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F1 Racing
on June 14, 2010
The Formula One season reached Canada this weekend, where rivalries began to heat up and key battles we seen both at the front and the back of the pack. Schumacher continued to court controversy with his inimitable overtaking style while Hamilton and Alonso almost came to literal blows in the pit lane once again. An fight for track dominance between Sutil and Liuzzi seemed to demonstrate some sort of potential split in the Force India camp and the two drivers were having a nightmare through the whole race, both being lucky to find themselves finishing just inside the points.
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Webber was unable to consolidate an almost huge lead he had opened up early on and he slipped into 5th. The two Brits at McLaren took first and second place, meaning that the Australian no.1 falls into 3rd, but only 6 points adrift of leader Hamilton on 109 and Button on 106. McLaren currently sit in 1st place then, ahead of Red Bull by 22 with 215 points.
The race continues in Valencia from 25th - 27th June...
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F1 Racing
on June 4, 2010
The F1 season continues in Montreal, Canada, the first of the races in the Americas, in six days time with the practice on Thursday 10th June. The run up to the Sunday Grand Prix promises to be the most tense of the practice days yet, and in order to ensure that the Red Bulls continue their dominance in Saturday qualifying Championship leader Mark Webber has issued calls for a united Red Bull. Rivalry between himself and team mate Sebastian Vettel meant the two drivers came to blows and span off the track on Lap 40. Vettel didn't finish, and Webber had to settle for third. Webber understands that to continue in this vein would throw away a championship push, something they can't afford to do with McLaren not far behind them.
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At the bottom of the pack the race goes on as well, and Team Lotus, old legends of the sport who returned this season, continue the regeneration process. They have just performed a major coup to make things even more competitive between the teams at the bottom, and signed three of Force India's designers to help improve their car.
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on May 31, 2010
Red Bull F1 shot themselves in the foot at the weekend's Grand Prix in Turkey. The lucky few who were fortunate enough to get the much sought-after tickets for the spectators' stands witnessed a moment that will go down in F1 history as the biggest example of self-sabotage since Renault signed Flavio Briatore as managing director in 2000.
Navigating the run-in to Turn 12 on Lap 40, Sebastian Vettel, who had been trailing his team-mate Mark Webber in first place, attempted an overtaking manoeuvre. Webber didn't give as the German moved to intimidate him off the racing line, and both went spinning off to allow the struggling McLarens to head to an eventual first and second finish.
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Webber survived the collision and managed to finish in third place, but the implications for the constructors and even the championship race could be huge. Vettel was apologetic for the cameras, and made a show of shaking all the hands in the Red Bull garage, but now the two drivers are blaming each other for the monumental mistake. The governing body will most definitely find that it was Vettel at fault, but he may choose to hold it against his teammate who refused to budge from first place.
Webber currently leads the race by five points, an amount that may have been as much as 15 had he not literally been knocked out of first. The F1 season continues on 13th June in Montreal, Canada where it promises to be significantly more heated than it has been so far.
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