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Domenicali: "Alonso and Schumacher are real cannibals"
Felipe Massa's future in formula one is at stake in 2012, Ferrari team boss Stefano Domenicali has admitted. He said the struggling Brazilian driver, already fighting to keep hi...

23 Apr 2012 11:36
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Lotus lets Raikkonen and Grosjean race without interfering
Lotus did not consider employing team orders in order to boost Kimi Raikkonen's chances of winning the Bahrain grand prix. The 2007 world champion ultimately finished second and...

23 Apr 2012 10:47
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Ecclestone and France agree on financial terms for Grand Prix
Bernie Ecclestone on Sunday confirmed reports France is definitely heading back to the F1 calendar. Reports earlier this weekend said authorities had "finally agreed" a figure f...

23 Apr 2012 10:22
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Pirelli shruggs off criticism after Bahrain
Pirelli went on the defensive on Sunday, following criticism in the wake of the Bahrain grand prix. British commentator Martin Brundle said the Italian marque's heavily-degradin...

23 Apr 2012 09:50
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Vettel picks up first win of 2012 in Bahrain
Red Bulls Sebastian Vettel leapt back into the limelight - and the lead of the world championship - with victory in Sunday's 2012 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix. The wo...

23 Apr 2012 08:37
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Bird hits Rosberg's helmet in Bahrain practice
Nico Rosberg escaped unscathed but the bird was not so lucky, after a 200kph collision in Bahrain during Friday practice. Bild newspaper reports that the Shanghai winner, and...

21 Apr 2012 12:22
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Internet 'hacktivists' attack F1 over Bahrain
Internet hackers have threatened to wreak havoc as they sided against formula one over the sport's decision to push ahead with the highly controversial Bahrain Grand Prix. Th...

21 Apr 2012 12:19
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Crown Prince: "Teams not targets of Bahrain violence"
Bahrain's Crown Prince on Friday ruled out cancelling the troubled island kingdom's Grand Prix. "I think cancelling just empowers extremists," he told reporters, whilst standing...

20 Apr 2012 23:19
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Pirelli
Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg carried on where he had left off, following his pole position and debut victory in China last week, by setting the fastest time of the day during fr...

20 Apr 2012 17:02
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen: "The soft tyres felt better today but we have to work out which tyre will work best over a stint duration. It's too early to draw any conclusion and we have to l...

20 Apr 2012 16:56
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo: "Importantly, we made progress through the day, after the first session did not go too well. We couldn't get the tyres to work properly, wheel spinning on the ...

20 Apr 2012 16:43
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Heikki Kovalainen: "A good day for us in terms of the mileage we've covered and the amount of data we've collated. This morning the track wasn't as dusty as we'd feared, so the ...

20 Apr 2012 16:28
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: HRT F1 Team
The Bahrain International Circuit (5.412 km) hosted the first day of practice sessions today at the fourth event of the season and HRT Formula 1 Team proved its progression once...

20 Apr 2012 15:52
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Mercedes
Nico Rosberg: "That was a good start to the weekend, and whilst it's nice to be quickest today, we know that doesn't count. The most important thing still is to improve our race...

20 Apr 2012 15:47
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Bahrain 2012 Friday quotes: Force India
Sahara Force India completed a busy morning practice session in Bahrain with Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg each completing 26 laps respectively. Both drivers used the soft a...

20 Apr 2012 15:24
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FP2: Nico Rosberg getting used to first place
Nico Rosberg has set the best time on the first day of the Bahrain Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, who one his first Grand Prix in China, was the only one in the 1:32's. Red Bu...

20 Apr 2012 14:35
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Barrichello feels partly responsible for improvement Williams
Rubens Barrichello has revealed he feels partly responsible for Williams' surge in form so far in 2012. For the veteran Brazilian's final season in F1 last year, the famous Brit...

20 Apr 2012 13:45
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Force India will cut second practice short out of fear
Force India might skip Friday's second practice session in Bahrain. Two of the Silverstone based team's staff members returned to the UK earlier this week after a Molotov cockta...

