Austrian GP 2013

#F1 Victims of Circumstance: Spielberg 2014 – #AustrianGP

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Brought to you by TJ13 Courtroom Reporter & Crime Analyst: Adam Macdonald (@adamac39)   [For those who are new to the page; TJ13 attempts to remove certain aspects of the race to give a fairer reflection of the race result.] Hamilton owned Friday, Massa + Williams owned Saturday and Rosberg took the honours on Sunday … Read more

Vettel cuts it fine and Kimi…Vodka and Telecoms to Sposnor F1, Winter F1 testing shortened, India ‘best event’, Bargain price for 2013’s 20th race, Webber hospitalised, Kubica finished in F1, F1 art

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Vettel cuts it close & Kimi…: The FIA rules state that to be the World Drivers Champion, the driver must attend the end of season prize giving ceremony and receive in person the trophy. Well, Vettel almost missed the FIA’s end of season FIA prize giving gala.

DPA news agency reports that the Red Bull driver actually landed at the airport in Istanbul only to discover he did not have his passport, and initially he was refused entry into Turkey. For those of us who travel by air and can’t understand how this can happen because we have to show passports to board a commercial flight, Vettel arrived on a private jet and had the trauma of having to wait over an hour at the airport.

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Drivers of 2012 results, Austria for 2013, F2 finished? or to be born again, Bernie’s replacement, Michael Schumacher – just perfect, Aston require another £500m

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F1 calendar affects Goodwood: “Given that the Festival of Speed is the only event in the world outside of a World Championship Grand Prix where you can get a close up view of the latest F1 cars and drivers in action, we will now have to change the Festival’s date in order to avoid this conflict with the amended Grand Prix calendar,” the organisers said today in a statement. “Goodwood is now reviewing the 2013 Festival of Speed dates and will confirm these very soon. We apologise for any inconvenience this change may cause, but sadly this is outside of Goodwood’s control.”

The Festival which attracts about 180,000 visitors was originally scheduled for the 5-7th July, Between the British and German GP’s. The latest attempt by the FIA/FOM at a calendar moved the German GP to this weekend to make room for an ‘unspecified’ other European race.

The reason FOM are desperate for another race is to replace the delayed New Jersey GP which will now not happen until at least 2014. Why not just have 19 races? FOM is claiming to investors that it is on a continual march forward and more races means more money and more profit. To take a step backwards would affect investor confidence.

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