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Raikkonen admits he lost 'interest' in F1.
Kimi Raikkonen has confessed that he struggled to maintain his motivation during the 2008 Formula 1 season - one that saw him not so much concede his crown as practically throw it away.
Kubica: Clearly something went wrong...
Robert Kubica has admitted that he still cannot explain his sudden slump in form towards the end of the 2008 Formula 1 season - a drop-off so serious that it saw him fail to qualify inside the top ten for the final two races and almost indeed fall victim to the dreaded Q1, score no points in two
Kennard gets Williams run, Allianz re-signs.
Former British F3 regular Jonathan Kennard got a rare Formula One outing this week, after assisting the Williams team with its aerodynamic testing in preparation for 2009.
DC: 'Unusual' Hakkinen best F1 team-mate.
David Coulthard has named Mika Hakkinen as his favourite team-mate from his 15 seasons in Formula 1 - even if he admits that the Finnish double world champion is 'such an unusual character'.
Glock second F1 star on receiving end of abuse.
Following on from the racist insults directed at newly-crowned 2008 Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton in the build-up to the title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos earlier this month, Timo Glock has found himself the latest driver to come in for abuse.
F1 - Test your knowledge!
Fans of motor racing can quiz themselves on the sport they love every day of the year with the 2009 Autocourse Quiz Block calendar. The quiz block contains a question and answer for each weekday of 2009, complemented with a piece of trivia each weekend.
F1 'debt' to scare teams back to table?
The ten Formula 1 teams are rumoured to be seeking new meetings with the sport's commercial rights-holders after it emerged that a vast proposition of income is being used to service interest payments on debts.
Hamilton 'phenomenally good' says the Stig.
Newly-crowned Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton is 'phenomenally good at driving', even when the car in question is 'an old snot-box' - that is the expert opinion of Top Gear's enigmatic Stig.
Irvine: Racism in 'bad taste' but no harm done.
Eddie Irvine has joined David Coulthard and Mark Webber in insisting that Formula 1 does not have a problem with racism - agreeing the recent jibes aimed at newly-crowned world champion Lewis Hamilton were in 'bad taste' but arguing they are not an issue 'as long as they physically don't hurt any
Webber: Lewis has justified rapid rise.
He may have been outspoken about some of the British driver's on-track tactics this season, but Mark Webber has admitted that Lewis Hamilton produced the performance that mattered when it came to winning the world championship.
Renault curries favour with latest Roadshow.
Renault's travelling Formula One Roadshow initiative broke new ground at the weekend, as Nelson Piquet Jr and Lucas di Grassi demonstrated a range of cars on the streets of New Delhi in India.
I'm just a normal person, insists Lewis.
Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he hopes that he turn the feelings of some sections of his 'home' crowd around after feeling the sting of a negative response to his world title from the British public.
Montezemolo: Miracles happen but once.
Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has admitted to an extreme emotional reaction to Lewis Hamilton snatching the 2008 Formula One world championship from the hands of the Scuderia's Felipe Massa, but says he should not have expected another miraculous turn-around.
Dennis knew Hamilton was 'right'.
Ron Dennis has been asked more than once why he was prepared to take a chance on a confident ten-year old who told him that, one day, he wanted to drive for the McLaren team. Some 13 years on, the question has greater resonance as that same youngster is now the new F1 world champion.
Wattie: Brazilian GP will go down in history.
John Watson has suggested the 2008 Brazilian Grand Prix last weekend will 'go down in the annals of history' as one of the most extraordinary sporting occasions of all time - and praised Lewis Hamilton as 'the rightful world champion' at the end of a thrilling Formula 1 campaign.
Gascoyne, Kolles go in Force India shake-up.
Mike Gascoyne and Colin Kolles appear to be the highest-profile casualties in a 'radical' re-organisation and streamlining of the management structure of Force India F1 ahead of 2009.
Kubica: I don't like to praise myself, but...
Robert Kubica has admitted that, despite his obvious frustration at not being able to maintain the sort of front-running form he showed at the start of the season, BMW Sauber's 2008 Formula One campaign had been a success.
Hamilton: Racist attacks were no 'joke'.
Formula 1's first black world champion Lewis Hamilton has rubbished Bernie Ecclestone's suggestion that the racist abuse aimed at him on a Spanish website in the run-up to last weekend's title-deciding Brazilian Grand Prix was nothing more than 'a joke'.
Bernie: Hamilton racist attack just 'a joke'.
Bernie Ecclestone has brushed off the racist attacks directed at newly-crowned Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton on a Spanish website last week as' probably meant as a joke more than anything', arguing that 'people are entitled to support who they want to support'.
Chinese GP moved to April.
The Chinese Grand Prix has been moved to the third race on the 2009 Formula One calendar after the FIA revealed an updated version of the schedule for next season.
Every negative fuels us, insists Hamilton Sr.
Lewis Hamilton's father has hit back at those who continue to use the family's colour as a target for abuse, warning that every insult and slur thrown their way only serves to make the McLaren driver stronger and more determined.
Vote for your F1 star of 2008.
After one of the most dramatic season finales ever seen, Lewis Hamilton has been added to the list of Formula One champions after securing the crown in Brazil.
Trulli and Bourdais agree to disagree again.
For the second time in as many races, Jarno Trulli and came to blows in the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos at the weekend - only this time it was the Frenchman who came off worst.
Gascoyne: Fisi was on for points at Interlagos...
Though understandably overshadowed by the dramatic title fight, Giancarlo Fisichella produced one of the undoubted starring performances of the Brazilian Grand Prix at Interlagos at the weekend - at one point even threatening to challenge Kimi Raikkonen.