Horse Racing
San Francisco Gate – In two years as a journeyman on the F1 circuit, he did not win a race. San Jose isn’t the Monaco Grand Prix, but in Bourdais, of Dale Coyne Racing, slowed for the caution and fell from second place to eighth after his car stalled out of the

Alex Zanardi: ‘I once thought I’d rather die than have no legs but now
Guardian Unlimited – Alex Zanardi: ‘I once thought I’d rather die than have no legs but now I see I was wrong’ After failing in F1, the Italian driver was on the podium in Champ Car racing – until the crash that cost him his legs. The doctors told him not to do it

Back to driving school for triple F1 champion Piquet
Mail & Guardian Online – And in other news Back to driving school for triple F1 champion Piquet had to suffer the indignity of being sent back to school to brush up on the rules of the road. Piquet has been spotted racing

F1 for beginners (Part 1)
Pitpass – Formula 1 is a highly complex sport, where many elements of man and machine combine to strive for peak performance. But what is the story behind these details? In the first part of Panasonic Toyota Racing ’s ‘Formula 1 for Beginners’ series, Chief

Bryson Schutte: Mosport Review
Who Won – Competing in both the F1-K Cadet 60cc and Honda 4-cycle Junior Lite divisions at the Sunoco Ron Fellows Karting With no time off, Bryson Schutte and family will head to Shannonville, Ontario for the next round in the Brian Stewart Racing

McLaren racing in Hungary to `win`
Planet F1 – McLaren racing in Hungary to `win` Monday 30th July 2007 Lewis Hamilton is looking to retain his lead in the Drivers’ Championship by PLANET-F1 CHAT FORUM Got Something To Say About Formula One? Got Something To Say

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All Sections Formula One Half theF1 drivers are useless
Home of Sport – I sort of agree with RD. There are a lot of young guys in waiting that given a chance would show many F1 regulars how to do it. But then F1 revolves around dollars,not drivers, and if a driver has the money he’ll buy into a team, or his sponsor will

Fitch Revises Outlook on Mexico’s Banco Santander IDR to Positive
Forbes – –Long-term national-scale rating at ‘AAA(mex)’, Outlook Stable; –Short-term national-scale rating at ‘F1+(mex)’; Banco Santander’s IDRs and support ratings reflect the potential support it would receive from its majority shareholder, Spain’s Banco

Montoya caliente
MSNBC – Montoya flashing serious NASCAR potential Ex-F1 star impressing peers with stock car ability, finishes 2nd at Brickyard

Renault F1 team announces $50 million boost
Guardian Unlimited – LONDON, July 30 (Reuters) – Formula One champions Renault announced a $50 million programme of long-term technology investment on Monday after slipping behind their main rivals on the racetrack this season. The team said in a statement that the

Princess Royal’s Son To Marry
Guardian Unlimited – After graduating with a degree in sports science from the University of Exeter, Mr Phillips worked for both Jaguar and Williams F1 racing teams. He was the Sponsorship Accounts Manager at Williams F1 until September 2005 when he left to work at the

FERRARI FUME AT RULING
Worldnews.com – Ferrari fume over McLaren verdict BBC News The Ferrari Formula One team reacted with fury after rivals McLaren were let off without any immediate punishment in the F1 spying row. Despite McLaren being in possession of confidential Ferrari data it was

Fitch Affirms Hartford and Sub’s Ratings; Outlook Stable
Forbes – Fitch affirms the following ratings with a Stable Rating Outlook: -0- *T Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.: –Long-Term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) ‘A+’; –Short-term IDR ‘F1′; –$300 million 4.7% notes due 2007 ‘A’; –$200 million 6.375

Webber: Red Bull want fifth place
Planet F1 – To get ten points for the team at one event was extraordinary because they are very hard to come by these days,” Webber told the official F1 website. “It’s great that the team now has an absolutely clear focus to beat Toyota and Williams to fifth in

Montoya to make history
Orlando Sentinel – Cup cars weigh 3,400 pounds, more than twice as much as the open-wheel Indy Racing League car in which Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 as a rookie. They’re nearly three times as heavy as the nimble F1 cars he drove in six U.S. Grand Prix starts

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Motorsports: Fairuz gets 2nd place in Hungary
Worldnews.com – By LIM TEIK HUAT PETALING JAYA: Fairuz Fauzy ushered in fatherhood in style by claiming a stunning second place in Race 1 of the fourth round of the Formula Renault 3.5 World Series at the Hungaroring Circuit near Budapest , Hungary on Saturday. It

All Sections Formula One Background of cheating
Home of Sport – True that this is a good article, providing a very insitefull view of all that has happened, it clearly shows that McLaren, Ferrrai, Renault, Honda, Williams and countless other teams have always bent the rules but it seems when some teams do it they

New high-performance roadster for exclusive open-top motoring
Malta Independent Daily – The new Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster combines high-tech motor racing and the power of a top high-performance sports car with the long-distance attributes and sophisticated atmosphere of a classic Gran Tourismo car. In common with Formula 1

Track tech at the San Jose Grand Prix
CNET News – All cars in the race use a standardized 1,550-pound chassis known as the DP01, which is manufactured by Panoz. Unlike Formula One cars, Champ Car series race car chassis are allowed to make use of underfloor aerodynamics, which use airflow to create

