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		<title>Will Porsche return to F1 with Williams?</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/11/will-porsche-return-to-f1-with-williams/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 07:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Martin</dc:creator>
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The Mexican grand prix in 1991 was the last time that a Porsche powered F1 car raced. In the hands of Michele Alboreto and Alex Caffi, the Footwork Porsche cars failed to qualify for most races and when they did make the start the cars wouldn’t last long before suffering reliability gremlins. It was an unfitting end to the German manufacturer tenure in the sport, with them having won three world championships in the 1980s with Mclaren. However, Porsche may be about to put all of this right.
The appeal of F1
Formula One is still massively popular, with Formula One Management suggesting that a global audience of about 600 million people see at least some F1 action every single year. It’s appeal is universal and it has made global megastars out of the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. Nigel Mansell can still make money from his association [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ferrari rule in Monza and the title closes up &#8211; again</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/09/ferrari-rule-in-monza-and-the-title-closes-up-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 06:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breathef1.com/?p=733</guid>
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If you&#8217;re driving a Ferrari, Monza is the place you want to win, the Tifosi will celebrate you like a King &#8211; it doesn&#8217;t matter who you are, they may have cheered so loudly a few years ago when your engine expired when driving for a rival but all that is forgotten if your Ferrari takes the chequered flag first.
So Alonso gets another of the jewels for any Ferrari driver and it was all down to about 5 metres out of the pit lane, the team won the race not just Alonso, Buttons stop was about half a second slower than Alonso&#8217;s and that made all the difference. That&#8217;s not to say that the Spaniard couldn&#8217;t have overtaken Button on the track but I don&#8217;t see any reason to believe that he&#8217;d have been able to do something he hadn&#8217;t managed for the first two thirds of the race. But [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team play in turkey for Hamilton and Button</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/06/team-play-in-turkey-for-hamilton-and-button/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 00:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The Turkish GP promised some close racing after qualifying with a McLaren managing to split the Red Bull&#8217;s on the grid and the shows in practice but it was the Red Bulls that seemingly had everything in the bag, though the McLarens were by no means done when the Red Bulls got together. It was Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s first win of the season as Button continues to pick up solid points as did Mark Webber after the incident which saw him pit for a new front wing and still hold out for third ahead of Michael Schumacher.
The 1-2 for McLaren seemed to mask something between the drivers after the race, Button&#8217;s move for the lead 11 laps from the end showed that he&#8217;s not going to let Hamilton get away with anything though the somewhat lacklustre defence of that position a few corners later seemed a little odd. I wonder what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red Bull look unstoppable in the streets of Monaco</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 01:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Red Bull provided the text book display of how to go about winning an F1 race, the only thing that they didn&#8217;t manage to get right was both cars on the front of the grid. Mark Webber was in a class of his own for the entire race and it seemed that he had plenty of extra pace in the bag if the others started to push him. It seems that the championship this year may very well be between the two Red Bull drivers as their car looks unbeatable.
Fernando Alonso put on a rather impressive display of driving to go from the back of the grid to take 6th place and ensure limit the damage caused by his off in free practice on Saturday although I wonder what he could have done had he started from the front, yes he was helped by the safety cars but then he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Button calls the tyres and does it again</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/04/button-calls-the-tyres-and-does-it-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:29:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Jenson Button became the first driver in 2010 to win for a second time as he beat Lewis Hamilton home for a McLaren 1-2. Button stayed near the sharp end at the start and then stayed out on slicks when most of the other top drivers pitted for intermediates, this put him out front with Nico Rosberg, as Rosberg started to struggle Button closed up and took the lead he wouldn&#8217;t surrender for the rest of the race. As the drivers on inters started to put the times in that would catch the leaders their tyres went and they had to pit again and so those at the front enjoyed about a 50s lead.
With the race order set for a while those who had stopped started to carve their way through the middle order, Lewis Hamilton showed his skill at overtaking during this phase and by the time the second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Looking to Sunday in China</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/04/looking-to-sunday-in-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 01:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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The Chinese GP has had it&#8217;s moments over the past few years but apart from those it hasn&#8217;t really produced classic races, this year may be different with so many cars fighting over the top spot and with the track being quite different from the other we&#8217;ve had so far we might see a different winner.
