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    • About Author: Charles Oladeji

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    http://IbadanMotorsports
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    Charles is a regular contributor to TCF, he's based in London and can be found on twitter at @IBMsports

    Posts by Charles Oladeji

    • Karun Chandhok seems to be in the process of establishing himself as an exceptionally brilliant F1 pundit away from the track.  Having had to endure what must seem a lack...

      Is Karun Chandhok Better Suited To F1 Punditry?

    • Everybody in America and The United Kingdom should be aware of the catastrophe that looms in the Gulf of Mexico, USA, due to an unrelenting oil leak over the past...

      BP’s oil leak could pollute its motor sport sponsorship

    • With less than two weeks before the 2010 Formula One season gets under way in Bahrain, final tests continued this weekend in Spain.  Februarys' F1 testing started in Valencia moved...

      The February Review

    • As the year 2010 started off with the Dakar there was a resilient display of defiance by many in the motorsports industry that permeated all aspects of the business. The...

      The January Review

    • As I walked through Greenwich Park's southern gate entrance situated across the road from Blackheath I encountered a Skoda Octavia with green and white Rally Sport  livery. To my detriment,...

      Schwarz, Hiemer and the Skoda Octavia

    • It's now official. Kimi Raikkonen will do what the more perceptive amongst us suspected he would do since the day he decided to roll out his S2000 Abarth Grande Punto...

      Rally’s stock is going up in 2010

    • Kimi Raikkonen may or may not join the WRC in 2010, but if you're a fan of motors that power slide or drift (whatever term you prefer) on ice, with...

      Professor Prost and the Andros Trophy

    • Just as the last race of the NASCAR Sprint Cup at Miami Homestead was about to take place on Sunday,  I took to Twitter, searched out Brad Keselowski, and had the...

      Breaking Bad, Brad Keselowski

    • In retrospect the question put to me by Post Chief Richard Workman was a fairly simple one: “In a five car crash leading to a pile up, which Drivers do you attend to first?”

      The race marshals – the unsung heroes of racing

    • It's finally become more apparent why renowned ‘Iceman’ Kimi Raikkonen hasn't been in more haste to secure a ride in Formula One of late.  According to reports Raikkonen is standing...

      It’s not about the money for Raikkonen

    • Back in the 80s I was hooked on a rather surreal, and by today's standards 'camp', gangster movie called the Warriors (1979). It remains shamelessly one of my all time...

      The Raceway (Docklands) London

    • The final race of the MotoGP season in Valencia was always going to be a 'casual jolly'. The championship had already been decided in Valentino Rossi's favour, there was an...

      I still want to believe in Ben Spies

    • Charles Oladeji heads along to the MPH/Top Gear Live show at Earls Court.

      In Pursuit Of Happiness At The MPH Top Gear Live Show.

    • This years' Rolex Grand Am is over. It's been one of my more pleasurable racing tournaments during 2009, it's authentic road racing at a lower strata than ALMS. Though it's...

      No West Coast Rolex Grand Am In 2010

    • In a recent report by Speed TV, Romain Grosjean is quoted inferring to the 'stupidity' of Renault if he were to lose his R29 Formula One car based on just...

      Young Guns and Bushido. F1′s Younger Generation In 2009

    • Ben Spies has beaten Noriyuki Haga and secured the World Super Bike (WSBK ) Championship in Portimao. It's surprising to see Haga fizzle out at the end of this season...

      I want to believe in Ben Spies

    • A few years ago, January 2003 to be exact, I received a call inviting me to participate in The BBC's Question Time audience hosted by David Dimbleby . When I...

      The FIA and Jeremy Clarkson on environmental issues

    • Today saw the results of the FIA Presidential elections, here Charles Oladeji looks into the campaign trail and result.

      Mosley’s ‘Empire Strikes Back’ as Jean Todt is elected President of the FIA

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