Angry Ferrari rule out spy appeal
BBC News – Ferrari have accepted that they cannot appeal against the decision not to impose a penalty on arch-rivals McLaren in Formula One’s spying row. Ferrari said F1 rules did not allow an appeal against decisions made by the FIA World Motor Sport Council

GB boss keen to race team in Tour
BBC News – I believe a mixed formula is possible, not merely a proposition. “Part of the teams invited to the event would be reserved for national squads. It is possible to envisage that and perhaps that is the road that we must go down.” This year’s Tour

Sebastien Bourdais Earns Third-Straight Front-Row Start At SJGP
NBC 11 – Bourdais spoke to NBC11 Friday and said he could be heading to Formula 1. “It’s my future. It’s pretty unclear now, but there is definitely a possibly I’ll move to Formula 1,” Bourdais said. For most of the session, it looked like Justin Wilson and

Audi factory driver Alexandre Premat in profile
Motorsport.com – He owns a transport company that also serves motorsport customers all the way to Formula 1. He sponsored the French driver Emmanuel Collard for a long time, who in-turn introduced Premat junior to karting and gave him valuable tips for his career.

Queen’s grandson is to marry – but his sister Zara delays marriage
Daily Mail – Miss Kelly, 31, met Mr Phillips – the Queen’s eldest grandson – when he was a sponsorship manager for the Williams Formula 1 team. Soon after, she moved to Britain to be with him. The couple now share a cottage on his mother’s Gatcombe Park estate

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When Is a Child Too Old to Breast-Feed?
ABC News – only 17 percent of new moms nurse their newborn for a full year, according to a survey done by Abbott Laboratories, a formula 1 2 Next

Contador crowned champion
Gulf Times – Tour chief hesitant on national team formula PARIS: A return to the formula of national teams could be the way forward for the Tour de France, according to Patrice Clerc, the president of the race s parent company ASO (Amaury Sports Organisation).

Queen’s grandson is to marry – but his sister Zara delays marriage
Daily Mail – Miss Kelly, 31, met Mr Phillips – the Queen’s eldest grandson – when he was a sponsorship manager for the Williams Formula 1 team. Soon after, she moved to Britain to be with him. The couple now share a cottage on his mother’s Gatcombe Park estate

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How to Play Fantasy Baseball – A Tutorial
Rotowire – Most feature a free contest where users pick players based on a salary cap and try to accumulate the most points based on a mathematical formula (1 point for a single, 4 points for a homerun, etc.). In these contests you compete against thousands of

Abandon the Panganiban formula
Manila Times – FORMER chief justice Artemio Panganiban wrote the decision that embodies the key rules that determine the question of allotting the number of seats in the House of Representatives to winning party-list groups. The issue is vital to the people s

A passing concern for Champ Car drivers
San Francisco Gate – Today, Atlantic qualifying, 12:40 p.m.; Champ Car qualifying 2 p.m.; Formula BMW qualifying, 5:20 p.m.; Saturday, Formula BMW qualifying, 11:50 a.m.; Atlantic qualifying, 12:40 p.m.; Champ Car qualifying, 2 p.m.; Formula BMW race No. 1, 3:20 p.m

Bowen discusses winning formula
Dallas Morning News – Bowen discusses winning formula NBA champion addresses Cowboys during practice 11:37 PM CDT on Friday, July 27, 2007 By TODD ARCHER Elite sports for HS athletes Part 3: Baseball’s dwindling minority Part 1 | Part 2 More High Schools

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Indianapolis dropped from Formula 1 circuit
Tacoma News Tribune – I ndianapolis was dropped from the Formula One calendar for 2008, with Singapore and Valencia, Spain, added to the racing schedule. This will be the first time in eight years there will be no F1 event in the United States

How to Play Fantasy Baseball – A Tutorial
Rotowire – Most feature a free contest where users pick players based on a salary cap and try to accumulate the most points based on a mathematical formula (1 point for a single, 4 points for a homerun, etc.). In these contests you compete against thousands of

Gascoyne explains Yamamoto appointment
Planet F1 – We’re only allowed to use four drivers in Formula 1, and he’s the fourth one that we’ve had in the car this year. “I think one of the key important factors in the decision was the fact that he’s raced on all the circuits that we have left in the

US STOCKS-Futures cut losses, point to flat open
Reuters – After steep losses earlier, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq index futures briefly turned positive after the data on gross domestic product in a volatile session. S&P 500 futures were off 1.30 points, below fair value, a mathematical formula that

Ferrari fumes over F1 espionage case
Taipei Times – Whilst it’s only my first season in Formula 1 with the team, I already know and appreciate the commitment and dedication of the people there,” Hamilton said. “As a result I am pleased with today’s decision and can’t wait for the rest of the season.”

