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<title><![CDATA[Trulli still angry at Stuil. I still think he's wrong.]]></title>
<link>http://terminalundersteer.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/trulli-still-andry-at-stuil-i-still-think-hes-wrong/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:13:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It seems in today&#8217;s usual Thursday press conference for this weekend&#8217;s Abu Dhabi GP that]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>It seems in today&#8217;s usual Thursday press conference for this weekend&#8217;s Abu Dhabi GP that Jarno Trulli is still aggrieved at Adrian Sutil for their clash on the opening lap in Brazil:</p>
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<p>It&#8217;s clear to me that Trulli was at fault as:</p>
<p>A. He was on the outside, hence Sutil has &#8220;the line&#8221;</p>
<p>B. He lost control and hit Sutil</p>
<p>C. Sutil cannot be expected to move over and prevent Trulli crashing. It was Trulli&#8217;s decision to be there, he has to live with the consequences.</p>
<p>D. It&#8217;s the first lap and Sutil can be forgiven for thinking all was well when he saw Trulli appear on his outside, and continued to resist him as is the point of motorsport.</p>
<p>I think Trulli should be annoyed but thats about it. His histrionics are hard to comprehend! Alonso is the only one who should have been truly angry, being ravaged out of the race by Sutil&#8217;s out of control Car. Alonso sat through the press conference laughing at the schoolboy&#8217;s fight breaking out behind him!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Vettel secures Red Bull's first win at Chinese Grand Prix]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2009/04/19/vettel-secures-red-bulls-first-win-at-chinese-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 12:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dom</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sebastian Vettel drives to the podium in his RB5 Sebastian Vettel has claimed his second career win ]]></description>
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<p>Sebastian Vettel has claimed his second career win at the Shanghai International Circuit as rain and standing water made conditions difficult for the entire duration of the third race of 2009. It&#8217;s Red Bull&#8217;s first win in Formula 1 since their takeover of Jaguar at the end of 2004, and a 1-2 finish, with Mark Webber crossing the line in second. Championship leader Jenson Button finished third.</p>
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<p>Vettel was obviously delighted after the race, saying: &#8220;Winning my second race, one with Toro Rosso and one with Red Bull, makes me extremely happy and I hope we can continue working in this direction! I’m extremely proud and happy. I’m so happy to have won the race, it was an enormous and great job by the whole of Red Bull. I want to say a massive thank you to them all, everyone has worked so hard, so thanks to the team and also to Red Bull. Greetings to Austria!”</p>
<p>Webber was also happy with his best result in F1 to date: &#8220;It’s a great day for the team in Milton Keynes, well done and thank you to them, and also to everyone in Austria. It was a challenging race at times! It was hard to follow the cars in the beginning due to the spray, but then further into the race, it started to settle a bit. When Jenson re-passed me, I was very keen to try win the race, so I passed him around Turn seven as I knew he wouldn’t know I would be there, it was one of the best moves of my career. I’m happy today!”</p>
<p>Third placed Button said after the race: &#8220;A very difficult race today and I am so pleased that we got both cars to the end of 56 laps and scored as many points as possible. The conditions were pretty crazy with rivers of water all over the circuit which changed every time you encountered them.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;To finish the race today is an achievement in itself and to be on the podium is fantastic. We couldn&#8217;t have beaten the Red Bulls and congratulations to Sebastian and Mark on a great result.&#8221; Rubens Barrichello made sure Brawn picked up maximum points behind the Red Bull cars by finishing fourth.</p>
<p>The remaining point positions went to Heikki Kovalainen, Lewis Hamilton, Timo Glock and Sebastien Buemi, who impressed in both qualifying and the race. He said afterwards: &#8220;I am very happy as the team did a super job so that we got another point to take away from here. I am pleased that in three races, I have scored twice. Maybe I could have done a little bit better, but I&#8217;m happy all the same.&#8221;</p>
