2013 British Grand Prix – Pirelli punctures overshadow Rosberg’s triumph

By Simon Wright Once again, it was Pirelli who made the headlines and for the wrong reasons at this afternoon’s British Grand Prix, won in grand style by Nico Rosberg. The under pressure Italian tyre manufacturer has been summoned to an urgent FIA meeting on Wednesday to explain the latest spate of tyre failures that turned the national Grand Prix from a tense and enjoyable day to one of total farce and lunacy. Lewis Hamilton's victory...

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Skins - All good things have to end

By Simon Wright I can speak for the majority of people who follow a television programme closely, so much so that they want to know everything about it – from transmission dates to filming behind the scenes and cast interviews. It doesn’t matter if that might be TOWIE, Big Brother, Shameless, even Coronation Street or Deal or No Deal – we all have prime favourites. One of mine of recent years has been the E4 teen drama series Skins. ...

Categories: 2009, Audience, Britain, Dakota Blue Richards, Dev Patel, E4, February, Jack O'Connell, Kathryn Prescott, Lily Loveless, NME, Plan B, Skins, Slumdog Millionaire, TV

Testgate - Mercedes lucky to escape severe sanctions

By Simon Wright The French capital of Paris has recently played host to an international tribunal which could have had major implications on the Formula One season for 2013. The FIA tribunal virtually cleared Mercedes in 'Testgate' Petronas AMG Mercedes F1, whose factory is based in Brackley, Northamptonshire were in the dock over an alleged illegal tyre test they had conducted with Pirelli just days after the Spanish Grand Prix in May.  The...

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