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FIA Resigns New Point Sytem to 2010
After the FIA announced the WMSC decisions taken on Monday, the F1 media, the teams, the drivers and even the past champions were in a bit of an uproar. The FIA unilaterally decided that the point system be changed so that the driver who had the most wins in the 2009 season and beyond would be the winner of the World Driver’s Championship, regardless of if he had more points than anyone else. This on top of new sweeping regulations for 2010 which would call for a voluntary team budget…
Read MoreIndyCar Barber Open Test Preview
The IndyCar series returns to Barber Motorsports Park outside Birmingham, Alabama this weekend for open testing. Previous to this, IndyCar conducted a suitability test in October of 2008 with seven drivers. Saturday will see the Indy Lights take to the track from 9am to 5pm, with the big cars running on Sunday and Monday from 9am – 5pm as well. Live timing and scoring will be available on IndyCar’s website. Those who attended the test in 2007 loved driving on the hilly, wide open road course. The beautiful park like…
Read MoreAcura Stuns Sebring
Qualifications for the 12 Hours of Sebring took place today and the story of the day was the Acura LMP1 taking pole position from the Audi and Peugeot. Scott Dixon drove the ARX-02a to a fast lap of 1:45:278. Kristensen put the new Audi R-15 in P2 and Christian Klien has the 908 Coupe starting P3. Acura was not only celebrating the overall pole position, as the Acura LMP2 car took top honors in the class at the hands of Adrian Fernandez. The new Mazda powered Dyson racing machines were…
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