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  • A Race To Remember – 2008 Singapore Grand Prix

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    Formula 1’s first ever night race was supposed to be a shining moment for the sport, but a shocking scandal overshadowed it all. About The Singapore Grand Prix Formula 1 stormed onto the streets of Singapore in 2008, with the race being held on the brand-new Marina Bay Street Circuit. It was first announced in…

  • The 1986 Hungarian Grand Prix – Soviet Motorsport & F1s Greatest Overtake

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    This weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix marks the most recent in an event stretching back to the mid 1980s, the end of the Cold War, and a newly emerging global F1. This is the story of that race and how the World Championship went behind the Iron Curtain. It is hard to imagine a sport which…

  • Österreichring 1987, The Final Grand Prix At The Alpine Monster

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    The current Austrian Grand Prix at the Red Bull Ring is one of the better circuits on the calendar.  Beautiful scenery, gradient, character and challenge.  It is however a shadow of the circuit layout it sits within.  The old circuit it replaced was mighty and fierce in the extreme.  This is the story of the…