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Hamilton and McLaren take shock win in Hungary
 July Aug '09/Motorsports
Lewis Hamilton brought McLaren their first victory of the season after a surprise result in Hungary on Sunday afternoon, his dominant success also marking Martin Whitmarsh’s first as team principal and the first for a KERS-equipped car. Kimi...
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Aussie rules! Webber romps to victory in Germany
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Mark Webber you are a Grand Prix winner. Well done! Brilliant drive!” Those words, from Red Bull’s engineers, told you all you needed to know about Sunday’s German Grand Prix. No matter what they threw at the Australian, including a...
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Vettel untouchable as Red Bull dominate British Grand Prix
July Aug '09/Motorsports
What seemed to be a foregone conclusion after qualifying became one almost the moment Sebastian Vettel launched his Red Bull RB5 into the lead of the British Grand Prix. In a crushingly dominant drive, which underlined the major step forward that...
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Button halts Red Bull charge with victory in Istanbul
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Brawn GP’s Jenson Button dominated the Turkish Grand Prix at the Istanbul Park Circuit, taking the lead on the first lap and driving a superb race to bring his Brawn-Mercedes car home for his sixth victory of the 2009 Formula One season
Jenson...
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Mikko and Ford rejuvenated by Acropolis win
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Mikko Hirvonen says his win on the Acropolis Rally of Greece today has rejuvenated his challenge for the 2009 drivers’ title. Mikko Hirvonen won the Acropolis Rally of Greece, round seven of the 2009 World Rally Championship, after a perfect drive...
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Massa given the all clear in Sao Paulo
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Felipe Massa has been given the blessing of doctors to continue his recuperation at home, after undergoing more tests in a Sao Paulo hospital a day after arrival. No further surgery is currently considered necessary for the Ferrari driver, who...
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BMW to Exit Formula One
July Aug '09/Motorsports
The BMW Group will not continue its Formula One campaign after the end of the 2009 season. Resources freed up as a result are to be dedicated to the development of new drive technologies and projects in the field of sustainability. BMW will continue...
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Piquet confirms Renault departure
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Nelson Piquet says he has been told his services are no longer required by Renault, meaning he is unlikely to race in the forthcoming European Grand Prix, regardless of whether the team win an appeal against their suspension from the event....
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Zytek is revealed as supplier of Mercedes McLaren KERS
July Aug '09/Motorsports
The Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes team scored their first 2009 season grand prix victory with the KERS-equipped MP4-24, when Lewis Hamilton won the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday, July 26th. Hamilton had qualified fourth, but made a fantastic start...
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2009 Concorde Agreement signed
July Aug '09/Motorsports
Following approval by the World Motor Sport Council (WMSC), the FIA President Max Mosley signed the 2009 Concorde Agreement, heralding a renewed period of stability for the FIA Formula One World Championship.
The Concorde Agreement - a contract...
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90 Years of the winged B
July Aug '09/Other stories
Bentley was founded by Walter Owen Bentley, known to all as “W.O.” He was a born engineer, but his first experience was not with motor cars - it was trains. In 1905, aged 16, he set off on his bicycle to work at the Great Northern Railway...
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ELECTRIC CAR DESIGNED FOR THE REAL-WORLD
July Aug '09/Other stories
Nissan Motor has unveiled the LEAF, the world’s first affordable, zero-emission car. LEAF is a medium-size hatchback that comfortably seats five adults and has a range to satisfy real-world consumer requirements
Slated for launch in late 2010 in...
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First Digital Still Camera with Sweep Panoramic Mode
July Aug '09/Other stories
Featuring a 20x Sony G lens (that extends from 28mm at the wide end all the way to 560mm at the telephoto end), HD video recording, a large 3-inch tilting LCD screen, and up to 10 frames per second continuous shooting speeds in special modes, the...
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The Ferrari Jumbo watch is the new official Prancing Horse model
July Aug '09/Other stories
After the enormous success enjoyed by its predecessor, the Ferrari Pit-Crew watch, this new model delivers even more sophisticated styling and performance. To begin with, its dial is Ferrari red, of course, while the Scuderia Ferrari logo is...
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GENX launches new portable car DVD player
July Aug '09/Other stories
GENX, one of the leading digital lifestyle accessories brands in the MENA region, has announced that it has recently launched the GX-MCDP01 “MoView” car DVD player as the latest addition to its growing range of IT-enabled products and solutions....
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Becoming a global Indian
July Aug '09/People
We interview R. Mananathan, Managing Director of Manatec Electronics, an Indian firm specialising in garage equipment. He was in town to initiate business into the region
Welcome to Oman. Could you share with us the reasons that bring you here? ...
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Bosch is bullish in parts
July Aug '09/People
We interview Volker Bischoff, Robert Bosch Middle East’s general manager, about the parts market and Bosch’s approach to growth in the region
Volker Bischoff jogs, hikes, skis and caps his outdoors oriented life by listening to classical...
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Pajero long term test - 7
July Aug '09/Test Drives
We are entering the last quarter of our extended test of the Pajero and it continues to deliver
What is the point of having a workhorse like the Pajero around and not taking it on a Salalah run? In the past couple of months we have clocked in a...
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New Coupé Lexicon
July Aug '09/Test Drives
The Lexus range gets some breadth with the introduction of a new open top in exactly the right segment with the rear-wheel drive IS 300C
Take a successful rear-wheel drive compact luxury car and make it even better. The IS300C is Lexus’...
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Spirit of the Coupé - the BMW X6
July Aug '09/Test Drives
BMW takes its legendary performance to a new level in the X6, at heart a sports car even though it uses a SUV-inspired platform
What happens when you take an idea and stand it on its head. Well, if you ask BMW then the X6 is one such innovation...
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