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Brad's Formula 1 Blog June 2008 Archive

By Brad Spurgeon, About.com Guide to Formula 1

Testing Times From Silverstone

Thursday June 26, 2008
Today was the last day for teams testing at the Silverstone track in England where the British Grand Prix takes place in a week and a half. The times ... Read More

2009 F1 Calendar

Wednesday June 25, 2008
The FIA has now published next year's provisional calendar of Grand Prix races.

France Grand Prix Confirmed For 2009

Wednesday June 25, 2008
Even before the International Automobile Federation published the results of the decisions of its World Council meeting today, the president of the French motor racing federation sent out a press ... Read More

McLaren Book

Sunday June 22, 2008
McLaren Mercedes may have had penalties against both its drivers at the French Grand Prix, but it also chose the same weekend to launch the publication of a new book ... Read More

Do Spectators Pay For Grid Position Penalties?

Saturday June 21, 2008
The French Grand Prix looks almost like a foregone conclusion after the two Ferraris qualified on the front row for tomorrow's race and Lewis Hamilton is being thrown back ... Read More

Alonso Fastest In Friday Practice

Friday June 20, 2008
After his engine blew out this morning, Fernando Alonso this afternoon set the fastest time of the day's practice sessions for Renault at the team's home race in Magny-Cours. ... Read More

French Grand Prix Back To Rouen?

Thursday June 19, 2008
A business group in Rouen, France, today announced that it was going to make a pitch for staging the French Grand Prix in Rouen, the capital of Normandy. There ... Read More

BMW Sauber Sticks To Its Plans

Monday June 16, 2008
BMW Sauber had as a goal in its multiple year assault on winning the Formula 1 title that the team should win a race this year. After only seven ... Read More

24 Hours of Le Mans

Saturday June 14, 2008
No, it is not a Formula 1 race. But the classic 24-hour race at the Le Mans track in France has a massive number of former and future F1 ... Read More

Pole Vaults To Victory And Fame

Thursday June 12, 2008
I just had to use that terrible pun in the headline sometime, so thought this a good moment. Robert Kubica took not only the first victory of his own ... Read More

Canadian Grand Prix Delivers Again - But Absurdly

Sunday June 8, 2008
Last year it was all about surviving the four safety car periods for Lewis Hamilton as he won the Canadian Grand Prix, his first victory in his rookie year. ... Read More

Bourdais Not Happy

Saturday June 7, 2008
This race was going to be an interesting one to watch the former Champ Car winner tryout. Sebastien Bourdais has raced at this track and won at this track ... Read More

GPWeek.com - A New Online Racing Magazine

Thursday June 5, 2008
Funny the way the Formula 1 paddock works sometimes. I had been hearing about a new weekly online racing magazine for the last few races, but never got around ... Read More

Max Mosley Remains In Power

Wednesday June 4, 2008
Max Mosley succeeded in winning the confidence vote to remain as president of the FIA until the end of his term despite the sex scandal that 76 percent of the ... Read More

Ecclestone Speaks About Mosley

Sunday June 1, 2008
Bernie Ecclestone has waited until this weekend to make anything close to a pronouncement on the Max Mosley affair. Ecclestone told the Telegraph newspaper this weekend, that Mosley should ... Read More

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