#F1 - 2024 F1 Brazilian GP SPRINT race by Peter Windsor

2 November 2024

McLaren-Mercedes duly dominated the Brazilian GP sprint race and - as predicted - instructed Oscar Piastri to give the win to Lando Norris.

Thanks to some edgy decision-making on the pit wall, however, it was a close-run thing: instead of telling their drivers to swap positions early in the race, when Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was under pressure from Red Bull's Max Verstappen, McLaren left the instruction to the bitter end, at which point a VSC seemed likely.

They got away with it but it was a close-run thing, as Peter Windsor points out in this video. Verstappen found a way past Leclerc but then lost the position again when he was handed a five-second penalty for being below the minimum time behind the Safety Car when the track turned green.

Ferrari thus sandwiched Verstappen, as they had in qualifying, with Carlos Sainz P5; George Russell was sixth for Mercedes but Sir Lewis Hamilton, after losing ground at the start, could only finish a dismal P11.

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#Spain #floods: Volunteers help rescue attempts as government announce largest peacetime mobilisation: Sky News

2 November 2024

Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sanchez, announces the largest army deployment in peacetime, with 10,000 more police and soldiers being sent to help people recover from the deadly flooding. The death toll in the Valencia region has risen to 211 people. But local have criticized the authorities for being poorly prepared, saying they feel "abandoned by the government". Hundreds of volunteers have now taken it upon themselves to help, as police fear more bodies are hidden in the wreckage of the floods. Sky's Europe correspondent Adam Parsons talks to some of those affected in town of Paiporta.

#spain #spainfloods #valencia

#russia #ukraine - What are North Korean troops doing in Russia, and how will the world respond? | BBC News

2 November 2024

The US election is just days away with Democrat candidate Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump remaining neck-and-neck in the polls.

The result will have major implications across the globe - including for the war in Ukraine.

November 19th will mark 1000 days since Russian troops invaded Ukraine, and now North Korea is directly involved. It has deployed 10,000 troops to Russia, with many of them understood to be in Russia’s Kursk Oblast region.

 

In this week’s Security Brief, former senior British officer and assault helicopter pilot Mikey Kay tells us how a Trump presidency would change the US approach to Ukraine, and how The West might respond to North Korea joining forces with Russia. 

#Russia #NorthKorea #BBCNews

#motorsport - WALTER HAYES TROPHY 2024 - DAY 1 Saturday November 2 from Silverstone Circuit

2 November 2024

Day 1 features a frantic day of qualifying races. Over 100 cars begin the event, driven by both professional and amateur racers as they battle through a series of heats and pre finals to reach Sunday’s all-important knockout phase.

Sunday video Providing a weekend of unpredictable racing, first held in 2001, the Walter Hayes Trophy has seen six different winners in the last six years! 2018 Michael Moyers (GB) 2019 Jordan Dempsey (IRL) 2020 Oliver White (GB) 2021 Max Esterson (USA) 2022 Joey Foster (GB) 2023 Chris Middlehurst (GB) #WALTERHAYESTROPHY #HSCC

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