Oct 31 (Reuters) – Formula One statistics for Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 18 of the 20 race season) at the Yas Marina circuit: – Lap distance: 5.554km (total distance 305.355km). 55 laps. Race lap record: One minute 40.279 seconds (Sebastian Vettel (Germany) Red Bull, 2009) Start time: 1700 local (1200 GMT) 2011 pole: Vettel 1:38.481 2011 winner: Lewis Hamilton (Britain) McLaren – WINS Vettel has won the last four races and five in total so far this season. Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton have both won three. …
PREVIEW-Motor racing-Alonso gets ready to bare his teeth
ABU DHABI, Oct 31 (Reuters) – Like the Samurai warrior that he has tattooed across his back, Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso goes into Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix refusing to give up and ready to fight tooth and nail for victory. “If the sword breaks, attack with the hands,” the Spaniard declared on his Twitter feed after last Sunday’s race in India left him 13 points behind Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Sebastian Vettel with three rounds remaining. “If they cut off your hands, push the enemy with your shoulders, even with the teeth. …
LOC won't ban vuvuzelas
The 2013 Africa Cup of Nations Local Organising Committee have announced vuvuzelas will not be banned from the South Africa showpiece. Brazil's World Cup transparency push falls short
* Web sites to track construction, spending inconsistent * No data available on cost of stadium in Recife * Gov’t hails efforts as big step in the right direction SAO PAULO, Oct 31 (Reuters) – When Brazil won the right to host the 2014 World Cup, officials vowed it would be the best and most transparent tournament ever and that hardly a cent of taxpayer money would be spent on stadiums and infrastructure. Today, with the opening match less than two years away, those claims look shaky. …
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