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		<title>Red Bull reveals &#8216;slightly ugly&#8217; RB8</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Adrian Newey on Monday admitted his latest creation, the title-defending RB8, is a &#8220;slightly ugly looking&#8221; Red Bull. The reigning champions unveiled the car in which Sebastian Vettel will push for a third consecutive drivers&#8217; title, and like most other models seen so far in 2012, it has a controversial &#8216;stepped nose&#8217;. Designer Newey said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alguersuari announces no F1 role for 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Jaime Alguersuari has announced he will be absent from the formula one paddock in 2012. After two and a half seasons and at just 21-years-old, the Spaniard has lost his Toro Rosso race seat. And the final spot on the 2012 grid, at the Spanish team HRT, has been secured by Narain Karthikeyan. There has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/drivers-formula-one/alguersuari-announces-no-f1-role-for-2012/</link>
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		<title>Lotus reveals 2012 car with stepped nose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lotus has become the fourth formula one team to reveal a 2012 car design with a controversial &#8216;stepped&#8217; front nose design. The former Renault team&#8217;s black and gold E20 was launched on the internet on Sunday from its headquarters at Enstone. Nose aside, another point of interest on the E20 is the disappearance of last [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/lotus-reveals-2012-car-with-stepped-nose/</link>
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		<title>Sauber joins &#8216;stepped nose&#8217; club with C31</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sauber on Monday joined the growing &#8216;stepped nose&#8217; club by revealing its C31. The Swiss team&#8217;s new Ferrari-powered car &#8211; boasting a modified grey, white and red livery &#8211; was revealed at Jerez before its initial laps &#8220;for filming purposess&#8221; ahead of the opening pre-season test. Like most other cars revealed so far in 2012, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boss admits launch McLaren had &#8216;plastic&#8217; exhausts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Martin Whitmarsh has admitted that the launch version of McLaren&#8217;s new MP4-27 car featured a dummy diffuser and &#8216;plastic&#8217; exhaust exits. With exhaust-blown diffusers effectively banned for 2012, the big technical talking point will be how the designers claw back that lost downforce. McLaren gave nothing away last week, installing a fake diffuser and plastic [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/boss-admits-launch-mclaren-had-plastic-exhausts/</link>
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		<title>Whiting: Teams to blame for &#8216;ugly&#8217; field of 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The teams are to blame for the &#8216;ugly&#8217; 2012 cars seen so far, according to FIA technical delegate Charlie Whiting. Of the five new cars seen already, the Ferrari, Lotus, Force India and Caterham models feature a radical &#8216;stepped&#8217; nose. Though the new McLaren sports a sleeker line, the less attractive solutions are a quirk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/whiting-teams-to-blame-for-ugly-field-of-2012/</link>
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		<title>Touring car and Indy offers for Sutil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adrian Sutil looks set to keep his motor racing career alive in a category outside of formula one. The 29-year-old has been fully focused on F1 since 2006, when he was a test driver with the Midland (now Force India) team. He moved into the Silverstone based squad&#8217;s race seat the following season, but lost [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/touring-car-and-indy-offers-for-sutil/</link>
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		<title>Marko: 2012 Red Bull &#8216;not as ugly as Ferrari&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dr Helmut Marko on Sunday gave the F1 world a sneak-preview of Red Bull&#8217;s title-defending 2012 car. A day before it debuts at Jerez, the Renault-powered RB8 will be revealed on Monday. And the launch of Adrian Newey&#8217;s next creation has become even more eagerly anticipated after rival top teams Ferrari and McLaren unveiled their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/teams-formula-one/marko-2012-red-bull-not-as-ugly-as-ferrari/</link>
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		<title>Sutil not axed due to Lux assault affair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The assault charge had nothing to do with Adrian Sutil losing his race seat, Force India has insisted. Prior to the German being convicted of grievous bodily harm by the Munich courts, his Silverstone based employer decided to replace him for 2012 with Nico Hulkenberg. But Sutil&#8217;s pending hearing &#8220;never even came into our thinking&#8221; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/sutil-not-axed-due-to-lux-assault-affair/</link>
