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BMW Boxer Twins - here is the Bible!
June '09/Other stories
The BMW Boxer Twins 1970-1996 Bible describes in great detail BMW’s very significant air-cooled motorcycles of the 1970s through the 1990s: motorcycles which provided an unparalleled combination of comfort, reliability and performance which earned...
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Porsche wins Nürburgring 24 Hours – fourth in a row for Stuttgart
June '09/Motorsports
Porsche has won the Nürburgring 24 hour race for the fourth time in a row (23/24 May). Timo Bernhard (Germany), Marc Lieb (Germany), Romain Dumas (France) and Marcel Tiemann (Monaco) crossed the finish line in the 480bhp Porsche 911 GT3 RSR of the...
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Theissen: BMW Sauber are back in business
June '09/Motorsports
BMW Sauber may have only scored two points in the Spanish Grand Prix, but team principal Mario Theissen is convinced that the team have made significant progress with the revised car they introduced in Barcelona.
“We know one thing for definite:...
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Prodrive submits Formula One entry for 2010
June '09/Motorsports
Prodrive Chairman David Richards confirmed on Friday that the UK company has lodged an entry for the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, after agreeing financial backing from investment bank Dar Capital. Richards said that while the FIA’s...
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Williams urges rivals to accept budget cap
June '09/Motorsports
Frank Williams has said he would like to see all teams competing under a budget cap next season, following the FIA’s announcement on the issue. The FIA has given teams the option of running to a 40 million budget in 2010 in exchange for greater...
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Suspended three race ban for McLaren
June '09/Motorsports
The FIA’s World Motor Sport Council has handed McLaren a three race ban for bringing the sport into disrepute after they were found to have misled race stewards at Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
The ban will be suspended, however, in light...
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40 million budget cap and 13 teams for 2010
June '09/Motorsports
Formula One racing’s governing body, the FIA, has revised its budget cap plans for 2010. Teams signing up for the optional cap must limit their spending to 40 million pounds per year (10 million higher than originally proposed) in exchange for...
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McLaren Automotive appoints first regional chief
June '09/Motorsports
McLaren Automotive has taken the first step in developing its global business by appointing Ian Gorsuch as Regional Director of Middle East and Africa. The appointment comes in preparation for the world launch in 2011 of the first in the company’s...
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Sebastien Loeb knighted
June '09/Motorsports
Defending World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb has been awarded a knighthood, receiving the ‘Légion d’honneur’ from French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
The ‘Légion d’honneur’ is the highest award that can be given to any individual in...
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Formula One energy efficiency systems planned for the WRC
June '09/Motorsports
FIA President Max Mosley has revealed that energy recovery systems being developed in Formula One will later be adapted for cars in the World Rally Championship. Speaking during Rally Portugal, Mosley said his preferred route to lessen the...
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Hirvonen refuses to give up on the championship
June '09/Motorsports
Mikko Hirvonen still thinks he can win this year’s WRC drivers’ championship title; despite a fourth consecutive win at the weekend for his main rival, Sebastien Loeb.
Hirvonen took eight championship points for finishing as runner-up to Loeb...
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Citroen team reflect on the perfect Rally Argentina
June '09/Motorsports
After taking its second one-two result of the year in Argentina, and moving further ahead in both the drivers’ and manufacturers’ title races, the management and drivers of the Citroen Total World Rally Team reflected on their weekend’s work....
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Novikov scores his first WRC points
June '09/Motorsports
After a rally that confirmed the potential already seen in their first three outings with the Citroën Junior Team, Evgeny Novikov and Dale Moscatt finished in fifth place on the Rally d’Italia – Sardegna, round six of the 2009 FIA World Rally...
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Bahrain gives button third win from four
June '09/Motorsports
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button achieved his third victory of the 2009 Formula One season at the end of an exciting Bahrain Grand Prix. Team-mate Rubens Barrichello brought his Brawn-Mercedes car home in fifth position to score valuable points
Jenson...
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Button makes it four from five with a Brawn one-two in Spain
June '09/Motorsports
Brawn GP achieved the team’s second one-two result of the 2009 Formula One season today with Jenson Button taking his fourth victory of the year at the Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona and team-mate Rubens Barrichello securing second position...
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Monaco sun shines on Ferrari’s best result yet
June '09/Motorsports
The 2009 Monaco Grand Prix saw Brawn GP F1 Team driver Jenson Button clinch his fifth win of the season whilst veteran teammate Rubens Barrichello celebrated his 37th birthday with a second place giving Brawn GP Team F1 its third 1-2 finish in 2009....
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Pajero long term test - 6
June '09/Test Drives
It’s 6 months and the test Pajero has been behaving like it’s new
The SUV in our stable has been drawing more than its share of attention in the past few months. This month itself, two people in our close circle have bought themselves new...
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Seriously Capable Sirion
June '09/Test Drives
The Daihatsu hatchback almost borders on hot hatch territory
The importance attached to the country of manufacture in Oman means that cars that are made in Japan enjoy a premium in the mindspace of a consumer over cars made in any other country....
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A premium brand with a proud history
June '09/Other stories
Tags: Audi, 100th year
AUDI AG is able to look back on an exciting and varied past – its tradition of automotive and engine manufacturing extends back into the 19th century
It all began with the activities of August Horch, one of Germany’s pioneering personalities...
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How the Silver Arrow legend was born
June '09/Other stories
75 years ago, one of the most dramatic chapters in the whole of motor sport history began. On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname “Silver Arrow” were entered for their first race, on the Avus racetrack in...
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