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are these famous teams really unravelling?</p> <p class="read_more"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html#more" rel="bookmark">read the rest of this entry</a> </p> <ul class="ami_social_bookmarks"> <li class="bookmark">Bookmark with:</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html&title=Troubled times for F1 grandees">del.icio.us</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html&title=Troubled times for F1 grandees">Digg</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://www.newsvine.com/_wine/save?popoff=0&u=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html&h=Troubled times for F1 grandees">Newsvine</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://view.nowpublic.com/?src=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html">NowPublic</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/one-of-the-biggest-topics.html&title=Troubled times for F1 grandees">Reddit</a></li> <li class="help"> - 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These boys are hardcore, especially the Brazilians.</p> <p><span class="mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image" style="display: inline;"><img alt="An aeroplane flies over Rio De Janiero in Brazil." src="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626im_/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/braziliansmolepic_595x335.jpg" width="595" height="335" class="mt-image-none" style=""/></span></p> <p class="read_more"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html#more" rel="bookmark">read the rest of this entry</a> </p> <ul class="ami_social_bookmarks"> <li class="bookmark">Bookmark with:</li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html&title=No place like home for F1's Brazilians">del.icio.us</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html&title=No place like home for F1's Brazilians">Digg</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://www.newsvine.com/_wine/save?popoff=0&u=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html&h=No place like home for F1's Brazilians">Newsvine</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://view.nowpublic.com/?src=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html">NowPublic</a> | </li> <li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090418162626/http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/f1mole/2009/04/no-place-like-home-for-f1s-bra.html&title=No place like home for F1's Brazilians">Reddit</a></li> <li class="help"> - 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