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...track record makes karting a must for youngsters keen to copy their heroes. After Schumacher picked up the first of his seven Formula One titles in 1994, Germany's domestic karting championship took off, says Vincent Caro, executive secretary of the International Karting Commission, which is part of the FIA, world motor sport's governing body. Successive world championships for Alonso have inspired a karting boom in Spain, Caro says, and now traffic is building on the U.K.'s kart tracks too. Hamilton's record-breaking season - he's won three of the 14 races so far, becoming the youngest...
...then McLaren's fortunes changed. The World Motor Sport Council (WMSC) meeting at the Paris headquarters of the International Automobile Federation (FIA), global motorsport's governing body, on Thursday slapped the team with a record $100 million fine over the possession by McLaren's former chief designer of confidential technical data belonging to fierce rival team Ferrari. McLaren was also stripped of its points in this year's constructors' race, effectively handing that title to Ferrari. Still, things could have been worse: McLaren had faced the possibility of being booted out of the drivers' championship for this year and next...
...hurting Formula One; it is the pinnacle of motor racing, and viewers should understand they are watching history in the making as Schumacher racks up more world championships than any other driver. He is a brilliant competitor with an incredible team supporting him. For the International Automobile Federation (FIA) to create regulations that would hobble him and Ferrari is backward thinking. The sport should be moving forward. It's the job of the other teams, not the FIA, to find a solution to their lack of competitiveness within the existing regulations. Sarah Rapchuk Calgary, Canada Know Thine Enemy "The Iran...
...trophy would be the greater achievement of the two, because it's been a much closer contest. That's in part due to new rules introduced at the start of the season. The sport's ruling body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (fia), revised its points system to prevent a repeat of last year's easy Ferrari win. For instance, second-place finishers were given more points than before, allowing Raikkonen to be competitive even though he has only won one race, compared with Schumacher's six. Teams were banned from refueling between qualifying...
...races, this year eight drivers from five different teams - including his kid brother Ralf, who races for Williams - have won Grands Prix.) The result has been the best Formula One season since the 1980s. Driving legend Stirling Moss thinks the changes have made the difference. "What the fia did was excellent," he says; "it has given a great boost to the racing It helped, too, that the huge technical gap between Ferrari and the rest of the field in 2002 has since been narrowed by Williams, McLaren and Renault. In fact, Raikkonen and Montoya had something of an edge...