Futures cut losses, point to flat open
Boston Globe – S&P 500 futures were off 1.30 points, below fair value, a mathematical formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial average futures were down 24 points

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Sorenson, Montoya make it
Biloxi Sun Herald – Montoya, who came to NASCAR from Formula 1, will become the only driver to have competed in the track s three major races the Indy 500, the Allstate 400 and the U.S. Grand Prix. Ryan Newman will start third after a lap at 183.475 mph as Dodge

Wilson wins pole in San Jose
Miami Herald – then lost his spot when Oriol Servia posted a quicker time, but the former Formula One driver responded with the quickest lap of the weekend to win Saturday’s qualifying session for the San Jose Grand Prix. The No.9 Rsports driver circled the 1.448

US STOCKS-Futures slide on oil, housing, credit woes
Reuters – S&P 500 futures (SPc1: Quote , Profile , Research ) were down 12.60 points, below fair value, a mathematical formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial

Singapore, Valencia added to F1 schedule in 2008
USA Today – PARIS (AP) Singapore and Valencia are the new additions to the Formula One calendar for 2008. World motorsport’s governing body FIA added an extra grand prix for a total of 18 races, with the only race in the United States in

Radio review
Guardian Unlimited – How good is Crossing Continents (Radio 4)? Yesterday’s edition, presented by Bill Law, was a beginner’s guide to Bahrain, but the real Bahrain, not the one you see in holiday brochures. “They want to see the picture of Formula 1,” said one man, “they

Sorenson the pole man for Allstate 400
Columbus Telegram – Sunday, he’ll become the only driver to compete in the Indy 500, Formula 1’s U.S. Grand Prix and the NASCAR race here. Nobody has yet won in more than one style of racing here. Saturday’s other drama was who’d make the race on speed, and that came

A calendar for 2008
GrandPrix.com – The FIA World Council has come up with a calendar for next year’s Formula 1 World Championship. There are 18 races, as expected, with the disappearance of the United States GP and the arrival of new events in Valencia and Singapore. The Turkish Grand

Fitch Rates Alaska Railroad Corp. Capital Grant Receipts Bds ‘A’
Forbes – Reauthorization risk is partially mitigated as the MADS coverage against federal fiscal 2007 FTA Section 5307 and Section 5309 formula funds is 1.9x. Reflecting a 2005 change in the formula funding allocation to ARRC, the corporation’s FTA Section

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Hamilton can quit if McLaren are guilty of ’spying’
Worldnews.com – F1 Photos Racing Sports McLaren drivers ‘at risk of losing points’ The Times THE HEAD of Formula One’s governing body has contradicated the

Sports Briefs
Cleveland Plain Dealer – Auto racing F1 forgoes Indy: Indianapolis was dropped from the Formula One schedule for 2008, with Singapore and Valencia, Spain, added to the racing calendar. This will be the first time in eight years there will be no F1 event in the United States

Motor racing-France retains place on 2008 F1 calendar
Reuters UK – LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – France will remain on the Formula One calendar next year while the season will open in Australia on March 16, the sport’s governing body said on Friday. Singapore and Valencia will make their debuts, subject to circuit

Grant, West add to ‘Dogs injury problems
Worldnews.com – and Moto GP adversary Casey Stoner is the centre of attention in the bruising, no-guts-no-glory cauldron of motorcycle racing McLaren were given a conditional pardon in the Ferrari-gate affair. A six-hour hearing at the headquarters of the FIA, F1’s

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Q&A on Formula One
Daily Telegraph – are the most powerful authority in the governance of world motor sport, with responsibility for all aspects of motor racing The council, who include Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 commercial rights holder, are made up of 26 members, who are elected by

AP Weekly Sports Calendar
PR Inside – Budapest, Hungary _ auto racing, F1, Hungarian GP. Brooklyn, Michigan _ auto racing, IRL, Firestone 400. Long Pond, Pennsylvania _ auto racing, NASCAR, Pennsylvania 500. Wembley, England _ soccer, Community Shield: Manchester United vs. Chelsea. Brands

Watches With Gauges and Gears. Alas, No Brakes.
New York Times – Mille s spokesman, said in an e-mail message that the company s watches implement either actual technology from F1 racing and the aerospace industry or the philosophies behind it into the actual wristwatch. For instance, he added, in Formula

Aussie GP to be second F1 race in 2008
Worldnews.com – Aussie GP to be second F1 race in 2008 Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Grand Prix has lost its place as the first race of recorded country music and opened for Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr. He won a few races. He celebrated his son Adam’s racing

Grant, West add to ‘Dogs injury problems
Worldnews.com – and Moto GP adversary Casey Stoner is the centre of attention in the bruising, no-guts-no-glory cauldron of motorcycle racing McLaren were given a conditional pardon in the Ferrari-gate affair. A six-hour hearing at the headquarters of the FIA, F1’s

Judge Won’t Reveal Players’ Names in Grimsley Drug Case
Washington Post – be better positioned to contend for the championship.” . . . Indianapolis was dropped from the Formula One calendar for 2008, with Singapore and Valencia , Spain , added to the racing schedule. This will be the first time in eight years there will be no F1

Checkered flag waves on USGP
Biloxi Sun Herald – officials had said they wanted a more permanent solution this time. Despite F1 s absence, the speedway could still be the site of three races next year, as track officials expect to announce a deal with MotoGP, the international motorcycle racing

Lewis Hamilton faces tough Hungarian track
Daily Telegraph – layout and also because conditions tend to be very dusty, so drivers prefer not to stray too far from the established racing McLaren have won six of the 21 Hungarian Grands Prix to be staged since the event was added to the F1 roster in 1986. Their

Edwards catches a good break
Boston Globe – But the Roush Fenway Racing driver of the No. 99 Office Depot Ford dislocated his right thumb Sunday night after a multicar They all rank behind retired Formula One ace Michael Schumacher , who won five F1 races at the Brickyard, albeit on the