20 Apr 2012 11:52
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Alonso admits Ferrari currently has sixth or seventh best car
Fernando Alonso has admitted Ferrari currently has the "sixth or seventh" best formula one car. The Spaniard took issue with a pre-season analysis in the specialist press that p...

20 Apr 2012 11:34
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FP1: Lewis Hamilton quickest in calm Bahrain
Lewis Hamilton has set the best time in the first free practice for the Bahrain Grand Prix. The McLaren driver realised a 1:33.572 and was three tenths faster than Sebastian Vet...

20 Apr 2012 10:48
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Monaco makes changes to circuit after Perez's 2011 crash
Monaco has made changes to its famous street circuit in the wake of Sergio Perez's high-speed crash last year. Ahead of his debut Monaco race, Mexican Perez lost control of h...

20 Apr 2012 09:17
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Force India not about to pull out of Bahrain GP
Force India deputy boss Bob Fernley has dismissed reports the Silverstone based team could pull out of the controversial Bahrain grand prix. Two members of the team were allowed...

20 Apr 2012 08:47
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Caterham joins line-up for Bavaria City Racing Dublin
Caterham F1 Team, are the latest team from the FIA Formula One World Championship to be confirmed for Bavaria City Racing Dublin which takes place in the heart of the capital on...

19 Apr 2012 17:47
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Mercedes could lose support of major shareholder Aabar
Mercedes GP could be set to lose a major shareholder. Citing informed sources, the German 'Manager Magazin' reports that the Abu Dhabi investment vehicle Aabar is in talks to en...

19 Apr 2012 16:34
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Ferrari boosts aerodynamic department with Agathangelou
Ferrari has bolstered its aerodynamic team by hiring a former Red Bull team member. Italy's Omnicorse, and Marca in Spain, are reporting that Briton Ben Agathangelou has been si...

19 Apr 2012 15:25
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Ecclestone favours customer cars over budget cap
Bernie Ecclestone has revealed he does not support moves to install a budget cap in F1. "It wouldn't work," the sport's chief executive Bernie Ecclestone told Germany's Auto Mot...

19 Apr 2012 14:39
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Force India team member leaves Bahrain after incident
A member of the Force India team is returning to Europe following a firebomb attack in Bahrain. The BBC reports that an incident occurred near a Force India hire car as members ...

19 Apr 2012 13:57
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Force India
Team principal Vijay Mallya: "The Chinese Grand Prix was certainly an entertaining race and it showed once again that we have one of the most competitive grids in the history of...

19 Apr 2012 12:14
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Porsche Supercup team and journalist next to pull out of Bahrain
A support-race team and a respected journalist have become the next to pull out of this weekend's highly controversial Bahrain grand prix. The Porsche Supercup team MRS said its...

19 Apr 2012 11:48
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New York insists first race is on for 2013
Organisers of the New York street race have hit back at Bernie Ecclestone's claim the inaugural 2013 date might be delayed a year. The F1 chief executive had announced a race on...

19 Apr 2012 10:39
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Ecclestone and Mercedes in conflict over Concorde Agreement
Bernie Ecclestone has confirmed he is still at loggerheads with Mercedes over the new Concorde Agreement. The German carmaker's team is the big missing name, after F1 chief exec...

19 Apr 2012 09:41
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'Sauber new sponsor teaser for AT&T or Abramovich'
Sauber's 'teaser' has done the trick, triggering paddock speculation about its forthcoming major backer. Last weekend in China, off the back of Sergio Perez's recent push for vi...

19 Apr 2012 08:52
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Ecclestone working on idea for Grand Slams in F1
Bernie Ecclestone's latest proposal is that F1's most important races become a tennis-like 'Grand Slam'. Insisting that the calendar will probably not expand much beyond 20 race...

18 Apr 2012 16:49
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Ricciardo seeking positives to take away from China
After a frustrating outing in Shanghai, Scuderia Toro Rosso's Daniel Ricciardo looks for a silver lining to take away from China. Ricciardo: "Well, we're in Bahrain. We left ...

18 Apr 2012 16:17
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New York troubles could be good for Austin
Apparent troubles for New York's inaugural grand prix could be good news for Texas, according to reports in the United States. Bernie Ecclestone said on Tuesday that the race sc...

