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Race winner and F1 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing celebrates in parc ferme following the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on November 14, 2010 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
 
Germany’s Sebastian Vettel sobbed with joy after becoming Formula One’s youngest world champion on Sunday with a pole to flag victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
 
 
 
 

 

Mercedes GP's German driver Michael Schumacher and Force India's Italian driver Vitantonio Liuzzi leave their car after they crashed at the Yas Marina circuit on November 14, 2010 in Abu Dhabi, during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.

Schumacher’s comeback season ends with a crash

Michael Schumacher’s Formula One comeback season ended with a smash in Abu Dhabi on Sunday when his Mercedes spun and was speared by a Force India car on the opening lap.


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Formula One world champion Button escaped unhurt from an attempted armed attack as he was stuck in traffic while leaving the Interlagos circuit on Saturday in Brazil.

F1 boss dismisses threat to Brazil GP after attacks

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone dismissed any threat to Brazil’s place on the calendar after world champion Jenson Button and a group of team engineers were caught up in armed attacks.


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Acrane moves in to recover the car of Red Bull Formula One driver Webber of Australia after he crashed out of the South Korean F1 Grand Prix at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam.

Alonso grabs F1 lead in Red Bull nightmare

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso won a rain-hit and chaotic Korean Grand Prix to seize back the Formula One world championship lead on a nightmare Sunday for his Red Bull rivals.


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Red Bull Formula One team members celebrate with driver Sebastian Vettel of Germany (C, holding trophy) and a cardboard cut-out of his team-mate Mark Webber of Australia after the Japanese  F1 Grand Prix at the Suzuka circuit October 10, 2010. Vettel won the race and Webber came in second.

Vettel hopes victory in Japan could be title omen

Sebastian Vettel roared to a Japanese Grand Prix victory on Sunday that he hoped would be ominous for his rivals and auspicious for his Formula One championship hopes.


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Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso of Spain celebrates with champagne on the podium after his victory in Formula One's Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore on September 26, 2010.

Brilliant Alonso holds off Vettel in Singapore

Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso held off Sebastian Vettel’s hard-charging Red Bull to win an incident-packed Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday and boost his chances of a third Formula One crown.


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Ferrari Formula One driver  Fernando  Alonso  of Spain celebrates on the podium after winning the Italian F1 Grand Prix at the Monza circuit September 12, 2010.

Alonso celebrates dream Ferrari win at Monza

Fernando Alonso handed Ferrari a longed-for victory in their home Italian Grand Prix on Sunday while Australian Mark Webber retook the Formula One championship lead from a downcast Lewis Hamilton.


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Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia celebrates after winning the Hungarian F1 Grand Prix at the Hungaroring circuit near Budapest August 1, 2010.

Weber kept fall from bike secret

Red Bull's Mark Webber has disclosed that he raced the last four grands prix of the Formula One season with a broken shoulder and without telling his team he fell off a mountain bike in his native Australia in October.


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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Toyota.

Trying to do just enough won't be good enough

Looking at the standings, it's easy to assume Denny Hamlin is in the catbird seat heading into NASCAR's season finale Sunday.


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Red Bull Formula One driver Mark Webber of Australia drives during the second practice session of the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit in Abu Dhabi November 12 , 2010.

Vettel faces tough call at 300 km/h

The question is not if, but when. Specifically, on which lap will Sebastian Vettel - should his title drive sputter - move aside and allow teammate Mark Webber to become Formula One champion.


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Red Bull's conundrum in F1 finale

The question is not if, but when. Specifically, on which lap will Sebastian Vettel -- should his title drive sputter -- move aside and allow teammate Mark Webber to become Formula One champion. That's the key riddle heading into this weekend's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the final showdown in one of the most remarkable F1 seasons ever.


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NASCAR star Jimmie Johnson.

A high five for NASCAR’s season

In honour of Jimmie Johnson’s fifth straight NASCAR Sprint Cup title, here are five significant events from this year’s stock car season, in no particular order.


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Johnson runs title streak in NASCAR to fab five

Carl Edwards won the race and Jimmie Johnson -- again -- won the Chase.


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Denny Hamlin, driver of the #11 FedEx Toyota.

Trying to do just enough won't be good enough

Looking at the standings, it's easy to assume Denny Hamlin is in the catbird seat heading into NASCAR's season finale Sunday.


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Edwards snaps winless drought

Carl Edwards snapped a 70-race winless streak in the Sprint Cup Series by taking Sunday's Kobalt Tools 500 at Phoenix International Raceway.


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