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					</script><item><title>New investor group buys 35% stake in Lotus F1 team</title> <description><![CDATA[Lotus F1 boss Gerard Lopez has sold a 35% stake in the team to Infinity Racing, a consortium of investors with US and Middle Eastern backgrounds. The team hopes that this investment will give the team the financial boost it needs to challenge current top dogs Red Bull and Ferrari for wins and championships. Lopez&#8217; Genii Capital concern will continue to hold a controlling stake of 65% in the team and Lopez remains as Chairman and his partner Eric Lux as a director. Infinity&#8217;s chairman is Mansoor Ijaz and the deputy chairman is Suhail Al Dhaheri, CEO of the Abu&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/new-investor-group-buys-35-stake-in-lotus-f1-team/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/new-investor-group-buys-35-stake-in-lotus-f1-team/</link> </item> <item><title>Get well soon, Murray!</title> <description><![CDATA[It has been reported this evening that my old broadcasting colleague Murray Walker is fighting cancer. Approaching his 90th birthday, Murray was already dealing with a fractured pelvis from a fall; blood tests during his treatment revealed a form of cancer in the lymphatic system. Fortunately it has been found early in its development, so there is a degree of optimism about the treatment of it. &#8220;They&#8217;ve caught it incredibly early. It&#8217;s treatable, the doctors say my condition is mild and I&#8217;m very hopeful,&#8221; said Murray. His mother lived to over 100 and the veteran commentator always used to say&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/get-well-soon-murray/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/get-well-soon-murray/</link> </item> <item><title>Montreal to benefit from push to consolidate F1 circuits?</title> <description><![CDATA[The Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal is in discussions with Bernie Ecclestone&#8217;s company about a new contract to retain the race for 10 years, according to a Reuters report today. And the news highlights the push by F1&#8242;s commercial rights holder, backed by CVC Capital Partners to secure long term contracts with host venues. Although CVC&#8217;s senior partner Donald McKenzie said recently that the proposed floatation of F1 may need to be postponed once again to 2014, getting a full calendar of events on long term contracts is a key component of the sale; circuit hosting fees are at around&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/montreal-to-benefit-from-push-to-consolidate-f1-circuits/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/montreal-to-benefit-from-push-to-consolidate-f1-circuits/</link> </item> <item><title>Derek Warwick open about challenges facing Silverstone this year</title> <description><![CDATA[BRDC president Derek Warwick says that the nightmare of last year&#8217;s British Grand Prix still hangs over this year&#8217;s event, but hopes that fans will turn out this year and support the event for the long term. Tickets sales are down this year in a season which has yet to see a British race winner. There are also bad memories from last year’s event where torrential rain caused chaos. Many fans were asked not to attend on Saturday so the organisers could get the car parks ready for race day. Around 400 public events were cancelled in the UK that&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/derek-warwick-open-about-challenges-facing-silverstone-this-year/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/derek-warwick-open-about-challenges-facing-silverstone-this-year/</link> </item> <item><title>Williams to provide battery system to FIA Formula E championship</title> <description><![CDATA[Williams are to provide the battery system that will be used in the FIA Formula E championship which is set to debut in Autumn 2014. Williams Advanced Engineering, a division of the Williams group which commercialises Formula 1-based technologies, will partner Spark Racing Technology to design and assemble the units. The single seater fully-electric championship is set to start in September 2014 with 10 city centre races – eight of which have already been announced in the form of London, Rome, Los Angeles, Miami, Beijing, Putrajaya (Malaysia), Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro. Bangkok is under consideration for one of&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/williams-to-provide-battery-system-to-fia-formula-e-championship/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/williams-to-provide-battery-system-to-fia-formula-e-championship/</link> </item> <item><title>Pirelli to persist with old specification F1 tyres as teams fail to agree</title> <description><![CDATA[A frustrated Pirelli has today issued a statement with the tyre specifications for the next three Grands Prix, noting that it has not be able to introduce its revised 2013 tyres, due to a lack of testing and a failure of the F1 teams to agree to the change. The revised tyres, aimed at solving the delamination issue, which some teams suffered in Bahrain and Spain, were brought to Canada last weekend, but only received scant testing due to adverse weather conditions. Pirelli was keen to substitute them for the old construction, claiming that the old ones were not unsafe,&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/pirelli-to-persist-with-old-specification-f1-tyres-as-teams-fail-to-agree/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/pirelli-to-persist-with-old-specification-f1-tyres-as-teams-fail-to-agree/</link> </item> <item><title>On the pitwall with the Marussia F1 team</title> <description><![CDATA[During Free Practice 3 at the recent Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal I had the chance do something I have never done before in 23 years in F1; to go on a team&#8217;s pitwall stand. I&#8217;ve listened in on team radio and observed in plenty of garages, but never sat plugged into the famous &#8216;prat perch&#8217; and got an detailed insight into operations. It gave me a chance to get closer to the sport and to really understand how a team like Marussia operates. And it was an eye opener. With Marussia technical director Pat Symonds staying in the UK&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/on-the-pitwall-with-the-marussia-f1-team/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/on-the-pitwall-with-the-marussia-f1-team/</link> </item> <item><title>Sponsorship marketplace in F1 looking &#8220;pretty good&#8221; says F1 business expert</title> <description><![CDATA[The sponsorship marketplace in Formula 1 is looking “pretty good” at the moment with several new brands coming into the sport, according to Formula 1 business expert Zak Brown, however he adds that there remains a big pressure on teams to continue to find ways to raise money. Teams are facing soaring costs heading into next year, with the new 1.6-litre V6 engines set to be introduced to the sport. As a result, the price of the powerplants will rise from around £6-10 million per year to around £18 million. That sizeable increase will put pressure on the midfield and back&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/sponsorship-marketplace-in-f1-looking-pretty-good-says-f1-business-expert/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/sponsorship-marketplace-in-f1-looking-pretty-good-says-f1-business-expert/</link> </item> <item><title>Vettel commits to Red Bull to end of 2015, attention now turns to Webber&#8217;s seat</title> <description><![CDATA[Three times world champion Sebastian Vettel has signed an extension to his Red Bull contract, taking it to the end of 2015. The German, who is 25 now and will be 28 at the end of the new agreement, has been linked with long term moves to Ferrari and Mercedes in recent months, but Red Bull has been able to secure his signature on a fresh deal, albeit only another year. There have been rumours that Vettel had some kind of understanding with Ferrari. Italian sources say that Alonso has been working behind the scenes to ensure that the team&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/vettel-commits-to-red-bull-to-end-of-20/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/vettel-commits-to-red-bull-to-end-of-20/</link> </item> <item><title>Making the right calls: The strategic battle for supremacy in Canadian Grand Prix</title> <description><![CDATA[What made the Canadian Grand Prix unusual was the fact that after a wet qualifying session, where no dry running was done at all, teams had all new Pirelli slick tyres to race on. This meant that potentially less stops would be possible as the tyres had more life. Against that the track was green because of the rain, so no-one knew what the tyre life would be like in the first stint. The result was a fascinating strategy battle with lots of different approaches taken by the various teams. Although it was a runaway win for Sebastian Vettel, the&#160;<a
href="http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/making-the-right-calls-the-strategic-battle-for-supremacy-in-canadian-grand-prix/">More...</a>]]></description><link>http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2013/06/making-the-right-calls-the-strategic-battle-for-supremacy-in-canadian-grand-prix/</link> </item> </channel> </rss>
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