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Lewis Hamilton and Heikki Kovalainen launch campaign for Taxi Grand Prix

Posted: Jun 19, 2009

Filed under: Videos

Vodaphone has launched their new Taxi Grand Prix fantasy racing campaign. Users can log on to the Taxi Grand Prix website, pick their team of taxi drivers and must have them finish the race before anyone else to win. The distance traveled by each taxi driver in real life is added to the player’s total points [...]

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Miscellaneous Thoughts: Renault looking to buy Saturn, Geely puts out a bid for Saab, Ferrari opens store in UK

Posted: May 06, 2009

Filed under: Ferrari, GM, Miscellaneous Thoughts, Saab, Saturn

The Chrysler bankruptcy is like a test drive for General Motors. The struggling U.S. automaker is surviving on $15.4 billion in government loans and is under pressure from the government to restructure its debt and make concessions with the union by June 1 or face bankruptcy.
GM talking to Renault for potential sale, Geely bids for Saturn: According [...]

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Lewis Hamilton wax statue unveiled at Madame Tussauds

Posted: Mar 19, 2009

Filed under: Industry News

After six months of painstaking work and $233,172, London’s Madame Tussauds unveiled a lifelike wax statue of Formula One Champion – Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton underwent 300 measurements for the statue which shows him holding his helmet and gloves dressed in his McLaren race gear.
Hamilton’s wax statue joins Ayrton Senna, Nigel Mansell and Michael Schumacher in [...]

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Lewis Hamilton wax figure to join Madame Tussads A-List

Posted: Dec 18, 2008

Filed under: Industry News

You know that you’re a huge success when a wax figure of you is displayed at Madame Tussauds London. The famous museum announced today that work is underway on a wax figure of Formula One superstar Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton’s figure will join the lineup of sporting greats in the interactive Sports Zone in early 2009.
Lewis sat down [...]

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Mercedes-Benz asks its F1 team to cut costs by 50%

Posted: Dec 06, 2008

Filed under: Industry News, Mercedes-Benz

Following Honda’s shocking announcement yesterday of killing its Formula One business, Mercedes-Benz has announced that its Formula One teams have been asked to cut their costs by a 50 percent over the next two years.
“Within the Formula One Teams Association we’re working very hard on measures to cut costs, and over the next two years [...]

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Breaking: Honda quits F1, open to selling the team

Posted: Dec 05, 2008

Filed under: Honda, Industry News

A very shocking report is coming out of Japan this morning – Honda has announced it is pulling the plug on its Formula One racing division. Honda’s CEO Takeo Fukui said that due to the slowdown in the global economy, Honda must focus on its core business and is unable to continue backing the F1 team. He said [...]

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Ferrari makes threat to leave Formula 1 racing

Posted: Oct 28, 2008

Filed under: Ferrari, Industry News

While Felipe Massa may trying to spoil things for Lewis Hamilton, trying to salvage Ferrari’s so-so season in Formula 1, Ferrari has announced that it may leave F1 altogether. In a statement released by Ferrari that flaunts the company 22.3 percent growth in revenue, a threat to leave F1 racing was clearly made.
“The Board of [...]

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Lottery winner gets hot laps around Silverston with the Stig

Posted: Jul 13, 2008

Filed under: Uncategorized

Well at least we now know that the Stig isn’t Fernando Alonso or Lewis Hamilton . At the British Grand Prix last weekend, the Stig was present to drive one lucky man around the Silverstone track.
Before the F1 cars went at it, the Stig gave one lucky man, who one £5million in the lottery, the [...]