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So, your aim is for your Formula One team to win the World Championship. But do you invest $25 million (£15m)and sign Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso? Or do you rustle up significantly less than that (though still a plentiful bundle of boodle) and wave it in Adrian Newey’s direction?

More than anything, that is the measure of the balding, self-effacing engineer, whose creations have won World Championships for Williams, McLaren and Red Bull since 1992   …  More

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The Indianapolis 500, one of the country’s grand sports traditions, celebrates its 100th anniversary with next Sunday’s race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. In honor of the occasion, here are 100 things to know about the Indy 500:

1The first race was on a Tuesday — May 30, 1911.

2The first race was chosen for 500 miles in length because   …  More

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Simona De Silvestro was involved in an incident during practice for the 2011 Indianapolis 500. She discusses the crash, how she’s doing, and whether she’ll be able to get back in the car for qualifying.

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Kimi Raikkonen fought through a race of attrition to finish 15th and on the lead lap in his NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut on Friday at Charlotte Motor Speedway.

The 2007 Formula 1 World Champion started from 31st in his first oval race, after running 30th fastest in both practice sessions early in the day. Raikkonen had struggled with a loose truck and even scraped the wall   …  Details

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