Tag: Sky Sports F1
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Is the dream car turning into a nightmare for its owners?
If you’ve ever dreamt about winning the Lotto or anybody has ever asked you what you would do if it did happen, what would your course of action be? I would buy a nice block of land, a new tractor and a racehorse, to be trained in Castletown. For some people, it could be home…
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Red Bull Need To Listen To B*Witched
There are a few clips of Arsene Wenger during his time as Arsenal manager which perennially come up in Football’s Funniest Moments compilation. One shows the great Frenchman struggling manfully with the zip on his trenchcoat, and the other when, in the aftermath of some controversial incident or other, all he could muster by way…
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Le Clerc turns duel Down Under into a hack canter
This corner will have no bother admitting there was no interest here in F1 as the genuine perception was that victors were decided by the technology in the cockpits of the machines more than anything else. There is no doubt the gadgetry in the lightening quick machines does indeed play a huge role in the…
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Messy race is just fine for Max
In the end, the result goes along expected lines. Though often the eventual outcome only depicts a fraction of the entire story. That was certainly the case with yesterday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Now read on… The race was full to the gills of incident with a garnish of controversy, the only difference from most…
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Who will cribbing Christian blame this time?
This corner will in no way claim to be an expert in Formula 1, but what will be said is that once one becomes acquainted with a given subject area, knowledge thereof tends to be ingested and retained fairly quickly. Thus, while it would never be claimed that yours truly is an aficionado of the…
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Horner gets Christmas No. 1 as epic battle gets deserved Spicy finish
In the dying embers of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, reference was made to the unforgettable climax to the First Division (now Premiership) of 1989 when Arsenal had to win 2-0 at Anfield to take title away from the home side. And thanks to Micky Thomas’s amazing goal deep into stoppage time did just that. At…
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Winners thread the line delicately and sometimes cross it
On a least one occasion during her illustrious riding career, Nina Walsh (Carberry) stayed that close to the rails while going around a racetrack she ended up sustaining fairly bad foot/leg injuries. For another story of a close encounter of the white line kind, examine the beginning of the move which culminated in the greatest…
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Voice of Motorsport Murray Walker passes away aged 97
Yours truly was asked several times over the years was there any sport which wouldn’t be viewed from this seat. The answer to said query has always been Baseball. And that, being honest is only down to not understanding the discipline in question. There are others which fall into the bracket of knowledge exists thereon…