<p>Adrian Sutil was running in sixth and on route to score Force India&#8217;s first points before crashing out of the race. He said: &#8220;I was very lucky to keep the car on the circuit for so long. It&#8217;s a shame &#8211; you focus so much and think you can do it, but the car was just out of control at the end. I had the same feeling as Monaco &#8211; it&#8217;s hard to believe when you are in the car and then suddenly you lose it and it&#8217;s all over from such a great position.&#8221;</p>
<p>Fernando Alonso was also left disappointed after starting in second, saying: &#8220;The team have done a great job to improve the car, which was very competitive, especially yesterday when we qualified on the front row. However, today we were unlucky and I think it&#8217;s one of those days when you take decisions at the wrong moment and everything seems to turn against you.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;We were on the first row on the grid and all of a sudden we were last so this was the end of our race. Bahrain will be another big test and then we have Barcelona so we need to keep improving.&#8221;</p>
<p>Button still leads the championship ahead of Barrichello, Vettel, Glock and Webber, while Red Bull move into second in the constructors behind Brawn. A full race report will follow.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Emotional win for Massa at Brazilian GP]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/emotional-win-for-massa-at-brazilian-gp/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:30:31 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Felipe Massa has won his home race, the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a flawless drive. Massa was also]]></description>
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<p>Felipe Massa has won his home race, the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a flawless drive. Massa was also on course to win the 2008 F1 championship until Lewis Hamilton passed Timo Glock at the last corner of the race, and beat Massa to the title by one point, leaving emotional scenes on the podium for the local hero. Fernando Alonso finished second, as one of the most dramatic races in F1 history unfolded at Interlagos.</p>
<p>The race began with a sudden unexpected downpour of rain which caught everyone by surprise whilst the drivers were just getting ready to go off on the parade lap. The race start was delayed 10 minutes, and almost every driver switched to the wet tyres. Most of the pack got away cleanly at the start, with the front-runners staying in position (Massa first, Hamilton fourth). David Coulthard&#8217;s final F1 race came to an abrupt end after Nico Rosberg spun his Red Bull into the path of Kazuki Nakajima, ending their races. Nelson Piquet made it past the first two corners but also retired by the time his Renault got to turn 3. The safety car was deployed and Giancarlo Fisichella was the first to enter the pits for dry tyres, pushing his Force India right up to fifth place. Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso pitted on lap eight, Massa on lap nine, and Hamilton on lap ten. McLaren were waitng to see what Massa did but it was a bad move as Hamilton found himself seventh at the restart. The positions ahead of him were now occupied by Massa, Vettel, Alonso, Kimi Raikkonen, Fisichella and Jarno Trulli.</p>
<p>Trulli went wide at turn one and Hamilton got the better of him. The Toyota driver, after his second place start, now found himself in seventh. Hamilton then made a bold move on Fisichella and pulled it off, now back into the fifth place he required to take the championship. Vettel was putting as much pressure on Massa for the race lead as he could, but was forced to pit and Alonso was promoted to second, Raikkonen to third and Hamilton to fourth. Timo Glock was starting to put pressure on Hamilton&#8217;s fourth, but also pitted. Massa was next in and Ferrari fuelled him to the end of the race. The rest of the race leaders then pitted for the final fuel stint. Vettel then pitted for the third time and fell to fifth behind Hamilton. The championship looking likely to go Hamilton&#8217;s way now. That was until more rain was predicted.</p>
<p>5 laps to go and the first drops of rain begin to fall. Everyone comes in for wet tyres, with Hamilton only just ahead of Vettel but knowing he could let the German past, retain fifth, and win the championship. That was until Timo Glock decided to not pit and stay on the dry tyres. Glock moved up to fourth, and Hamilton left the pits in fifth with Vettel right behind him and lapping faster. The race order now Massa, Alonso, Raikkonen, Glock and Hamilton just hanging on to a championship winning position, with Vettel trying to get past and demote him to sixth, which would give Massa the title.</p>
