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Button Thinks Alonso Title Might Be Tainted

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Now that McLaren driver Jenson Button is effectively out of this year’s title chase, he seems to be exhibiting a definite case of sour grapes.  Speaking of potential winners of this year’s World Championship, Button told The Sun, “I don’t care who wins it really.” He did, however, offer an opinion on potential three-time title [...]

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Chris Horner and Martin Whitmarsh Do an About-Face on Team Orders

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When Ferrari clumsily ordered to Felipe Massa to move over for Fernando Alonso during the German Grand Prix this year, granting Alonso the win, a hue and cry arose from the paddock.  Typical Ferrari, it was said.  They were more interested in playing favorites and backing the stronger horse than they were allowing their drivers [...]

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Christian Horner Says McLaren Used Button as a ‘Sacrificial Lamb’ in Suzuka

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Notably among the top qualifiers in Sunday’s Japanese Grand Prix, Jenson Button employed an alternate tire strategy, starting on primes rather than the options.  This meant that his first tire stint would be the longer of his two stints during the race.  On effect of this was that the race leaders, after making their obligatory [...]

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Alonso Wins in Sinagpore, Vettel Takes Second, Hamilton Crashes Out

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Fernando Alonso has been telling anyone willing to listen that Ferrari is now able to take the fight to Red Bull, and today he backed up his words with a win.  Granted, he’d also won two weeks ago at Monza, but there were some who attributed Ferrari’s relative strength (or Red Bull’s relative weakness) to [...]

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Red Bull Tops Time Sheets in Singapore P1 and P2

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Practice got underway at Singapore today for the sole night race currently on the F1 schedule.  It looks as though weather will play a part all weekend, although the good news (or the bad, depending on how you feel about wet races) is that the the showers are most likely to fall during daylight hours, [...]

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Alonso Wins at Monza and Keeps Title Hopes Alive

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It was a fine day for the tifosi today.  Fernando Alonso scored his first Monza win as a Ferrari driver, an achievement which he ranked alongside of his 2006 win at his home grand prix at Barcelona. For those interested in semi-obscure statistics, it should be noted that when Alonso secured pole position yesterday it [...]

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Jarno Trulli and Fellow Drivers Call for End to Team Orders Ban

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In the wake of the FIA’s decision not to impose further penalties on Ferrari for their violation of the team orders bank, and their announcement that the ban would come under review at the end of this season, a number of drivers have begun to offer their opinions on the future direction of this regulation. [...]

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Button Says Red Bull Altered Wings for Flex Tests, Hurting Performance

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Jenson Button has asserted that the reason for Red Bull’s supposed drop in performance at Spa was a front wing revision that they deployed in order to meet newly stringent flex tests at the Belgian venue last weekend. While Red Bull honchos Chris Horner and Adrian Newey have been adamant that their front wings have [...]

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Button Says Vettel Doesn’t Deserve Title, While Whitmarsh Calls Him a ‘Crash Kid’

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While Lewis Hamilton’s win at Spa should be dominating the sports media, it seems that the McLaren pilot’s victory is taking a back seat to Sebastian Vettel’s faux pis of crashing into the side pod of Jenson Button’s McLaren, effectively ending the race of both drivers, and seriously hobbling their title chances. Button was livid [...]

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Alonso to Rivals: ‘We Will Win the Championship’

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Ferrari ace Fernando Alonso still contends that he will win this year’s drivers’ title, in spite of the fact that he currently sits 47 points behind title chase leader Lewis Hamilton.  On the face of it, this seems like a brash claim as the Ferraris of Alonso and team mate Felipe Massa have not been [...]

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