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Champion Keith set for Super step up

Keith Farmer only took up short circuit racing in 2010 after a successful career in Irish and British Supermoto, but already the 25-year-old has clinched two major support titles in the high profile British Superbike paddock.

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Johnston and Hamilton heading to Far East

Friday, 12 October 2012

Jamie Hamilton and Lee Johnston will get their first taste of Macau Grand Prix action on the Armco lined Guia Circuit in the Far East on November 17, but the big shock is the omission of the Dunlop brothers, Guy Martin and Cameron Donald from the entry list.
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Lewis Hamilton admits 'maybe Twitter is not the one for me'

Thursday, 11 October 2012

Lewis Hamilton is considering whether to continue using Twitter following a series of high-profile gaffes on the social networking site.
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'Dangerous' Romain Grosjean has not learnt from past crashes, claim Red Bull

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Christian Horner, the Red Bull principal, has attacked the behaviour of Lotus driver Romain Grosjean after the 26 year-old Frenchman ran into the back of his driver Mark Webber's car on the opening lap of Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka. Horner told Lotus they need to control their impetuous young driver.
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Win escapes Rea in season finale

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Jonathan Rea finished his 2012 World Superbike campaign with a podium finish for Ten Kate Honda in France, but the Ulsterman was honest enough to admit throwing away what looked like a cast iron victory in race one after losing concentration.
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Gass takes title as he appeals drive ban

Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Darren Gass duly became Irish Tarmac rally champion for the first time even though he failed to finish the Cork ‘20’ International, final round of the series.
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Formula One: Vettel wins Japanese Grand Prix

Monday, 8 October 2012

In a race in which most of the action was over within the first half-lap, Sebastian Vettel moved within four points of Fernando Alonso in the fight for the world championship.
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Biting Back: More goody two Schus

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Michael Schumacher kindly provided the inspiration for one of my favourite headlines when he and sibling Ralf became the first brothers to finish 1st and 2nd in the same race, in Montreal in 2001. Goody Two Schus was the cheesy line I came up with.
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Gass in title frame after Jennings quits chase

Saturday, 6 October 2012

Garry Jennings has opted out of the Cork ‘20’ Rally this weekend, effectively handing the Irish Tarmac championship to Darren Gass.
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Michael Schumacher announces retirement from Formula One

Thursday, 4 October 2012

Michael Schumacher will retire from Formula One for the second time at the end of the season.
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How Olympic legend Michael Johnson is speeding up Arsenal's young Gunners

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

As one of the great athletes of the last two decades, Michael Johnson represented the notion of invincibility in sport long before the great unbeaten Arsenal team of 2003-2004 reached similar heights, although it was an Arsenal squad of rather more modest ambitions that the American watched train yesterday.
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'It's simply gloves-off' says Lewis Hamilton

Wednesday, 3 October 2012

In his first race since confirmation he will leave McLaren to join Mercedes next season, Lewis Hamilton must get his focus back on track and the Formula One championship fight at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix.
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Buoyant Keith Cronin eyes next level

Monday, 1 October 2012

With a third British rally title secured, Keith Cronin is eyeing a step up to World or Intercontinental Challenge level next season.
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Michael Laverty turns on podium power

Monday, 1 October 2012

The penultimate round of the British Superbike Championship at Silverstone saw some sensational racing with Tyco Suzuki by TAS title contender Josh Brookes relinquishing his lead of the series to Shayne Byrne by nine points while Keith Farmer from Clogher clinched the British Superstock 1000cc championship with a round to spare.
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Why has Lewis Hamilton switced from McLaren to Mercedes?

Saturday, 29 September 2012

David Tremayne answers all the questions posed by the British driver's decision to end a 14-year association by signing a three-year deal to join the German team next season
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Cronin on course for super treble but wary of late twist

Saturday, 29 September 2012

On paper it appears straight forward. Keith Cronin only has to finish in the top eight of tomorrow’s International Rally Yorkshire to become the first Irish driver to be crowned British champion three times.
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Lewis Hamilton set for Mercedes after McLaren exit

Friday, 28 September 2012

McLaren have today confirmed signing Sergio Perez on a multi-year deal from next season as replacement for Lewis Hamilton who is on his way to Mercedes.
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Rea planning fresh Superbikes bid

Friday, 28 September 2012

All that glitters is not gold, as many sporting professionals often find out and, to quote another well used cliché, better the devil you know... which is currently the case for Jonathan Rea.
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Ulster title hopes fading fast after triple blow in Assen

Friday, 28 September 2012

Any opportunity of Northern Ireland title success in this season’s British Superbike Championship slipped further in doubt at Assen, after the first of three Showdown meetings to decide the 2012 series at the Dutch venue last weekend.
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Eugene Laverty holds off Jonathan Rea for his first win with Aprilia

Monday, 24 September 2012

In a day of high drama at the penultimate round of the World Superbike championship, at Portimao in Portugal, Eugene Laverty and Jonathan Rea finished a sensational first and second in the dry second race separated by a machine’s length after a last lap charge from Rea.
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Lewis Hamilton vows to fight on after latest title blow

Monday, 24 September 2012

Lewis Hamilton has vowed he will “fight until the end” following yet another retirement this season that denied him “an easy victory”.
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