RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazil’s Carnival celebrations cut loose on Friday, but the parades, block parties and overall festivities began under the pall of a recent nightclub fire that killed 238 people in the southern city of Santa Maria. Even as the mayor of Rio de Janeiro handed over the keys of the city to King Momo, the ceremonial figurehead of Brazil’s best-known Carnival celebrations, the mourning continued. President Dilma Rousseff attended a mass in honor of the fire victims at the cathedral in Brasilia, the capital, on Thursday night. …
Hamilton helping drive Mercedes forward
(Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton made up for lost time by doing 145 laps of the Jerez test circuit on Friday with Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn ha iling the 2008 Formula One champion for his work in driving the team forward. The 28-year-old former McLaren driver did only 15 laps before a brake failure sent him crashing out on his test debut with his new team on Wednesday but returned for a full day's work. His efforts were interrupted only when testing was halted for nearly an hour to enable workers to repair a damaged kerb and fill a hole between turns 10 and 11 with quick-drying cement. … REFILE-Brazil's Carnival erupts, but in some cities the samba is silent
(Changes “them” to “it” in paragraph four) RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Brazil’s Carnivalcelebrations cut loose on Friday, but the parades, block partiesand overall festivities began under the pall of a recentnightclub fire that killed 238 people in the southern city ofSanta Maria. Even as the mayor of Rio de Janeiro handed over the keys ofthe city to King Momo, the ceremonial figurehead of Brazil’sbest-known Carnival celebrations, the mourning continued. President Dilma Rousseff attended a mass in honor of thefire victims at the cathedral in Brasilia, the capital, onThursday night. …
Motor racing-Hamilton helping drive Mercedes forward
Feb 8 (Reuters) – Lewis Hamilton made up for lost time by doing 145 laps of the Jerez test circuit on Friday with Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn hailing the 2008 Formula One champion for his work in driving the team forward. The 28-year-old former McLaren driver did only 15 laps before a brake failure sent him crashing out on his test debut with his new team on Wednesday but returned for a full day’s work. His efforts were interrupted only when testing was halted for nearly an hour to enable workers to repair a damaged kerb and fill a hole between turns 10 and 11 with quick-drying cement. …
Rallying-Rally of Sweden leg 1 classification
Feb 8 (Infostrada Sports) – Leg 1 Classification from the Rally of Sweden on Friday 1. Sebastien Ogier (France) Volkswagen 1:16:00.100 2. Sebastien Loeb (France) Citroen +00:31.400 3. Jari-Matti Latvala (Finland) Volkswagen 00:33.100 4. Mads Ostberg (Norway) Ford 00:42.300 5. Evgeny Novikov (Russia) Ford 01:11.700 6. Pontus Tidemand (Sweden) Ford 01:22.100 7. Juho Haenninen (Finland) Ford 01:49.500 8. Thierry Neuville (Belgium) Ford 02:00.200 9. Henning Solberg (Norway) Ford 03:25.300 10. Martin Prokop (Czech Republic) Ford 04:43.300
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