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		<title>Williams has not run 2012 car yet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to reports, Williams has not yet debuted its 2012 car. It was said the British team ran the unlaunched FW34 at the Idiada facility near Barcelona, with tester Valtteri Bottas at the wheel. In fact, &#8220;the shakedown could not take place due to bad weather conditions,&#8221; a spokesperson is quoted as saying in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/williams-has-not-run-2012-car-yet/</link>
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		<title>Sauber not replacing departed tech boss Key</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sauber&#8217;s technical director James Key has left the Swiss team. In a media statement, the Ferrari-powered outfit said Key, a Briton who switched from Force India in 2010, has accepted an unspecified &#8220;new role&#8221; in his native UK. Sauber&#8217;s design and development will now be handled by &#8220;the department heads for aerodynamics, design, performance and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/teams-formula-one/sauber-not-replacing-departed-tech-boss-key/</link>
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		<title>Ferrari to beam launch live on Friday morning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Having cancelled its media launch event due to the snowy weather in Italy, Ferrari is preparing for a live internet reveal of its 2011 car on Friday morning. Hot on the heels of the McLaren launch, and on the same day as the unveiling at Silverstone of Force India&#8217;s new car, Ferrari will show its [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/ferrari-to-beam-launch-live-on-friday-morning/</link>
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		<title>Whiting to attend Jerez amid legality rumours</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The teams, the fans and the world&#8217;s media will not be the only ones with their eyes firmly on the action at Jerez next week. It is rumoured Charlie Whiting, the technical delegate of formula one&#8217;s governing FIA, has scheduled to attend the first test of the 2012 pre-season. The news follows speculation some teams [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/whiting-to-attend-jerez-amid-legality-rumours/</link>
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		<title>New Ferrari, Force India have &#8216;ugly&#8217; noses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ McLaren was left the odd-one-out on Friday, as Ferrari and Force India joined Caterham in launching new cars with &#8216;ugly&#8217; noses. The odd feature &#8211; a quirk of new regulations &#8211; is the centrepiece of Ferrari&#8217;s new F2012, launched on Friday morning at Maranello, and the Mercedes-powered Force India VJM05, whose covers were pulled off [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/new-ferrari-force-india-have-ugly-noses/</link>
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		<title>Q&amp;A with Narain Karthikeyan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[After being confirmed recently as an official driver for HRT F1 Team for 2012, the Indian driver shares his views on the upcoming season. Q: It has finally been revealed that you will occupy the last seat available as an official driver, how are you facing this new challenge in Formula 1? NK: It all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/press-team/qa-with-narain-karthikeyan/</link>
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		<title>Karthikeyan completes 2012 grid with HRT deal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ HRT, the Spanish team that until now had the final vacancy on the 2012 grid, has finally completed its race driver lineup by signing Narain Karthikeyan. The Indian began last year&#8217;s championship with the back-of-the-grid outfit before he was replaced by Red Bull protege Daniel Ricciardo. But with Australian Ricciardo moving to Toro Rosso for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/karthikeyan-completes-2012-grid-with-hrt-deal/</link>
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		<title>Button wants to avoid retiring too soon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ While his teammate&#8217;s plans beyond this year are unclear, McLaren driver Jenson Button is sure his career is on the right track. Lewis Hamilton has been making headlines this week after saying he wants to think about his future beyond 2012 &#8211; when his existing contract expires &#8211; soon. &#8220;Probably, after the first couple of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/drivers-formula-one/button-wants-to-avoid-retiring-too-soon/</link>
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		<title>Alonso: It looks very different from what we have seen in the last two years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the launch event at Maranello cancelled due to heavy snow covering the entire area, the reveal of the Ferrari F2012 was done through a series of online streaming interviews with key players including Fenando Alonso who spoke about the new car and the season ahead. “It looks very different from what we have seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/alonso-it-looks-very-different-from-what-we-have-seen-in-the-last-two-years/</link>