The Ferrari&#8217;s will want to improve their performance and get back to the front, along with the rest of the teams they will bring upgrades to this circuit so we might see some change in the ordering throughout the field. Red Bull with turn up full of confidence having scored a 1-2 in Malaysia and having won this race last year. The McLarens will arrive hoping that they can get back on terms with the others as they don&#8217;t quite seem to have had the pace so far this year. Mercedes will be hoping that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sebastien Vettel finally gets that win as Red Bull show their form at last</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/04/sebastien-vettel-finally-gets-that-win-as-red-bull-show-their-form-at-last/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Sebastien Vettel took a flawless victory in the Malaysian heat which he essentially won in the first corner after he managed to squeeze Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg out. Mark Webber almost had him at one point but a sticking right front air gun and a blistering out lap from Vettel put pay to that chance.
With the McLarens and the Ferraris out of position it was only Hamilton who really made any impression on the other drivers as carved his way though the field though ultimately he only finished just ahead of Massa and Button. Alonso also deserves a mention for nursing a downshift problem through the whole race distance before his Ferrari engine expired two laps from the end, he was close to taking Button even with his problems that would have meant the car was unpredictable under breaking and unbalanced in some of the slower turn ins.
Adrian Sutil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Button wins in Australia for McLaren</title>
		<link>http://www.breathef1.com/2010/03/button-wins-in-australia-for-mclaren/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Jenson Button gave a masterclass to the other drivers, he was the bravest man on the tyres and his smooth style meant that he could finish the race on the same tyres that that he drove 4/5ths of the race on. While all the other drivers were fighting and struggling on the worn tyres Jenson Button serenely drove on at the front on his way to his first victory at McLaren.
The race itself was a much better show than in Bahrain and it seems clear that it would have been even if there hadn&#8217;t been the rain at the start. The track lends itself more to overtaking than Bahrain though Michael Schumacher will probably disagree given the amount of time that he spent behind Jaime Alguersuari.
The Red Bulls suffered from mechanical failure again as Sebastien Vettel had a brake failure on his way to retirement and Mark Webber misjudged a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Practice 3, Webber brings Red Bull to the front</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 01:07:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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Mark Webber moved the Red Bull back to the top of the times in third practice to ensure that everyone knows that they are still the car to beat though Alonso didn&#8217;t let him get away. Michael Schumacher also finds himself back at the sharp end proper.
The Virgins finally got some running on the board though they are still a second off the times that the Lotus cars are putting in &#8211; it seems that all that track time lost is worth something. The HRT cars put in some laps in practice but both cars pulled up during the session so they have some more work to do.
Full Times:
1  WEBBER        Red Bull      1m24.719s
2  ALONSO        Ferrari       1m24.929s
3  SCHUMACHER    Mercedes      1m24.963s
4  VETTEL        Red Bull      1m25.122s
5  ROSBERG       Mercedes      1m25.366s
6  BUTTON        McLaren       1m25.399s
7  HAMILTON      McLaren       1m25.505s
8  SUTIL         Force India   1m25.525s
9  MASSA         Ferrari       1m25.549s
10 LIUZZI        Force India   1m25.782s
11 BARRICHELLO   Williams      1m25.852s
12 BUEMI         Toro Rosso    1m26.104s
13 KUBICA        Renault       1m26.184s
14 KOBAYASHI     Sauber        1m26.275s
15 ALGUERSUARI   Toro Rosso    1m26.368s
16 PETROV        Renault       1m26.661s
17 HULKENBERG    Williams      1m26.804s
18 DE LA ROSA    Sauber        1m26.818s
19 KOVALAINEN    Lotus         1m29.539s
20 TRULLI        Lotus         1m29.800s
21 DI GRASSI     Virgin        1m30.800s
22 GLOCK         Virgin        1m31.114s
23 CHANDHOK      HRT           1m34.334s
24 SENNA         HRT           1m36.649s
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		<title>Virgin fail to make their fuel tank large enough to last the race distance</title>
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Virgin seem to have managed to build themselves a car that doesn&#8217;t actually have a big enough fuel tank to last the race distance. That finishes off their chance of completing the next few races then, with them unable to get a new design together and built before the Spanish GP that means that something has to give at the next three races &#8211; will they run at half pace for some laps or will they just see how far they get?
It seems strange that they have managed to design themselves into this position, the refueling rules were the big change this year and all the other teams have managed it. It seems that they will have to cut the back off of their chassis and bond a new longer section to the back so that they can add the capacity to the fuel tank. Their application to the FIA [...]]]></description>
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