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VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

VIDEO FEATURE - The Race to the Track: Logistics in Formula 1

COLOGNE - JULY 3, 2007: Formula 1 is all about racing but away from the competitions, a different kind of race is fundamental to the workings of Panasonic Toyota Racing. For the team’s logistics department, there is a constant race against time to get the cars, spare parts and pieces of equipment, to the track on ... Continue reading

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

RACING SPONSORS (VIDEO FEATURE) - ING Launches Formula 1 Race Index

Ahead of the Monaco Grand Prix on May 27, ING launched its Formula 1 Race Index to provide new and existing Formula 1 fans with a clear and instant appraisal of the stresses and strains of all 17 Grand Prix circuits in the race calendar, providing a 'league table' ranking of the most difficult and challenging circuits. ... Continue reading

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Race

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Race

2007 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 18 MARCH RACE The Honda Racing F1 Team's Rubens Barrichello ended today's Australian Grand Prix in 11th position after a determined fight throughout the 58-lap race. His team-mate Jenson Button struggled with the balance of his car, then a difficult day was compounded w ... Continue reading

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying

­­­2007 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 17 MARCH QUALIFYING The Honda Racing F1 Team experienced a difficult qualifying session in Melbourne today as the Formula One teams prepare for tomorrow's season-opening Australian Grand Prix. Jenson Button ended the day 14th whilst team-mate Rubens Barrichello wa ... Continue reading

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice

2007 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice

­­­2007 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 16 MARCH FREE PRACTICE The Honda Racing F1 Team's Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello commenced their 2007 season challenge today as free practice got underway in Melbourne for the opening round of the FIA Formula One World Championship. The team's new 'earth' ca ... Continue reading

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Race Report

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Race Report

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses. 2006 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 2 APRIL RACE A torrid race came to a disappointing conclusion for pole-sitter Jenson Button in Melbourne today. Four outings for the safety car in an action-packed Australian Grand Prix left Jenson struggling for grip as h ... Continue reading

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Qualifying

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses. 2006 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 1 APRIL QUALIFYING The Honda Racing F1 Team is celebrating in Melbourne today after Jenson Button delivered the team's first pole position of the 2006 season at the end of a tumultuous qualifying session for tomorrow's Aus ... Continue reading

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice

2006 Australian Grand Prix - Free Practice

The PDF attached is safe and free from viruses. 2006 AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX ALBERT PARK, MELBOURNE 31 MARCH FREE PRACTICE The Honda Racing F1 Team's Australian Grand Prix got off to a promising start today as Third Driver Anthony Davidson once again topped the timesheets in free practice running, with Jenson Button and ... Continue reading

Ultimate Car and Youth Culture Festival Kicks off 2006 Season in San Jose

Ultimate Car and Youth Culture Festival Kicks off 2006 Season in San Jose

IRVINE, Calif.--Feb. 10, 2006--Action Media premieres its all new 2006 XM Satellite Radio Hot Import Nights (HIN) season on Feb. 25 at the San Jose Convention Center from 5 p.m. to midnight. For 2006, HIN takes the ultimate custom car festival to a new level by creating a show that celebrates all elements of youth cult ... Continue reading

One More Step Toward The End of Corporate Motorsports: Michelin to Quit F-1

One More Step Toward The End of Corporate Motorsports: Michelin to Quit F-1

Michelin has on several occasions expressed the conditions of its involvement in Formula One: Michelin considers Formula One to be a highly technical motorsport in which the tyre is a very influential component in the scope of the performance of the vehicle. The teams' freedom to choose their own tyres is essential. Th ... Continue reading

ALL-NEW 2006 NEW FORD FOCUS WRC COMPLETES MAIDEN TEST

ALL-NEW 2006 NEW FORD FOCUS WRC COMPLETES MAIDEN TEST

BRENTWOOD, Essex, October 28, 2005 -- The first all-new 2006 Ford Focus RS World Rally Car completed almost 500km during its initial three-day test session in England last week. The car, which will spearhead the BP-Ford World Rally Team's challenge in the FIA World Rally Championship next season, will undergo a second ... Continue reading

Rocketsports Racing Australia Report - Saturday

Rocketsports Racing Australia Report - Saturday

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Heather Haupt ▪ cell: (517) 927-8472 ▪ e-mail: heatherh@rocketsportsracing.com GLOCK TOP ROOKIE IN AUSTRALIA; MCDOWELL READY TO START HIS FIRST CHAMP CAR RACE AFTER FINAL QUALIFYING ON SATURDAY SURFERS PARADISE, Australia (October 22, 2005) – Final qualifying took place ... Continue reading

BP-FORD FINDS CONSISTENCY AMID NEW ZEALAND'S GRAVEL

BP-FORD FINDS CONSISTENCY AMID NEW ZEALAND'S GRAVEL

Rally New Zealand (7 - 10 April) offers BP-Ford World Rally Team's drivers a taste of consistency for the first time this season after a highly varied start to the campaign. It is the second consecutive gravel round of the FIA World Rally Championship, the surface on which the bulk of the 16-event series is fought out ... Continue reading

F1 Rival A1 Racing Series May Fail to Lure TV Networks, Ecclestone Says

F1 Rival A1 Racing Series May Fail to Lure TV Networks, Ecclestone Says

March 30, 2005; Alex Duff and Dan Baynes writing for Bloomberg reported that The A1 Grand Prix motor-racing series, whose backers include a member of Dubai's royal family and Real Madrid soccer player Ronaldo, may struggle to sell broadcast rights to major television networks, Formula One's rights manager Bernie Eccles ... Continue reading

2005 Malaysian GP Race

2005 Malaysian GP Race

B.A.R Honda Press Information Sunday 20 March 2005 MISFORTUNE IN MALAYSIA Drama for B.A.R Honda in Kuala Lumpur ------------------------------------------------ Two engine failures early in the Malaysian Grand Prix ended the races of Lucky Strike B.A.R Honda drivers Jenson Button and Anthony Davidson. Both failures wer ... Continue reading

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