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		<title>The streets of Monaco supply the F1 drama</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/05/the-streets-of-monaco-supply-the-f1-drama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 06:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Monaco is always a fabulous weekend, with the drivers pitting themselves against the ultimate F1 challenge. Sergio Perez, Felipe Massa, Vitaly Petrov and all the other incidents just goes to show how little room for error there is on the streets of the principality. Vettel won a lucky race, Button and Alonso had the pace at various stages to beat him but circumstance prevented them from doing so. 
The race was fantastic with the drivers overtaking around the streets, though some did it better than others, Hamilton was lucky to walk away from the weekend with any points, if I was the stewards I&#8217;d have given him a drive through for the crash with Maldanado which would have meant a lot more than the 20s he had tacked onto his race time. He needs to calm down and focus, Button was unlucky not to win the race and Hamilton was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing times in F1</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/testing-times-in-f1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 09:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=817</guid>
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Three tests down and the last about to start before the 2011 season kicks off two weeks late in Melbourne after the cancellation postponement of the Bahrain GP.
2011 looks to be a stellar season in F1 &#8211; did I just use the word &#8217;stellar&#8217;? &#8211; with Red Bull continuing their position as the team to beat and Ferrari showing good form. McLaren will have a fast car too, they always do and they have a well earned reputation for improving their car throughout the season.
The tyres are likely to play a key role this year too with the Pirellis not lasting as long during testing as last years Bridgestones. It will be an interesting year as during the tyre war a few years back it took teams nearly a whole season to effectively make the switch from one supplier, now all the teams are doing it together but will that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Bahrain? Australia to start? What will Ferrari and Nico Rosberg do?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/no-bahrain-australia-to-start-what-will-ferrari-and-nico-rosberg-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 06:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=815</guid>
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With the political unrest currently in the Middle East spreading into Bahrain over the past week the world of F1 seems set to end up making some sort of political statement. They have a scheduled test and then the first GP of the year both set to happen in the next month in a country that is beginning to show the same dissatisfaction as other Middle Eastern countries and bar Iran they have succumbed to the pressure and had to do something.
F1 will want to keep it&#8217;s hands clean in the political sphere to avoid harming and future deals with either the current or any future power holders in the country but without a swift end to the protests it can&#8217;t justify aligning itself with any faction that would be the case were the GP to be held. I suspect that the situation will have calmed down for the race [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full year report: Hispania</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/full-year-report-hispania/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=783</guid>
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Hispania Racing only just made the start of the season and are rooted to the bottom of the standings. Their car just isn&#8217;t fast enough and has never looked like being so. They have swapped drivers around and haven&#8217;t had an experienced driver to drive the car. With funding for next year still uncertain and the team never really having got started it seems deals with Williams are the next best thing. If they start next year then they need to start putting in performances that trouble the bottom teams otherwise why bother.
Bruno Senna all of his uncle attitude but I haven&#8217;t seen the raw pace or the fire, maybe it&#8217;s hidden inside the awful car but he needs to provide something for people to get excited about if he wants to stay in F1, his name will only get him so far.
Karun Chandhok was a nice guy who was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The drivers title will be decided on Sunday 14th of November</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/the-drivers-title-will-be-decided-on-sunday-14th-of-november/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 07:21:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mark webber]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=757</guid>
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So the F1 circus heads to Abu Dhabi with four men who could win the title and an unbelievable number of mathematical possibilities. Alonso is the only man who can not finish the race and still win &#8211; though it&#8217;s unlikely that he would. Webber really must win to give himself the best chance to beat Alonso though he really needs the Spaniard to finish fourth or better to deny Vettel the chance of the title and thereby gaining an ally. 
