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BTCC race winner Lloyd replaces Dorlin at Restart Racing

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Donington Park (Grand Prix Circuit)
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Champion rally driver Fiorio dies aged 61

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Champion rally driver Fiorio dies aged 61

Switch off or ramp up? How the smartest F1 drivers managed the summer break

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Switch off or ramp up? How the smartest F1 drivers managed the summer break

Ford reveals new LMDh car on track at Paul Ricard

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Ford reveals new LMDh car on track at Paul Ricard

Worm's Eye View is Polley's triple Formula Vee winning perspective at Silverstone

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Worm's Eye View is Polley's triple Formula Vee winning perspective at Silverstone

Dickens defeats the Bentleys after intriguing Silverstone Allcomers tale

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Dickens defeats the Bentleys after intriguing Silverstone Allcomers tale

The team orders debacle that made for a controversial Formula E title decider

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Formula E
London ePrix II
The team orders debacle that made for a controversial Formula E title decider

Double disaster for Jordan

Jordan-Ford's hopes of a decent result in the Canadian Grand Prix at Montreal were wiped out when both its cars retired on the same lap of the race

Brazilian GP winner Giancarlo Fisichella was forced out with a gearbox problem when running in eighth position, while rookie Ralph Firman dropped out just seconds earlier at the hairpin when an oil leak sparked a fire in the engine bay.

"I was having a great race but then I couldn't get first gear after the pit stop," said Fisichella. "I worked with my engineer to get a good set-up and strategy and our pace was looking really good. I think it would have been easy to score points today, but unfortunately I stopped. I'm very disappointed."

Firman, who came into the pits to refuel on the warm-up lap, added: "We decided to change the strategy to one stop and it seemed to be working out really well. I'm not quite sure what caused the failure but the engineers are looking into it. I'm disappointed as it looks like we would have been able to score points today, and it's a real shame for the team that I wasn't able to finish."

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