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<p>Three laps to go, still with little rain, and as Hamilton lapped traffic, Vettel found a way through and took fifth place. Hamilton now had to find a way past the Toro Rosso to win the championship, and that was looking impossible. As they headed into the last lap Glock was 15 seconds ahead in fourth place. Massa took the win and probably the title, with Hamilton unable to pass Vettel. Suddenly the dry tyres became the wrong ones to be on and Glock lost a massive amount of time in sector two. As Lewis Hamilton turned into the final corner he got past the Toyota, made it back into the fifth place he needed, and stole the championship off Massa at the very last moment. Remarkable scenes at Interlagos as Felipe Massa realised just how close he&#8217;d come to the title, but even though he won the race without making any mistakes, it wasn&#8217;t enough.</p>
<p>The podium celebrations were bordering on surreal as the clouds has plunged the circuit into darkness, and the lights were shining on the top three. Meanwhile an ecstatic Lewis Hamilton celebrated in the pit lane below. Massa showed just how strong a competitor he was though, delighted to have done himself proud at his home race, but also extremly upset for coming so close. Yet again one point separated winner and runner up, but this time it swung in McLaren&#8217;s favour. The 2008 season ends, but will never be forgotten.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hamilton dominates Chinese Grand Prix]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/10/29/hamilton-dominates-chinese-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2008 18:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lewis Hamilton has taken a dominant win at the Shanghai International Circuit. It&#8217;s his fifth ]]></description>
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<p>Lewis Hamilton has taken a dominant win at the Shanghai International Circuit. It&#8217;s his fifth win of the season for McLaren, but not enough to take the championship as his rival, Ferrari&#8217;s Felipe Massa, finished in second place. Robert Kubica secured sixth place, but it wasn&#8217;t enough to keep him in the running for the title in Brazil.</p>
<p>The race started with little drama as Hamilton led from the start, with Kimi Raikkonen unable to take him at the first corner. Heikki Kovalainen took Fernando Alonso for fourth, only to lose the place again down the back straight. Jarno Trulli and Sebastian Bourdais made contact at the first corner and fell to the back of the grid. Trulli eventually retired, as did Adrian Sutil who had gearbox problems. Hamilton pulled away at the front, and despite his speed, Raikkonen was unable to catch him. The Finn gave up second to Massa, so he could take two cruical extra points. Heikki Kovalainen also retired after a puncture ruined his race.</p>
<p>Hamilton&#8217;s win puts him seven points ahead going into the championship showdown at Interlagos. Ferrari&#8217;s second and third places increased their lead in the constructors battle to 11 points.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alonso makes it back to back wins at Fuji]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/alonso-makes-it-back-to-back-wins-at-fuji/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dom</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Fernando Alonso has won the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway on a day when the championship ]]></description>
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<p>Fernando Alonso has won the Japanese Grand Prix at the Fuji Speedway on a day when the championship closed up for in preparation for an epic conclusion. Alonso was gifted second after the cars in front of him ran wide at the first corner and took race leader, Robert Kubica, at the first round of pit stops to win his second race in a row.</p>
<p>At the race start, Kimi Raikkonen immediately took Lewis Hamilton and started to pull away down the main strait. Hamilton made a desperate attempt to regain the lead at turn one and went strait on, braking heavily, and forcing the Raikkonen wide along with Heikki Kovalainen and Felipe Massa, who were just behind him. This allowed Alonso through, but he was also affected by Hamilton&#8217;s manoeuvre and Kubica got past and into the lead. David Coulthard&#8217;s rear suspension broke after making contact at the start and he went head-on into a wall. Massa got past Hamilton and on the second lap Hamilton tried to pass his main rival but was spun by the Brazilian, and fell to last place. Hamilton was given a drive-through penalty for his actions at the start whilst Massa was given a drive-through for spinning the McLaren and both championship rivals found themselves at the back.</p>
