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• Lotus: Malaysian Fernandes ready for take-off

  09 March 2010 | | Motorsport

  Like all the new teams in 2010, Air Asia founder Tony Fernandes and his group of Malaysian investors were enticed to Formula One by the prospect of a budget cap for teams, a prospect much mooted a year ago as the global financial crisis created a pinch on the world’s car manufacturers.

• Toro Rosso: Formula One’s expanding team

  09 March 2010 | | Motorsport

  Dietrich Mateschitz has openly flirted with selling off the Toro Rosso team but a combination of the worsening global economic outlook, which reduced the number of interested buyers, and the team’s improved performance in 2008 saw him change his mind.

• Force India: third time lucky for money-man Mallya?

  09 March 2010 | | Motorsport

  Despite concerns at one stage that Vijay Mallya was not quite in the financially secure position that he might have wished to be, the Force India Formula One team is a solidly funded organisation.

• Virgin Racing: Small budget, big intentions

  07 March 2010 | | Motorsport

  Virgin Racing has the smallest budget on the 2010 Formula One grid and will be very much the financial underdog in 2010, just as Sir Richard Branson likes it.

• BMW Sauber: Where did all the money go?

  07 March 2010 | | Motorsport

  As the new Formula One season approaches, SportsPro examines the financial health of each team beginning with the newly-independent BMW Sauber squad.

• Renault’s Vitaly Petrov just the latest man paying for his drive

  03 February 2010 | Comment | Motorsport

  The Renault F1 Team's decision to sign Russian Vitaly Petrov for the 2010 Formula One season is the latest example of a driver paying for his drive in the sport.

• Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur head to head for seven-figure cash prize…in cars

  15 January 2010 | Comment | Motorsport, Soccer

  The likes of Liverpool FC and Tottenham Hotspur will be competing for more than pride in Superleague Formula, the motorsport series backed by a number of the world's leading soccer clubs, after a €1 million prize was offered to team that wins the 2010 season.

• Superleague Formula calendar doubles for 2010

  14 January 2010 | Rumour | Motorsport

  Superleague Formula, the motorsport series won by a team representing Liverpool FC in 2009, will have twice the number of races in 2010 as in 2009, meaning the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur will be competing over 12 weekends.

• New Jaguar making European debut this week

  13 January 2010 | Comment | Motorsport

  The new JaguarRSR racing car makes its European debut this week at the 2010 Autosport International at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.

• Bernie Ecclestone and Genii bid for Saab

  08 January 2010 | Rumour | Motorsport

  Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has joined forces with Genii Capital, majority owners of the Renault Formula One team, to make a bid for carmaker Saab.

• Report: Briatore life ban overturned in Paris

  05 January 2010 | Analysis | Motorsport

  Flavio Briatore, one of three men at the centre of Formula One’s race fixing scandal in 2008, has reportedly had his indefinite ban from FIA-regulated motorsport overturned by a French appeals court.

• How Michael Schumacher became the biggest name in motorsport

  23 December 2009 | Feature | Motorsport

  In one of the most remarkable sporting comebacks of recent times, seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher will race in the 2010 Formula One world championship, three years after retiring from the sport. First published in 2006, following his retirement, this is the story of how Schumacher got where he is today.

• Rome to host a Formula One Grand Prix street race

  21 December 2009 | Rumour | Motorsport

  Rome could be the next city to host a Formula One race after media reports from Italy claimed that a contract has been agreed with Bernie Ecclestone for a second Italian Grand Prix on the streets of the capital.

• Mosley laughs off idea of breakaway Formula One series

  15 December 2009 | Comment | Motorsport

  Max Mosley, the ex-president of the FIA, has poured scorn on the idea of a breakaway series that rocked motorsport earlier this year in a column for the Daily Telegraph newspaper.

• Sport is playing its part in the Santander story

  11 December 2009 | Feature | Motorsport

  Spanish banking firm Santander signed a major five-year sponsorship deal with the Ferrari team at September’s Italian Grand Prix. As well as being the biggest deal of the year in Formula One, it marks a significant moment in the company’s quest to become a truly global player.

• Dennis rules out a return to McLaren’s Formula One team

  10 December 2009 | Comment | Motorsport

  Ron Dennis has ruled out a return to Formula One with McLaren's new all-British driver line-up, insisting that that the company's focus on developing its own range of road cars is essential to its long-term future.

• Wayne Rooney and Steven Gerrard vs Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button?

  09 December 2009 | Rumour | Motorsport, Soccer

  Most of England will be willing the country's soccer team on in its quest to win the Fifa World Cup next summer, but a small corner of Northamptonshire could be forgiven for hoping the team does not reach the final.

• Manor GP to be known as Virgin Racing

  04 December 2009 | Rumour | Motorsport

  Though the exact agreement between the two parties remains unclear, Manor GP will be branded as Virgin Racing in Formula One next season.

• Cricket and Formula One leaders join Arabian Sponsorship Forum

  30 November 2009 | Comment | Cricket, Motorsport

  The Arabian Sponsorship Forum has added four more speakers to its programme ahead of the inaugural event in Abu Dhabi next month.

• Liverpool FC commercial chief explains motorsport backing

  18 November 2009 | Comment | Motorsport, Soccer

  Ian Ayre, the commercial director of English soccer club Liverpool, has explained the club's decision to back a racing team in the fast-growing Superleague Formula series.

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