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Michael Schumacher has revealed he won’t return to Formula One racing at the European Grand Prix later this month.
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The major drivers, brands, and sponsors historically associated with F1 are all expected to feature in the new series
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The Super Aguri team have withdrawn from the Formula One World Championship because of a lack of funding.
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FIA president Max Mosley intends to step down in 2009 even if given a vote of confidence by a special general assembly following his alleged involvement with prostitutes.
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Imagine getting a contract with a major F1 team before you're even out of high school. That's what Lewis Hamilton got with McLaren when he was young(er), and what karting protégé Will Stevens has achieved with the Honda Racing F1 Team, reflecting a growing trend in motorsport recruitment.
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Formula One has so many legend yet Autocar UK have managed to compile their own list of the top 100 F1 Drivers.
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Honda has promised its hundreds of formula one staff a $2000 bonus should Jenson Button or Rubens Barrichello win a race in 2008. The move, which would cost the Brackley based team in excess of $1.5m per victory, would apply not only to mechanics and engineers but also to the cleaners of the Brackley factory, according to the team’s HR director John Marsden.
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Two days ago we saw Ferrari launch its F2008, and yesterday McLaren Mercedes unveiled its MP4-23 at the Mercedes-Benz museum in Stuttgart. Lewis Hamilton was on hand for the launch, and it being his birthday, called the MP4-23 the “coolest birthday present you can get.” The car certainly looks delicious, no doubt a reflection of the 14,000 man-hours spent engineering the vehicle and the additional 14,000 man-hours in manufacturing. Hamilton’s first test of the new car is set for Thursday, January 9th.
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Continuing Ferrari’s Formula 1 tradition, the Prancing Horse today launched its F2008 car for the upcoming season. The first of the new generation of cars to incorporate the mandatory Standard Electronic Control Unit (SECU) produced by Mclaren Electronic Systems, the F2008 comes a day ahead of the expected launch of rival McLaren’s 2008 car. The many other changes in the 2008 rulebook mean that this Ferrari is quite different from its predecessor. Click through for high-res shots of the F2008 fresh from Maranello.
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McLaren has moved to bind Lewis Hamilton to the team until at least 2012 by inking a (US) $138 million deal with the British youngster, according to reports. The British tabloid News of the World claims that Hamilton, who turns 23 on Monday, will make an average of more than $27 million per season for the next five years, despite making just $700,000 plus points bonuses while he raced to second place in the drivers’ championship in 2007.
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Formula One has been on the rise in India. First came Narain Karthikeyan, the first Indian F1 driver. Then came the purchase and transformation of Spyker F1 into the Force India team, followed by a second Indian driver, Karun Chandhok, emerging onto the F1 scene. Now comes the official confirmation that India will host its own grand prix starting in 2010.
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McLaren’s appeal over the ‘cool fuel’ issue was deemed inadmissible by the FIA court on Friday, thus confirming that Kimi Raikkonen is officially the 2007 world champion. The FIA’s four-man appeals panel met in London on Thursday and then reconvened in Paris on Friday to deliberate.
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Stefano Domenicali will replace Jean Todt as Ferrari’s team boss from 1 January 2008, the Maranello based marque announced on Monday.
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Renault has pooled an incredible (US) $90 million to try to woo Fernando Alonso back to the French team in 2008 and 2009, according to reports. The Spanish newspaper Diario As also claims that Flavio Briatore, who is still waiting to hear from his 26-year-old former protege about the offer, has convinced one of McLaren’s sponsors to re-defect to Renault next year if Alonso also returns to the team.
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GRAND Prix organisers are examining a possible move to Flemington racecourse to try to keep the Formula One event in Melbourne.
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The FIA has confirmed the 2008 Formula One calendar, including the world championship's first night race at the new Singapore track.
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Lewis Hamilton took a huge stride towards becoming the first man to win the title in his first season with victory in the Japanese Grand Prix.
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Lewis Hamilton is on the verge of signing a $110 million deal to stay on at the McLaren team until the end of 2012. The German newspaper Bild claims the contract, representing a mammoth pay-rise over his debut salary, is worth $17m every year plus - oddly for a McLaren contract - the ability for his father Anthony to negotiate separate marketing arrangements.
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A handful of e-mails have today resulted in McLaren being heavily punished by the World Motor Sport Council - but the title dreams of Lewis Hamilton remain alive.
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McLaren released the following statement after the World Motor Sport Council booted them out of the 2007 Constructors' Championship:
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