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• Ecclestone and Silverstone - The plot thickens - pitpass
  "…the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) offered Ecclestone a stake in the [Silverstone] circuit to persuade him to keep F1 there.

  "Of course, Ecclestone turned down the offer but the article adds that he may yet be interested if he was offered full control of the circuit… Could the Donington deal have been done to force the BRDC into a position where they offer their prize asset over to Ecclestone?"

• Following the family tradition - Grandprix.com
  News from this year's Masters of Formula 3: "Belgian Jules Bianchi has had a reputation for being rather wild in his two seasons of car racing to date, but on Sunday he outshone his ART Formula 3 team-mates to win the Masters event at Zolder. The much talked about Nico Hulkenberg ended up second ahead of a third ART car of Jon Lancaster."
• Soccer cars aim to generate interest - Grandprix.com
  "Tottenham Hotspur has become the first English Premiership football club to join the Superleague Formula series, which is due to start later this month at the Donington Park." In my view, Superleague Formula is the pottiest idea since… er, A1GP. But still, it's interesting to see.
• Down Mexico way - Grandprix.com
  "Talk of F1 races in Mexicans is intermittent and in recent years has never seemed to be very serious. There is, nonetheless, a long history of F1 in the country and good reasons for F1 to want to be there, to help expand interest in the sport in the US timezone and attract the attention of the vast Mexican population."
• Coulthard calls for refuelling ban, Gascoyne for testing ban - F1 Wolf
  "I have been rather neutral on the refuelling issue, but I slowly start to lean towards the ban …

  "I can’t however say that I agree with Mike Gascoyne’s ideas to ban the testing during the season and to extend the required life of the engines to more than 2 race weekends (to Autosport): "

• David Coulthard’s Hungarian GP column - ITV Sport
  DC sets out the case against refuelling:

  "In the days (pre-1994) when you carried your entire race fuel load on board the car, there was a much bigger role for the driver in managing the tyres and brakes.

  "You could even opt to run non-stop if you could make the tyres go the distance, while someone else might pit twice.

  "And because the car’s weight changed so much more in the course of the race, there were more fluctuations in performance and handling characteristics, which in turn created more overtaking opportunities.

  "These days, in dry conditions, you very rarely see anyone win from further back than the second row of the grid, because race pace largely mirrors qualifying pace – which is not surprising when the conditions are so similar."

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