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Italy fumes over F1 spying verdict
Guardian Unlimited – MILAN, July 27 (Reuters) – Italy joined Ferrari on Friday in condemning the decision not to punish McLaren for the spying controversy which has gripped Formula One. The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said on Thursday that although the

Yamamoto confirmed at Spyker F1
Worldnews.com – Sakon Yamamoto has been confirmed as the full time driver with Spyker F1 for the remainder of the 2007 season. The 25 year old LONDON – Japan’s Sakon Yamamoto will race for Spyker in the remaining seven races of the Formula One season, the team

McLaren escape sanction in F1 spy hearing
Reuters UK – PARIS (Reuters) – Formula One leaders McLaren will not be punished despite being found to have had confidential Ferrari technical data in their possession, the sport’s governing body said on Thursday. McLaren, who lead Ferrari by 27 points in the

Alonso cools F1 title hat-trick talk
ITV – Fernando Alonso is determined to remain cautious over his chances of sealing a hat-trick of Formula One titles. Alonso helped former team Renault to back-to-back World Drivers’ and Constructors’ crowns before joining McLaren at the start of the year

McLaren escapes penalty in F1 dispute with Ferrari
Financial Times – The Formula One leaders McLaren Mercedes yesterday escaped any immediate penalties for being in possession of a large file of confidential Ferrari information. At a hearing in Paris, the FIA World Motorsport Council, the motor sport’s world governing

F1: Pole pleaser
Worldnews.com – SILVERSTONE ( England ), July 7: McLaren’s Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton screamed to an emotional pole position for his home British Grand Prix on Saturday. With the crowd standing and roaring British Grand Prix: Raikkonen rains

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MotoGP’s Rossi awaits U.S. breakthrough
USA Today – couldn’t work out a deal to extend their eight-race relationship earlier this month, MotoGP effectively replaced F1 on the And there’s a chance Rossi who began racing on the world’s top circuit in 2001, a year before the MotoGP category was

Formula One exciting once again
Detroit Free Press – If the remaining seven rounds of the championship can produce the likes of Sunday’s racing, however, I might again be persuaded that F1 is king. GOING FOR IT AT MIS: Kiwi Scott Dixon will seek a fourth consecutive win — an Indy Racing League first

Montoya to triple Brickyard pleasure
ChicagoSports.com – Cup cars weigh 3,400 pounds, more than twice as much as the open-wheel Indy Racing League car in which Montoya won the 2000 Indianapolis 500 as a rookie. They’re nearly three times as heavy as the nimble F1 cars he drove in six U.S. Grand Prix starts

Hungarian GP: Honda preview
Motorsport.com – The beautiful city of Budapest is always a favourite pitstop on the Formula One calendar and the Honda Racing F1 Team look forward to returning to the scene of their first win one year ago where Jenson Button scored his first victory. Shuhei Nakamoto

Bourdais Takes San Jose Provisional Pole With Blistering Final Lap
FastMachines – Man, Justin has to be so happy send Sebastian Bourdais off to F1 purgatory at Scuderia Toro Rosso. Provisional Qualifying It’s true, Dale Coyne still has the ugliest race cars on the grid (Kat’s car looks like a turd with yellow racing stripes), but

Case of McLaren versus FIA comes to a head
Daily Telegraph – the cause of McLaren, either in terms of any design elements that may have been appropriated for use on their own cars or in terms of the knowledge of how Ferrari go racing. That, however, is no defence according to the statutes laid down by F1’s

UPDATE 1-Motor racing-Japan’s Yamamoto handed Spyker F1 drive
Reuters UK – LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sakon Yamamoto will race for Spyker in the remaining seven races of the Formula One season, the team said on Thursday. Yamamoto replaces Dutchman Christijan Albers, whose contract was terminated due to a

More questions than answers in F1 spy scandal
ESPN.com – While he can sometimes be annoyingly pompous, Dennis is recognized as one of the most honest people in the F1 paddock. On the FIA says it will further investigate Stepney and Coughlan for their actions and perhaps ban them from working in racing for

Motorsport: McLaren dismayed by FIA charge in spy case
Worldnews.com – Hamilton in the clear as McLaren vindicated in F1 spy case The Daily Mail Formula One racing team McLaren has avoided any sanction in the ‘ spy ‘ scandal that has rocked Formula One on the basis of insufficient evidence. Following a six-hour hearing of the

Drivers Await Racing Spy Scandal Ruling
Sky.com – A Ferrari F1 racing car The sport’s disciplinary body will today decide whether Hamilton’s McLaren team broke the rules when its chief designer

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HICKS: KROENKE NEEDS ARSENAL INVITE
Sporting Life – Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has also been linked with an investment bid, while the intentions of former vice-chairman Friday Action Portsmouth 0 Liverpool 0 (Portsmouth win 4-2 on pens) Guangzhou 0 Man United 3 Fulham 4 South China 1 Stoke 0

US STOCKS-Futures drop as investors brace for data
Reuters – S&P 500 futures (SPc1: Quote , Profile , Research ) were off 6.40 points, below fair value, a mathematical formula that evaluates US STOCKS-Indexes drop more than 1 pct on credit concerns

Formula One spy inquiry under way
BBC News – World motorsport governing body the FIA is looking into how the information was found at the home suspended McLaren chief designer Mike Coughlan. Bosses also want to know if other McLaren officials knew about the information – something McLaren boss

