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Schu races karts but insists not comeback training

August 31, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

“My neck is okay” -Schumacher With the media ready to pounce on any new development, Michael Schumacher has immediately ruled out claims he did not travel to Belgium this weekend because he is stepping up preparations to return to formula one. With Ferrari openly contemplating whether or not to replace the struggling Luca Badoer ahead of Monza, Schumacher at the weekend was racing at the kart track at his German birthplace Kerpen. He finished the two finals second and first respectivel

Memory Lane: Niki Lauda

August 1, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

Some observers adopted a “wait and see” attitude when Austrian race car driver Niki Lauda launched his comeback to the Formula One circuit in 1982. It’s hard to figure out why. Lauda, who went on to collect a third career driver’s championship in 1984, had already come back from the dead. What did a couple years of relative inactivity mean after that?Andreas Nikolaus Lauda debuted as an F1 driver in 1971 and drove for the March and BRM teams before he hooked up with Ferrari in 1974. He won the S

The 12 Brits Who’ve Won Their Home Grand Prix [Formula One]

June 20, 2009 by Marathon Running · Leave a Comment 

A dozen men have walked on the Moon —and twelve Brits have won the British GP since the first held in 1950 at Silverstone. Meet the men whose shoulders Jenson Button is set to stand on this Sunday. Stirling Moss : 1955, 1957 It took the Brits six tries to crack their home grand prix and it took their greatest driver and the car the Germans came back to Formula One with . Held at Aintree, it was the only race of the season where Moss managed to beat his teammate Juan Manuel Fan

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