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The practice session for the Malaysian Grand Prix was held today at the Sepang International Circuit and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton led the pack. From the IHT report:
Ferrari had dominated both Friday’s official practice sessions for the Malaysian Grand Prix before Hamilton — winner in the season-opening Australian GP last weekend — took advantage of cooling track temperatures under clouding skies to set the day’s best lap of 1 minute, 35.055 seconds in a late run at Sepang.
He was 0.151 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Felipe Massa in session two, with world champion Kimi Raikonnen third quickest, another two-tenths of a …read more

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What happens when 40,000 visitors go to an event that’s so unorganized it seems they were only prepared to handle 10%, if at all?
That’s what happened during the first day the Singapore Airshow opened to the public last Saturday, February 23. From getting there to getting out of there, it was a complete mayhem, it marred what could have been a spectacular event.
As advised, we set off to avail of the shuttle buses from the Expo MRT station, but after queuing for 15 minutes with more than a hundred others and no shuttle bus in sight, we decided to take …read more

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Woohoo, just one more reason why I’m excited with our upcoming move to Singapore: The 2008 FIA Formula One World Championship!
The new race is scheduled to take place towards the end of the calendar in September or October. The timing of the night event means it can be broadcast at a convenient time for European TV audiences as well as thrilling local fans. It is also expected to have a hugely positive economic impact on the region.
You bet, I’ll keep you updated as they release further details. My son will be ecstatic!

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