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In an exclusive interview with the Guardian as his 80th birthday approaches, F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone speak out about a variety of subjects, from the future of the sport to Margaret Thatcher, Hitler, Saddam Hussein, democracy, football and what continues to drive him.

The way I feel at the moment, why stop? I do it because I enjoy it. And yesterday is gone. I don’t care what happened yesterday. What else would I do? People retire to die. I don’t get any individual pleasure because we don’t win races or titles in this job. I’m like most business people. You look back at the end of the year and you see what you’ve achieved by working out how much money the company has made. That’s it.

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/10/bernie_ecclestone_no_plans_to.php

Alain de Changy Colin Chapman

American Medical News reports hospitals in at least a dozen countries are learning how to translate the split-second timing and near-perfect synchronisation of Formula One pit crews to the high-risk handoffs of patients from surgery to recovery and intensive care.

“In Formula One, they have checklists, databases, and they have well-defined processes for doing things, and we don’t really have any of those things in health care.”

Source: http://blogs.espnf1.com/paperroundf1/archives/2010/10/doctors_use_formula_one_pit_cr.php

Art Bisch Harry Blanchard

SRT, the performance arm of the Chrysler brands has released a second teaser image of the new 2013 Viper. It follows an initial teaser that was released at the end of last month and also the revealing of the new Viper logo.

Source: http://feeds.worldcarfans.com/~r/worldcarfans/Jxfz/~3/461EvIMU3jo/2013-srt-viper-new-teaser-released

Felice Bonetto Jo Bonnier

Follow the second day of F1 testing on F1 Fanatic Live.

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Jean Alesi Jaime Alguersuari

Lotus have been speaking about Kimi Rakkonen’s successful return to Formula 1. The former World Champion took part in his first test for the team this week following two years away from the sport. Speaking about how it went, Trackside operations director Alan Permane said: “From the first run he was pretty much there.” “It’s very [...]

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Formula1Fancast/~3/hl5-YL0SWQM/lotus-its-very-difficult-to-know-where-raikkonen-should-be

Michael Bleekemolen Alex Blignaut

Marussia Virgin Racing have launched their car to take on the 2011 world championship in a lavish London ceremony. The Marussia name now preceeds Virgin following a major tie up with the Russian sportscar manufacturer and the team at the end of 2010.  It has led to the new car being designated as the MVR-02. [...]

Source: http://f1fanatics.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/marussia-virgin-racing-launch-their-2011-car/

Olivier Beretta Allen Berg

Pictures from the fifth day of testing ahead of the 2012 season, at the Circuit de Catalunya in Spain.

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Clemente Biondetti Pablo Birger

Source: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/02/20/1871369/video-carl-edwards-greg-biffle.html

Gianmaria Bruni Jimmy Bryan

Last night Michael Schumacher reported himself satisfied with his one and a half days of running in the Mercedes W02 at Jerez, and especially with the tyre knowledge the team has gained. The German is confident that the decision to … Continue reading →

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/02/09/michael-schumacher-lets-take-it-step-by-step/

Bill Brack Ernesto Brambilla

Lotus has pulled out of the rest of the  Barcelona test after a chassis issue materialised this morning. Romain Grosjean had problems during the first laps with the new 02 chassis, and initially the team decided to stop for today … Continue reading →

Source: http://adamcooperf1.com/2012/02/21/blow-for-raikkonen-as-lotus-cancels-test/

Giulio Cabianca Phil Cade