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Although there still remains one last race on the 2009 Formula 1 Schedule the Constructors Championship and most importantly the DRIVER champion have already been crowned. Jenson Button and his team Brawn GP are the ultimate winners this year. It was quite an interesting year which saw Button win the first 6 of 7 races to only fizzle out for the remaining several races and barely hold on to his title.

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Checkout Puma’s latest clever use of their employees time; building an F1 car completely out of Puma Ferrari clothing from one of their stores. Checkout the short video of them assembling the F1 car below.

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Bernie Ecclestone just announced that the Canadian Grand Prix will return to Montreal F1 in 2010!!

If you don’t remember the details Montreal Dropped From F1 2009 Calendar this year after a contractual dispute. Ecclestone, (head of the F1 circuit) said in today’s edition of Motorsport Aktuell magazine that “we’ll be driving in Montreal again in 2010.” Ecclestone also ruled out a return to Indianapolis, which last hosted an F1 race in 2007. Dont forget to checkout Tamara Ecclestone Almost Nude PETA Photos.

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Ferrari World Theme Park - January 2009 Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates

The highly anticipated world premier of the Ferrari World Theme Park, located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, will be “a unique oasis of discovery, hospitality and beauty that captures culture, flavour and the true spirit of Italian country, as well as the legendary automotive history, feeling and heritage of Ferrari cars and racing.”

Upon completion in November 2009 Ferrari World will feature a driving course for visitors. This driving course is the same circuit that will host the 1st 2009 Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix in November called YAS MARINA CIRCUIT designed by Hermann Tilke.

Checkout all the pictures below of the build over the last 2 years, they have 3 months left to complete the track for the 1st Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix on November 15th, 2009. 2009 F1 Race Schedule Here

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A $2 million dollar (1 of 100 made) silver McLaren F1 was ruined after it caught fire from the engine. The owner ‘Irv Kessler, 53 of Minnesota declined to discuss the incident.

“It hadn’t been driven in six months,” said John Lantz, Rincon Valley assistant fire chief. “They took it out yesterday and today and started having some kind of problem with it,” Lantz said he was told by Kessler.

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Michael Schumacher first unveiled the Ferrari 430 Scuderia 2 years ago at the 2007 Frankfurt Motor Show. Schumacher had a lot of input and track testing with the 430 Scuderia which was used to further develop and tweak the supercar.

Here is a great video of Michael Schumacher taking the 430 Scuderia around the Mugello race track in Italy.

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In the first video, Sebastian Vettel explains the 2009 Formula 1 rule changes with the assistance of some pretty wicked awesome animations. The coolest new rule allows for regenerative braking system (called KERS – kinetic energy recovery systems) utilizing a battery to store the energy created when braking. This system will give each driver a 6.5 seconds boost of 82hp per lap! The second video is similar to the first but incorporates some of the F1 drivers (Lewis Hamilton) and their thoughts on the upcoming changes.

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WoW!! This is clearly a sign of the tough economic times ahead when a leading global auto maker like Honda pulls out of Formula 1. They are not just looking to take a year OFF, they are DONE, they want out and are even going as far as looking for a buyer?

Honda’s president and CEO Takeo Fukui said, “We, Honda Motor Co. Ltd., have come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season of participation.

Honda, which spent more than £300m a year on F1, said it would also no longer supply the sport with engines.

We can all thank the glorious US of A and their sketchy Banking Institutions for their wonderful hand outs of exuberant mortgages which ultimately led to this disaster. Here is an awesome article outlining the global economic crisis how it all started: The End of Wall Streets Boom

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Ferrari 430 Scuderia Photo Galleries HERE: Ferrari 430 Scuderia Photos




Ferrari has gone and done what many thought would never happen. They have decided to create 499 limited editions of their new 430 Scuderia Spider 16M exotic to celebrate their 16th Formula 1 Constructors Championship! The Scuderia Spider 16M will host all the same performance slamming numbers as the original 430 Scuderia such as the 510 hp 4.3L V8 meshed with the slickest 6-speed F1 inspired paddle shift gearbox in the world allowing it to perform 0-60 in 3.7 seconds.

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