Suzuki: Huge crash didn?t spoil test

Alvaro Bautista shrugged off a crash that destroyed his Suzuki on the final night of MotoGP testing in Qatar and is optimistic about his chances in the season-opener this weekend. The Spaniard was one of a large number of riders to have accidents on a night of strong winds and sandy track conditions, as he lost control at the final corner at 250 km/h with only a few minutes to go. Team boss Paul Denning felt Bautista had been lucky to escape injury, but that the incident had not taken the shine off a promising winter.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/other-news/motorcycles/motogp/suzuki-huge-crash-didnt-spoil-test/

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Console Racing Gamers Turn To iRacing for New Challenges

When you?ve reached the top of the heap in console driving games what comes next?  Increasingly, many top-tier driving game aficionados are turning to the super-high fidelity, internet-based simulation service from iRacing.com. The cars and tracks on iRacing.com?s simulation are so accurate that many real-world NASCAR, INDYCAR and GRAND-AM stars make regular use of the service to stay sharp between seasons or to brush up their knowledge of a track they haven?t raced at recently.  Dale Earnhardt, Jr. is a strong iRacing booster and last month?s Daytona 500 winner, Trevor Bayne got his first exposure to racing at Daytona through iRacing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkoG1MKvfU&;feature=related).  IndyCar stars Will Power and Justin Wilson drive regularly in an iRacing-based league with other members of the real-world IndyCar community.  They compete in iRacing.com events because both [...]

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/iracing-news/console-racing-gamers-turn-to-iracing-for-new-challenges/

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Button: Problems masking true pace

Jenson Button says the real pace of his McLaren team has been masked by the reliability problems the British squad has endured during testing. Button had another disappointing session on his final day of testing at Barcelona, the Briton losing valuable time after McLaren decided to replace his engine as a precaution. Button covered 53 laps and finished as 13th quickest out of 14 cars.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/button-problems-masking-true-pace/

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Brabham to race Sumo Power Nissan

Le Mans winner and multiple sportscar champion David Brabham will join the GT1 World Championship with Sumo Power Nissan this year. The 45-year-old Australian will share the team's #21 with Jaime Campbell-Walter, who has been confirmed for a second year with the squad

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/brabham-to-race-sumo-power-nissan/

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Webber refuses to rule out Ferrari threat

Mark Webber has refused to rule out Ferrari as favourite for the start of the 2011 Formula 1 season in Melbourne, despite most of Red Bull's rivals pointing to the RB7 as being the pace-setter through testing. The Australian says that while testing form remains difficult to predict, he expected Ferrari to be challenging at the front in Australia. "I think Ferrari is strong.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/webber-refuses-to-rule-out-ferrari-threat/

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