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ALMS: After a year on the sidelines, Risi returns

Risi Competizione is a good example of an ALMS team caught in the middle of the recent sports car wars.  After winning its class three times at Le Mans and taking two ALMS championships, the team bowed out of Sebring … Continue reading

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Monterey Muscle: the ALMS at Mazda Raceway-Laguna Seca

We’ve been tough on the ALMS over the last year, disappointed by the lack of live television and the shrinking prototype ranks. Once you get past Sebring, which counts as part of the FIA’s World Endurance Challenge, it’s pretty much … Continue reading

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F1: Youth in Revolt – Sebastian Vettel claims his first title

In the end, it came down to speed.  After a season in which Red Bull consistently had the fastest car on the grid, Sebastian Vettel won the Grand Prix of Dubai and claimed his first F1 world championship. He is … Continue reading

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F1: Waiting for Felipe; paging Peter Collins

When Felipe Massa entered F1 with Sauber in 2002, people regarded him as quick but wild.  He spent three seasons with the quiet Swiss team, tamed his ways and was picked by Ferrari to partner Michael Schumacher in 2006.  Cynics … Continue reading

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F1: Ferrari in the docket – the Great Escape.

In advance of the Italian Grand Prix, Ferrari found themselves in the docket at the World Motorsports Council in Paris.  The team escaped any further sanction despite an obvious violation of F1′s ban on team orders during the German GP.  Although … Continue reading

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F1: Ferrari rips the FIA again, but is it still fighting the last war?

The FIA has come under attack by Ferrari over the possibility that two of the four new teams will not make the grid in March.  In a post on its website, Ferrari’s in-house blogger took the FIA to task for … Continue reading

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Fernando takes a tumble: F1 drivers on skis, and other idiocy

With little news to report before F1 teams launch their new cars in late January, Ferrari celebrated the winter lull with a trip to the mountains.  The Ferrari ski week has become an annual tradition, and it provides the team … Continue reading

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10 for 10: A Racer Looks Ahead

Frankly, we aren’t sorry to see the back of 2009.   A great year for some (Jenson Button, Brawn, Jimmie Johnson), a below average year for others (Flavio Briatore, anyone formerly employed by an F1 manufacturer team). Here at OnTheLimit, we … Continue reading

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The Oracle Speaks: Luca di Montezemolo Channels Enzo in Quit Threat

Autosport this week reports that Luca di Montezemolo, chairman of Fiat and Ferrari, has issued a warning that all is not right in the F1 universe.  (Link:  http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80687) Just as Enzo Ferrari often threatened to quit F1, Montezemolo demands improvements in the … Continue reading

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