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Formula E open to India return but only with "stable decision"

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 17:01
The second Hyderabad E-Prix was scheduled to take place this weekend, but the event was cancelled by the all-electric championship just over a month ago.This was after the newly elected Government of Telangana, which had openly opposed the running of the 2023 edition, sent a letter to the championship in December that "could impact the Hyderabad race” for this term, according to Formula E.The ...Keep reading

Vasselon's departure as Toyota technical director was brought forward

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 16:17
The Japanese manufacturer has confirmed that a succession plan was already in place for the 60-year-old to be succeeded by David Floury as technical director of the organisation that masterminds its World Endurance Championship programme and develops the engines for the World Rally Championship GR Yaris Rally 1.The confirmation was made by long-time chief engineer on the WEC team Floury, who has ...Keep reading

Why new British GP deal shows F1 and Silverstone need each other

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 15:50
Recent months have seen more and more venues sign up for the long term. The number of races with their slots guaranteed until at least 2030 is in double figures, with Melbourne leading the way thanks to its 2037 end date.On the F1 side, the longer deals give the organisation a steady flow of race-hosting fee income that stretches way into the future.For the race promoters, it was starting to look ...Keep reading

Nottingham Forest v Newcastle United preview: Team news, head-to-head and stats

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 15:20
Preview followed by live coverage of Saturday's Premier League game between Nottingham Forest and Newcastle United.

WRC Sweden test delivers "good steps" forward for Evans

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 15:17
To prepare for the WRC’s only round on snow, the title contender entered the Arctic Lapland Rally last weekend in Finland ahead of a pre-event test this week.Evans came out victorious in Lapland after Toyota team-mate Kalle Rovanpera suffered a technical fault in the last stage. Rovanpera had set the pace in the rally to hold a lead of nearly a minute over Evans heading into the final test.While ...Keep reading

Hundreds of pupils sent home due to unsafe building

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 15:15
A North Tyneside school has sent home more than five hundred pupils over building safety concerns.

Relief as cafe which employs staff with autism saved

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 14:56
Its workers say they have been "blown away by the support" as £15,000 is raised in a matter of days.

Quartararo: Yamaha MotoGP team still chasing mechanical grip "missing since 2019"

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 14:44
The Japanese manufacturer had been testing an upgraded version of the M1 across the two tests at Sepang this month in its pursuit to close the gap to the front and become a race-winning force in MotoGP again.Quartararo and new signing Alex Rins both got to ride the 2024 version of the bike in Malaysia, but the reaction to the changes has largely been mixed.The French rider reiterated that Yamaha ...Keep reading

Ingleby Barwick: Garage searched in suspected poisoning case

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 14:30
Police search a garage after "unknown substances" were found in the connecting property.

TECH ANALYSIS: What's new on RB's 2024 challenger – and what could change when it appears in testing

Formula 1 - Fri, 2024-02-09 14:26
The new VCARB 01, unveiled today by the RB team formerly known as AlphaTauri, has been launched in a form the team describes as 90% of what will appear in Bahrain for the pre-season tests.

Everything you need to know about F1 – Drivers, teams, cars, circuits and more

Formula 1 - Fri, 2024-02-09 14:26
If you’re new to Formula 1, you may have a few questions about the sport and how our action-packed tour of the world is staged year in, year out. Well, we’ve got you covered. In an all-in-one explainer, we take you through the basics from how the championship was formed to the circuits visited, the drivers behind the wheel and the teams involved up and down the pit lane…

South Shields man who 'boasted' about infecting PC jailed

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 13:51
An officer fears she may have contracted hepatitis C after being "stuck with a needle".

Donald Campbell's Bluebird to return to Coniston after row settled

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 13:47
The record-breaking craft will be "within a stone's throw of its skipper", museum chiefs say.

Failed crash tests proof of Alpine's ambitions, says its F1 chief

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 13:33
The Enstone-based outfit revealed a virtually all-new challenger for 2024 at its factory on Wednesday, with technical director Matt Harman claiming that the only carry-over component from last season was the steering wheel.It hopes that the aggressive targets the team has set for the new car, which was only finished in the early hours before the launch, will pay off in helping it move up the grid ...Keep reading

What we learned from the Sepang MotoGP test

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 13:00
As MotoGP heads off from its annual winter Sepang residency, this year’s pre-season shakedown and test had plenty of focus points going into it and even more coming out.Ducati demonstrated its new weapon will remain the standard as a number of its riders went under the lap record with ease. To see a Ducati rider top each day of the test plus end the final day with the top four locked out ...Keep reading

Burglar who stole and crashed Newcastle student's car jailed

North East News - Fri, 2024-02-09 11:59
Gary Hearn crashed the £8,000 car into bollards near the student house he stole it from.

Friday favourite: The Peugeot "spaceship" that wowed an F1 veteran

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 11:57
Just five race outings in the Peugeot 908 were enough for Christian Klien to select the turbodiesel LMP1 machine as his favourite racing car. A solitary win, achieved in the 2009 Spa 1000km when Audi stayed away, was the high point of the Austrian’s involvement with the Peugeot factory squad that came alongside his role as BMW-Sauber’s Formula 1 test and reserve driver, which precluded him ...Keep reading

Ricciardo: Rivals will now take revamped RB F1 team "more seriously"

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 11:26
The team, which launched its new VCARB 01 in Las Vegas late on Thursday night, will continue with its most experienced ever line-up this season, with Ricciardo joined by Yuki Tsunoda.The Australian said the move away from being focused on training young drivers for the sister Red Bull team and the arrival of major US sponsors will result in RB being more independent.“How I feel about it is ...Keep reading

ANALYSIS: ‘We are building a new team’ – Inside the RB revolution as they target ‘bigger prizes’

Formula 1 - Fri, 2024-02-09 11:25
A revolution is taking place at the newly-rebranded RB team – formerly known as AlphaTauri – and we were given the first glimpse of what that new era will look like on Thursday night when the Italian team revealed their 2024 identity at a party in Las Vegas.

Ferrari to carry new energy drink F1 sponsor into Hamilton era

Motorsport - Fri, 2024-02-09 11:16
The US-based company had a low-key arrangement with the team last season that covered the three American races in Miami, Austin and Las Vegas.That has now extended to a full global partnership with its logos featured on the cars and on drivers' overalls.Founded in 2004, Nasdaq-listed Celsius Holdings sold an 8.5% share of its business to beverage giant PepsiCo for $550 million in 2022, and it has ...Keep reading

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