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Blount: Auto racing’s 10 burning questions
Updated: December 14, 2011, 2:03 PM ET What do you want to know about auto racing in 2012? Every year when the season ends, I hear from fans, friends, readers, viewers and colleagues with a few burning questions about the season to come.
Auto Racing News: Red Bull’s Webber hopes Texas GP helps F1 crack U.S.
MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Red Bull driver Mark Webber is looking forward to racing in Texas next year, describing the $300 million Formula One track as “sensational” while urging the sport to seize the opportunity to finally crack the United States market. The inaugural race in Austin will be staged on Nov
Auto Racing Capsules: Red Bull seeks spending limits despite FOTA split
MILTON KEYNES, England (AP) — Red Bull is committed to preventing a financial “arms race” in Formula One despite the reigning constructors’ champion quitting the teams’ association in a dispute over cost reductions. Ferrari and Sauber also have withdrawn from the Formula One Teams Association within the last week after failing to agree on a resource restriction agreement. Red Bull team principal Christian Horner says FOTA has become “less effective and more fractured in the way we should move forward.” Backing budget controls, chief technical officer Adrian Newey insists Red Bull doesn’t “want to get into an arms race like that which happened with the manufacturers a few years ago.” Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel last month won a second successive F1 title
Auto Racing Capsules: JGR tabs Grubb for Hamlin
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Joe Gibbs Racing grabbed championship-winning crew chief Darian Grubb and paired him with Denny Hamlin in hopes of pushing the driver the final step toward the Sprint Cup title. Grubb was introduced Friday as crew chief of Hamlin’s No.
Auto Racing Capsules: U.S. Grand Prix in Texas given OK by F1
AUSTIN (AP) — Yeehaw! Formula One is returning to the United States in 2012, bringing its ultra-fast cars and flair for the exotic to the land of longhorn cattle and cowboy hats. Barbecue in the pits, anyone?
AUTO RACING: US Grand Prix in Texas given OK by F1
By Jim Vertuno AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Yeehaw! Formula One is returning to the United States in 2012, bringing its ultra-fast cars and flair for the exotic to the land of longhorn cattle and cowboy hats.
Newman-Haas Ends 29-year Span of Racing Excellence
Just the Facts: Newman-Haas Racing announced Thursday it is shutting down. The team was founded in 1982 by racing entrepreneur Carl Haas and actor Paul Newman. The shutdown, because of lack of sponsorship, came as a surprise to the IndyCar community
Fan’s View: Kimi Raikkonen Returns to F1 Roots
Kimi Raikkonen, 2007 Formula One World Champion, has dabbled in some other forms of racing in the two years since he left F1: he competed in the World Rally Championship in 2010 and 2011, and even gave NASCAR a shot, competing in the Camping World Truck Series and Nationwide Series at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May 2011 for Kyle Busch Motorsports.
Formula 1 Racetrack Designer Hermann Tilke: Fan’s Perspective
With the boom in popularity in Formula 1 racing around the world, the sport is looking to grow even more. I think the path to that growth is made by securing local partners around the world to organize and sponsor Formula 1 races and then to build world-class tracks in various countries, to bring the excitement of Formula 1 racing to fans in their own backyard. Once most people, including myself, have attended a race in person, we fall in love with the sport and become fans for life.
Auto Racing News: Webber wins Brazilian GP ahead of Vettel
SAO PAULO (AP) — Mark Webber won the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday after Red Bull teammate Sebastian Vettel struggled with a gearbox problem. Vettel, who had already secured the Formula One title, still finished second after letting Webber pass him almost halfway through the race at the 2.6-mile Interlagos track.