Al-Attiyah retires from SWRC lead

Runaway Jordan Rally Super 2000 division leader Nasser Al-Attiyah has retired from the event with engine problems. The Qatari driver had been firmly in control of the SWRC section of the event until the first stage this morning, when his Fiesta was struck down by an engine glitch. This means Al-Attiyah takes no points for the second event in succession, following his exclusion from the previous round in Mexico for fuel cell ventilation irregularities on his car.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/al-attiyah-retires-from-swrc-lead/

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China Saturday quotes: Pirelli

Paul Hembery: "It's been another very exciting and eventful session, which has underlined not only the performance but also the consistency of our tyres. "A number of drivers were able to set their fastest times on used soft tyres, proving that the drop-off is manageable enough to provide a good spread of performance over a stint.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/china-saturday-quotes-pirelli/

Gerino Gerini Peter Gethin Piercarlo Ghinzani Bruno Giacomelli Dick Gibson

D?Ambrosio delighted with performance

Jerome D'Ambrosio expressed delight at having out-qualified his more experienced Virgin team-mate Timo Glock in China. The Belgian, competing in his third career grand prix in Shanghai this weekend, will line up 21st on the grid after outpacing the German by nearly half a second, but said that he still had plenty more to come from himself. "I'm very happy," said D'Ambrosio

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/dambrosio-delighted-with-performance/

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Hamilton: Sepang defence was safe

Lewis Hamilton says he does not believe he did anything dangerous when defending against Fernando Alonso in last weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix, though he accepts that there were grounds for a penalty within the regulations. The McLaren driver had 20 seconds added to his race time as a punishment for changing his line excessively when fending off the Ferrari on the lap before they made contact at Sepang. The penalty dropped Hamilton from seventh to eighth in the results.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/formula-one-news/f1-formula-one-news/hamilton-sepang-defence-was-safe/

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Latvala sets up final-stage decider

Jari-Matti Latvala will go into the final stage of the Jordan Rally with a 0.5-second lead over Sebastien Ogier after a spectacular charge on the last loop. Although previous rally leader Ogier (Citroen) was losing time running first on the road earlier today, Latvala (Ford) did not appear to be catching him quickly enough on this morning's first loop to have a shot at victory

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/latvala-sets-up-final-stage-decider/

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Bottas leads second day of test

ART's Formula 3 convert Valtteri Bottas was quickest in both sessions on day two of this week's three-day GP3 test at Catalunya on Wednesday. The Finn's best time of 1m38.004s came in the morning, and put him 0.188 seconds ahead of second-year driver Nigel Melker (Mucke).

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/bottas-leads-second-day-of-test/

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Kopecky heads tight Canarias fight

Jan Kopecky holds a narrow early lead after the first loop of stages on the Rally Islas Canarias, round two of the Intercontinental Rally Challenge. The works Skoda driver is just 0.4 seconds ahead of Kronos Peugeot's rising young star Thierry Neuville.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/kopecky-heads-tight-canarias-fight/

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Delayed Jordan Rally ready to start

This week's Jordan Rally will start with the seventh stage tomorrow and will run as a two-day event. The kit finally arrived in the Dead Sea service park at 0200 this morning as a 37-truck convoy which had a police escort from the Israeli border for the three-hour journey to the Dead Sea.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/world-rally-championship-news/wrc/delayed-jordan-rally-ready-to-start/

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Marinescu tops second practice

Mihai Marinescu warmed up for this weekend's Formula 2 season opener at Silverstone by going fastest in the second free practice session at the British circuit. The Romanian was one of a number of drivers to improve on his previous best during six frantic minutes at the end of the session - brought on by a red flag caused by a spin at Stowe for Sun-Hak Mun.

Source: http://www.iracing.com/inracingnews/3rdparty/marinescu-tops-second-practice/

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