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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula One: 2012 Toro Rosso Car Ready For Jerez Opener: Toro Rosso has announced that its 2012 car will be ready to run on the opening day of official testing at Jerez next month. Red Bull’s Italian-based rookie team said the Ferrari-powered TR7 passed the last of the [...]

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Some news tidbits involving the world of IndyCar: DW12 chassis shows its mettle in wind tunnel: A two-day wind tunnel test last week proved that the Dallara DW12 chassis is up to the task on ovals, according to INDYCAR vice president of technology Will Phillips. Questions arose during testing in November at the Indianapolis Motor [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Red Bull Still Planning Jerez Debut For 2012 Car: Red Bull plans to get its 2012 car up and running for the first test at Jerez next month. In an interview with Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport, the energy drink company’s motor racing consultant Dr. Helmut [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Boullier Hints At Friday Role For Senna: Bruno Senna appears headed for a return to the reserve driver role at Lotus for 2012. With the Enstone-based team known as Renault this year, the Brazilian began 2011 in the third driver role before graduating to the race [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Sutil Expects Usual Silverstone Cloud: A warm weekend of weather might be expected at Silverstone Circuit for the forthcoming British Grand Prix. The weather has been nice in England so far this week, with the mid-20s temperatures forecast to persist through to the Formula One event [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Pirelli Eyes Raikkonen For F1 Tire Testing: Kimi Raikkonen could be asked to test Formula One tires for the sport’s new exclusive supplier Pirelli. It has emerged that the Italian company will supply two sets of tires to each team at a special Abu Dhabi test [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: Mercedes ‘Not Dropping’ 2010 Car – Brawn: Mercedes is still working on its current car but has started to design the W01′s successor, team boss Ross Brawn has revealed. Michael Schumacher, who is 75 points behind the championship leader Lewis Hamilton, said in Canada that his [...]

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Some news tidbits from the world of Formula 1: A Second Gearbox Problem For Red Bull On Sunday: Red Bull suffered two gearbox problems in Canada on Sunday. With McLaren now leading both the drivers’ and constructors’ championships with victory at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, it has emerged that Sebastian Vettel struggled to the checkered [...]