Okay guys, Michael Griffin here. As you may have seen, Adam Poole has had to take a break from Bleacher Report right now, so myself and Ryan Wood are stepping in to help, although I am going solo today.
This is my first time using HTML in a B/R article, so forgive me if a make a few mistakes. Anyway, let's get going with the news.
Canadian Grand Prix Can No Longer Be Saved
The Canadian Grand Prix' hopes of saving its place on the calendar has evaporated after the Government refused to meet the demands of Bernie Ecclestone and the FOM.
Montreal's mayor Gerald Tremblay announced in a press conference on Sunday that their organizers had failed to reach an agreement, with the government unable to justify the cost of the event at its current asking price.
Tremblay and officials from various levels had fought hard to keep the much loved venue on the calendar, and and hoped that a fresh injection of cash could be enough to keep the race after it was axed from the provisional calendar for 2009.
But the Mayor says a deal could not be reached as F1 supremo was demanding $175 million over a period of five years, but the government would only go to $110 million.
Barrichello Faces The Chop From Honda
Honda has confirmed its driver lineup for their upcoming winter testing progam, and it does not include veteran driver Rubens Barrichello. This now suggest that Barrichello may now retire after he announced last week that he will either drive in Formula One or nothing else at all.
The Brazilian is reportedly subject to an offer from Scuderia Toro Rosso, who may decide to partner him with Sebastien Bourdais.
New Era Dawns For Formula One
After a very brief pause to take stock of a phenomenal 2008 campaign, the teams are already testing their 2009 packages this morning in Spain.
Most of the teams will be in action during a three-day test in Barcelona, and they are expected to be using hybrid versions of their 2008 cars with the 2009 aerodynamics and slick tyres.
BMW Sauber was the first team to take to the track with the 2009 regulations, which we think look weird, but will probably grow on us, just like the six-wheel car did all those years ago.
Loeb Enjoys Silverstone Shakedown
World Rally Championship legend Sebastian Loeb has said that he enjoyed his Silverstone shakedown with the Red Bull Racing team.
Loeb was soon tackling icy and wet condition on the Northamptonshire circuit, something which he migh feel used to.
Loeb said "I felt pretty good after a while, and I just went crazy out there, because of the need for tyre and brake temperature."
NASCAR stops Super Brat from F1 test
NASCAR " Super Brat Kyle Busch, is angry that his F1 test with Toyota has been canceled.
The reason for the test being called off is that NASCAR is enforcing every driver that is in the top ten from the Nation Wide series this year.
Super Brat was the star of NASCAR's premier series, with a dominant season that fizzled out during the chase.
As outspoken as usual "I don't get to drive the Formula One car anymore," said Busch, who did not contest the entire Nationwide calendar this year.
"I have to go to the Nationwide banquet and accept my sixth place awards instead,"
"NASCAR took me away from the Formula One car."
Rumor is that he will test in the first half of next year.
As I mentioned earlier, Adam Poole is leaving us for a while, so I am doing the F1 Times today, but hopefully someone with more knowledge of HTML will be able to include images.
I apologize for how poor thid edition is, but I did my best. If there are any more updates during the day, I'll add them, badly.
8 comments Last one added 7 months ago — Leave a Comment
Michael Griffin 7 months ago
Oh God, it's awful. Sorry everybody.
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Ryan Wood 7 months ago
Great effort Michael, I will help out tomorrow, I have added two images just to test that I can do it, so now it kinda looks like Adam has done it. Nice one.
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Craig Dalrymple 7 months ago
Looks fine to me, especially for a short notice pickup.
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mark andrew 7 months ago
Nothing wrong with it Mike .............I was going to put " even worse " in the poll to wind u up but it wouldnt be funny considerin .
Sad to hear about Gilles Villeneuve Circuit , I like the place , if they stopped the track breaking up it would be a marvellous track again . Its more evidence of Bernie pushing for multi billion pound deals in the far east and middle east , which is very sad , I mean Bahrain is boring , Malaysia is pretty boring , China is pretty boring , fuji and Sazuka are the only 2 decent tracks in the far east , i mean the singapore track was decent , but we was expecting something more flamboyant from our technilogically rich split links really .
European and stateside tracks are where all the action is at , Bernie is killing this sport off .
Sad for Barrichello but he has had his day i feel , 260 + races of experience and no WDC ......if it aint happened yet then it aint likely too , New blood I say !!!
Now that BMW looks awful , the williams the other day looked a lot nicer than that , I mean the front nose cone looks like a Beavers tail .......EWWWWWWW .
Dont worry about it Mikey , good job . I give it 5 * and Pick because its a jolly effort for your first HTML
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Duncan Scott 7 months ago
5* and Pick from me. You're keeping it up, which is more than Spanky could do.
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Isuru Wakishta Arachchi 7 months ago
you might wanna include the test results from spain today...
http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72165
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mark andrew 7 months ago
The Test news and results is Billy Sextons area Isaru ...............
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Sheiban Shakeri 7 months ago
Michael, I don't know if you made your poll specifically so that we can't vote for 'even worse' :D
Anyhow, it really really REALLY sucks that F1 won't be returning to Montreal. However, I do think that other options in Canada can be explored like Mosport, which is about 100 km Northeast of Toronto or even the Exhibition grounds in Toronto. It would look like a street circuit and is in the heart of the city, but I guess we'll see...
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