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Back in Singapore, we were all a bit surprised to see that Wurz had taken to the wheel of the FIA Medical Car as the usual pilot was taken ill. It made a lot of sense to choose Wurz, as he is one of the most experienced drivers on the grid, knows when to take things easy, and when to put his foot down. He seemed like an ideal fit.

It appears that the Medical Car’s regular driver Jacques Tropenat either has something serious or long-lasting (rumours abound that it’s an ear infection), as he is not expected to be back in 2008. This week in Japan and for the final two races, Red Bull reserve driver Sebastian Buemi has been called up to take the role.

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It feels like ages since we had a non-race weekend, and thankfully there was some testing, otherwise we would have had no news to discuss. However, we find other quiz-shaped ways of filling our time.

Intro

There’s a significant reason he wants to try doing the show with shoes on his hands.

Good Week / Bad Week

It’s a good week for Heikki Kovalainen as his boss has given him a public pep-talk, and a good week for relationships between teams. It’s been a double bad week for Bernie, as Formula 2 begins to take shape, and Lehmen Brothers bankruptcy complicates things.

News and Views

A catchup with the action from Jerez, Mugello and Fiorano. Young drivers get a go in the car, we see some live KERS action, with scary results, a conspiracy theory forms regarding Bourdais, and Bridgestone choose pink.

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As a quick recap of the tale we all know so well, Alex Wurz used to be a racer, then he was pushed aside in favour of Jenson Button and became a test driver.

For many, many years.

2007 saw his return to driving in anger, but he called it a day one race before the end of the season. So where does that leave us now? With Wurz returning to the safety of test driving with perennial grid-struggler’s Honda.

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