US STOCKS-Futures cut losses, point to flat open
Reuters – S&P 500 futures (SPc1: Quote , Profile , Research ) were off 1.30 points, below fair value, a mathematical formula that evaluates pricing by taking into account interest rates, dividends and time to expiration on the contract. Dow Jones industrial

Fitch Rates Alaska Railroad Corp. Capital Grant Receipts Bds ‘A’
Forbes – Reauthorization risk is partially mitigated as the MADS coverage against federal fiscal 2007 FTA Section 5307 and Section 5309 formula funds is 1.9x. Reflecting a 2005 change in the formula funding allocation to ARRC, the corporation’s FTA Section

UPDATE 1-Motor racing-France stays on calendar, Australia opens
Reuters UK – LONDON, July 27 (Reuters) – France kept its place on the 2008 Formula One calendar on Friday with Singapore and Valencia appearing for the first time and Australia again the season-opener on March 16. The International Automobile Federation (FIA

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A Glimpse at the Life of Formula One Racer Ralf Schmacher – VIDEO
The Auto Chanel – He started riding karts when he was two, raced in club championships by the age of five, and made his Formula 1 debut 10 years ago, challenging his brother, Michael, on the race track. Ralf stood on the podium in his third Formula 1 race, and has won

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Aussie GP to be second F1 race in 2008
Worldnews.com – Aussie GP to be second F1 race in 2008 Sydney Morning Herald The Australian Grand Prix has lost its place as the first race of recorded country music and opened for Randy Travis and Hank Williams Jr. He won a few races. He celebrated his son Adam’s racing

Spa: Rounds 13, 14 series preview
Motorsport.com – Spa-Francorchamps, a place where every racing driver wants to compete and a track that has become a firm favourite on the this season, with Greg and Leo Mansell joining the series their father Nigel took part in the three season before his F1

Q&A on Formula One
Daily Telegraph – are the most powerful authority in the governance of world motor sport, with responsibility for all aspects of motor racing The council, who include Bernie Ecclestone, the F1 commercial rights holder, are made up of 26 members, who are elected by

Edwards won’t miss races with thumb injury
Minneapolis Star Tribune – Sources say DEI’s adding Mark Martin Edwards won’t miss races with thumb injury F1 exciting once again as tight, competitive racing resurfaces Ganassi riding high after consecutive wins Carl Edwards is expected to race in Busch and Nextel Cup series

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MotoGP’s Rossi awaits U.S. breakthrough
USA Today – After Indianapolis Motor Speedway and Formula One officials couldn’t work out a deal to extend their eight-race relationship earlier this month, MotoGP effectively replaced F1 on the venerable track’s road course. The series is international in scope

F1: FIA rules McLaren had Ferrari data in breach of sporting code
MSN UK News – McLaren has escaped punishment for possessing confidential information on the design of Ferrari cars in a decision that has infuriated its Formula One rival. Motorsport’s world governing body _ FIA _ ruled Thursday that McLaren did have sensitive

F1 auto racing: Japan’s Sakon Yamamoto to race for Spyker for rest of
MSN UK News – Sakon Yamamoto will race for Spyker for the final seven races of this year’s Formula One season. The team said the Japanese driver would replace Christijan Albers, who was fired this month because of “commercial difficulties” after one of the driver

Karthikeyan’s F1 wait to continue
Chennai Online – New Delhi, July 26: Narain Karthikeyan will have to wait for some more time before returning to Formula One racing as Spyker F1 today signed up Japan’s Sakon Yamamoto as their second race driver for the remainder of 2007 season. Yamamoto, 25, will

McLaren, Ferrari, And The Tainted F1 Season
FastMachines – Formula One s version of D-Day is approaching, July 26, 2007. That day will mark a low point in the history of the sport as Stepneygate is aired in front of the FIA stewards and the ever sanctimonious Max Mosley. We all know the reason for this

F1: McLaren, Ferrari, And The Tainted F1 Season
FastMachines – Formula One s version of D-Day is approaching, July 26, 2007. That day will mark a low point in the history of the sport as Stepneygate is aired in front of the FIA stewards and the ever sanctimonious Max Mosley

UPDATE 1-Motor racing-Japan’s Yamamoto handed Spyker F1 drive
Reuters UK – LONDON, July 26 (Reuters) – Japan’s Sakon Yamamoto will race for Spyker in the remaining seven races of the Formula One season, the team said on Thursday. Yamamoto replaces Dutchman Christijan Albers, whose contract was terminated due to a

Alonso wins chaotic, rain-swept F1 race
MSNBC – NUERBURG, Germany – Two-time defending Formula One champion Fernando Alonso outdueled Felipe Massa on a slippery track, passing the Ferrari driver late in the race Sunday to win the European Grand Prix. It was exciting to drive and I hope to watch

Hamilton can quit if McLaren are guilty of ’spying’
Daily Mail – The charge relates to the discovery that Mike Coughlan, McLaren’s chief designer, received what amounts to Ferrari’s F1 handbook. It was allegedly sent to him by Nigel Stepney, Ferrari’s disaffected technical manager, who denies any part in the

More questions than answers in F1 spy scandal
ESPN.com – McLaren has been found guilty of being in possession of confidential Ferrari technical information, but the team will not be penalized because there is insufficient evidence to prove that McLaren used any of the data in the design of its cars

