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Nov 21
Fernando Alonso still has a significant chance of winning the 2012 world championship this weekend.
That is the view of 1996 title winner Damon Hill, who named the Spaniard as probably the toughest challenger Sebastian Vettel could possibly face for the Interlagos showdown. “If he had any other opponent, I would say that Sebastian would definitely win with his 13 points advantage,” the Briton told the German newspaper Die Welt.
Sep 24
With six races to go, F1 2012 is becoming a two-horse race, according to former grand prix driver Karl Wendlinger.
Before pole sitter and runaway race leader Lewis Hamilton’s McLaren gearbox failed on Sunday, his boss Martin Whitmarsh had admitted the outcome in Singapore would be crucial to the world championship.
Aug 02
Former F1 driver Karl Wendlinger has admitted he has been impressed with Kimi Raikkonen in 2012.
After sitting out two full grand prix seasons while he forayed in world rallying and Nascar, F1′s 2007 title winner returned with Lotus this year and after the first half of the calendar is within reach of the top of the standings.
Apr 02
New Mercedes-Benz DTM Junior Team for 2012 consisting of Roberto Merhi, Christian Vietoris and Robert Wickens
Successful Mercedes-Benz Junior Team of the 1990s featuring Michael Schumacher, Heinz-Harald Frentzen and Karl Wendlinger to serve as model. Mercedes-Benz youth development as stepping stone to Formula One and DTM: Eight out of 24 F1 drivers in 2012 and five out of nine Mercedes-Benz DTM drivers in 2011 previously competed in Formula 3 in a Mercedes-powered car.
Sep 05
Michael Schumacher is not as good as Sebastian Vettel or Nico Rosberg, but he’s still up to speed with Mark Webber.
That is the view of former ten time race winner Gerhard Berger, who until 1997 shared the circuits with F1′s only seven time world champion. Der Spiegel quotes the Austrian as saying Schumacher, while once the fastest driver in the sport, no longer holds that mantle.
Jun 30
“How this affects us compared to the others, we will only see at Silverstone.”
Red Bull could lose up to five tenths of a second per lap when the exhaust blowing clampdown takes effect at Silverstone next weekend. But team boss Christian Horner has thrown a cat amongst the pigeons by saying on Austrian television Servus TV that, until now, the RB7 has only been benefitting from “cold blowing”, not the “hot” concept that is so effective when the drivers are off the throttle under braking and in corners.
Jun 01
“The new aerodynamics, the tyres, the asphalt. It’s always been a tricky place.”
Reports this week suggest Monaco is likely to make changes to the run-off at the end of the tunnel ahead of the 2012 race. Nico Rosberg and Sergio Perez both had high speed crashes after losing control under braking for the corner, raising serious concerns about the barrier that in the past also injured Jenson Button (2003) and Karl Wendlinger (1994).
May 28
The participation of three drivers is in doubt for Sunday’s Monaco grand prix.
The two HRT drivers, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Narain Karthikeyan, have failed to qualify. Liuzzi crashed on Saturday morning and his F111 was not repaired for qualifying some hours later. Indian Karthikeyan, meanwhile, also failed to set a time in Q1 with a reportedly unrelated suspension problem. Neither driver has looked competitive all weekend and are therefore unlikely to receive dispensation by the stewards to race.
Nov 03
Red Bull hasn’t ruled out team strategy – Wendlinger
Mark Webber insists he is not concerned that it is Sebastian Vettel, and not himself, who is regarded as the star of the Red Bull team. Australian Webber is better placed in the points standings than his German colleague Vettel, but team figures are insisting upon a situation of driver equality for the remaining two races of 2010.
Once again the rule that no country may host more than one round of the Formula One World Championship is circumnavigated by the clever expedient of giving one race the title ‘European Grand Prix’. 
Elan power and American muscle looks to dominate the 2009 FIA GT championship. 