Next Saturday will see an end to one of motorsports’ greatest eras. An era in which Porsche’s 919 Hybrid decimated the competition in FIA’s World Endurance Championship, the LMP1 category. It started back in 2013 when a new team was created for research and development in Weissach.
In a statement that could have come straight out of a comedy sketch, Dr Harsh Vardhan, the Indian Minister of the Environment, has advised the population of Northern India—in particular, Delhi—that there is no need to panic, and claimed that only routine precautions were necessary to combat the smog that local doctors have called a public health emergency.
The long-term future of the Brazilian F1 event seems to be in doubt this week, after an announcement was made about the impending sale of the venue. The details of the sale are yet to be announced but it would appear that the City has sold the land to a property development company, in a deal that could be in the region of USD600 million.
In an article by The Star, it was reported that the Selangor state government plans to have its state executive councillors move around during their daily commute of speaking to the rakyat, solving issues, getting projects underway and the likes in electric cars. The plan is to proceed with this initiative once their current vehicles are due for replacement.
Six-time Olympic gold medalist, Sir Chris Hoy, has replaced handlebars with a steering wheel, and has added another golden feather in his cap. In this record-breaking feat, the former track cyclist broke the record while ‘donut-ing’ in a Caterham. It was in the automaker’s most powerful model ever—the 620R—at Donington Park.
Recently, a study commissioned by Arcadis, an Amsterdam-based consultancy company, ranked Kuala Lumpur as having one of the worst public transport amongst cities around the world—worst in terms of “quality and sustainability of mobility systems”, in a comparison of 100 cities.