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McLaren ready for F1 spy hearing
BBC News – McLaren face a hearing before governing body the FIA on Thursday on charges relating to the spying scandal that has engulfed Formula One. The team have been summoned before a hearing of the FIA’s World Motor Sport Council on charges of breaking a

Qualifying crash for Brit F1 star
Memphis Commercial Appeal – NUERBURG, Germany — Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton appeared to escape serious injury when he crashed into a wall during qualifying Saturday for the European Grand Prix in which Kimi Raikkonen took the pole. After spending about two

Climate change fears hit F1 racing
CNN – NUERBURGRING, Germany (Reuters) — Talking about climate change at a Formula One race might at first glance seem like praising celibacy in a brothel. Jenson Button slides off into the gravel during last Sunday’s European Grand Prix. Honda’s F1 livery

McLaren’s title hopes hang over F1 hearing
Gulf Daily News – LONDON: Formula One’s governing body could puncture McLaren’s championship bid today and slam the brakes on Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton’s own title aspirations. The ’spy saga’ that has gripped the sport for weeks, with leaders McLaren stunned

MAGNY-COURS SET FOR REPRIEVE
Sporting Life – The French Grand Prix could be held in 2008 after all following talks between the French Prime Minister and Bernie Ecclestone. PM Francois Fillon met with F1 supremo Ecclestone, who had various gripes with the circuit, including the location, and as

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Henman’s outburst at failing Brits
Worldnews.com – Forget celebrity, Lewis is for real The Daily Mail Eight races into his Formula 1 career and Lewis Hamilton is already descending on PR gigs by helicopter , fending off questions about espionage , swapping numbers with A-list rappers and being measured for

Bra scientists find formula for that perfect fit
Daily Telegraph – Britain’s No.1 quality newspaper website | Make us your homepage For 70 years bra designers have stuck to a formula which decides sizes through measuring under and across the bust. But now

Mozilo wins even if Countrywide profits plummet
MSN MoneyCentral – The new contract also cut Mozilo’s base salary to $1.9 million from $2.9 million, and capped his maximum incentive payout at $10 million. Under the new formula, Mozilo can receive 0.44 percent of Countrywide’s net income if the company’s return

Spyker Silverstone test notes
Motorsport.com – Today at Silverstone the Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula One Team took a further step towards launching its new B-spec car. For the first time the team ran the new rear end and gearbox that will be used on the B-spec from the Turkish Grand Prix. Running

MonoSphere Adds Insight Investments as Authorized Partner
Forbes – The MonoSphere Authorized Partner Program is built on a formula combining Storage Horizon technology with partners’ storage 1 of 1

F-1 owner eyeing English soccer team Arsenal
MSNBC – NUREMBURG, Germany – Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone today refused to rule out the possibility of a takeover of Arsenal. Ecclestone concedes he has yet to hold talks with the Premier League club, who are apparently bracing themselves for a 650

Keeping your family healthy during the floods
Times Online – There should be labelling on the bottle that will indicate if it is not suitable for making up infant formula. The Department of News International Limited, 1 Virginia St, London E98 1XY, is the holding company for the News International group and is

McLaren faces hearing over charges it stole info from Ferrari
USA Today – PARIS (AP) Formula One leader McLaren-Mercedes will answer charges Thursday that its designer acquired confidential data from rival Ferrari. If found guilty, the team could have points deducted, be temporarily banned from races, or even be thrown

Hazard warning on home cleaners
San Francisco Gate – A type of glycol ether is frequently found in popular cleaning products such as Windex Aerosol, Formula 409, Lemon Fresh Pine This article appeared on page A – 1 of the San Francisco Chronicle

Formula for disaster
Daily Pioneer – If grabbing large swathes of the eastern Yamuna bed and flood plains for urban purposes – that is, state-of-the-art structures such as the Games Village, shopping mall and metro depot – was not enough, there is a plan evolving to lay a Formula 1 car

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Qualifying crash for Brit F1 star
Memphis Commercial Appeal – NUERBURG, Germany — Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton appeared to escape serious injury when he crashed into a wall during qualifying Saturday for the European Grand Prix in which Kimi Raikkonen took the pole. After spending about two

Fitch Rts Calif. Pollution Control Fin Auth VRDBs (Northern Recycling
Forbes – Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of ‘A+/F1′ to the $10,315,000 California Pollution Control Financing Authority, variable-rate demand solid waste disposal revenue bonds (Northern Recycling & Waste Services, LLC Project), series 2007A. The rating is

F1’s Ecclestone will keep French GP in Magny Cours
CBS Sportsline – PARIS — Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone has agreed to hold the French Grand Prix in its current venue in Magny Cours next year and possibly in 2009. Ecclestone has previously said that Magny Cours, located about 155 miles southeast of Paris in

F1: McLaren faces hearing over charges it stole information from rival
MSN UK News – Formula One leader McLaren-Mercedes will answer charges Thursday that its designer acquired confidential data from rival Ferrari. If found guilty, the team could have points deducted, be temporarily banned from races, or even be thrown out of the F1

Climate change fears hit F1 racing
CNN – NUERBURGRING, Germany (Reuters) — Talking about climate change at a Formula One race might at first glance seem like praising celibacy in a brothel. Jenson Button slides off into the gravel during last Sunday’s European Grand Prix. Honda’s F1 livery

