Although, still without a drive in F1, Jacques Villeneuve did appear at the Vancouver Olympics opening ceremonies carrying the Olympic flag with fellow 'great Canadians', which included actor Donald Sutherland and hockey legend Bobby Orr. At least Canada still cares about JV, so perhaps the F1 world will come around too, again, and have him back soon!

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What a shocker this week, with Macca snatching Jenson away from Brawn, who are quite upset, at themselves likely for letting it happen. With Hamilton this new dynamic duo will set the F1 marketing pace for the next few seasons and perhaps bag a championship or two as well. Brawn now Mercedes has a lot of work to do now, plus Mclaren will wear the coveted number 1 again next year all season long.

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Nick Fry, of the alliance of non-committal team principals and wanna-be billionaires now admits, or states, the news that the FiA chosen teams for 2010 may not run in the FOTA world, and some of the other squads, likely more FOTA friendly, may replace, not to mention Force India and Williams, who, presumeably will now have to beg to be let back into the FOTA, as well.  No wonder Max is keeping his options open.

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With the stewards approving the new diffuser design, no surprisae that Brawn, Williams, and Toyota lead the field after the first day of practice in Melbourne. A thorny issue that will drag on for some time even if Toyota, Williams and Brawn in all lilelihood do not have the expereince to actually pull off a win in full race trim, yet time will tell. As it always does, F1 2009 promise to be an exciting season. More from CBC

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In a make or break year, despite a rumored GP for 2011, Force India and the ex-Eddie Jordan dustbin team need to show up this year and deliver results. This MTV hook-up looks like the last thing they need, yet time will tell, and then always remember you heard it here first. Rock on, VJ, rock on!

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