Qualifying will pose a unique challenge this weekend too given that a slip up by any of the top three drivers could mean an end to their championship hopes. It seems that Alonso has the advantage of experience in these matters but both Vettel and Webber have shown to be tough contenders this year. With the Red Bull car in such form it seems that the Ferrari man will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari take the title by the horns as Red Bull implode</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/10/ferrari-take-the-title-by-the-horns-as-red-bull-implode/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 05:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Korea was always going to be an odd event, the track wasn&#8217;t finished, the teams knew nothing about the surface and it had the specter of rain. What rain it was too, apart from causing the race start to be delayed an hour it meant that no one out there was confident &#8211; apart it seemed from Lewis Hamilton. Webber slipped in the conditions and Vettel&#8217;s car let him down again as Alonso was left to pick up the pieces and take a lead in the drivers championship.
The two McLaren drivers have almost ruled themselves out of the hunt now with fourth and twelfth and given the pace of their car which leaves the title race to Webber, Vettel, and Alonso. With Brazil and Abu Dhabi to come (both won by Red Bull last year) Webber must being feeling confident, though in the past Ferrari have held the upper hand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will the words &#8216;Red Wash&#8217; be spoken this year given the Ferraris performance in Bahrain?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/will-the-words-red-wash-be-spoken-this-year-given-the-ferraris-performance-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:32:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The Ferraris put on a good show in Bahrain, they we&#8217;re surprised to see Sebastien Vettel take pole and I suspect that they may have had a little more to give had they thought he could put the Red Bull there. In the race they were reeling in the Red Bull before he had his problem and it seems that they were so much faster once released, it may have been a matter of time until they passed anyway, given that no one else seemed close could we have seen the first race of another so called &#8216;Red Wash&#8217; season?
I think from the second that Ferrari chose to give up on the 2009 car there has been the distinct possibility that 2010 would be a Ferrari year, they have poured more time and effort into the 2010 car than anyone else on the grid and given their technical capability that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did the new refuelling rules for F1 work in Bahrain?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/did-the-new-refueling-rules-for-f1-work-in-bahrain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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This years Bahrain GP saw the introduction of a new rule, that the teams can&#8217;t refuel the car once it has left the pit lane for the race. This means that the cars must carry enough fuel for the entire race from the start. This means extra weight in the car for the whole distance and the end of the short sprints between pit stops.
When the rule was announced it was unclear what it would achieve in terms of improving the action but it seems the goal was to get rid of the sometimes confusing middle section of the race where different drivers are on different strategies and aren&#8217;t really racing each other. The teams are still required to run both tyre compounds during the race so the cars have to stop at least once but that stop can happen at any point in the GP now as the window [...]]]></description>
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		<title>With Bahrain just a week away, what&#8217;s new for F1 in 2010?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/with-bahrain-just-a-week-away-whats-new-for-f1-in-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 15:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The first race of the 2010 F1 season in Bahrain is just a week away, it seems like it&#8217;s been a long winter. There are many things that are different (I won&#8217;t say new) this year in F1. New rules, new teams, new drivers and we&#8217;ll all see who&#8217;s done the best job over the last few months.
There are a few new rules this year such as the refueling ban and the ban on wheel spinners. As well as technical changes like the tyre size and the new points system of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1. I may not agree with all of them &#8211; especially the refueling ban, I just don&#8217;t see how it can possibly improve overtaking &#8211; but they are here and the teams and drivers must make the best use of them.
We will have three new teams on the grid for the first race of the season, Virgin, Lotus and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Jenson Button retain the title this year?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/can-jenson-button-retain-the-title-this-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Arguably Jenson Button has the least chance of retaining his world title since Jacques Villeneuve pulled on his Williams helmet in 1998. With Ferrari signing Alonso and Mercedes bringing back Michael Schumacher plus the fact that Lewis Hamilton is now Jenson Button&#8217;s team mate there will be much more competition this year for the top set of points, and I haven&#8217;t even mentioned the Red Bull team.
Jenson Button will first and foremost have to beat his team mate to win the title and that is going to be a tough ask, he&#8217;ll have to do better than Fernando Alonso did in 2007, Hamilton has improved since then too. Button moves to McLaren as the World Champion as Alonso did in in 2007 but he&#8217;s also British and Hamilton did alienate a portion of the McLaren team last year after his antics in Australia so Button&#8217;s in a stronger position. What [...]]]></description>
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