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Autocourse continues to break records!
Leading Formula 1 annual Autocourse continues to break sales records, currently ranking number one in online retailer Amazon's best-sellers list of motor racing books - significantly ahead of the official yearbook and biographies of such luminaries from the sport as Lewis Hamilton, Michael
Ferrari: Kimi to leave 'twin' behind in '09.
It will be back to business as usual for Kimi Raikkonen in 2009, his employers Ferrari insist - as the Finn bids to re-establish both his battered reputation and Formula 1 World Championship credentials on the back of a desultory 2008 campaign in the top flight.
Webber: Injury won't be an excuse.
Mark Webber has told his Red Bull Racing team to get a car ready for him to test as soon as the holiday season hiatus and the RB5 is ready to hit the track in southern Spain.
Top Gear's Stig used to be 'terrified' of driving.
The identity of the Stig - the iconic suited and helmeted figure from cult, Jeremy Clarkson-fronted BBC motoring TV programme Top Gear - has been a well-guarded secret for years, but now some details about his real-life persona have come to light...and it is not as glamorous as some
TV audience rose during dramatic 2008.
Formula One television audiences grew again last season, no doubt spurred on by the drama unfolding in the title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Felipe Massa.
The downside to marrying an F1 driver.
Back in September, Riccardo Patrese was invited by Honda to take part in a Formula One demonstration run at Jerez.
Massa happy with first run.
Felipe Massa has claimed that the first outing for Ferrari's new F60 race car was a positive one, despite not completing many laps or setting the world alight with sparkling times.
Property magnate in serious Honda F1 bid.
Whilst David Richards' independent Prodrive operation appears to have dropped out of the running and rumours surrounding TELMEX telecommunications tycoon Carlos Slim proved to be entirely unfounded, Crash.net understands that there is another bidder who is extremely serious about the purch
Domenicali: Human error always a part of F1.
Human errors cannot be eliminated from Formula 1, Ferrari team principal Stefano Domenicali has warned - despite it arguably having been just such 'human errors' that ultimately cost Felipe Massa the 2008 world championship crown.
Howett ready for 'vibrant' 2009.
Panasonic Toyota Racing president John Howett has admitted that he expects to see Formula One in good health this season, despite attempts to cut the cost of competing in the wake of Honda's demise late last year.
Coulthard: Real sense of opportunity at RBR.
Red Bull Racing can sense 'a great opportunity' in Formula 1 in 2009 with the raft of technical and aerodynamic changes sweeping the top flight - and that could even stretch as far as winning its first race, reckons David Coulthard.
Simon Gillett, Donington Park: Q&A, Pt.2.
Thursday evening saw Donington Park receive the planning permission it required to move ahead with its plans to play host to the British Grand Prix from 2010.
Some F1 teams may abandon '09 KERS efforts.
It has been reported that as many as seven Formula 1 teams could begin and even complete the 2009 campaign without the new KERS (Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems) technology.
Donington F1 partner admits funding fears.
One of the key partners in Donington Park's bid to host the British Grand Prix from 2010 onwards has confessed that 'now is not the best time to be persuading people to part with money for a new sporting proposition' and that they 'would have been more confident of being able to do this twelve mo
Brundle steps back from management role.
Mark Blundell has revealed that he is to become the sole owner of 2MB Sports Management after business partner - and former ITV colleague - Martin Brundle decided to devote more time to his burgeoning television career.
Glock: Interlagos cynicism hard to understand.
Timo Glock has admitted that the aftermath of last year's Brazilian Grand Prix was 'very tough and difficult to understand', as he found himself accused in some quarters of having helped Lewis Hamilton to win the Formula 1 World Championship title.
GPR suspend business over 'trading difficulties'.
Leading motorsport clothing and technical equipment supplier Grand Prix Racewear (GPR) Ltd has revealed that it has suspended business following 'trading difficulties'.
Herbert: Massa criticism very unfair.
Despite having run Lewis Hamilton to within a point of the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship, Felipe Massa still comes in for a good deal of unjustified criticism amongst paddock observers - that is the view of former grand prix star Johnny Herbert.
Alonso and wife unhurt in plane accident.
Fernando Alonso and his wife have escaped uninjured from an aeroplane accident as the double Formula 1 World Champion tried to return from holiday in Kenya aboard his private jet.
Blundell tips Raikkonen to take title.
Kimi Raikkonen will win the 2009 FIA Formula 1 Drivers' World Championship - that's the prediction of Crash.net columnist and former ITV-F1 pundit Mark Blundell.
Blundell's view: 2009 F1 season preview.
TO HEAR MARK BLUNDELL'S 2009 F1 SEASON PREVIEW - CLICK HERE.
Irvine: I'd sack Kimi if he doesn't perform!
Former Formula 1 star Eddie Irvine believes that Kimi Raikkonen should be sacked next year or at least be forced to take a pay cut if he fails to perform.
Blundell's view: F1 season review - Pt. 2.
TO HEAR PART 2 OF MARK BLUNDELL'S F1 SEASON REVIEW - CLICK HERE.
McLaren survives Vodafone sponsorship pull.
Vodafone has revealed that it has withdrawn its long-standing, $6.1m-per-year sponsorship of the England cricket team in response to the current worldwide economic slump - but insists that its support of McLaren-Mercedes' Formula 1 outfit remains secure.