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FanHouse Lap Around: Formula One

Need a quick tour of the racing world? Strap in today and come back later this week as FH takes a lap around Formula One, NASCAR and the NHRA. IndyCar fans, you'll have to wait until 2009 truly gets moving.In two races so far in 2009, one team has won, a dominant team has struggled, the defending champion faces a possible...

Busch, Allmendinger on F1 Team's Radar

Racing series around the world are feeling a growing hole in their wallets thanks to this ol' economy, but that's no matter for a group out of Charlotte, N.C., that's looking to join up with pricey Formula 1.The upstart -- their taking "USF1" as their working team name -- is aiming to have an American operation field two...

Forbes Snubs NASCAR

Add Forbes magazine to the list of those who don't count NASCAR drivers as athletes. Or celebrities. On Friday, the business magazine released The World's Most Powerful Celebrities, its annual list of the world's most powerful--and best-paid--celebrities. While former Formula One champion Michael Schumacher and his...

F1 Driver Released with Minor Injuries After Horrific Crash

Formula One driver Robert Kubica has been released from the hospital after what the attending doctor, Dr. Ronald Denis, the head of the trauma unit at Sacre-Coeur Hospital in Montreal, witnessed what he thought was a fatal head-on collision with the wall during the Canadian Gran Prix: "I was at the tower and to be honest...

McLaren Rookie Let Teammate Win Monaco Gran Prix

When Ferrari told Rubens Barichello to dump the 2002 Austrian Gran Prix to allow teammate Michael Schumacher to take the win, the Formula One team was fined $1 million.Is McLaren Motorsports next? The team is being investigated by the governing body for possible rule breach of the International Sporting Code, which states...

F1 News From the Web

05/11/12 Jacques Villeneuve on âthe only chance I have had... Source: The Globe and Mail - Toronto ON - Canada Jacques Villeneuve may have never felt the satisfaction of racing a Ferrari in Formula One, but driving one of his father's old cars came pretty close.
04/20/12 FIA Friday press conference - Bahrain Source: Formula 1 Bob Fernley (Force India), Stefano Domenicali (Ferrari), Eric Boullier (Lotus), Martin Whitmarsh (McLaren), Norbert Haug (Mercedes), Christian Horner (Red Bull).
04/17/12 Is 111 a lot of Grands Prix, or just about right? Source: Helsingin Sanomat - Finland Some people might say that Nico Rosberg's Formula One Grand Prix victory in China, after 110 previous unsuccessful attempts, was a statistical blip, or a prize for slogging on and putting in the hours.
04/11/12 A question of rights: keeping the F1 race out of... Source: OneWorld On April 22, the royal family of Bahrain is determined to stage its annual Formula 1 Grand Prix race.
04/03/12 The F1 waiting list Source: Sky News The demise of the French GP after the little-loved Magny-Cours circuit staged its final race in 2008 coincided with the nation's well of driving talent running dry, a sad indictment on the country that invented grand prix racing at the start of the 20th century.

Background on F1

Formula One, also known as Formula 1 or F1 and referred to officially as the FIA Formula One World Championship, is the highest class of single seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA).

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