<p>Raikkonen made his way back through the field and climbed to fourth behind Robert Kubica, who was just managing to keep ahead of Alonso and Kovalainen. Alonso easily got past at the first round of pit stops, though, and took the lead while Kovalainen sufferd an engine failure and retired. After his second stop, Alonso was comfortably leading and a battle emerged for second between Kubica, Raikkonen and Nelson Piquet Jr. Meanwhile, Massa was the fastest man on track and chasing down points, but he spun after contact with Sebastien Bourdais, and when his rivals rejoined, he could only fight his way back to eighth for one point. Kubica hung on to second ahead of Raikkonen, Piquet, Jarno Trulli, Bourdais, Sebastian Vettel and Massa.</p>
<p>This shrinks Hamilton&#8217;s lead from Massa in the championship to 6 points, while Kubica catches up with his second place and is now 12 points behind the Brit. Despite third place, this race sees the end of the reigning world champion&#8217;s title hopes. Ferrari take back the lead in the constructors&#8217; championship from McLaren.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Alonso wins dramatic Singapore Grand Prix]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/alonso-wins-dramatic-singapore-grand-prix/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2008 22:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dom</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Double world champion, Fernando Alonso, has returned to the top spot of podium with Renault at Formu]]></description>
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<p>Double world champion, Fernando Alonso, has returned to the top spot of podium with Renault at Formula One&#8217;s first ever night race in Singapore. His strategy put him to the front of the field after the race order was completely shaken up due to his teammate crashing and bringing out a saftey car, which led to Ferrari making a terrible mistake that almost certainly lost them the race.</p>
<p>The race started mostly cleanly, with pole sitter Felipe Massa pulling away in first and his Ferrari teammate, Kimi Raikkonen, in third and catching up to Lewis Hamilton, looking likely to pass him at the first round of pit stops. That first round came early, though, after Nelson Piquet Jr crashed into a barrier, bringing  out the safety car just as the race was settling down. Robert Kubica and Nico Rosberg were both forced to pit for fuel before the pit lane re-opened and were given 10 second stop-go penalties. Both Ferrari&#8217;s came into pit once the pit lane did open, taking advantage of the safety car period. Race leader Massa was given the green light to leave his pit box but the fuel hose was still attached and he drove off with it stuck in his car before stopping at the end of the pit lane with the race now lost. Raikkonen was queuing behind him and his hopes of big points were also gone. Ferrari managed to get Massa going again but he rejoined in last place.</p>
<p>Hamilton had a clean pit stop but was now behind Fernando Alonso, David Coulthard and Mark Webber who had all timed their pit stops perfectly, just before the safety car was released. They were now the top three runners. Jarno Trulli was also in front of him, on a one stopping strategy. Somehow Rosberg managed to come out of his stop-go penalty in second, and Alonso started to pull away from the rest of the pack. Trulli made his stop and fell back whilst Webber retired and Hamilton was now lining up to pass Coulthard for a podium position, which he pulled off. Meanwhile, Raikkonen&#8217;s recovery drive had put him in fifth. The safety car came out once again for a stricken Giancarlo Fisichella and Alonso&#8217;s 15 second lead was gone. Little changed at the front with the restart, however. A few laps later, Raikkonen made a small mistake at turn 10 that forced him into the barriers for yet another race without points. Alonso fronted the race order ahead of Rosberg, Hamilton, Timo Glock, Sebastian Vettel, Nick Heidfeld, Coulthard and Kazuki Nakajima with Honda&#8217;s Jenson Button narrowly missing out on a point.</p>
<p>Lewis Hamilton has increased his championship lead by seven points after Felipe Massa&#8217;s disaster pit stop, whilst Kimi Raikkonen falls back into the reach of Nick Heidfeld, now just one point behind the Finn in fifth. McLaren now take the lead in the constructors&#8217; championship after Ferrari&#8217;s zero points race and Renault overhaul Toyota for fourth after the former world champions first win since 2006.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Super Vettel takes record braking win]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/09/14/super-vettel-takes-record-braking-win/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 19:57:28 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Dom</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Sebastian Vettel has won the Italian Grand Prix after a brilliant drive from pole in his Ferrari-pow]]></description>
