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May 31
Max now has a 15 point lead over Leon Haslam
A remarkable day of unpredictable final outcomes and drama on track finally delivered two 21-lap race victories to Max Biaggi and his Aprilia Alitalia team at Miller Motorsports Park. Max now has a 15 point lead over Leon Haslam (Alstare Suzuki) but he may not have won a single race today had Althea Ducati privateer Carlos Checa not had his machine quit twice on him while leading.
May 31
Dyed-in-the-wool racer Martin Brundle on Monday said he sees no quick end to Red Bull’s new self-induced crisis.
“I doubt that trip across the Atlantic for the next round in Montreal will extinguish these fireworks,” the BBC commentator said on Monday, as the international media got to work on Sebastian Vettel’s crash at Istanbul Park with race leader and teammate Mark Webber.
May 31
Rockstar Royal Group Rally team makes its mark out west
Antoine L’Estage and Nathalie Richard, both of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu (QC), won this past weekend’s Rocky Mountain Rally, round two of the 2010 Canadian Rally Championship. At the wheel of their Rockstar Energy Drink Royal Group Mitsubishi Evo X, the duo took the lead of the rally on the first stage and never looked back, winning eight of the eleven stages and a dominating victory.
May 31
Sebastien Ogier has claimed his first world championship victory
By narrowly defeating Sebastien Loeb on Vodafone Rally de Portugal, The Citroen Junior Team driver started the third and final day with a lead of 21.1 seconds and showed a level of maturity that belied his 26 years to hold firm as Loeb tried in vain to get ahead of his countryman.
May 31
Romancini: Best first-year driver in the field thanks to a 13th place finish
After placing both rookie drivers into this year’s Indianapolis 500, Conquest Racing continued to surprise today with both rookies putting in clean, strong runs and with Mario Romancini finishing as the highest ranked rookie in the race.
May 31
“It was not easy unless I went ridiculously slowly.”
Lewis Hamilton on Sunday was visibly not jubilant as he accepted the winner’s trophy for the twelfth time in his career. It emerges that the 2008 was unhappy not with teammate Jenson Button’s feisty racing from behind while the pair were running first and second at Istanbul, but the prior “communication” from the McLaren pitwall.
May 31
Red Bull has never been the friendliest team in the paddock.
Having arrived with a dominant car and leading both world championships, Red Bull has departed Turkey in crisis. “They step on their tails too often,” said BBC commentator Martin Brundle, after Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel crashed while running one-two at Istanbul Park.
May 31
Lotus is now closing on the tail of the established teams
On the occasion of Ferrari’s 800th grand prix, Tony Fernandes made sure the Italian team’s celebratory champagne tasted sour. After proving the strongest of the three new teams in 2010, the Lotus team boss stared mockingly at the qualifying timesheets in Turkey and recalled the pre-season words of Luca di Montezemolo.
May 31
Nicolas Todt also manages the 29-year-old former Sauber driver and Brazilian Massa.
Peter Sauber has confirmed that Nicolas Todt visited the Swiss team’s Hinwil headquarters last week. Earlier, it was rumoured that Frenchman Todt was eyeing a merger of his GP2 team ART, but Sauber insisted in Turkey that his team is not being sold.
May 31
Pembroke started the race from the 14th spot
Montpelier’s Dave Pembroke earned his second straight Mekkelsen RV Memorial Day Classic win at Barre, VT’s Thunder Road International Speedbowl on Sunday, May 30. Pembroke started the race from the 14th spot and worked his way through traffic to take the lead on lap 68. Pembroke would hold the lead for the remainder of the race.
May 30
In 2010 inaugural Formula Tour 1600 for a doubleheader program
This weekend, Circuit Mont-Tremblant hosted a doubleheader program for the Formula Tour 1600. Even if the program called itself ”Formule Libre” only one driver was not in a Formula 1600 as Rémy Audette from Audette Racing came to th Circuit for some testing and fun.
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May 30
Top-10 Finish for Tagliani at the Indy 500
In a race that was played in the pit lane and where many on track incidents changed the course of the race, FAZZT Race Team driver Alex Tagliani stayed out of trouble to finish 10th in the Indy 500 race held Sunday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Starting from fifth on the grid, the Canadian driver ran in the top four in the first segment of the race.
May 30
The 31-year-old Szoke led all 18 laps of the race around the 2.8km
Veteran Jordan Szoke (Waznie Racing / BMC Ciclo Werks / DeWildt Honda) held off young upstart Jodi Christie (Jodi Christie Racing / Durham Honda) to win the opening round of the Parts Canada Superbike Championship at Circuit ICAR near Montreal on Sunday.
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May 30
Sunday afternoon in Turkey hosted a dramatic seventh round of the 2010 world championship.
Marko, Horner blame Webber and engineer for crash
Intrigue in Turkey after Webber/Vettel crash
Red Bull’s Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, challenged hard by the McLarens, collided whilst running first and second at Istanbul Park, triggering dramatic scenes both trackside and back in the paddock.
Because the decision about next year’s supplier is taking so long, F1 teams are designing their 2011 cars around the current specification of Bridgestone tyre. 
Today’s report from Formula One teams & drivers in Istanbul.
Sébastien Ogier ended the second day of the Rally de Portugal with a similar margin of supremacy over his nearest pursuer as he’d had on day one – only now the man chasing him hardest is namesake and multiple World Rally Champion Sébastien Loeb…