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		<title>Szafnauer: Force India needs more staff for F1 tilt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Force India has acknowledged it will not challenge for the world championship until the team is bigger. Otmar Szafnauer, who is the Silverstone based team&#8217;s chief operating officer, told Germany&#8217;s Auto Motor und Sport that the former Jordan, Midland and Spyker team&#8217;s head-count is currently 310. &#8220;Here at Silverstone we have 212, and there are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/szafnauer-force-india-needs-more-staff-for-f1-tilt/</link>
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		<title>Hulkenberg: Sutil deserves to stay in F1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Adrian Sutil deserves to keep his formula one race career alive. That is the claim of Nico Hulkenberg, the driver who is replacing his German compatriot at Force India in 2012. Sutil, 29, has failed so far to secure an alternative seat, and days ago was dealt a further blow with a Munich court convicting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/hulkenberg-sutil-deserves-to-stay-in-f1/</link>
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		<title>Shara Force India show the VJM05 at Silverstone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sahara Force India unveiled its 2012 challenger today as Paul Di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg pulled the covers off the VJM05 at Silverstone. They were joined by reserve driver, Jules Bianchi, as the team’s new car was presented for the first time. The VJM05 is the second car to be created under the watch of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/press-team/shara-force-india-show-the-vjm05-at-silverstone/</link>
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		<title>Barrichello to decide Indycar switch &#8216;soon&#8217;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The likelihood is rising that Rubens Barrichello will switch from formula one to Indycar for the 2012 season. Left without a race seat after 19 consecutive seasons of grands prix, the 39-year-old Brazilian has been testing this week in Florida with the team of an Indy driver he describes as his &#8220;brother&#8221;, Tony Kanaan. Barrichello [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/drivers-formula-one/barrichello-to-decide-indycar-switch-soon/</link>
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		<title>Mateschitz donates EUR 70m to research university</title>
		<description><![CDATA[F1 team owner Dietrich Mateschitz has donated a staggering EUR 70 million to a medical research university in his native Austria. The local &#8216;Salzburg 24&#8242; reports that the 67-year-old billionaire, whose energy drink company owns the Red Bull and Toro Rosso teams, donated the money to the Paracelsus Medical University. Mateschitz reportedly wants the money [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/formula-1/mateschitz-donates-eur-70m-to-research-university/</link>
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		<title>McLaren denies 2012 car close to legal limits</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ McLaren has denied that a senior staff member expressed concern the team&#8217;s newly-launched 2012 car flies close to the limits of the technical regulations. The staff member made the comments about the new MP4-27 single seater before it was launched by the British team at its Woking headquarters on Wednesday. The story was only live [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/teams-formula-one/mclaren-denies-2012-car-close-to-legal-limits/</link>
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		<title>McLaren gags Hamilton after Sutil&#8217;s &#8220;coward&#8221; slur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ McLaren on Wednesday stopped Lewis Hamilton from responding to former friend Adrian Sutil&#8217;s &#8220;coward&#8221; accusation. Sutil, the 2008 world champion&#8217;s former F3 teammate, has been Hamilton&#8217;s closest friend in the paddock throughout their subsequent formula one careers. But the German slammed his British rival for being &#8220;not a man&#8221; this week after Hamilton declined to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/mclaren-gags-hamilton-after-sutils-coward-slur/</link>
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		<title>Snow to spoil 2012 Ferrari&#8217;s track debut</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Snow looks set to spoil the scheduled debut on Friday of Ferrari&#8217;s 2012 car. The Italian team had intended to give its new single seater a shakedown debut after its covers are pulled off at Maranello on Friday, or on the following day. But on Wednesday, surrounding schools were closed for the rest of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/teams-formula-one/snow-to-spoil-2012-ferraris-track-debut/</link>