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<p>Sebastian Vettel has won the Italian Grand Prix after a brilliant drive from pole in his Ferrari-powered Toro Rosso. Vettel led the race comfortably, only coming under pressure once from Lewis Hamilton, before McLaren went the wrong way with a weather decision in a race that was wet from start for finish. He won the race by 12.5 seconds from McLaren&#8217;s Heikki Kovalainen and BMW&#8217;s Robert Kubica, who both joined him on the podium.</p>
<p>The race started under safety car conditions due to the amount of standing water on the track and likelihood of accidents, meaning there would be no formation lap. Bad news for Sebastien Bourdais, as he stalled on the grid from fourth and would have to start the race a lap down. Vettel immediately pulled away from the rest of the field at the restart and started to lead by quite some distance. After a few laps David Coulthard, Giancarlo Fisichella, Kimi Raikkonen and Lewis Hamiltion started to fight for position. Fishichella defended well in his Force India but Coulthard got past and, after a fair while, so did Raikkonen and then Hamilton.</p>
<p>Hamilton had made a few failed attempts to get past Raikkonen, but a few laps later he made his move and made it stick.  Coulthard ended up behind Fisichella again and, when he tried to pass, they made contact, and the Force India found itself in the barriers to become the only retiree. Meanwhile, Felipe Massa and Nico Rosberg were having a close fight, but the Ferrari came out on top for fourth place. Hamilton was now pulling away from Raikkonen and began to make his way up the field.</p>
<p>Seemingly on a one-stop strategy, Hamilton made some passes, and helped by the others stopping, found himself in second and catching up to Vettel. He was nearly out of fuel, though, and pitted from second. The team believed more rain was on its way, having stopped not long ago, and kept him on extreme wets. Fernando Alonso came in a few laps later and switched to intermediate tyres, the second to do so after Coulthard. Despite some shaky first laps, after a while, it proved to be the right choice.</p>
<p>Vettel came in for his second scheduled stop and changed to inters too. One-stopping Hamilton had no choice but to do the same and his chances of a race win were gone. The McLaren came out behind his championship rival, Felipe Massa, and looked as if he would catch him, but it wasn&#8217;t to be. All eyes were on Sebastian Vettel as he took a dominant win at Toro Rosso&#8217;s home race to become the youngest race winner ever in Formula one.</p>
<p>The other points went to Kovalainen, Kubica, Alonso, Nick Heidfeld, Massa, Hamilton and Mark Webber. Kimi Raikkonen and Nelson Piquet Jr rounded out the top ten. Sebastien Bourdias got past Adrain Sutil to finish 18th after starting a lap down, and set the second fastest lap of the race, after Raikkonen.</p>
<p>Hamilton now leads Massa by one point in the championship and with his race win, Vettel goes up to 9th place. Renault are now equal with Toyota on 41 points and Toro Rosso are one point ahead of the Red Bull senior team.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hamilton takes win in last laps at Spa]]></title>
<link>http://thef1files.wordpress.com/2008/09/09/hamilton-takes-win-in-last-laps-at-spa/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 20:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix beating Kimi Raikkonen in incredible closing laps. Rai]]></description>
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<p>Lewis Hamilton has won the Belgian Grand Prix beating Kimi Raikkonen in incredible closing laps. Rain proved to be the deciding factor at both the start and end of the race as Raikkonen battled with Hamilton and Massa watched from behind.</p>
<p>The race started in the wet with half the drivers ending up on the run-off area at turn one. Trulli had an extraordinary start, making it up to fourth, before he was hit from behind by Sebastain Bourdias, which subsequently affected the Italians race. Heikki Kovalainen flew backwards, from 3rd to 13th after the very first corner and Raikkonen made his way past Massa. Hamilton led until spinning at turn one on the next lap. He somehow remained first up Eau Rouge before Raikkonen took the lead from him.</p>
<p>Kovalainen made his way back through the grid, before spinning Mark Webber and getting a drive-through. His race became a battle for points. At the front, Raikkonen pulled away setting fastest lap after fastest lap, Massa comfortably sat in third and the race settled down.</p>
