Frenchman wins Race of Champions at Wembley

Seb Loeb defeated Dr Crash (aka David Coulthard) in a best-of-three showdown to win this year’s Race of Champions at Wembley Stadium. The victory reinforces the Frenchman’s claim to be considered the best all-round driver on the planet.

Michael Schumacher was also a winner at Wembley: Schumi and Seb Vettel led Germany to victory in the Nation’s Cup team event.

Schumi admitted he doesn’t take the event quite as seriously as he might…

“We are all here to race. If you give a steering wheel to any of us, we are going to try our best,” the German said. “But we have a drink the night before.”

Nothing more than a shandy though, we hope.

Crasher bonus! Watch highlights of the event below:

Rubens is a loose (and fast) cannon

This weekend, Rubens Barrichello won Felipe Massa’s International Challenge of Go-Kart Champions - but it seems unlikely that the win in the charity event will have any outcome on Rubinho’s future in F1, even though he beat the man who wants his Honda seat, Lucas di Grassi, as well as the great Michael Schumacher.

Schumi, who won last year’s event, could only manage eighth, a result that will please Rubens immensely. In the last few weeks, it has become clear that Rubens has major issues with his former team-mate.

Ferrari must be concerned about Barrichello’s threat to spill the beans about his career with them - and there’s no doubt that an explosive, revelatory book is in the works. Rubens played the obedient No.2 to perfection during his six seasons as Schumi’s wing-man, but today it’s a different story: Rubens has ‘gone rogue’.

Barrichello has already claimed that Ferrari threatened to “take a closer look” at his contract during the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix, when he famously followed team orders to let Schumi overtake him.

“For me it was pretty clear. Take my foot off the pedal or get fired,” Rubens claimed this week.

Rubens set to blast the lid off his time with the Scuderia

In the wake of allegations that Rubens Barrichello sang “Schumacher is a homo” at a Ferrari party in Sao Paulo, the Brazilian has dropped another hint that his working relationship with the seven-time champion wasn’t as healthy as we might have believed.

Speaking at an awards night in Sao Paulo (again), Rubens reacted to a question about Homogate. He said:

“The public does not know even half of the story about what I experienced with Ferrari. Perhaps they will be able to read the truth one day in a book.”

Oooh, the tease.

Schumi holds no grudges after alleged “homo” slur

Last week we reported that a tipsy Rubens Barrichello took to the mic and started singing “Schumacher is a homo!”, at a Ferrari party in Sao Paulo.

Michael Schumacher has dismissed rumours that his protege and pal Felipe Massa joined in with Rubens’ ditty. Schumi told the German newspaper Express: “There is always plenty to drink!”

“Felipe is my friend,” Schumi added.

He had nothing to say on the state of his relationship with ex-teammate Barrichello.

“This one’s going out to Schumi… hic”

At an end-of-season party thrown by Ferrari in Sao Paulo, Rubens Barrichello reportedly took to the mic and started singing “Schumacher is a homo!”

Rubens - clearly under the influence of a few complimentary cold beverages - then tried to get Felipe Massa and his wife, who had arrived late to the party, to join in with the song. The couple apparently looked embarrassed but made an effort to look like they were getting into Rubens’ witty “Schumi is a homo” vibe.

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Legendary German backs Brit. And everyone else.

In an interview to be broadcast on BBC One tonight, Michael Schumacher says he believes Lewis Hamilton has the skills to smash his record of seven F1 titles. Well, actually he talked a lot about Kimi and Felipe a lot, and said that the McLaren might possibly maybe sort of have the potential to do quite well at some point:

 Schumacher told the BBC’s Inside Sport programme: “I would say, absolutely, yes [Hamilton could win seven titles].

“Nobody thought, even me, that I could beat [Juan Manuel] Fangio. Then I did. Records are there to be beaten”.

The 39-year-old said losing the record would not bother him.

“I’m quite relaxed that one day it will happen - whether it’s Lewis, whether it’s Massa, or whoever.

“It might be someone of the current or of the future that could or will do it. But I’ve got no problem about it.”

Schumi was reluctant to call Hamilton the best driver currently on the circuit, but his sentiments echoes those reported in German tabloid Bild last week: “I hold him in high regard, because what he has achieved in such a short amount of time is unbelievable.”

Catch the full interview on Inside Sport, tonight at 11.20pm on BBC One. If not, it will surely appear on the iPlayer shortly.

Blimey, well played Ralf

Much like Ashlee Simpson, Billy Baldwin and that fat Gallagher brother who isn’t Noel or Liam, Ralf Schumacher has lived in the shadow of his thoroughly talented sibling. While he could never quite live up to Michael behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car, he certainly seems to have trumped him in the WAG stakes. The lovely lady pictured above is former model Cora Brinkmann, who has gone by the name Cora Schumacher for the past seven years.

See what happened when Cora forgot to bring any clothes to a photoshoot after the jump…

Bernie’s second greatest contribution to mankind

Mr Ecclestone’s terribly posh eldest daughter could have easily whiled away the days until she received her massive inheritance with lads mag photoshoots, fashionable parties and abhorrent boyfriends. To her credit, however, Tamara has all but shunned the Paris Hilton route in favour of earning her own crust: the 24-year-old beauty has landed a string of TV presenting jobs, most recently as a pit reporter for Sky Italia, on which she rabbits away in Italian, one of three languages she speaks fluently.

Tamara also jumped on the get naked for a good cause bandwagon by dropping her kecks in the name of PETA. More pictures and fabulously entertaining information after the jump…