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		<title>Lots of action in Malaysia except for Vettel who marches on</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/04/lots-of-action-in-malaysia-except-for-vettel-who-marches-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 06:07:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The Malaysian GP was full of overtaking, pit stops, accidents, etc&#8230; but is was serene for Vettel at the front as he waltzed off to his second victory and a 24pt lead in the championship. Jenson Button who described his own race as &#8220;confusing&#8221; finished up in second as he put his McLaren where it needed to be and kept hold of his tyres for long enough to make it stick. Heidfeld confirmed the pace of the Renault as he took the last podium place with Webber taking a hard earned fourth spot. 
The DRS was used for the first time really in Malaysia and seemed to work quite well at certain points, i.e. getting people along side the other guy (Mark Webber used it a few times), but sometimes it seemed to spoil the show as the car using it just drove clean by &#8211; though you have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia provides an appetizer for the 2011 F1 season</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/03/australia-provides-an-appetizer-for-the-2011-f1-season/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Melbourne took on the task of staging the first GP of the 2011 season and did a pretty good job. Sure it&#8217;s a street circuit and doesn&#8217;t show up some of the real pace of the cars, and the new DRS systems couldn&#8217;t be used to their full potential but it was a good, interesting, and lively start to the year. I&#8217;m not sure that Bahrain would have offered the same experience.
So Vettel took his first win of the year and started his title defence in the best way possible, Hamilton showed that he&#8217;s not going to let Vettel get away if he can help it and Alonso showed that he is top dog at Ferrari. Button, Webber and Massa all had weekends that they would rather have gone differently but they all scored points which was important last year so they shouldn&#8217;t be as downhearted as guys like Kobayahsi [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing over, Australia is approaching</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/03/testing-over-australia-is-approaching/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 06:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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So testing for the 2011 season is done, the teams have their data and we have the times. There isn&#8217;t many surprises within the testing times though I would have expected more from McLaren &#8211; not another year spent catching up? If Red Bull stop throwing away points McLaren don&#8217;t have a chance. Ferrari should push them hard and expect Alonso to want that title.
Australia is an odd place, it doesn&#8217;t seem to be that indicative of the season and doesn&#8217;t always show the true pace of the cars. We also know that you can win by being clever here as Jenson Button has shown. Don&#8217;t expect the Red Bull to be off the pace though, or for the brakes to explode, they will be hard to beat.
The tyres will be the great unknown in Melbourne as there isn&#8217;t really anywhere to use the new rear wing or Drag reduction device, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing continues in Spain</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/testing-continues-in-spain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Williams will have done their stock price no harm with this test showing as Rubens Barrichello pulled out the fastest time in Jerez. The testing regime doesn&#8217;t really allow for a comparison, we all saw what Sauber did last year in the pre-season &#8211; and look where they are again.
The headline times don&#8217;t tell the whole story as the big teams seemed to set the most consistent fast times with Red Bull and Ferrari looking the strongest of those. McLaren may have to play catch up yet again, if only they&#8217;d make it easy for themselves at the start of the year.
Mercedes seem in all sorts of trouble with issues with the car and not seeming like they have the pace, though again it is only pre-season and in F1 terms there&#8217;s still a long way to go until that first race.
Renault continue to evaluate drivers to replace Kubica who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Testing for the new season begins</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/testing-for-the-new-season-begins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 08:07:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The 2011 began in Valencia as the teams set out to prove that their news cars are up to speed. Some teams opted to miss this first test entirely or run their old car, most notable of these was McLaren. While some may criticise that decision it didn&#8217;t seem to affect Red Bull last year who didn&#8217;t even attend the first test.
Robert Kubica ended the last day fastest, showing that the Renault may yet have some pace this year, though he may not get to drive it again due to his accident. The Red Bulls seems to be putting it some solid runs but the Mercedes car still doesn&#8217;t seem to have much pace compared. The picture is far from clear in testing though with different fuel loads run lengths and testing programmes at play. We&#8217;ve also yet to see some of the new cars for comparison.
Testing continues this week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Full year report: Renault</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2011/02/full-year-report-renault/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:52:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Renault have flattered to deceive all year, in practice they are fast, Robert  sometimes even gets them near the front in qualifying but the never seem to be able to convert in into race pace. Vitaly Petrov hasn&#8217;t exactly excelled in the other car and they don&#8217;t seem to have had the development regime of the other teams.
Robert Kubica has been the star of the Renault show and if there were places at one of the top teams he would be heading there, but as there isn&#8217;t he&#8217;ll be at Renault next year plugging away trying to ensure that he stays on peoples radar, he might even get a podium.
Vitaly Petrov hasn&#8217;t impressed all year, he has had accident after incident and hasn&#8217;t been consistent in any way. If he hadn&#8217;t paid for his drive I doubt he&#8217;d still be racing, Flavio would have had him out races ago.
Renault need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The title goes to the wire as Vettel takes the honours in Brazil</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/the-title-goes-to-the-wire-as-vettel-takes-the-honours-in-brazil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 07:34:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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With Vettel winning in Brazil the title goes to the next race in Abu Dhabi, the same result would see Alonso lift the crown but surely even Red Bull would switch the drivers so that they take the title, it&#8217;s not like Alonso could whinge about that. 
It was a good race fro Red Bull, apart from Hulkenberg sitting on pole they had pretty much the perfect weekend, and to top that they came away with the constructors crown. Red Bull deserve the constructors title this year, they clearly have the best car and arguably have had for the last season and a half. Adrian Newey really was worth all of that money.
Webber should be pleased with the weekend, although Vettel can still win the title,  Alonso only has to finish 5th to ensure that Vettel can&#8217;t take the crown. With the Ferrari looking everybit as if it is the [...]]]></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>McLaren falter and Red Bull charge onwards in Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2010 06:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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With the five title contenders only 25pts or a race win apart the championship looked incredibly close going into the race. Vettel&#8217;s victory and the failure of either McLaren driver to even look like they could get on the podium unless one of the other guys has a problem means that the championship looks less open going to Korea.
If Red Bull don&#8217;t have an issue at the next race, and I probably mean a double DNF here then the McLaren guys are out of the title race now, Alonso is still in there but it&#8217;s looking more and more like Red Bull have this year in the bag.
Kobayashi had a fantastic race for Sauber and was the only man to really drive past people, if the tactical guys at Sauber had got their act together then he may well have finished further up the field than he did. If more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alonso shines under the lights of Singapore</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/09/alonso-shines-under-the-lights-of-singapore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 06:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Love him or hate him Fernando Alonso is a great F1 driver, he soaked up tremendous amounts of pressure to secure a back-to-back victory for himself and Ferrari. He needed those points to give himself a hope in the title and now he&#8217;s only 9 points behind Mark Webber, that would be under two in last years system. Button is now 25pts off the pace but that&#8217;s still only a single race victory. With four races to go a DNF would probably be the end of the title chances unless everyone else suffers similarly. With races in Japan, Korea, Brazil and Abu Dhabi on the calendar and with some doubt surrounding the Korean GP there is simply no margin for error. 
The race itself took part under floodlight which is the norm for Singapore, which into it&#8217;s third year didn&#8217;t seem to prove an issue to the drivers as they [...]]]></description>
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