<p>It was later in the race when Hamilton began to mount a challenge on the lead, closing the gap. It was then announced that rain was on the way and all was set for a action-packed end to the race, with the McLaren expected to perform better in rain.</p>
<p>The rain really started to fall on lap 41 and it was then that the McLaren clearly showed it was faster. At the final corner Hamilton tried to pass for the lead but was pushed wide and had to cut part of the corner. He backed off just enough to let Raikkonen back though before squeezing past him at turn one and regaining the lead of the race.  The rain was coming down heavy now and both race leaders went wide. Raikkonen got a run on Haimtilon in the run-off area and looked like he was going to make a move for the lead, but Nico Rosberg&#8217;s Williams came back on the track after a spin and Hamilton was forced onto the grass. Raikkonen took the lead, but moments later he spun and Hamilton was back in front. Raikkonen simply couldn&#8217;t keep his Ferrari on track and ended up in the wall, retiring, just before the last lap.</p>
<p>Hamilton took the win ahead of Massa and Heidfeld, who gambled for wet tyres whilst running in ninth and took the podium from Sebastain Bourdais and Toro Rosso. Bourdais went from 3rd to 7th on the last lap when Alonso, Kubica and Vettel all got past.</p>
<p>Hamilton now leads the championship with 80 points to Massa&#8217;s 72.</p>
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<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>MotoGP is the world’s premier motorcycling championship, with a season of 18 Grands Prix in 14 countries. auto enthusiasts travel from country to country following and cheering their favorite riders. The championship brings together the world’s top motorcycle manufacturers such as Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, Ducati, Kawasaki, Aprilia and KTM. Riders from around the world take part in the World Championships including the following; Australia, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Republic of Ireland, Romania, San Marino, Spain, Switzerland, Thailand, UK and USA.</p>
<p>The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was first organized by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) in 1949 and has been administrated by commercial rights owners Dorna Sports under the supervision of the FIM since 1992. It is the oldest motorsport World Championship in existence.</p>
<p>Motorcycles used for MotoGP are pure race machines with two-stroke engines. These motorcycles are not allowed to be ridden on public roads. On a Grand Prix weekend there are three individual races, one for each of MotoGP’s three categories: 125, 250 and MotoGP. MotoGP, prior to 2002 was also known as 500 class.</p>
<p>MotoGP began a new era in 2002 when revised regulations allowed bikes with four-stroke engines. For the 2007 season the adaptation of MotoGP bikes from 990cc engine capacity to 800cc resulted in an even more exciting spectacle, with higher corner speeds and even more competitive races – patterns which are continuing this year. Furthermore, in the opening round of 2008, MotoGP become the first motorsports World Championship to host a night-time Grand Prix, with the Losail International Circuit’s state-of-the-art new floodlight system permitting a superb start to the season in Qatar.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Les Grands Prix de journalisme de l'Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazine (AQEM)]]></title>
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<p>Mercredi le 30 avril. Une journée spéciale pour le journalisme magazine. Qu&#8217;ils soient éditeurs, rédacteurs en chef, journalistes, photographes ou autres, tous se réunissent pour une journée d&#8217;échange. Cet événement annuel de l&#8217;Association des éditeurs de magazine (AQEM) se termine par une remise des <a href="http://www.magazinesquebec.com/pdf/3728_GRA_FeuilletGagnant_3.pdf">Grands Prix </a>de journalisme magazine pour souligner le travail de ses artisans.</p>
<p>L&#8217;équipe de Reflet de Société était très fier de voir Jean-Pierre Bellemare se retrouver finaliste dans la catégorie <em>Chronique</em>. Je profite de cette occasion pour remercier les membres du jury et l&#8217;AQEM de reconnaître et d&#8217;accepter le travail parfois différent et original de notre magazine.</p>
