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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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Mark Webber Dominates for a Win at Silverstone

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Once again the Red Bull squad seemed to have a likely one-two finish within their grasp, and once again they revealed their Achilles heel (i.e. driver rivalry that the team brass seems unable to cope with).  Team mates Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber shared front row on the grid today, and although Vettel sat on [...]

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Vettel and Webber Make it an All Red Bull Front Row at Silverstone

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It looks like Red Bull is having it all their way again, at least as far as qualifying is concerned.  Once again, the Red Bull boys have sewn up the front row, with Sebastian Vettel on pole, and Mark Webber right behind him.
There was little question of their domination of the proceedings, as they were [...]

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Webber to Use Vettel’s Old Chassis

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If Red Bull’s Mark Webber has been suffering from less-favored-son syndrome this season, the team’s decision to replace Webber’s recently wrecked chassis #4 with team mate Sebastian Vettel’s old chassis #3 won’t help matters much.  Chassis #3, it will be remembered, was spurned by Vettel after Monaco, and duly replaced by chassis #2.  Vettel has [...]

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Vettel Wins European Grand Prix, Webber Flips

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Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel proved once again that he’s a leading contender for this year’s Formula 1 top honors.  He led the grand prix at Valencia from pole, and controlled the race virtually from red lights to checkers.  He was joined on the podium by the McLaren duo of Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button, who [...]

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Vettel Takes Pole in Valencia, Webber Lines Up Second

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Qualifying for the European Grand Prix today, in Valencia, offered a few surprises, but little drama.  The Red Bull boys, Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber, captured the front row of the starting grid again, proving that their qualifying dominance this year is more the rule than the exception. Vettel has a appeared rather sour-faced at [...]

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Hamilton Wins in Montreal, with Button Runner-up

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McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton scored his second victory in a row today in Montreal, with team mate Jenson Button as runner-up, also for the second time in as many races.  If that sounds like the beginning of a routine, the race was anything but.  The Canadian event was action-packed from turn one, with enough overtaking and [...]

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Hamilton Snags Pole for Canadian Grand Prix

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Lewis Hamilton again showed that he seems to know the quickest way around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.  Hamilton won his first pole and his first race here in his debut F1 season in 2007.  On Saturday, he managed to outpace the pole-dominant Red Bulls, as well as his team mate, Jenson Button, who said of [...]

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Massa Extends Ferrari Contract Through 2012

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Ferrari pilot Filipe Massa has ended speculation that he might be replaced by either Red Bull’s Mark Webber or Renault’s Robert Kubica by signing a two-year extension to his current deal. Massa’s new contract will see him continue with the Scuderia through the end of the 2012 season.
Speculation that Massa might leave Ferrari had been [...]

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Mark Webber Inks a One-Year Extension with Red Bull

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Red Bull Racing has confirmed that Australian driver Mark Webber has extended his contract with the team by another year, which will see him wearing Red Bull livery at least through 2011.  There had been moderate speculation earlier this season that Red Bull might draft ex-F1 ace Kimi Raikonnen from his current slot in the [...]

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