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Bookings for F1 weekend pick up

Posted on 24 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Bookings for F1 weekend pick up

Trackside hotels’ better showing aided partly by more affordable room rates

Less bad, it seems, is the new good this year.

Bookings for Formula 1 (F1) weekend seem to have accelerated just in the nick of time at the trackside hotels after a dismal showing earlier this year, aided in part by more affordable room rates.

Expectations were also tempered by a sluggish economy, as companies pared corporate hospitality budgets and consumer sentiment took a nosedive.

‘We’re close to what we did last year, which is better than expected given the economic downturn,’ said a spokesperson from the trackside Mandarin Oriental, which will have the Toyota team and management staying at its hotel. Continue reading →

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Renault faces race-fixing charges

Posted on 6 Sep 2009 | Comments Off on Renault faces race-fixing charges

London – Renault will face charges of fixing last year’s SingTel Singapore Grand Prix by staging a crash that helped Spaniard Fernando Alonso win, Formula One’s governing body said on Friday.

The International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that Renault’s representatives had been summoned to an extraordinary meeting of its World Motor Sport Council in Paris on Sept 21.

This year’s Singapore race will be held on Sept 27.

The charges were that ‘the team conspired with its driver, Nelson Piquet Jr, to cause a deliberate crash at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix with the aim of causing the deployment of the safety car to the advantage of its other driver, Fernando Alonso’.

If found guilty, the 2005 and 2006 champions could be fined or kicked out of the world championship. Continue reading →

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