<p>Le prix du bénévole de l&#8217;année a été remis à M. Félix Maltais. Pendant plus de 15 ans M. Maltais a siégé sur le conseil d&#8217;administration de l&#8217;AQEM. Il a fait partie de plusieurs débats et il est très impliqué dans le journalisme magazine et scientifique. M. Maltais travaille pour Bayard qui publie les magazines <a href="http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2006/11/24/pomme-dapi-et-jaime-lire/">Pomme d&#8217;Api, J&#8217;aime Lire</a>, <a href="http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2007/08/08/les-debrouillards-et-les-explorateurs-rencontre-avec-felix-maltais/">Les Explorateurs et Les débrouillards</a>. Merci M. Maltais pour votre implication.</p>
<p>Un journaliste m&#8217;a touché tout particulièrement lors de cette remise des Grands Prix. M. Daniel Chrétien de L&#8217;actualité. M. Chrétien a commencé par remporter le prix <em>Article pratique ou de service</em>. Le dernier prix de la soirée est le prix Jean Paré nommé en l&#8217;honneur du fondateur du magazine L&#8217;actualité. Ce prix couronne le journaliste de l&#8217;année et récompense la constance dans la qualité, l&#8217;originalité du traitement, la qualité de la langue et la pertinence des sujets. Félicitations M. Chrétien pour ce prix que vous méritez largement.</p>
<p>J&#8217;ai été très fier et heureux de voir M. Chrétien gagné ce prix. J&#8217;ai été ému par son allocution. Il remerçiait sa rédactrice en chef, Carole Beaulieu, pour avoir été difficile avec lui, l&#8217;avoir fait travailler et retravailler pour en arriver à sortir le meilleur de lui-même. Je le trouvais chanceux d&#8217;avoir un tel environnement de travail.</p>
<p>Personnellement, je suis un ancien perfectionniste qui est devenu un généraliste. Je dû m&#8217;adapter à faire 12 000 choses en même temps. Je n&#8217;ai souvent même pas le temps de relire mes textes! Intervenant, journaliste, blogueur, rédacteur, écrivain, mise en marché, gérant d&#8217;artiste, organisateur de spectacles, conférences&#8230; Il m&#8217;arrive de plus en plus souvent à rêver de ne faire qu&#8217;une chose et de pouvoir la perfectionner, d&#8217;aller au bout de l&#8217;idée, du projet.</p>
<p>Je pensais à l&#8217;article sur la transformation extrême de la Mission Bon Accueil organisée par le Groupe Aldo. Cet article va paraître dans notre édition de juin. Même si j&#8217;ai fait 6 entrevues et dégagé un photographe pour une journée complète, j&#8217;aurais aimé pouvoir amener l&#8217;article encore un peu plus loin. M&#8217;assurer de pouvoir bien représenter les bénévoles mobilisés dans l&#8217;événement, les organismes qui en ont bénéficiés, mais surtout les gens à qui profitent cette action communautaire. Nos textes doivent bien représenter les gens derrière ces événements.</p>
<p>Est-ce le fait qu&#8217;un sondage vient de paraître soulignant que notre magazine est maintenant lu par 7% de la population du Québec qui crée cette pression à en faire plus? À cela, nos sites Internet et nos blogues génèrent plus de 6 000 visites par jour. Ça commence à faire beaucoup de monde qui nous lisent. En plus, Internet donnent une permanence à nos textes. J&#8217;ai reçu aujourd&#8217;hui des commentaires sur des textes que j&#8217;ai écrits il y a plusieurs années.</p>
<p>Il y a une pression à toujours faire mieux. En contre-partie, nous avons des limites financières, mais surtout humaine. Je travaille déjà 7 jours, près de 100 heures par semaine. Je mets tout mon coeur dans mes textes. J&#8217;aimerais pouvoir y ajouter un peu plus de temps.</p>
<p>Je me remémore tous les sujets que j&#8217;aurai voulu faire et qui n&#8217;ont jamais trouvé leur espace. Je vis leur absence comme un deuil.</p>
<p><strong>PUBLICITÉ</strong><br />Internet-o-thon pour soutenir le magazine communautaire Reflet de Société édité par le Journal de la Rue. C&#8217;est le temps de vous abonner pour montrer votre soutien à votre revue sur l&#8217;actualité communautaire et sociale. Toute contribution supplémentaire pour soutenir notre cause est la bienvenue.</p>
<p>Par téléphone: (514) 256-9000, en région: 1-877-256-9009<br />Par Internet: <a href="http://www.refletdesociete.com/Abonnement.html">www.refletdesociete.com</a><br />Par la poste: Reflet de Société 4233 Ste-Catherine Est Montréal, Qc. H1V 1X4</p>
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<link>http://raymondviger.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/les-grands-du-journalisme-magazine-de-lassociation-quebecoise-des-editeurs-de-magazine-aqem/</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Journaliste en prison avec une sentence à vie, finaliste aux Grands Prix 2008 des éditeurs de magazines]]></title>
<link>http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2008/04/14/journaliste-en-prison-avec-une-sentence-a-vie-finaliste-aux-grands-prix-2008-des-editeurs-de-magazines/</link>
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<dc:creator>Raymond Viger</dc:creator>
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<h3>Chronique <a title="prisonnier, prison, carcéral" href="http://www.refletdesociete.com/Chronique-du-prisonnier.html" target="_blank">Prison</a></h3>
