Motor Sports
Webber on Pole as big names cock it up in the wet
Apr 3rd
Mark Webber has secured pole position for Sunday’s Malaysian Formula 1 GP after some of the big names in formula one misjudged the timing of when to go out in the notoriously wet Malaysian afternoon.
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Ferrari and McLaren were left with egg on their faces after totally misjudging the weather conditions in qualifying for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Their four drivers will start from the back of the grid after their teams held them back at the start of a rain soaked first part of qualifying.
They presented an open goal to their title rivals Red Bull and Mercedes, who took full More >
Webber secures maiden pole position in Germany
Jul 12th
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. The improving McLaren of Lewis Hamilton will start fifth, equalling his best qualifying performance of the season.
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BBC SPORT | F1 teams drop breakaway bombshell
Jun 19th
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 alter their original conditional entries to the 2010 F1 Championship,” said the teams.
“We’ve no alternative than to commence preparation for a new championship.”
Mosley was insistent on introducing a voluntary £40m budget cap for teams to curtail a “financial arms race” in F1.
But Fota refused to More >
Industry drive day @ Eastern Creek
Jun 18th
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
Dec 25th
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 a lottery for the pair.
Coulthard finished tenth in the championship and Webber 12th, although the Aussie finished ahead of the Scot in the annual AutoSport magazine rankings.
Red Bull Racing boss Christian Horner has promised reliability will be the main target for 2008.
While the team finished More >
