Formula 1 - Monaco Grand Prix 2011

This has to be the only on-track roundabout in Formula 1After a surprisingly eventful race, Sebastien Vettel has lucked into his first Monaco GP victory. He did his usual trick of running away from the big scary grid in the first part of the race as hell started to break loose behind him, with Michael Schumacher going into Anti-Stall on the grid (a system that intervenes if it detects that the driver is about to stall the engine and cuts the throttle)...

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F1 versus X1 - What's The Difference?

Sponsor decals leave subtle hints about what game they're in *Note - To take these pictures, I needed to do a 2-Player race. Unfortunately, the game didn't let me use the Ferrari F10 Formula 1 car, so I have used the Polyphony Formula GranTurismo instead. Its body is based on a 2004 F1 car (possibly a Renault), but it has a 3500cc V12 producing ~900bhp. It is also a Standard model, whereas the Red Bull X2010 is a Premium model, meaning higher detail...

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Formula 1 - Turkish Grand Prix 2011

2011 Formula 1 Podium Design Proposal. National sponsors affect background race by raceFor the third time in four races, Sebastien Vettel has won from pole position. In the one race thus far that he didn't win, he came 2nd... from pole position. Is anyone else getting a little fed up with this guy? Sure, he seems like a great guy out of the car - quite fun and good-humoured for a German - but his dominance in the early part of the season, coupled...

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So Apparently Osama Bin Laden Is Dead?

Dethroned at last. Who will be the next champion?FINALLY, something to stop news channels rambling on about the Royal Sodding Wedding...In the last 24 hours, president Barack Obama announced that a team of American soldiers (apparently it's very important to note that the whole team were American...) found Osama Bin Laden's hiding place in Abbottabad, Pakistan. The 10-year round of Hide And Seek is over, but unfortunately Bin Laden has decided that...

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