Spies was ?set for front row?

Yamaha team director Massimo Meregalli is confident Ben Spies had the pace to earn a front row start for his home grand prix at Laguna Seca had he not crashed near the end of qualifying. Spies had briefly held provisional pole prior to the fall, in which he was not hurt, but fell to fourth in the end as he was unable to get back to the pits in time to rejoin on his spare bike. "We improved the bike a lot from yesterday in set-up and I think we could have got the first row," said Meregalli

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Grosjean ready for F1, says Boullier

Renault boss Eric Boullier believes that Romain Grosjean is ready to be given a second chance in Formula 1, amid mounting speculation that the Frenchman could be drafted in to the Enstone-based team later this year. Grosjean had a troubled start to his F1 career with Renault in 2009, but has rediscovered his confidence and is currently leading the GP2 Series standings

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Amtrak?s Loco Locomotive Purchase for the Northeast Corridor

We’re pleased to welcome Stephen Smith as a new contributor to Streetsblog Capitol Hill. We’ll be running Stephen’s work on a regular basis, and you can catch more of his writing at his home blog, Market Urbanism. Amtrak’s annual ridership may inch over 30 million for the first time this year, but the assault on its [...]

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Sutil pleased to realise potential

Adrian Sutil delivered Force India's best performance of the season as he finished a strong sixth at his home grand prix in Germany. Sutil enjoyed a relatively quiet run to sixth, even passing compatriot Nico Rosberg in the pit stops, but said the clean air had allowed him to fully demonstrate the potential of the car. "It was a great race today and I'm so pleased to get this result for the team because we really deserved it," Sutil said.

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Chandhok happy with practice progress

Karun Chandhok declared himself happy with his progress during practice for his first racing weekend since last year. The Lotus driver, replacing Jarno Trulli for this weekend's race at the Nurburgring, had two productive sessions, finishing as 20th quickest in the afternoon. Although he was one and a half seconds slower then team-mate Heikki Kovalainen, Chandhok said he was pleased with all that he had learned during the day

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