The Curtain Comes Down

From the long blasts in Belgium, ups and downs in the UK, airfields in the US and an Australian island, two cars have thundered and screamed there way round 10 vastly different challenges this season. Those two cars, the gazelle-like Radical SR8 and thundercat Corvette C6.R, now have just a couple more weeks left before the season ends and more online racing champions are crowned. The cars now make one last trip across the Atlantic from the famous Ardennes Forest and its Spa-Francorchamps race circuit, to the flat-out blasts of Road America. Sim racers now just have two weeks to make their challenges for championship glory at the end of an epic season. In all 74 Radical SR8s and 68 C6.R Corvettes took on Spa’s high speed corners with 11 [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/the-curtain-comes-down/

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Johnson wins Talladega photo finish

Reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Jimmie Johnson took his first victory of 2011 in an ultra-tight finish at Talladega. Eight cars crossed the line as one at the chequered flag as the four Hendrick cars, and duos from Richard Childress Racing and Roush Fenway Racing formed a drafting pack through the last lap. Helping by a push from his team-mate Dale Earnhardt Jr, Johnson came through on the line to snatch victory from RCR's Clint Bowyer by just 0.002 seconds.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/nascar-news/nascar/johnson-wins-talladega-photo-finish/

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Hakkinen: Vettel better after title

Retired double world champion Mika Hakkinen believes that Sebastian Vettel is driving with more confidence in 2011 now that he has a drivers' title under his belt. Vettel has won two of the first three races and finished second in last weekend's Chinese Grand Prix, which has given him a 19-point lead in this year's championship over Lewis Hamilton.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hakkinen-vettel-better-after-title/

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Renault frustrated by low-key race

Renault boss Eric Boullier admitted the team was left frustrated following a difficult Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday. The team, which had been on the podium in the first two races, had to be content with a ninth-place finish by Vitaly Petrov, with team-mate Nick Heidfeld down in 12th. Boullier conceded qualifying poorly, added to a strategy that did not work as expected, had made for a frustrating day for Renault

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/renault-frustrated-by-low-key-race/

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Different approach pays off for Mercedes

Mercedes GP boss Ross Brawn has revealed that a pre-event rethink about the approach his team makes to grand prix weekends played a key part in delivering its best form of the season so far in the Chinese Grand Prix. After struggles in Australia and Malaysia, Nico Rosberg led in Shanghai and looked set for a podium finish before being forced to back off to conserve fuel - after a miscalculation about how much would be needed to get him through the race. Although the team was disappointed about the fuel issue, the overall performance of the weekend was better - and Brawn says that the biggest factor was finally being able to extract all the potential from its W02 package.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/different-approach-pays-off-for-mercedes/

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