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McLaren will rely on FIA to judge Mercedes’ wing | F1 Fanatic round-up

McLaren will rely on FIA to judge Mercedes’ wing is an original article from F1 Fanatic. If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.In the round-up: McLaren say they will "rely on the FIA" to rule on Mercedes' controversial wing design.McLaren will rely on FIA to judge Mercedes’ wing is an original article from F1 Fanatic. If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.
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Patrese says Ferrari should hire an Italian | F1 Fanatic round-up

This is an original article from F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic - The Formula 1 Blog it is an infringement of copyright.In the round-up: Riccardo Patrese suggests Ferrari should replace Felipe Massa with a young Italian driver.This is an original article from F1 Fanatic If this article has been published anywhere other than F1 Fanatic it is an infringement of copyright.
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Guest writer Greg Morland picks ten of the most memorable F1 coincidences.
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F1 Fanatic Donald Mackenzie appointed F1 chairman

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Battle of the engines

With the 2009 championship now completed, Mercedes can bask in the knowledge that its engines were the dominating force in Formula One this year, with rival Renault taking second place ahead of Toyota, Ferrari and BMW...  
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Button wins F1 world championship

• Australian wins as Button takes title with calm drive to fifth• Pit-lane fire adds to the drama in an incident-packed raceA first lap containing spins, shunts and a pit-lane fireball – more incidents, in fact, than most entire races – set the scene for today's Brazilian grand prix, an absorbing contest in which the celebrations were shared by Mark Webber, winning for the second time this season in his Red Bull-Renault, and Jenson Button, whose fifth place brought him and the Brawn-Mercedes team the double of the 2009 world drivers' and constructors' championships.Given the testing circumstances, Button's drive was the equal of the very best of the six victories he collected in the first half of the see-sawing season. After a catastrophic qualifying session he took his fate into his own hands and drove with controlled aggression. When the slightest mistake would have meant disaster, he executed a series of overtaking manoeuvres with measured authority.At the start of the afternoon the permutations were almost endless. A podium finish would secure the title for Button but a poor tyre choice on Saturday reduced him to 14th place on the grid and gave hope to his team-mate Rubens Barrichello, starting from pole position in front of his home crowd. Sebastian Vettel, the championship outsider, needed both a victory and a bad day for both Brawn drivers, but was another Saturday casualty and started one place behind Button.Within a lap much had changed. Adrian Sutil's Force India, starting from third on the grid, was overtaken by Kimi Raikkonen's Ferrari as the cars plunged through the dramatic downhill esses and then tangled with Jarno Trulli's Toyota at high speed, putting both cars out. The Italian veteran, believing he had been edged off the track, confronted the young German with a series of gestures suggesting that they might be meeting again to sort it out away from the public gaze. The stewards ruled that it had been a racing incident but fined Trulli $10,000 for refusing to leave the track and for the manner of his confrontion with Sutil.Meanwhile Heikki Kovalainen had spun his McLaren halfway round the lap, forcing another tailender, Giancarlo Fisichella's Ferrari, on to the grass. Kovalainen dived into the pits for new tyres and left just ahead of Raikkonen, who had lost his front wing while trying to pass Webber. The McLaren driver, however, restarted with the fuel hose still attached (for which the team were fined $50,000), covering his fellow Finn's Ferrari in a film of petrol which ignited in a spectacular blaze that momentarily blinded Raikkonen but was quickly extinguished by the airflow as he accelerated away. "An interesting first lap, as usual here," Webber said, with dry understatement. At the end of it, with the safety car out, the Australian was tucked in behind Barrichello and ahead of Nico Rosberg's Williams and Robert Kubica's BMW-Sauber.Profiting from the misfortunes of others and from his own success in staying out of other people's accidents, Button was already up to ninth position and preparing to go about the business of improving his prospects. Cool and decisive moves in the esses took him past Romain Grosjean's Renault and Kazuki Nakajima's Williams on successive laps but Kamui Kobayashi, a grand prix debutant replacing Timo Glock at the wheel of the second Toyota, proved a more troublesome obstacle.For 18 laps Button sat behind the Japanese driver, observing his opponent's questionable racing etiquette before picking his moment to pass. "That guy is crazy," he said later. "He moves a lot in the braking zones, which makes it very difficult, as Nakajima found out." The other Japanese driver's attempt to overtake his compatriot ended in an expensive shower of carbon fibre, his Williams smashing itself against the barriers while the Toyota continued on its erratic way, eventually finishing 10th.Now up to sixth place, Button was able to follow his strategy in relative peace, his position improved – and his title sealed – when Barrichello, having slipped to third behind Webber and Kubica during the first stops, suffered a puncture with eight laps to go. A third pit stop relegated the Brazilian to eighth place, continuing his run of appalling luck at his home circuit. Like Vettel, who finished an excellent fourth after a fighting drive, he saw his championship chances disappear.The final place on the podium went to the McLaren of Lewis Hamilton, his drive from 17th place on the grid doing great credit to a man relinquishing his title but already making plans to mount a challenge to its new holder next year.Formula OneJenson ButtonBrawnRed BullMotor sportRichard Williamsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2009 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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In the round-up: Red Bull score a publicity coup by getting Tom Cruise to drive their car.
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Renault team principal Eric Boullier faces the unenviable task of finding a substitute for his star driver.
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In the round-up: new Santander deal for McLaren and Indian GP corruption row.
02/03/11
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Scottish driver Paul di Resta is vying to become Force India's test driver next season in Formula 1.
12/01/09
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F1 Complete Abu Dhabi Race Review: Ferrari

K. Raikkonen: 12° 1:34.57.731 + 54.317 55 laps chassis 279 G. Fisichella: 16° 1:34.06.897 + 1 giro 54 laps chassis 280
11/03/09
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Red Bull have day in sun as Button signs off in style

Despite all the opulence, and the stunning Yas Hotel roof whose colours flickered dramatically as day turned to dusk in the inaugural day/night race here, only Jenson Button's late charge in pursuit of Mark Webber saved the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from being the Abu Dullbi race.
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Alonso on top in FP2

Fernando Alonso has set the fastest time in the second official practice session at Sao Paulo this afternoon. The entire field was covered by less than a second. There as a problem for Giancarlo Fisichella who had technical problems at the end of the pitlane. The times are as follows.
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F1 Complete Japan GP Review: Ferrari

K. Raikkonen: 4th 1:28.28.383 + 7.940 53 laps chassis 279 G. Fisichella: 12th 1:28.35.039 +14.596 53 laps chassis 280
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The Independent Hamilton takes pole for Abu Dhabi...

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10/31/09
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10/31/09
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F1-Live.com Dominant Hamilton takes Abu Dhabi pole!

Lewis Hamilton has claimed pole position for the inaugural Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the impressive Yas Marina Circuit as the out-going champion absolutely dominated the hour of...
10/31/09
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The Sydney Morning Herald Kovalainen pips Hamilton in second F1...

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10/30/09
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The Independent Abu Dhabi the venue for F1 farewells

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