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Entries from December 2008

Hakkinen supports medals system

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Bernie Ecclestone is trying to introduce a medals system as early as next season. Formula 1 drivers would simply fight for a golden, silver or bronze medal rather than fighting for championship points.

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Happy New Year

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Happy New Year, we whish you all the best for 2009.

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Season’s Greetings from the BMW Sauber F1 Team

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The BMW Sauber F1 Team can look back on a successful season and wants to thank all its fans and partners for their support. In Montreal, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld celebrated the first one-two in the team’s history. In the 18 races that comprised the season, the pairing secured a total of 11 podium […]

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Races Review: Podium hat trick in Monza’s downpour

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Variable weather conditions meant that qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix was a lottery, with the race itself being no less eventful. Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld, though, managed to catapult forward through the field thanks to their one-stop strategies. In the process Robert secured the BMW Sauber F1 Team’s third successive podium place.

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More Opt Out of Car Insurance to Cut Expenses: About 1 in 5 Nationwide Go Without Coverage

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

Dec. 29–CHARLESTON, W.Va. The number of uninsured motorists nationwide has doubled in the past year, said Sam Belden, vice president of online agency Insurance.com. The number of West Virginia driver…

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BMW to raise 2009 model prices

December 31st, 2008 · No Comments

The price for BMW vehicles sold in the United States will go up next month. BMW of North America said that 2009 model vehicles sold here will cost 0.7 percent more beginning Jan.

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Kubica: Next year is a big challenge

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

BMW Sauber F1 driver Robert Kubica has had a great Formula 1 season. The Polish driver scored his maiden win at the Canadian Grand Prix and finished fourth in the championship standings as ‘best of the rest’. The upcoming season brings a lot of changes and while Kubica obviously hopes to make the final step […]

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Heidfeld predicts more shunts

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

… front wings that will be introduced into Formula One next season could lead to more accidents. … to get used to it,” the BMW Sauber driver told autosport.com . “Sitting in the …

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Hakkinen: Vettel will soon be a Formula 1 champion

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

According to McLaren’s double F1 champion Mika Hakkinen we will see Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel win the Formula One championship within a few years. Vettel scored his maiden victory in Formula One this season for Scuderia Toro Rosso.

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Hamilton receives MBE award

December 30th, 2008 · No Comments

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours list for services to motor racing. The recognition comes after Hamilton was crowned the 2008 Formula 1 Drivers’ World Champion in a dramatic final race of the season in Brazil, becoming the youngest ever Champion of the sport.

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