Jul.11 (GMM) Organisers of F1's inaugural Singapore night race marked the completion of the three-storey pit, media, race control, paddock club and podium building on Friday with a simple ceremony. The formula one event takes place on September 28.

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Veteran French formula one photographer Bernard Cahier, whose son Paul-Henri has been in the press this week, has died at the age of 81. Cahier began photographing F1 in 1952 through to the 80s.

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Donington Park has released more details about its $200m plans to host the British grand prix from 2010. Work on a new pit building will begin in the autumn, while work to lengthen the existing circuit from 4 to 4.8 kilometres, including a new sweeping corner, will begin at the end of the season.

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FIA president Max Mosley's court action against the British tabloid News of the World received a significant boost on Thursday when a key witness for the defence failed to appear. The prostitute who secretly filmed the orgy, and who had been expected to testify about alleged Nazi elements of the affair, did not show up because of her "emotional and mental state", according to the newspaper's disappointed lawyers. The case resumes on Monday.