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• Subway operator denies Red Bull static claim - motoring.co.za
  "A spokesman for Singapore's Mass Rapid Transit system said, however: "There is no subway tunnel under turn 13. The nearest track is about 200m away, at a depth of about 10m.

  ""In addition, train wheels and rails are made of metal and therefore do not generate static electricity charges.""

• Glock gets ‘joker’ engine change - autosport.com
• Force India, Mercedes in cooperation talks - autosport.com
  "As well as possible technical cooperation on the car itself, there are also suggestions that part of the deal could also include Force India running Briton Paul di Resta, who could be groomed for a future switch to McLaren." Wow, this di Resta bloke is rising fast.
• F1 teams working to reinstate Canada - autosport.com
  "Although there are suspicions that F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone could be using the Canadian GP situation to improve the financial terms of holding the event, both from the promoters and the teams, there is genuine concern in the paddock about the impact of losing the race from the schedule."
• Teams would welcome standard parts - autosport.com
  "Formula One teams are ready to accept the use of standard parts as a way to make immediate cost reductions in the sport, but some think that a move to a single specification of engine is going too far."
• ‘Only government can revive Canadian GP’. - Crash.Net
  "A spokesman for the promoter of the Canadian Grand Prix has revealed that it is down to the government to decide if the race will be revived following the FIA's decision to remove it from the 2009 Formula One calendar.

  "Speaking on behalf of promoter Normand Legault, spokesman Paul Wilson confirmed that Legault's F1 Grand Prix du Canada company was no longer interested in promoting the event, with rising costs having put it out of reach of private promoters."

• Alonso says BMW was never a possibility - autosport.com
  ""It was never a serious approach because for them they were quite happy with their drivers and didn't want to change," said Alonso when asked about his talks with BMW by autosport.com.

  ""For me, it was not time to talk because I preferred to wait until the end of the season and concentrate on driving for Renault, which is my job this year. It was not time to make a decision. It was never a possibility for me or for them.""

• Manufacturer team ‘could quit F1′ - BBC SPORT
  "Williams chief executive Adam Parr tells the BBC that one of Formula One's major teams could quit the sport." *cough*Renault*cough*
• Standard engines for 2010? - pitpass
  It's terrible that it has come to this.
• We Only Get Judged by What We Do - Sidepodcast
  Sidepodcast on the green tyre markings: "Sometimes I feel sorry for the Bridgestone Corporation. Ever since the FIA opened the tender process to be Formula 1’s single tyre supplier, their marketing department have been struggling to keep the black and round things at the forefront of our minds, and in most cases they’ve failed."
• Mosley meets with di Montezemolo - pitpass
  An advance in the FIA–FOTA talks.

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