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Follow LIVE the fourth day of testing in Barcelona
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22 Feb 2013 08:43
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Barcelona day 3: Alonso goes fastest in the Ferrari
Fernando Alonso was fastest today in front of the home fans at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain. The 31 year old set a lap time of 1:21.875 on the soft tyre - the fastest this ...

21 Feb 2013 17:08
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GP2: MP Motorsport signs Auto GP champion Quaife-Hobbs
AutoGP World Series Champion Adrian Quaife-Hobbs completes Dutch team MP Motorsport 2013 GP2 Series line up. The BRDC Fairfield Trophy winner joined Team Principal Sander Dorsma...

21 Feb 2013 15:24
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Teams frustrated by glitches in new software MES
Pirelli's heavily degrading tyres were not the only 'control' components causing problems for F1 teams in Barcelona this week. The standard electronics used by every team, and s...

21 Feb 2013 14:41
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GP3: Josh Webster joins Status Grand Prix
Status Grand Prix has signed British driver Josh Webster to join its attack on the 2013 GP3 Series as the championship enters its new era with a 400hp engine. The 19-year-old...

21 Feb 2013 13:32
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Ecclestone and Todt talk about unsigned Concorde Agreement
F1 powerbrokers Bernie Ecclestone and Jean Todt are set to meet on Thursday, according to Germany's Auto Motor und Sport. The topic? The unsigned 2013 Concorde Agreement. Alt...

21 Feb 2013 09:55
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Perez: "New Pirelli tyres are an unpleasant surprise"
'Pirelli' is the buzzword in the Barcelona paddock, as the F1 world gets to grips with the extreme degradation of the Italian supplier's 2013 tyres. McLaren's Sergio Perez was q...

21 Feb 2013 09:50
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21 Feb 2013 09:21
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Follow LIVE the third day of testing in Barcelona
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21 Feb 2013 08:52
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Column: Red Bull hope to continue with their success in Formula 1
[RIGHT_IMG=510e9c3a1da133a1f3046617d12ea2b396d06cb9e9210][/RIGHT_IMG] As the 2013 season's second test week is up and running, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner told Sky ...

20 Feb 2013 20:46
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Barcelona day 2: Perez just in front of Vettel
Sergio Pérez was the fastest of everyone at the Circuit de Catalunya today, with a lap of 1:21.848. The Mexican set his lap on a one-lap stint on the soft tyres - yellow markin...

20 Feb 2013 17:12
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DTM: No contract at Mercedes for Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica has been left out of Mercedes' lineup for the German touring car series DTM in 2013. Last month, the Pole tested one of the German marque's cars, with Toto Wolff s...

20 Feb 2013 16:08
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British PM visits Caterham factory in Leafield
David Cameron was given a tour of Caterham Group's Leafield Technical Centre on Friday 15th February by Caterham Group Co-Chairman Tony Fernandes. Leafield Technical Centre has ...

20 Feb 2013 14:56
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Engine supplier key in driver choice for Force India
Barcelona will this week host a head-to-head 'shootout' for the final race seat on the 2013 grid. Just like Williams weighed up Jenson Button versus Bruno Junqueira in 2000, and...

20 Feb 2013 13:55
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Wihuri increases level of commitment to Williams
The Williams F1 Team is pleased to announce that it has signed a renewed partnership agreement with Wihuri, one of Finland's most respected business enterprises. The new partner...

20 Feb 2013 11:08
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Ricciardo needs better understanding of the new Toro Rosso
After four days in Jerez de la Frontera, the F1 circus has continued its Spanish travels, setting up on the outskirts of Barcelona, at the Catalunya circuit, which is home to th...

20 Feb 2013 10:44
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No surprises for Alonso on first day with Ferrari F138
After his first day at the wheel in 2013, Fernando Alonso on Tuesday had a stiff neck and a cautious round of optimism about the new Ferrari. The Spaniard said he was "reasonabl...

20 Feb 2013 10:35
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Lauda and Marko question Danica Patrick's credentials
Danica Patrick has leapt back into the motor racing headlines by becoming the first woman to secure pole for the 2013 Nascar opener at Daytona. Previously, the highly popular 30...

