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AAACHOOOO!

It’s that time of year when those of us who suffer with hay fever start to, well, suffer. If you are one of the 8-10 million hay fever sufferers in the UK you won’t need to be told by me that sneezing and itchy eyes are liable to affect your ability to drive safely.

A Hybrid Porsche!

A Porsche 911 GT3 R with an innovative hybrid drive will be unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show in March and compete in a series of long-distance races, including a 24-hour endurance event around the 14-mile Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit in Germany. Porsche says that the focus of the 911 GT3 R Hybrid is not on [...]

Return of the chin?

If the rumours are to believed, we could be about to see the return of the most famous chin in sporting history since Jimmy Hill. Whisper it – Michael Schumacher might drive for Mercedes next year in Formula One. This is the only picture we could find of him not in red

End of term party

The 2009 Formula One season comes to a close this weekend at what may well prove to be one of the most spectacular venues it’s visited all year.

Massa hits out

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa, who is recuperating in Brazil following his accident in the Hungarian Grand Prix where he suffered a fractured skull, has called for the results of last year’s Singapore Grand Prix to be wiped from the record books. Erm, is your head fully ok Felipe?

Regeneration at the FIA

Last week the FIA, the governing body of motor sport, voted in a new president to replace Max Mosley, who was stepping down after 16 years. The man elected to take his place was Jean Todt, former boss of the Ferrari Formula One team. Todt beat his only rival, former rally driver and MEP Ari [...]

A new Lexus supercar

The world might be in economic meltdown and the energy resources of the planet might be running out but it’s good to know that some car manufacturers are still producing mind-numbingly fast supercars for us to drool over.

Peter Fonda wows them at Goodwood

It was quite, quite surreal. One minute I was standing at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, basking in both the sunshine and the glorious atmosphere, and next minute I was sitting in flea-pit of a cinema in my home town, forty years ago.

Just when you thought it was safe to back to Formula One, the whole thing starts to implode once again. The F1 circus has just had its summer break – a three week gap between the British and German Grands Prix instead of the usual fortnight – and now we’re ready to go racing again.

F1 stars and Supercars

Formula One fans can get the chance to meet some of their heroes close up this weekend at the Goodwood Festival of Speed – and ogle some glorious machinery at the same time.

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