FIA happy that Hamilton `lift` was legal
Planet F1 – The debate about whether Lewis Hamilton should have been permitted to continue in the European GP after being lifted out of the gravel by a Nurburgring crane has evoked comment from the FIA. The issue has dominated the P-F1 Mailbox and Forum since

F1 hearing hangs over McLaren
Worldnews.com – By Ian Parkes, PA Sport McLaren team principal Ron Dennis will give his version of events in the Formula One espionage saga that has rocked the sport. It will not be the end of the matter as a criminal McLaren may face expulsion from this year’s

With Bugatti Supercar, Beauty Comes Standard
Street.Com – I recently took one of these mega machines out for a heady spin around southern Connecticut under the guidance of French F1 racer Pierre-Henri Raphanel, and afterwards I sat down with Aachim Anscheidt, Bugatti’s director of design, to discuss what

Alonso cools F1 title hat-trick talk
MSN UK News – Fernando Alonso is determined to remain cautious over his chances of sealing a hat-trick of Formula One titles. Alonso helped former team Renault to back-to-back World Drivers’ and Constructors’ crowns before joining McLaren at the start of the year

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D: Adrien Tambay Nurburgring summary
Motorsport.com – more, highest finishing rookie at this weekend’s Nurburgring event, run as part of the support package to the European F1 just a lap to run, lying in fourth position, Tambay was hit from behind entering the final turn, spinning him on to the racing

Dixon wins 3rd straight; Patrick 5th
Detroit Free Press – AUTO RACING Dixon wins 3rd straight; Patrick 5th July 23, 2007 FREE PRESS NEWS SERVICES LEXINGTON, Ohio — Scott Dixon escaped a The two-time defending F1 champion had the better setup for the wet conditions during the final laps, and took advantage to

Spa: Rounds 13, 14 series preview
Motorsport.com – Spa-Francorchamps, a place where every racing driver wants to compete and a track that has become a firm favourite on the this season, with Greg and Leo Mansell joining the series their father Nigel took part in the three season before his F1

Ex-Met boss Lord Stevens to probe Formula 1 spy scandal
Daily Mail – Lord Stevens has been brought in by Ferrari to investigate the motor racing ’spy’ scandal that threatens to overshadow Lewis They want to know whether McLaren obtained unauthorised information relatingto this season’s Ferrari F1 car. McLaren boss

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This Week in Auto Racing July 27 – July 29
Miami Herald – This Week in Auto Racing July 27 – July 29 By Steve Schwarz, Sports Network The Sports Network Nextel Cup Allstate 400 at the Doornbos is a former F1 driver for Minardi (2005) and Red Bull (2006) which were not really competitive against the giant

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European GP: Spyker race notes
Motorsport.com – Etihad Aldar Spyker Formula 1 Team’s Markus Winkelhock enjoyed a sensational Formula 1 debut today at the European Grand Prix. As rain fell seconds into the parade lap, an inspired decision to change him to wet tyres in the pit lane for the start saw

Rosy cheeks
In Style – 1 of 30 To get a sheer, flirty glow of your own, Alicia Keys’ makeup pro Ashunta Sheriff advises using a creamy formula (burgundy for

Alonso wins rainy race of Formula One
English Eastday – Formula One double champion Fernando Alonso won a rainy race of European Grand Prix near Western German city of Nurburgring yesterday, slashing his McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s championship lead from 12 points to two. Sunday’s race encountered

Alonso wins chaotic European Grand Prix
Seattle Post Intelligencer – NUERBURG, Germany — Two-time defending Formula One champion Fernando Alonso passed Felipe Massa of Ferrari on a slippery track Home Delivery: (206) 464-2121 or (800) 542-0820 seattlepi.com serves about 1.7 million unique visitors and 30 million page

The front runners for superstardom
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Curbishley lauds arrival of Ljungberg
ESPN.com – American Stan Kroenke is set to launch a bid for control and F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has also been linked with a shock buyout. Kroenke has been tipped to increase his 12.2% stake beyond the 30% threshold but Arsenal managing director Keith

Slovakia outlook revised to positive vs stable on possible Euro
Forbes – The ratings agency also affirmed the long-term foreign currency IDR at ‘A’, long-term local currency IDR at ‘A+’ with a stable outlook and short-term foreign currency IDR at ‘F1′. Slovakia’s country ceiling is affirmed at ‘AA’, Fitch said. TFN

Alonso wins chaotic, rain-swept F1 race
MSNBC – NUERBURG, Germany – Two-time defending Formula One champion Fernando Alonso passed Felipe Massa of Ferrari on a slippery track late in the race Sunday to win the European Grand Prix. The McLaren driver closed to within two points in the standings of

Relieved Webber happy to be back on F1 podium
West Online – Mark Webber celebrated third place for Red Bull with typical Aussie bluntness at the European Grand Prix today. “Relief? You don’t say, mate. It’s a bloody huge relief, for the whole team and myself,” declared the Australian. “We’ve been ripped off

This Week in Auto Racing July 27 – July 29
Miami Herald – Doornbos is a former F1 driver for Minardi (2005) and Red Bull (2006) which were not really competitive against the giant teams of F1 like Ferrari and McLaren. But the team came to that realization and made the move across the Atlantic Ocean to Champ