18 Apr 2012 15:57
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Mercedes
Michael Schumacher: "Having experienced a race such as China gives everybody in the team a big push, and we certainly will give our optimum to repeat our performance in the next...

18 Apr 2012 14:57
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Williams
Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: "Having held the race on the longer endurance course layout in 2010, the 2012 race has now reverted back to the 5.412km long, 57 lap Gran...

18 Apr 2012 13:42
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Red Bull Racing
Mark Webber: "We haven't been to the circuit for two years and the last time we raced on the current track layout was in 2009. We also havent been there with Pirelli tyres or ...

18 Apr 2012 12:15
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Brawn: "Long way to go until decision on Schumacher's future"
Mercedes will decide later this season if Michael Schumacher's contract will be extended beyond 2012. The current three year deal, which began when the seven time world champion...

18 Apr 2012 11:26
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Marussia F1 Team
This weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, coming just a week after the last race in China, marks the end of the first phase of long haul races of the 2012 season. Here in Sakhir, with ...

18 Apr 2012 09:59
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Marko: "Technical changes deliberately introduced against Red Bull"
Dr Helmut Marko has aimed fire at F1's new rules for 2012, claiming they were devised "deliberately" to end the era of Red Bull dominance. "We no longer have the superiority ...

18 Apr 2012 09:17
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Ferrari setting the pace in 2012 with pitstops
Ferrari does not have a leading car so far in 2012, but when it comes to pitstops, the famous Italian team is setting the pace. That is the finding of the Spanish sports daily M...

18 Apr 2012 08:39
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F1 journalists file detailed report of protests in Bahrain
Two F1 journalists tried their hands at war reporting after touching down in Bahrain ahead of this weekend's controversial grand prix. "I had a duty as an experienced journalist...

17 Apr 2012 17:06
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Rosberg: "Being fast in every qualifying is our trump card"
Mercedes' rivals must now count the German team as a serious contender, Nico Rosberg has said after winning his first grand prix in China last weekend. Shanghai was also the sce...

17 Apr 2012 16:33
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Ferrari looking to build on strong tradition in Bahrain
If tradition was worth a few tenths in performance terms, then the Bahrain Grand Prix could be the scene for a step up in the quality of what the F2012 can deliver. There have b...

17 Apr 2012 15:46
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China 2012 among best races in F1 history
Statistically, the Chinese grand prix raced straight into the history books as one of the most exciting formula one events of all time. "For me, we are having some of the best r...

17 Apr 2012 14:47
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Pirelli
Bahrain will be one of just three circuits that Pirelli is yet to visit in competition this year, but unlike Hockenheim in Germany and the United States Grand Prix, the Italian ...

17 Apr 2012 13:59
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Grosjean not feeling relieved after first points finish in F1
Romain Grosjean insists he is not feeling "relieved" after the Chinese grand prix. The Frenchman, who returned to F1 this year after an abortive start to his career in 2009, sho...

17 Apr 2012 12:08
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Ferrari eyes big step forward for Spanish GP
Ferrari is looking ahead to Barcelona next month, as the famous Italian team plans to begin putting a difficult start to the 2012 season behind it. Test driver Marc Gene, who is...

17 Apr 2012 11:15
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Raikkonen: "Podium should be possible for Bahrain"
After a weekend which came agonisingly close to producing a real result for Kimi in China, the Finn puts the past behind him and looks ahead to his next opportunity for glory at...

17 Apr 2012 10:22
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Lewis Hamilton hints at longer stay at McLaren
Lewis Hamilton has hinted again that he sees his future with McLaren. Just prior to the new season, the 2008 world champion indicated he would like to renew his deal with the Wo...

17 Apr 2012 09:34
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Wolff prefers background over role as teamboss at Williams
Toto Wolff is not Williams' new team boss. With co-founder Patrick Head and chairman Adam Parr both now gone and Sir Frank Williams stepping down from his own board, it is notab...

17 Apr 2012 08:40
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FIA president Todt comments on green light for Bahrain GP
Jean Todt has broken his long and conspicuous silence over the Bahrain controversy. Until now, the ultra-low-profile FIA president had been reluctant to speak on the issue, desp...

