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Nascar WAGs

Our tireless research into the current WAGs of Formula One led us to discover that the US-based Nascar scene also has its fair share of, well, talent. Fans of F1 will argue that the predominantly oval-based racing series is nowhere near as glamorous or refined as the global Formula One circus, but there ...

Montoya Crashes Into Jet Dryer At Daytona 500 [video]

In what must go down as one of the most bizarre racing accidents in recent times, ex Formula One driver Juan Pablo Montoya escaped serious injury when his team Eanhardt Ganassi Nascar spun out of control and slammed into a track service vehicle filled with more than 750-litres of jet fuel.The incident ...

Montoya Crashes Into Jet Dryer At Daytona 500 [video]

Jenson… the rake reformed?

Now that Jenson Button has clinched the title, the Brits are raving about him. But I seem to recall that when he visited Cape Town back in 2005 he mentioned having an Afrikaans granny. So crack open the witblits, South African genes have once again made the grade in the fast world of grand prix racing…Seriously, ...

Fabulous Fisi triumphs at Sepang

Giancarlo Fisichella emerged from the shadow of his team-mate, world champion Fernando Alonso, to win the Malaysian Grand Prix from pole position and secure a stunning one-two for Renault.By Mike Fourie, News Ed. Italian Giancarlo Fisichella emerged from the shadow of his team-mate, world champion Fernando ...

Alonso bails to McLaren in 2007

Renault's F1 world champion Fernando Alonso will leave the team in 2007 to race for McLaren after accepting an offer "too good to miss".Renault's F1 world champion Fernando Alonso will leave the team in 2007 to race for McLaren after accepting an offer "too good to miss". The Brackley-based team has ...

Alonso tops a brilliant season

Although McLaren seemed the team to beat in Shanghai, Fernando Alonso’s Renault dominated the Chinese Grand Prix from start to finish… Despite two safety car periods that obliterated the world champion’s advantage, Kimi Raikkonen had no answer to the singing Spaniard’s speed.Although McLaren ...

GP Comment: A star is born!

Fernando Alonso is the youngest driver to be crowned F1 world champion and although there was nothing flashy in the manner that he clinched the title at Interlagos, the Spaniard is nonetheless a class act and fully deserves his place in motorsport history.By Mike Fourie, News Ed. Fernando Alonso is the ...

Pizzonia, Sato penalised after accidents

F1 race stewards have punished Williams-BMW substitute driver Antonio Pizzonia and BAR Honda's Takuma Sato for their involvement in separate accidents during the Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday.F1 race stewards have punished Williams-BMW substitute driver Antonio Pizzonia and BAR Honda's Takuma Sato for ...

GP Comment: Getting tired of tyres?

Monza marked the umpteenth time that the 2005 F1 race regulations (pertaining to engine-change grid penalties and a single set of qualifying/race tyres) ruined an intriguing grand prix.By Mike Fourie, News Ed. Monza marked the umpteenth time that the 2005 F1 race regulations (pertaining to engine-change ...