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Yesterday FOTA were supposed to be having a meeting to discuss what, if any, changes should be made following the anti-climatic season opener at Bahrain. Let’s see if we here of any immediate developments. Here’s today’s round-up:

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F1 diary: Bahrain Grand Prix (Daily Telegraph)

“HRT finally gets its second car finished: it was ready to leave the pits in the morning, but a hydraulic failure struck Karun Chandhok before he’d turned a wheel. He finally gets to try the car, then, while everybody else is in qualifying mode. The Indian’s mum sends him a text: ‘At last! I’ve seen your car on TV…’”

Comment of the day

Sharp-eyed DC spotted some dodgy developments on the US F1 website:

The US F1 website has been updated, sort of. I guess they are trying to rewrite history. The post about Lopez being signed has simply disappeared.

Compare:
http://www.usgpe.com

http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:Sb-MifITUAkJ:www.usgpe.com/+usgpe&cd=1&hl=fi&ct=clnk&gl=fi
DC

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On this day in F1

Giancarlo Fisichella scored his third and final Grand Prix win on this day in 2006.

He started from pole position at Sepang and won comfortably, partly thanks to team mate Fernando Alonso being delayed in qualifying by taking too much fuel on board.