Beyond 2000

Posted by Tim Robson at 12:07 pm on Friday November 20, 2009

Hot on the heels of the Subaru Forester Dakar car, here’s a quick grab of the new Ford Fiesta S2000 rally car flat-chat during tarmac testing.
The Fiesta doesn’t replace the Focus – rather, it’s a cheaper alternative for various championships around the world, including the S2000 World Cup and the International [...]

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Mercedes GP

Posted by Jamie Hibbard at 12:29 pm on Wednesday November 18, 2009

It seems the rumour-mongering was true: German manufacturer Mercedes has announced that it has bought a controlling stake in the Brawn GP squad.

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Webber a winner in 2010

Posted by Tim Robson at 11:25 am on Tuesday November 17, 2009
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The music’s about to stop in the Formula One paddock’s game of musical chairs, and we’ll soon get an idea of who is really going where in 2010.

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Pipe dreams in Surfers Paradise

Posted by Tim Robson at 7:20 pm on Thursday October 22, 2009
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If anyone thinks that the A1GP cars will be missed this weekend at the Nikon SuperGP event on the Gold Coast, let me assure you that they won’t be. In the slightest.

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Webber wins battle, Button wins war

Posted by Top Gear Australia at 1:30 pm on Monday October 19, 2009
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It’s totally appropriate that Jenson Button claimed his first world championship today at Interlagos in Brazil. It’s here, on this iconic track in this wretched city, that a young Button earned his first world championship point for Williams in 2001. It’s here, too, so many times before, that the World Championship has come down to [...]

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Bathurst: the best ever?

Posted by Tim Robson at 5:52 pm on Tuesday October 13, 2009
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Man didn’t those last twenty laps have it all? Courage, heartbreak, good fortune, anger, passion… those are the qualities that set the Bathurst 1000 apart from any other race on the calendar.

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Pushing Button

Posted by Tim Robson at 4:25 pm on Tuesday October 6, 2009
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Here’s a driver movement that’s not getting much airtime – Jenson Button could leave Brawn at the end of this season, taking with him the #1 plate.

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F1 musical chairs

Posted by Tim Robson at 4:30 pm on Thursday October 1, 2009
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Wow. Shock. Gee (Sorry, can barely hide my surprise). Fernando Alonso has finally been announced as Kimi Raikkonen’s replacement next year at Ferrari. This move has been on the cards since early 2007 (and probably earlier), when the Spaniard started getting the shits with McLaren and new boy Lewis Hamilton, subsequently stitching the team up [...]

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