20 Feb 2013 10:32
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Follow LIVE the second day of testing from Barcelona
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20 Feb 2013 10:30
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Williams and Caterham need to re-design
Caterham and Williams have been told they may have to change the exhaust layout on their cars the CT03 and the FW35. Both teams are using the coanda effect exhaust lay...

19 Feb 2013 19:48
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Barcelona day 1: Rosberg puts Mercedes on top
The second week of pre-season testing started today in Barcelona, and Nico Rosberg was fastest. In Jerez, Mercedes faced a few problems on the car, and this was the same stor...

19 Feb 2013 17:13
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Randstad renews and upgrades sponsorship deal with Williams
The Williams F1 Team is pleased to announce it has renewed and upgraded its current sponsorship agreement with Randstad, the global recruitment company. The new contract has sec...

19 Feb 2013 14:46
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Ferrari to reward European F3 champion with F1 test
With new names joining the line-up for the 2013 FIA F3 European Championship on an almost daily basis, the combined efforts of the Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile (...

19 Feb 2013 14:23
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Lopez: "Lotus liked for being a natural team"
Lotus is happy to let Kimi Raikkonen just be himself, owner Gerard Lopez has revealed. En route to his first victory since returning to F1 last year, the laconic Finn told his r...

19 Feb 2013 10:25
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UPS new sponsor of Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari announces that it has reached a sponsorship agreement with UPS, a leading company in the field of logistics, with a presence in over 220 countries and territori...

19 Feb 2013 10:11
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Sutil takes 8 million Euro sponsorship to Force India
Adrian Sutil is "very, very happy" Force India is giving him a chance to shine by his former team Force India at Barcelona this week. "He's very, very happy this is taking pl...

19 Feb 2013 09:39
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Exclusive video Williams FW35
Before the second week of testing got underway today in Barcelona, the Williams team launched their 2013 contender after using their 2012 car in Jerez. This was because the team...

19 Feb 2013 09:25
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Senna left F1 to score wins and podiums
Bruno Senna has suggested he preferred to bow out of formula one than run around at the back of the grid with Caterham or Marussia. Dropped by Williams after a single season ...

19 Feb 2013 09:14
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Mercedes signs Formula 3 champion Juncadella for test role
Daniel Juncadella is set to become a development driver with Mercedes' F1 team, according to Spanish and German media sources. Spain's El Mundo said the news about the 21-yea...

19 Feb 2013 08:57
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First pictures of the new Williams FW35
Step inside the #FW35... The @williamsf1team launches Williams Renault #FW35 twitter.com/WilliamsF1Team Williams F1 Team (@WilliamsF1Team) 19 februari 2013 #FW35 unveil...

19 Feb 2013 08:40
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'Works' teams looking to seize 2014 opportunity
Still amid the Red Bull era, the so-called 'works' teams are looking ahead with great eagerness to 2014. Red Bull has mastered the current era of aerodynamics-dominated regulati...

18 Feb 2013 17:02
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Video: Hamilton beats Vettel on Top Gear
Lewis Hamilton could not contain his smile as he smashed Sebastian Vettel's lap record on the British motoring television show Top Gear. The 2008 world champion's existing lap o...

18 Feb 2013 15:27
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Ferrari tops list of world's most powerful brands
Ferrari is the world's most powerful brand. And not simply in the opinion of millions of Prancing Horse enthusiasts the world over, indeed, the clients that continue to buy the ...

18 Feb 2013 14:53
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GP3: Atech Grand Prix turns into Bamboo Engineering
GP3 Series organisers are pleased to announce that Atech Grand Prix and Bamboo Engineering have joined forces and will compete in GP3 for the 2013-2015 seasons under the name of...

18 Feb 2013 14:03
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CVC hopes to proceed with F1 floatation in October
Owner CVC looks set to proceed with the floatation of formula one later this year, according to F1 business journalist Christian Sylt. Late last year, Sylt said CVC had decided ...

18 Feb 2013 13:35
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Formula 1 to ignore violence in Bahrain again in 2013
It is "100 per cent" certain this year's Bahrain grand prix is going ahead, according to Bernie Ecclestone. However, violence has kicked off once again in the island Kingdom,...

