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Renault Reportedly Considering Team Buy-Back

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A rumor is now circulating through the F1 paddock that French carmaker Renault is considering making a buyback offer to regain controlling interest in their F1 team.  As you’ll no doubt recall, last year, in the wake of the scandal surrounding team managers Flavio Briatore and Pat Symonds, and the general economic malaise that was [...]

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Will Jacques Villeneuve Become a Team Owner in 2011?

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It’s become something of a tradition in auto racing: if you’ve gotten to the point in your career when no one will hire you, hire yourself.  Or at least become a team owner.  Drivers as various as Alain Prost, Jackie Stewart, Bruce McLaren, Jack Brabham, Dan Gurney, Jim Hall, Michael Andretti and A.J. Foyt have [...]

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