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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: Globe and Mail 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.

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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