18 Feb 2013 12:13
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Emirates leaves door to sponsor team again open
New F1 backer Emirates, the Dubai-owned airline, could also return to the sport as a team sponsor. Earlier this month, Bernie Ecclestone announced a five-year branding deal has ...

18 Feb 2013 11:22
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Barcelona pretty much the last chance for Sutil - manager
Adrian Sutil's manager has acknowledged a test this week in Barcelona is the German driver's "last chance" to return to formula one. Sutil, 30, bowed out of the sport at the end...

18 Feb 2013 10:31
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Valsecchi hopes Lotus reserve role leads to fulltime race seat
Davide Valsecchi is the first champion in GP2 history who risks never sitting on a formula one grid. Since the sport's feeder series began in 2005, every champion - Nico Rosberg...

18 Feb 2013 09:54
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Mercedes rubbishes claims to pull out of F1
Mercedes has hit back at reports some of its shareholders want the German marque to pull out of formula one. The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper has quoted two such sha...

18 Feb 2013 09:04
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Alguersuari complains about F1 seat auction
As the F1 world looks set to race on without him, Jaime Alguersuari has decried a sport whose seats are now sold to the highest bidder. Accepting that his hopes of returning in ...

17 Feb 2013 15:32
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Maldonado to debut new Williams FW35 at Barcelona
The Williams F1 Team will head to Barcelona next week, the site of last year's historic victory, to continue preparations for the 2013 season. The team will present its 2013 car...

15 Feb 2013 16:23
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McLaren rewarded with FIA Environmental Award
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes is the first motor sport stakeholder in the world to receive the FIA Institute's Environmental Award for the Achievement of Excellence. The award is...

15 Feb 2013 15:38
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Pirelli buys 2011 car from HRT - report
Pirelli, F1's official tyre supplier, has reportedly bought an old HRT car. This week, we reported that assets of the newly-defunct Spanish formula one team had been snapped up ...

15 Feb 2013 14:48
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Mallya's troubles not connected to Force India - Fernley
Boss and co-owner Vijay Mallya's financial problems do not affect Force India, deputy team principal Bob Fernley insists. This week, it emerged that lenders to Mallya's failing ...

15 Feb 2013 12:09
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Formula 1 continues trend for pay-channel TV deals
More countries have followed Britain's lead in seeing their exclusive free-to-air television coverage of formula one end. The first bombshell was last year, when the split arran...

15 Feb 2013 09:35
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Adrian Sutil could test Force India in Barcelona
Adrian Sutil has re-emerged as a front runner for the last spot on the 2013 grid, with news he had a custom seat fitted at Force India's Silverstone factory this week. It was th...

15 Feb 2013 08:14
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'Hamilton's move to Mercedes driven by money and management'
One of F1's most respected and experienced insiders thinks Lewis Hamilton's Mercedes switch was about money and management. "If you compare the two (teams), you must come to the...

14 Feb 2013 14:56
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Pirelli surprises F1 with choice for supersoft for Australia
Pirelli has surprised the F1 world by revealing an aggressive selection of tyre compounds for the start of the 2013 season. The big surprise is the choice for the Melbourne open...

14 Feb 2013 14:30
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Force India sponsor Kingfisher close to collapse - reports
Force India boss Vijay Mallya's grounded airline Kingfisher appears close to folding. Respected business newspapers, including the Wall Street Journal, said plans by Kingfisher'...

14 Feb 2013 13:45
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HRT headquarters already dismantled and deserted - report
Assets of the newly-defunct formula one team HRT have been bought. Spain's AS newspaper reports that Teo Martin, a well-known automotive component recycler, has bought most of t...

14 Feb 2013 12:11
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F1Today.net looking for developers
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14 Feb 2013 11:35
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Red Bull and McLaren drove as though on rails - Rosberg
Ferrari appeared to find its way with the new F138 car following a difficult start at Jerez. That is the summary of Mercedes' Nico Rosberg, who told Germany's Sport Bild he noti...

