Motor Sports

Webber secures maiden pole position in Germany

Australian Mark Webber has produced a perfectly-judged performance to grab his maiden Formula One pole position for Sunday’s German Grand Prix.
The Australian clocked one minute 32.230 to finish ahead of Brawn GP’s Rubens Barrichello and Jenson Button.  Sebastian Vettel was fourth in the second Red Bull as the unpredictable weather made for a thrilling afternoon.  [...]

BBC SPORT | F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell

Formula 1 has been thrown into chaos after eight of its major teams said they are now planning to set up a rival championship for the 2010 season.
The threat by members of the F1 Teams Association (Fota) escalates their row with world motorsport boss Max Mosley over his budget cap proposals.
“The teams have declined to [...]

Industry drive day @ Eastern Creek

IMG_0493, originally uploaded by Andrew Farmer.
This is from the car I was driving down the main Straight at Eastern Creek Raceway today

Webber banking on better Bull

Red Bull engineers are confident of overcoming the key reliability problems that robbed Mark Webber of Formula One points this year.
Webber was happy with his driving form but frustrated at the RB3's habit of breaking during races.
The Australian comprehensively out-qualified teammate David Coulthard but the Scot edged ahead in the points chase as finishing became [...]