16 Apr 2012 16:45
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Fernando Alonso doesn't fancy his chances for Bahrain
Despite winning in Malaysia last month, Fernando Alonso is expecting a miserable weekend in Bahrain. On the back of his surprise Sepang victory, the Spaniard qualified and finis...

16 Apr 2012 16:10
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Heikki Kovalainen: "Bahrain is another one of the typical modern circuits. It doesn't have any really challenging corners and you can push hard for most of the lap, particularly...

16 Apr 2012 14:52
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Haug: "Mercedes is in fact a small team with a small budget"
Norbert Haug said he is proud Mercedes has reached the top of formula one in a short space of time and with a small budget. The German carmaker's works team is often lumped toge...

16 Apr 2012 14:27
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: HRT F1 Team
Its back-to-back races for the second consecutive time this season with the Championship stopping off in Bahrain. This will be the last event held far away from home before th...

16 Apr 2012 13:40
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Alguersuari unsure of chances for race seat for 2013
Jaime Alguersuari has admitted he is not sure if he will be able to return to formula one in 2013. After his ousting at Toro Rosso, the young Spaniard is keeping up appearances ...

16 Apr 2012 12:48
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Italian journalist slams Massa as waste of petrol
An Italian journalist has admitted he is more than unimpressed with Felipe Massa's apparent progress in China. Already before the Chinese grand prix, La Stampa correspondent Ste...

16 Apr 2012 12:15
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Bahrain 2012 preview quotes: Sauber
After the FIA confirmed that the Formula One Grand Prix of Bahrain will take place as planned next weekend, 20th to 22nd April, the Sauber F1 Team is busy getting its freight pa...

16 Apr 2012 11:43
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Lotus open to the idea of a budget cap in Formula 1
Lotus has become the second team to announce it would be happy to operate within a budget cap. A few years ago, former FIA president Max Mosley's push for teams to be confined t...

16 Apr 2012 10:52
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Rosberg claims first victory in sensational China GP
How ironic was it that in a race that depended on tyre wear and strategy, it should all come right for Mercedes and Nico Rosberg as the young German scored his maiden Grand Prix...

16 Apr 2012 08:39
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China 2012 Friday quotes: Pirelli
Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher used the Pirelli P Zero Yellow soft tyre, which has been nominated together with the P Zero White medium tyre, to set the fastest time of the ...

13 Apr 2012 15:01
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China 2012 Friday quotes: Scuderia Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo: "FP1 was partly wasted because of the weather, the damp track meaning we only got a handful of clean laps. But the afternoon was better and I was happy with th...

13 Apr 2012 14:57
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China 2012 Friday quotes: Marussia F1 Team
An otherwise very constructive day of solid progress for the Marussia F1 Team unfortunately ended on a slightly less positive note this afternoon when Timo Glocks MR01 ended u...

13 Apr 2012 14:36
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China 2012 Friday quotes: Lotus F1 Team
Kimi Raikkonen: "It's not often that you have a perfect car on Friday and there are certain things we have to improve. To be honest, it doesn't matter if you are the slowest car...

13 Apr 2012 14:09
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China 2012 Friday quotes: McLaren
Lewis Hamilton: "It's been a great day it stayed dry in the afternoon so we successfully got through our run programme. We're still working away to improve the set-up, but th...

13 Apr 2012 13:47
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China 2012 Friday quotes: HRT F1 Team
The third event of the season got underway today with the first day of free practice sessions at the Shanghai International Circuit (5.451km). The conditions were complicated in...

13 Apr 2012 13:12
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China 2012 Friday quotes: Caterham F1 Team
Giedo van der Garde: "That wasnt the easiest first FP1 session for me with the team but Im pleased with the job I did and have had good feedback from the engineers, so I don...

13 Apr 2012 12:09
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Lotus F1 Team targets carbon neutrality in 2012

Lotus F1 Team reiterates its commitment to minimising its environmental impact with measures to reduce and offset its carbon emissions. Through commitment from existing partner ...

13 Apr 2012 11:21
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