<p>Le magazine Reflet de Société, spécialisé dans les sujets sociaux, publie depuis quelques années une chronique d&#8217;un prisonnier, Jean-Pierre Bellemare. J&#8217;ai connu Jean-Pierre lors de mes années de bénévolat à l&#8217;Institut Leclerc, une prison fédérale à sécurité médium. Par la suite, Jean-Pierre a été transféré à la prison de Cowansville. Nous sommes resté en contact par la poste et Jean-Pierre a continué sa chronique dans notre magazine.</p>
<p>À chaque année, l&#8217;Association québécoise des éditeurs de magazines (AQEM), organise un concours pour souligner les meilleurs journalistes dans différentes catégories. Pour les <a href="http://www.magazinesquebec.com/pdf/07GagnantsGP.pdf">Grands Prix 2007</a>, la gagnante dans la catégorie &#8220;Chronique d&#8217;humeur, billet&#8221; a été Geneviève St-Germain de Châtelaine. Les finalistes avaient été Richard Martineau d&#8217;Elle Québec ainsi que Bernard Arcan et Serge Bouchard pour Québec Science.</p>
<p>Pour les <a href="http://www.magazinesquebec.com/grandprix2008/Storage/pdf/3687_GRA_ListeFinalistes_hires_F.pdf">Grands Prix 2008</a>, les finalistes sont Jean-Pierre Bellemare de Reflet de Société. Les 3 billets présentés étaient:</p>
<p>- <a href="http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2008/04/28/pas-banale-la-vie-carcerale/">Pas banale la vie carcérale</a>.<br />
- <a href="http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/traitement-de-faveur-pour-delateurs/">Traitement de faveur pour délateurs</a>.<br />
- <a href="http://journaldelarue.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/la-sexualite-au-penitencier-2/">La sexualité au pénitencier</a>.</p>
<p>Les 2 autres finalistes dans cette catégorie sont Émilie Dubreuil de Urbania et André Marois d&#8217;Info Presse.</p>
<p>La remise des prix aura lieu le 30 avril. Une demande de sortie spéciale est demandé à la prison de Cowansville pour permettre à M. Bellemare d&#8217;être présent lors de la remise des prix. Si la permission spéciale est refusée, à titre de rédacteur, je serais présent pour le représenter.</p>
<p>Toute l&#8217;équipe de Reflet de Société est extrêmement fière de la reconnaissance qui est ici offerte à M. Jean-Pierre Bellemare.</p>
<p>Nous avons envoyé l&#8217;information à M. Bellemare par la poste et attendons ses réactions. Nous vous tiendrons au courant de ses commentaires dès qu&#8217;ils nous parviendrons.</p>
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<div id="scid:0767317B-992E-4b12-91E0-4F059A8CECA8:57d3582c-6d8b-48e3-94ce-9fa58af9dd80" class="wlWriterSmartContent" style="display:inline;margin:0;padding:0;">Mots clés Technorati : <a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Andr%c3%a9%20Marois">André Marois</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/AQEM">AQEM</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Association%20des%20%c3%a9diteurs%20de%20magazine%20du%20Qu%c3%a9bec">Association des éditeurs de magazine du Québec</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/%c3%89milie%20Dubreuil">Émilie Dubreuil</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/b%c3%a9n%c3%a9volat">bénévolat</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Bernard%20Arcan">Bernard Arcan</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Ch%c3%a2telaine">Châtelaine</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Elle%20Qu%c3%a9bec">Elle Québec</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Genevi%c3%a8ve%20St-Germain">Geneviève St-Germain</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Grands%20Prix">Grands Prix</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Info%20Presse">Info Presse</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Institut%20Leclerc">Institut Leclerc</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/jean-pierre%20bellemare">jean-pierre bellemare</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/prison">prison</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/prison%20de%20cowansville">prison de cowansville</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/prison%20f%c3%a9d%c3%a9rale">prison fédérale</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/prisonnier">prisonnier</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Qu%c3%a9bec%20Science">Québec Science</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Richard%20Martineau">Richard Martineau</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/sentence%20%c3%a0%20vie">sentence à vie</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Serge%20Bouchard">Serge Bouchard</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Urbanis">Urbanis</a>,<a rel="tag" href="http://technorati.com/tags/Urbania">Urbania</a></div>
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