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• Rumours about equalising F1 engines - F1 Fanatic
  Keith on Max's latest scheme
• Another photograph of the 2009-spec Williams rear wing
• BMW top second day at Jerez - autosport.com
  This article contains a picture of a Williams sporting a 2009-spec rear wing
• A question of F1 engine power - International Herald Tribune
  "I am beginning to think that the engine freeze is a failed concept. I’m beginning to think that for the rules to work the sport has to either have each manufacturer constructing its own engine the way they did in the past or they all have to have the same engine from a common manufacturer. But I clearly also think that Formula One would not be Formula One if all the cars had the same engines. It would be Champ Car or some other form of failed open wheel racing…

  Common engines? GP2."

  Precisely.

• Clos impresses, could test again. - Crash.Net
  ""My year is not living up to expectation, but this test compensates in part for that," Clos told Spain's as.com, referring to his dismal F3 Euroseries campaign, "Above that, however, it also provides me with more hope and determination for the future. Testing the Williams is the best injection of morale that I could have had.""
• F1 Coverage: The Verdict (2008 season) - Digital Spy Forums
  This guy on Digital Spy appears to know what the BBC are planning. Seemingly the rumoured announcement around the Italian GP didn't happen because they still don't have a commentator! Apparently James Allen is still in the running! Gah.

  "Jake Humphrey will be the BBC F1 presenter
  "David Coulthard will usually be the pundit
  "Martin Brundle will be the co-commentator
  "Holly Samos, Adam Parsons and 1 other will be the reporters, although there will also be features from Tamara Ecclestone.

  "Studio likely to be in London (given that production staff have been told they won't be going to races, with exception of floor managers)."

• Max jumps the shark: proposes common engine for F1 - Axis Of Oversteer
  "How can Formula 1 claim to be the pinnacle of motor sports if innovation is not allowed? How can you expect more passing when all the cars are the same? And why should development cost be contained anyway?
  What would be the interest of manufacturers? Max really believes there will be a Mclaren engined Ferrari or a Honda powered Renault?"
• Mosley’s latest nonsense - Formula 1 Insight
  "It does not seem to have occurred to him that it will also leave the manufacturers with no reason to compete in the sport. Their teams have to justify their existence to their respective boards of directors and the promotional aspect is by far the most important reason for their being in F1. If they are forced to use the same engines as everyone else, what exactly will they be proving about the quality of their road cars and the superiority of their engineering? They would be out of the game before Mosley's standardized engine ever saw the light of day."
• Mosley wants standard engine for F1 - F1-Live.com
  FFS! Max Mosley makes me so angry!
• Reflective tyre markings for Singapore night race - The Official Formula 1 Website
• Those Santander trophies are rubbish and probably break the F1 rules - F1 Fanatic
  A good point that I hadn't thought about before
• Sarcelles bidding for a Grand Prix - Grandprix.com
  "The Parisian suburb of Sarcelles is best known these days for the riots that took place in the public housing districts in the south of the commune in November 2005 which brought to light the plight of France's young immigrants. Ever since the commune has suffered with that reputation. There are plans to use Formula 1 to change the image of the area with a bid to the French GP in 2010. This has been put forward by the mayor of Sarcelles Francois Pupponi and is supported by former F1 winner Jean-Pierre Beltoise."
• Does Chris Pook have an American F1 revival plan? - Motor Sport Magazine
  Interesting article about Chris Pook's visit to Monza
• So, what to do next about current Formula 1 engines ? - F1 Wolf
  "FIA announced that the engine freeze would last for 10 years. What ? The pinnacle of motorsport stuck with the same engines for the entire decade ? That did not make much sense to me and I think few believed this would seriously happen. It is not happening, the freeze has been to reduced to 5 years only. Now it looks that the freeze is not really a freeze …"
• Could Sebastien Bourdais have beaten Sebastian Vettel in the Italian GP? - F1 Fanatic
  Short answer: no

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