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Sony Pictures featured imagery from the highly anticipated film, Terminator Salvation on Brawn GP cars last weekend at the Spain F1 Grand Prix.

Brawn GP drivers, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello had their race cars carrying the new and unique Terminator Salvation imagery. This unique, one-race sponsorship builds anticipation toward the red-carpet European Premiere on May 28, 2009, in Paris.

Brawn GP’s boss, Ross Brawn pictured with Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello and Terminator Salvation poster

Ross Brawn, Jenson Button and Rubens Barrichello and real life size of T2

Ross Brawn thinks the T2 is no match for his Brawn GP Car

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Good day!

• Hamilton didn’t win F1 championship but he won tonnes of awards.
• Brad Pitt plans to build 150 homes. Not for his kids, but for Katrina victims.
• Dell unveils World of Warcraft laptops that costs USD $4450! Which Horde, uh, human, would buy that? Uh…

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Kimi Raikkonen gets to keep his title

McLaren Brazil appeal deemed inadmissible. Its challenge to the decision of stewards at last month’s Brazilian Grand Prix not to penalize rival teams over alleged fuel irregularities has been thrown out by the FIA International Court of Appeal on Friday.

That means Kimi Raikkonen stays as the F1 World Champion for 2007 and Lewis Hamilton has to try again next year.

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In a dramatic race in Sao Paolo on Sunday, Kimi Raikkonen beats the odds and wins the F1 World Championship by just one point! He finished the race 1st, Massa 2nd, Alonso 3rd and Hamilton 7th – exactly what he needs to win the world championship title.

1. Kimi Raikkonen – 110 points (100 +10 points)
2. Fernando Alonso – 109 points (103 + 6 points)
3. Lewis Hamilton – 109 points (107 + 2 points)

Kimi Raikkonen looks ecstatic after winning the world championship!

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Good evening!

• Student uses pen and gun powder to make pipe bomb as he make threats against his school.
• Alonso really needs a miracle to win after qualifying in fourth for the final race of the season.
• England got buried by South Africa in Rugby World Cup final.
• Finally, Xbox 360 outsells Wii – all thanks to Halo 3.

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The penultimate race in China was one hell of a race that saw all three drivers in F1 now lining up for the final race in Brazil this coming Sunday with a chance to win the championship.

Who will win the race? Will Kimi Raikkonen beat the odds and win the race just like the first race in Melbourne? Will Alonso prove the people at McLaren wrong by winning the race? Or will the rookie, Hamilton win to become the greatest rookie of all-time? Only time will tell.

Read Formula1.com head-to-head analysis on the three drivers chances of winning the Formula One championship.

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Howdy! Here is a quick roundup of the whole week:

• Radiohead shocks music industry by putting their album online for almost free!
• Transformers Movie DVD and HD-DVD will be out this October 16, 2007!
• Roger Federer vs Pete Sampras in Malaysia!
• Halo maker and Microsoft splits. Every ‘halo’ ends with a goodbye.
• Pamela weds again. Rick Salomon is the man she’s marrying for the third time.
• Raikonnen wins Shanghai Grand Prix while Hamilton crashes out. There are still hopes for all three drivers in the final race.
• Keanu Reeves and David Carradine visited Shanghai grid.

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Watch this new TV commercial from McLaren, it’s hilarious!

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In Sunday’s French Grand Prix, Raikkonen stomped to victory with Massa second ahead of McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.

Raikkonen started the grid third but jumped to second place cutting in front of Hamilton just right after the start to show how aggresive the new Ferrari car is. Hamilton finished the race more than half a minute behind the Ferraris while Alonso only managed to finish seventh.

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What happened in Montreal, Canada was the most dramatic race in Formula One. The numbers below said it all:

4 safety cars.

2 cars received black flag – Giancarlo Fisichella and Felipe Massa.

2 cars received 10-second penalty – Fernando Alonso and Nico Rosberg.

1 broken leg – Robert Kubica had a bad crash and broke his leg, but he’s in a stable condition.

13 out of 22 cars finished the race.

3rd place – Alexander Wurz started 16th, finished 3rd.

4th place – Heikki Kovalainen started 22nd, finished 4th.

1 great take over – Takuma Sato outpaced and took over Fernando Alonso with just 2 laps remaining.

And of course, 1 Formula Grand Prix win after just 6 starts in Formula One – Lewis Hamilton.

Awesome race.

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