F1 body fails in bid to trademark ‘F1′
Home of Sport – Formula One Licensing has failed in a bid to gain exclusive control of the descriptor ‘F1′. FOL, which is the brand exploitation division of the Formula One group run by Bernie Ecclestone, made a trademark application for the abbreviation for a range

Testing begins at Jerez and Mugello
Motorsport.com – Red Bull fielded one of its Junior drivers, 18 year-old Swiss Sebastien Buemi, who has only done straight line work in an F1 car before. After acclimatizing himself to the RB3 he spent the day focused on set up and aerodynamics as he worked towards

Hamilton cleared to race in European GP after crash
International Herald Tribune – The Englishman is seeking to become the first driver to win the championship in his rookie F1 season. He has won two races and finished in the top three in all nine. He has 70 points coming into the race, 12 ahead of McLaren teammate and two-time

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Rain wreaks havoc at Nurburgring
Irish Times – Formula 1: The start to the European Grand Prix was one of the most amazing seen in Formula One for many years as rain drenched the circuit before the first lap, forcing a red flag 13 minutes in. Lewis Hamilton, who had started from 10th on the grid

KLUM RULES OUT MORE KIDS
Contactmusic.com – Supermodel HEIDI KLUM has ruled out having more children with husband SEAL, because they are running out of space in their house. The German model already has a three-year-old daughter Leni, with Italian Formula 1 boss Flavio Briatore, and two sons

Daylight for Melbourne F1 grand prix
Nine MSN – The Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix will be held in Melbourne at a later time next year, but not at night, and will include a V8 race, the Victorian government will announce. The Melbourne grand prix will also probably move from first to second in

How to cope without running water
BBC News – The very old and the very young can easily become dehydrated, and infant formula milk needs to be made with very clean water as babies are at risk of infections such as gastroenteritis – a condition which itself causes dehydration. Neigbourliness

European Grand Prix Results
FOXSports.com – NUERBURGRING, Germany (AP) – Results Sunday from the Formula One European Grand Prix on the 5.1-kilometer (3.2-mile) Nuerburgring circuit (with driver, country, car, laps completed, time, average speed of winner): 1. Fernando Alonso, Spain, McLaren

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Lewis Hamilton unhurt after Nurburgring crash
Daily Telegraph – Chasing a third straight F1 victory, the Finn lapped in 1min 31.450sec – 0.291s clear of Alonso. The Spaniard would have been a lot closer, and probably faster, had he not almost lost control at Turn Five. His McLaren teetered left and right before

Driver’s Seat
espnstar.com – Located high in the Eiffel Mountains in Germany, this classic motor racing venue is host to the only F1 race in Germany this year. Hockenheim s turn in the new race sharing deal takes place next season. Even without the Michael Schumacher factor

Hamilton to lose F1 aggression
ITV – Lewis Hamilton has revealed ahead of Sunday’s European Grand Prix at the Nurburgring that he is to temper his naturally aggressive instincts. The 22-year-old British rookie went on an all-out offensive in races at the start of his first season in

F1 won’t return to Indianapolis in 2008
US News and World Report – Indianapolis Motor Speedway C-E-O Tony George was asked why the Formula-One race is leaving. (note: George refers to the 2005 race when several drivers refused to compete over a tire controversy) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Formula One’s latest attempt at

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Hamilton crashes in F1 qualifying
TSN – NUERBURGRING, Germany (AP) – Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton crashed in qualifying Saturday for the European Grand Prix and was taken by ambulance from the track. Hamilton waved and gave a thumbs-up sign as he was being taken on a

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Times Online – Lewys it s a good copy man and Mclaren was nothing the las 3 years without Alonso .. If Ron Denis forget that Alonso it s a 2 times F1 Champion I m sure Ferrary will win this championship .. and How many engish F1 drivers win

Alonso in four-man dogfight to defend F1 crown
ESPN.com – NURBURG, Germany — Fernando Alonso is gunning for his third straight Formula One World Championship, but looking at the numbers, he reckons his Vodafone McLaren Mercedes teammate, Lewis Hamilton , has the edge in the four-way battle for the title

F1 s Hamilton escapes injury
Tacoma News Tribune – The wrecked Formula One car of Lewis Hamilton is lifted off the gravel Saturday after a crash in qualifying for the European Grand Prix. Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton appeared to escape serious injury when he crashed into a wall

European GP – Sunday – Race Report
GrandPrix.com – The European Grand Prix of 2007 was a quite extraordinary race. A rainstorm broke over the event after just one lap of action. A debutant – Markus Winkelhock – took a risk and found himself leading his first F1 race by half a minute – in a Spyker

Race decision rests with doctors
Times Online – Lewis Hamilton has fellow F1 driver Ralf Schumacher to thank for the medical tests he will undergo before a decision is taken on whether or not he will be allowed to compete in the European Grand Prix. McLaren boss Ron Dennis wants his driver to take

Walker nervous about F1 return
BBC News – The 83-year-old, who last commentated on a Formula One race for ITV in 2001, will be behind the microphone for Radio Five Live at Germany’s Nurburgring. “I am looking forward to it enormously but with some apprehension,” he said. “There is a danger I

F1 won’t return to Indianapolis in 2008
US News and World Report – Indianapolis Motor Speedway C-E-O Tony George was asked why the Formula-One race is leaving. (note: George refers to the 2005 race when several drivers refused to compete over a tire controversy) INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Formula One’s latest attempt at

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