As reported on Grandprix.com, Australia’s Channel Nine is reporting that there are discussions going on to move the Australian Grand Prix from Albert Park in Melbourne to the Flemington Racecourse in the north-west of the city. This will reduce the costs of the Australian Grand Prix as it will become a permanent facility as opposed [...]

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As reported on ManipeF1.com, Renault has pooled an incredible (US) $90 million to try to woo Fernando Alonso back to the French team in 2008 and 2009. The problem is that Alonso apparently only wants a one year contract hoping to join a better team (Ferrari?) in 2009. This doesn’t make a lot of sense [...]

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As reported on ManipeF1.com, Heikki Kovalainen competed in the New York Marathon on Sunday, finishing with a time of 3 hours, 36 minutes and 56 seconds, nearly an hour and a half behind the winner but nearly 25 minutes quicker than Trulli had managed in 2000. He placed 592nd in his age group, 4,571st of [...]

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As reported at ManipeF1.com, Michael Schumacher tested a MotoGP bike at the Valencia circuit. This is the second time that Michael had ridden a MotoGP bike. In his first test on a Ducati in 2005 he was 15 seconds slower than the quickest time. In this test (also on a Ducati) he was only 5 [...]

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As reported in Autosport and PitPass, Alonso and McLaren have agreed to part ways. Alonso’s manager is saying that no money has changed hands, but this is hard to believe. Why would McLaren let Alonso go for nothing, only to go to a competitor. There are rumours that Alonso can only go to a privateer [...]

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