F1: Hamilton vs Schumacher – game on!
britsonpole.com 8/3/2009 — It’s one of the world’s great sporting topics of conversation. How would Sir Matt Busby’s Manchester United fare against Sir Alex Ferguson’s squad? Or an England cricketing side of the amateur golden age perform if exposed to the modern, professional game peopled by ...

F1: Victory for Barrichello as McLaren blunder
britsonpole.com 8/23/2009 — Rubens Barrichello reversed Brawn GP’s sliding fortunes by taking his first Formula One win since 2004 – with a little help from a botched McLaren pitstop that cost Lewis Hamilton the lead, and perhaps the victory. Rubens Barrichello - a winner again The McLaren driver led away ...

F1: Victorious Webber makes his mark at last
britsonpole.com 7/12/2009 — Red Bull’s Mark Webber gave Australian sports fans something to talk about besides the cricket by shrugging off a drive-through penalty at the Nurburgring and cruising to his first-ever Formula One victory. Mark Webber made the most of his pole position A dramatic start to the German ...

F1: Lewis on pole as McLaren shut out Valencia front row
britsonpole.com 8/22/2009 — McLaren signalled their recent return to form was no fluke by dominating qualifying on the Valencia street circuit to lock out the front row for the European Grand Prix. Hamilton returned to last year's dominance Lewis Hamilton set what would turn out to be the pole lap early in the third ...

F1: Hamilton fastest in Nurburgring practice
britsonpole.com 7/10/2009 — Lewis Hamilton topped the timesheets on Friday as rain and cold weather at the Nurburgring caused problems for teams hoping to understand how their two types of tyres would function during the German Grand Prix weekend. Unlike his team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, Hamilton had been given an ...

F1: Felipe Massa in intensive care after qualifying accident
britsonpole.com 7/25/2009 — Formula One veered from near tragedy to total farce during qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix as Felipe Massa’s narrow escape from death by flying debris was followed by a timing failure that left puzzled drivers comparing their performances to see who had won pole. Felipe Massa ...

F1: Hungarian Grand Prix liveblog
britsonpole.com 7/26/2009 — Well, we’ll all be sitting down to watch this race in a pretty sombre mood, with Felipe Massa in hospital suffering from an awful head injury after being hit by debris from Rubens Barrichello’s car in the second session of qualifying yesterday. As we write, Ferrari has confirmed ...

F1: McLaren tries a new approach
britsonpole.com 7/4/2009 — McLaren is going back to the drawing board on its strategy of trying to wring some performance out of the desperately underwhelming MP4-24. The 2009 car has been performing woefully this season, with the team behind the under-resourced Williams squad in the constructors’ ...