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Renault reaches deal to remain in F1
Renault is staying in Formula One racing after agreeing yesterday to sell a “large stake” in the team to a private investment firm to keep the cars on the grid in 2010.The French carmaker had been weighing whether to continue in F1 or pull out following a crash scandal [...]

Hamilton to learn from Shanghai low
Lewis Hamilton was a hair’s breadth from securing his first world championship here in his rookie season last year but crashed out of the race and squandered a massive 17-point lead in the driver standings.
McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain celebrates taking poll position in front of [...]

Toyota to cut costs but vows to remain in F1
Toyota will scale back costs on Formula One racing, but is vowing not to drop out despite expectations it will record its first yearly operating loss in seven decades.Toyota Motor Corp. President Katsuaki Watanabe did not give details on how the Japanese automaker would cut spending [...]

Rossi: I could have been a good F1 driver
MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said on Thursday he could have been a good Formula One driver if he had made the switch three years ago.
Rossi tried out Ferrari’s 2008 F1 car at the Mugello circuit as a gift from the Italian team after his eighth motorcycling [...]

Hamilton sees tough year in 2009
Lewis Hamilton believes cost-cutting changes will make it “very tough” for him to repeat as Formula One champion next year.
Governing body FIA and the F1 teams agreed to a series of measures for 2009 last Friday, which include longer-lasting engines, limits on expensive testing and cheaper, off-the-shelf engines for [...]