At least part of the ongoing Danica Patrick saga has come to a definitive close. Patrick has reportedly signed a three-year deal to remain a part of Andretti Green Racing. As before, she will drive the No. 7 sponsored by Motorola. It brings to an end months of speculation on the Indy side of things, but plenty of elements of her 2010 and beyond remain very much up in the air.
Patrick’s future has been the subject of debate for years now; while she’s not the most talented driver on the Indy circuit, she’s …Â Details
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Renault lost sponsorship deals with insurance companies Mutua Madrilena and ING on Thursday in the wake of the Formula One team’s race-fixing scandal.
“Mutua Madrilena has communicated to Renault F1 Team Limited the early termination of its sponsorship contract with the team,†the Spanish company said in a statement.
The company said its move was based on Monday’s decision by F1 ruling body FIA that Renault deliberately had one of its cars crash during last year’s Singapore Grand Prix… Details
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Target Chip Ganassi teammates Scott Dixon and Dario Franchitti head into the final IndyCar race of the season in a winner-take-all showdown.
Things are a little more complicated for Ryan Briscoe after a mishap in the Indy Japan 300 dropped the Team Penske driver to third place in the standings.
Dixon, the 2008 champion, won the next-to-last race of the season in Japan to move into first place in the standings ahead of Franchitti and Briscoe.
For the fourth straight year, the championship will come down to the final race of the season …Â Details
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When news first broke at the Belgian Grand Prix that the FIA was conducting an investigation into the events at the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix, the initial suspicion was that this was a case of a disgruntled former employee going out for revenge.
The matter then disappeared below the radar for several days, with neither Renault nor the Piquets making any further comment about it …Â Details
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