RBR accepts British GP ?disadvantage?

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says he can accept his squad running at a 'disadvantage' this weekend but wants a compromise deal for the future - or for the FIA to backtrack on its clampdown over off-throttle exhaust blowing settings and return to the pre-Silverstone situation. After an extraordinary meeting of Formula 1's Technical Working Group was held this morning at Silverstone to try and find a resolution to the growing controversy, Horner said he would accept Red Bull running at what he feels is a 'disadvantage' this weekend if the situation was changed for the following race in Germany and beyond. Concessions were made to both Mercedes and Renault on reliability grounds, but after disputes yesterday, the FIA decided first thing this morning that the Renault submissions had come too late, so withdrew the allowance to retain 50 per cent throttle opening under braking, while Mercedes kept its over-run firing concession

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Jim Brennan Wants to Force Ratner to Build More Atlantic Yards Parking

Could the state legislature get in on the costly, congestion-inducing parking minimum game? And could they do it at the site of Brooklyn’s biggest transit hub? Under a proposal by Assembly Member James Brennan, that’s exactly what would happen. Assembly Member James Brennan wants the state government to force more parking into Atlantic Yards. Image: NYS [...]

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Wood Holds-off Sheehan at The Magic Mile

Week Eleven took the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for some flat track online racing action. Fresh off wins at Pocono and Michigan, Steve Sheehan grabbed the pole at The Magic Mile but fell just short in his quest for three wins in a row as JR Motorsports teammate Derek Wood claimed a hotly-contested battle for the victory. Qualifying saw Wood join Sheehan on the front row and, right from the drop of the green flag, the two teammates battled for the top spot.  Racing throughout the whole field was intense from the get-go as dirty air made it very difficult for anyone to make a pass even if they had the faster car. The first 46 laps went caution-free with Sheehan pacing the [...]

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Wood Holds-off Sheehan at The Magic Mile

Week Eleven took the NASCAR iRacing.com Series World Championship (NiSWC) to New Hampshire Motor Speedway for some flat track online racing action. Fresh off wins at Pocono and Michigan, Steve Sheehan grabbed the pole at The Magic Mile but fell just short in his quest for three wins in a row as JR Motorsports teammate Derek Wood claimed a hotly-contested battle for the victory. Qualifying saw Wood join Sheehan on the front row and, right from the drop of the green flag, the two teammates battled for the top spot.  Racing throughout the whole field was intense from the get-go as dirty air made it very difficult for anyone to make a pass even if they had the faster car. The first 46 laps went caution-free with Sheehan pacing the [...]

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2012 Audi Q3 First Drive: You?ll Want to Get the Turbo Five-Cylinder

Audi launches a compact crossover?and dumps the TT RS engine into it. Not content with the success of the Q5, Audi is launching an even smaller crossover to compete with the BMW X1 and the Acura RDX. While the Q3?s underpinnings started with the VW Tiguan platform, the architecture was significantly altered to be considered [...]

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Rossi: Ducati needs more upgrades

Valentino Rossi says Ducati needs to come up with further new developments to address the issues with the front end of its bike as switching to the 2012 chassis has not solved the problem. Ducati recently introduced a version of its 2012 bike with a 2011-style 800cc for Rossi after struggling in the opening rounds, but the new machine has not delivered an upturn in results in its two appearances so far. "I think the problem is quite clear and we have to work - on improving the setting of this bike, but also on making something else to make a bigger step," said Rossi.

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