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The top ten most read news stories of 2012

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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01. Did Vettel overtake Vergne under yellow flags? Controversy erupted just days after the final race of the 2012 season after a video appeared to show Sebastian Vettel... read more »

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Sauber passes safety tests

over 12 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 594 views )

Sauber has revealed that it has passed the initial FIA safety tests and is now prepared for the first of the pre-season tests, at Jerez. read more »

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United States GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

over 12 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 501 views )

Initial data suggests that both wear and degradation is very low on both compounds, which leads us to think that we will see just one stop on Sunday. read more »

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United States GP: Practice notes - Williams

over 12 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 561 views )

Track evolution in FP1 was high with the initial grip levels being extremely low. We made a number of set-up changes to both cars to account for the track conditions. read more »

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Vettel prepares for 100th Grand Prix start

over 12 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

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Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel will hit a milestone in Austin on Sunday, with the German preparing to make his 100th Grand Prix start. After his initial debut for BMW... read more »

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Abu Dhabi GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

over 12 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 835 views )

From what we can gather up to now, there is between 0.4s to 0.8s difference in performance between the soft and the medium tyres here, which was the improvement that Vettel... read more »

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Force India drivers not happy with initial pace

over 12 years ago

from: F1Technical.net

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At Sahara Force India, all three drivers were in action as Jules Bianchi completed FP1 instead of Paul Di Resta. As is usual on a Friday, the team is analysing data to see how... read more »

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De La Rosa hopes brake issues fixed

over 12 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 857 views )

HRT driver Pedro de La Rosa is hopeful that the team has solved the brake issues that have plagued them recently. De La Rosa spun out of the Indian Grand Prix courtesy of a... read more »

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Initial pace not great for Williams

over 12 years ago

from: F1Technical.net

( 623 views )

Although Williams managed to complete its planned programme during the first two practice sessions of the weekend, each of the three drivers that came into action were not... read more »

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Perez: McLaren talks began 'weeks ago'

over 12 years ago

from: Autosport.com

( 937 views )

Sergio Perez has revealed that initial talks with McLaren started a few weeks ago - even though he denied at the time that he had been approached read more »

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Germany - Williams Sunday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

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Pastor Maldonado, 15th: It was a difficult race today. We started okay but the car lacked pace in the second stint and I didn't have the grip needed to maintain my... read more »

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Webber admits to initial Ferrari discussions

over 12 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

( 714 views )

Mark Webber has admitted that he recently held tentative discussions with Ferrari over a potential future at the Maranello squad, but felt it was ultimately an easy choice to... read more »

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Britain - Williams Sunday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 948 views )

Mark Gillan, Chief Operations Engineer: Both Pastor and Bruno had very good starts and were pushing hard in the initial stages of the race. Unfortunately Pastor was involved in... read more »

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De Villota undergoes further facial surgery

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1272 views )

Maria de Villota has undergone further surgery on Friday to address her facial injuries, following her testing accident on Tuesday. The Spaniard, who lost her right eye and... read more »

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FP2: Wet weather disrupts running

over 12 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 1014 views )

Wet weather at Silverstone caused disruption for second practice ahead of the British Grand Prix. The first forty minutes of the session passed with barely any running, before... read more »

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FP1: Grosjean fastest at soaked Silverstone

over 12 years ago

from: F1Zone.net

( 1124 views )

Romain Grosjean set the fastest time during FP1 at Silverstone ahead of this weekend’s British Grand Prix. Traffic chaos and torrential rain greeted fans on Friday... read more »

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Europe - Red Bull Sunday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1217 views )

Mark Webber, 4th: "I'm very happy with that, obviously it's been a tough weekend up until today, but you never know what's going to happen. In the middle of... read more »

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Europe - Caterham Friday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1067 views )

Heikki Kovalainen, 19th: "A pretty good Friday for me, with both sessions going to plan. In FP2 we ran a new version of the front wing and the initial feel it gave was... read more »

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Europe - Mercedes Friday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 991 views )

Michael Schumacher, 4th: "Our work today was reasonably good, with obviously a lot of data to be confirmed now in our technical briefings before qualifying. The second... read more »

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Strong demand for United States GP tickets

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1119 views )

The Circuit of the Americas is reporting strong demand for tickets to the inaugural United States Grand Prix at the Austin based circuit. Tickets have been on sale for just a... read more »

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Canada - Pirelli Friday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1285 views )

Paul Hembery, motorsport director: "The teams were disadvantaged by wet weather during free practice inMonacoa fortnight ago, and we think they were all quite rightly wary... read more »

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Canada - Force India Friday quotes

over 12 years ago

from: MotorSportWeek.com

( 1283 views )

Paul di Resta, 5th: "The weather was a bit of a worry today with the constant threat of rain so we had a very busy morning and probably did more laps in FP1 than we... read more »

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Canadian GP: Practice notes - Pirelli

over 12 years ago

from: Pitpass.com

( 952 views )

Our initial findings suggest that there may be a difference of around 0.4-0.7 seconds between the two compounds, but as the circuit is evolving all the time, we will only be... read more »

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Ferrari updates 'positive' - Alonso

over 12 years ago

from: EspnF1.com

( 983 views )

Fernando Alonso described his initial impressions of some new Ferrari updates in Canada as "positive" read more »

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Ecclestone decides to delay F1 floatation

over 12 years ago

from: GPUpdate.net

( 1125 views )

Having first suggested a delay for F1’s initial public offering (IPO) over the Monaco weekend, Bernie Ecclestone has all but confirmed that the sport will... read more »