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		<title>New McLaren &#8216;beautiful&#8217; not ugly says Button</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ The assembled world of F1 was surprised on Wednesday when Jenson Button declared the 2012 McLaren &#8220;beautiful&#8221;. With the new Caterham featuring a radically-stepped front nose, and Ferrari also preparing to unveil a less-than-attractive single seater, most insiders expected the entire field of 2012 to be &#8216;ugly&#8217;. &#8220;This is a beautiful car,&#8221; said 2009 world [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/new-mclaren-beautiful-not-ugly-says-button/</link>
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		<title>Ecclestone backs Webber to shine in 2012</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Bernie Ecclestone has once again backed Mark Webber to shine in 2012. Australian Webber came close to winning the championship in 2010, but ultimately it is his young teammate Sebastian Vettel who is the reigning back-to-back title winner, having utterly dominated last season. And it is likely Adrian Newey has penned another field-beater yet again [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/formula-1/ecclestone-backs-webber-to-shine-in-2012/</link>
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		<title>No FIA consequences for convicted Sutil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Adrian Sutil&#8217;s manager on Tuesday said the German driver is free to return to formula one. 29-year-old Sutil had emerged from a Munich court with a criminal conviction for grievous bodily harm, an 18-month suspended jail term and EUR 200,000 fine. The former Force India driver also has no job at present. &#8220;I can not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/no-fia-consequences-for-convicted-sutil/</link>
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		<title>Suspended sentence, fine, for guilty Sutil</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Munich court on Tuesday found Adrian Sutil guilty of grievous bodily harm, wire news services reported. The former Force India was on trial for attacking Lotus team executive Eric Lux in a Shanghai nightclub last April. The court imposed an 18-month suspended jail sentence and ordered the 29-year-old to pay EUR 200,000 to charity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/suspended-sentence-fine-for-guilty-sutil/</link>
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		<title>Abu Dhabi link could power Alguersuari to Mercedes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ After his Toro Rosso ousting, Jaime Alguersuari could emerge with the Mercedes team in 2012. The Spanish sports daily AS reports that Ipic, Abu Dhabi&#8217;s international petroleum investment company, is unhappy with Red Bull for ousting the young Spaniard from its driver programme. IPIC owns the Spanish oil company Cepsa, which last year became a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/abu-dhabi-link-could-power-alguersuari-to-mercedes/</link>
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		<title>McLaren plays down link with Pollock&#8217;s Pure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[McLaren has played down reports its cars could be powered by engines produced by Craig Pollock&#8217;s new venture Pure in 2014. Former BAR founder Pollock is targeting at least two customers for his new turbo V6 engine, and Italy&#8217;s La Gazzetta dello Sport said there has been contact between Pure and McLaren. With Mercedes now [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/mclaren-plays-down-link-with-pollocks-pure/</link>
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		<title>Indycar boss urges Barrichello to switch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Indycar&#8217;s boss has admitted he would &#8220;love&#8221; longest-serving F1 veteran Rubens Barrichello to switch codes for 2012. Having lost his race seat after a record-setting 19 consecutive seasons, the 39-year-old Brazilian is this week testing the 2012 Indycar in Florida, with his close friend and KV team driver Tony Kanaan also in action. Barrichello has [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/indycar-boss-urges-barrichello-to-switch/</link>
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		<title>Bianchi says Ferrari &#8216;worked hard&#8217; for career</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Jules Bianchi has thanked Ferrari for helping him make the next step in his formula one career. On the face of it, the Frenchman&#8217;s switch from Ferrari to the same reserve role at Force India is a backwards move. But the new deal involves driving on the Fridays of grand prix weekends, while in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/drivers-formula-one/bianchi-says-ferrari-worked-hard-for-career/</link>
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		<title>Reports hint at Ferrari test for Kubica in June</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert Kubica&#8217;s comeback could be at the wheel of a turbocharged 2010 Ferrari, according to reports in the Italian media. It emerged this week that, despite the recent setback of a re-broken leg after an icy fall, the Pole could be only months away from attempting some laps in a F1 simulator. As for his [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.fantasyracings.com/news-f1/formula-one/featured/reports-hint-at-ferrari-test-for-kubica-in-june/</link>
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