonso, claims that the corner was his, since he was ahead of the Brazilian, but that the Ferrari driver hit him.
"I think the start was very similar between the two cars but then obviously I put myself behind Felipe and thanks to the slipstream I was
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GP2: Barcelona - Race 2 Quotes 2007-05-15 11:35:01
Javier Villa - 2nd:
I made a great start and pulled out a couple of seconds but Glock was just so quick I couldn’t fight him. The last 18 laps were really nice, the car was really good and I was able to keep ahead of Di Grassi and Senna. This is such a great result for me after having to start 26th yesterday; the team did a fantastic job and it was wonderful to do so well in front of all the fans that were supporting me.
Lucas Di Grassi - 3rd:
It was very good to secure my
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