Bernie hails Hamilton impact

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes Lewis Hamilton ’saved’ F1 last season.
Many predicted the sport would be dull following the retirement of seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher at the end of the 2006 season.
However, F1 experienced one of its best seasons in recent history during 2007 after a closely fought battle between McLaren’s Hamilton and [...]

Qatar sets sights on F1 race

Qatar motorsport authorities are hoping a planned upgrade of their Losail International Circuit could help lure Formula One.
The track has previously hosted a round of the World Superbike Championship, and crucially earlier this year staged the first floodlit MotoGP race.
With Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone eager for other venues to follow Singapore’s lead this year [...]

Fed cruises past Mahut ,World number one on a roll in California

Roger Federer stormed into the fourth round of the Pacific Life Open in California with a straight sets victory over Nicolas Mahut.
The world number one and three-time champion wasted little time in dismissing his French opponent for a 19th consecutive time, claiming a 6-1 6-1 triumph in just 53 minutes.
Mahut, ranked 44th in the world, [...]

Fed back to winning ways

Roger Federer bounced back from his recent disappointments with victory over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-3 6-2 at Indian Wells.
The world number one, who lost his last two matches against Novak Djokovic at the Australian Open and Andy Murray in Dubai, has not lost three matches in a row since the summer of 2002.
And the three-time [...]

Alonso - No wonder they jeer

Fernando Alonso claims Lewis Hamilton has only himself to blame for the abuse he received at the Circuit de Catalunya earlier this month, because of his criticisms of the Spaniard.
Hamilton said in an interview last month that while the two were together at McLaren, Alonso had shown him “just how not to behave as a [...]