14 Feb 2013 11:04
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Small sidepods will work just fine in Malaysian heat - Sauber
Sauber's ultra-slim sidepods work well, team co-owner, founder and former boss Peter Sauber has revealed. The Swiss team stunned its opposition when it launched the new Ferrari-...

14 Feb 2013 09:43
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De la Rosa prepared to stay as GPDA president
Pedro de la Rosa looks set to continue his role at the head of the F1 drivers' union, despite dropping off the actual racing grid for 2013. The veteran Spaniard, however, wil...

14 Feb 2013 08:33
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Chinese Le Mans team eyes F1 future
F1 could soon have a Chinese formula one team. Recently, Hong Kong-based KC Motorgroup (KCMG) became the first Chinese entry to be confirmed for the fabled Le Mans 24 hour race....

13 Feb 2013 16:48
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IRL: Sebastian Saavedra joins Dragon Racing for 2013
That's Sebastian with an "a." Dragon Racing owner Jay Penske will have to come up with a way to distinguish between the given names when addressing the team's drivers. The team ...

13 Feb 2013 16:06
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Brawn doesn't want to judge new Mercedes just yet
It is too early to say just how good the new Mercedes is, according to team boss Ross Brawn. After an up-and-down first test for the new silver W04, former double world champion...

13 Feb 2013 14:31
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Alonso named Honorary Ambassador for Spain
Fernando Alonso is a symbol of Spain all over the world and today there was tangible proof of that, when he was nominated as an Honorary Ambassador for "Marca España," by the a...

13 Feb 2013 12:11
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Pirelli announces tyre compounds for first races of 2013
For the start of the 2013 Formula One World Championship season, Pirelli has nominated its slick P Zero compounds for the first four races in Australia, Malaysia, China and Bahr...

13 Feb 2013 10:38
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F1 should consider testing in Middle East for 2014 Pirelli
F1 could be heading to the Middle East for pre-season testing next year. Pirelli's Paul Hembery said the Jerez circuit, the scene of last week's opening test of the 2013 pre-sea...

13 Feb 2013 09:22
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Mark Webber 'on target' after leg surgery
Mark Webber insists surgery over the winter period will not affect the start of his 2013 championship campaign. A few years ago, the Red Bull driver badly broke his leg in a mou...

12 Feb 2013 16:29
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Caterham looking for 'different project' for Kovalainen
Caterham has left open the door for "a different project" with ousted number 1 race driver Heikki Kovalainen. Team boss Cyril Abiteboul admitted that, while bringing in a pay-dr...

12 Feb 2013 15:30
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Adrian Sutil has no choice but to keep fingers crossed
Adrian Sutil is still not giving up on the Force India race seat for 2013. The vacancy is the only one left in F1 with less than five weeks until the Melbourne season opener. ...

12 Feb 2013 14:42
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All smiles at Lotus and Sauber after test in Jerez
Forget the 'big three' -- Christian Horner has admitted teams other than Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari made the "strongest impression" on him last week at Jerez. "Lotus and Saub...

12 Feb 2013 13:43
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Hamilton thinks Rosberg is a underestimated driver
Lewis Hamilton has spoken up for his new Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg. German Rosberg is seen to have outshone seven time world champion Michael Schumacher during their three ...

12 Feb 2013 12:14
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Marussia to stay in F1 with new Concorde Agreement
No more teams are set to follow HRT through F1's paddock exit, Bernie Ecclestone insists. There has been speculation the economic situation in the sport and the wider world coul...

12 Feb 2013 11:14
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Kamui Kobayashi to test Ferrari sports car
Kamui Kobayashi looks set to continue his motor racing career in Le Mans-style sports car racing. After three full seasons in F1, the popular and exciting Japanese lost his Saub...

12 Feb 2013 09:52
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Chilton would have preferred Glock as teammate for 2013
Rookie Max Chilton has admitted he would prefer to have Timo Glock as his teammate in 2013. Actually, Marussia dispensed with German Glock's experienced services in favour of a ...

12 Feb 2013 08:43
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Pic happy with Van der Garde as Caterham teammate

Caterham's links with French manufacturer Renault was key to Charles Pic's Marussia switch. That is the claim of Olivier Panis, the former grand prix winner who is now deeply in...

11 Feb 2013 16:47
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