Happy New Year 2009

I would like to wish all my readers and customers a very Happy New Year
Thanks for the support you have given me in 2008

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Vettel Scares TV Audience

Sebastian Vettel drove his car into a German TV studio and spun the back end of his F1 car and scared most the audience sitting in the front row
Take a look at the clip below

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Lewis Hamilton Awarded MBE

Lewis Hamilton has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s New Years Honours List.
Lewis Said
“It is a massive honour and incredible privilege for me to receive an MBE from Her Majesty The Queen. It is the most amazing culmination to what has been quite a year for me. The support I have received from the [...]

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Alonso To Ferrari In 2011

Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport is reporting this Sunday that Fernando Alonso has a secret deal with Ferrari to drive for the team in 2011, or earlier, reigniting rumours of a link-up between the two parties. Recent rumours have linked Alonso to Ferrari as far back as 2007, but with Massa and Räikkönen [...]

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Happy Christmas From The Pitstop

I wanted to wish all my customers who have bought many various F1 items from me over the past year, a very Happy Christmas.
Also to the many readers of this blog, I hope you have a lovely Christmas.
I look forward to the F1 2009 season and to keeping you up to date with the latest [...]

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New Race Engineer For Kimi Raikkonen

Kimi Raikkonen will work with a new race engineer in 2009.
Ferrari’s Team Principal Stefano Domenicali told the Italian newspaper La Stampa that Chris Dyer, the Finn’s engineer this year, is moving up to a new role in charge of track engineering.
“His role has been assumed by Andrea Stella,” Domenicali said.
It is believed Stella worked as [...]

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Mexican Billionaire Interested In Honda F1 Team

As the Honda Motor Company pushes for a buyer, a list of potential saviours of the Brackley-based Formula One team is becoming ever clearer.
It is already known that Prodrive’s David Richards, who ran the Benetton and BAR teams in the past, has travelled to the Middle East for talks with investors.
But another serious candidate is [...]

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Force India Confirm 2009 Drivers

The Force India Formula One team have now ended speculation about its driver line-up for the 2009 season
They have now confirmed they will continue with Adrian Sutil and Giancarlo Fisichella.
They also confirmed that Vitantonio Liuzzi will stay as the official test and reserve driver
Mallya said “I firmly believe that next year will be a huge [...]

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Lewis Hamilton Named Driver Of The Year

Lewis Hamilton was crowned International Driver of the Year at the Autosport Awards in London on Sunday evening.
Lewis won the award for the 2nd year in a row
When asked how it felt to receive the award for the second time running, Lewis said …
“It’s kind of overwhelming,”
“To receive an award, any award, is always a [...]

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Lewis Hamilton’s Dream Lap In F1

Lewis was given an opportunity by Mobil 1 to create what he would love to be his dream lap
Click on the video below to see what he chose

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Dave Richards Possible Buyer For Honda F1 Team

David Richards is believed to be perhaps the most serious of the prospective buyers of Honda’s Formula One team.
As alluded to by Honda figures as well as F1 powerbrokers Bernie Ecclestone and Max Mosley, there is already interest in the team which on Friday was put on the market by the struggling Japanese carmaker Honda.
To [...]

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Jenson Button May Test For Torro Rosso

Jenson Button could flee the beleaguered team before the start of the 2009 season.
Although publicly committed to the Brackley based outfit in the wake of Honda’s Friday pullout, it is believed the 28-year-old driver is actually furious his loyalty to Honda has left him without a guaranteed race seat.
His management is understood to have demanded [...]

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Honda Pull Out Of The 2009 F1 Season

Honda F1 Racing have decided to pull out of the 2009 F1 season with immediate effect. Unless a buyer is found very soon, they will not be on the grid in Melbourne in March 2009.
As expected, Honda Motor Company chief Takeo Fukui in Tokyo confirmed on Friday afternoon that the Japanese [...]

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