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Australian Grand Prix here to stay
25 Jan 2013As temperatures soar in the ‘garden state’ known as Victoria, and with the Australian Open in full swing, so come the obligatory calls for the Grand Prix to be axed. The old, “why have the Grand Prix when we have the tennis?” moan has firmly established itself as the annual flavour of the month. Who [...]
V8 Supercars serve as entrée to F1 at Abu Dhabi
2 Nov 2012V8 Supercars will compete for championship points alongside Formula 1 for the first-time ever at Abu Dhabi this weekend. However, the format for the spectacle is disappointing. There will be three sprint races, each comprising just 12 laps. The series is nothing more than an entrée. Surely two longer distance races could have been considered, [...]
Schumacher right to retire from Formula 1, again
17 Oct 2012Michael Schumacher made the right call to return to retirement. Not because he hasn’t ‘got it’ anymore, there is no doubting he can still compete at the top. It has nothing to do with him. Mercedes has fallen backwards in the past races to the point that Toro Rosso, who scored just six points in [...]
Daniel Ricciardo is on the rise
14 Oct 2012Daniel Ricciardo has all but guaranteed his retention at Toro Rosso in 2013. At the same time, he has gone a long way toward placing himself on top of the pile to join Red Bull when a vacancy presumably arises the following season. The Australian’s performances since the mid-season break have been hard to miss. [...]
Is it all over for Casey Stoner?
17 Jul 2012In the space of a week, Casey Stoner’s title defence has dropped from ‘likely’ to ‘hanging by a thread’. The Australian, who is retiring from MotoGP at the end of the season, finished a distant eighth at Mugello, following his disastrous “boom or bust” final corner crash while in second at Sachsenring the previous weekend. [...]
Australians can thank Webber for Ten's F1 backdown
28 Apr 2012If Mark Webber never wins the World Championship, he can be proud of one thing. Single-handedly ensuring that Australians continue to receive live Formula One coverage. The most insulting decision of all time by Network Ten, to remove high definition broadcast from multichannel One, as well as delaying race coverage in western markets, was met [...]
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