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Jenson Button urges F1 chiefs not to ban Lewis Hamilton over Liargate

Published on: 24th April, 2009

Jenson Button has insisted it would be bad for Formula One if world championship rival Lewis Hamilton and the McLaren team were banned from the sport over ‘Liargate’.

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Disastro for the Prancing Horse as broken Ferrari bring tears to a nation

Published on: 21st April, 2009

Think of the hoo-hah surrounding England’s cricket captaincy, or the endless frenzy over the fortunes of the national football team. Then you will have some idea of what Ferrari means to Italy.

That explains the vituperative headlines the country woke up to yesterday after Ferrari ended Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix without a point from the opening three races.

It amounted to their worst start since 1981, so little wonder the word disastro cropped up in newspaper ink on every doormat.

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Imperious Vettel rains supreme in China to notch Red Bull’s first Formula One victory

Published on: 19th April, 2009

Sebastian Vettel won a superb pole-to-chequered flag victory in a rain-affected Chinese Grand Prix from team-mate Mark Webber as Red Bull Racing claimed a one-two finish to mark their first victory.

Heavy rain in Shanghai throughout the afternoon forced organisers to start the race behind the safety car but when it peeled off after eight laps the Red Bull duo showed superb pace to fend off the challenge of Brawn GP.

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Hamilton left isolated as his team turn against him in China

Published on: 18th April, 2009

Lewis Hamilton is as lonely as it is possible to be in the world’s most populous land. More than 1.3billion people live in China, yet it seemed that Hamilton could count his friends on the fingers of one hand ahead of Sunday’s Chinese Grand Prix.

Already grievously hurt by the damage he did to his own reputation by lying to the stewards over how Jarno Trulli came to pass him under the safety car at the opening round in Australia on March 29, the support network Hamilton has counted on for more than a decade was falling down around him in the Shanghai paddock.

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Brawn supremacy: F1 diffuser IS legal – so can anyone stop Jenson Button now?

Published on: 16th April, 2009

Brawn GP have been cleared to carry on using a controversial piece of kit that has helped propel Jenson Button to victory in the opening two Grands Prix of the season.

The FIA International Court of Appeal have ruled that the design of the Brawn, Toyota and Williams cars is legal and ‘complies with the applicable regulations’.

Ferrari, Renault, Red Bull and BMW Sauber questioned the legality of the three teams’ diffusers during an eight-hour hearing in front of five ICA judges.

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