Ex-Jim Clark, Ayrton Senna and Mario Andretti works cars take to the track, as well as the latest Lotus F1 racer.
Classic Team Lotus's Chris Dinnage tests the ex-Jim Clark Lotus 49 ahead of the Lotus F1 Festival at Snetterton on June 20Thirty-five Lotus Formula One cars lined up at the Snetterton circuit at the weekend as part of the Classic Team Lotus Festival.
The gathering included one of every Team Lotus F1 design from 1958 to 1994, together for the first time ever, including two versions of the current T127 together with its drivers Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen. Both also drove an historic Lotus racer.
Car included the 1985 JPS Lotus type 97T chassis 1, driven by Ayrton Senna and Elio de Angelis. The car has just been restored for its Japanese owner Katsu Kubota (winner of the recent F1 Historic Masters race at Monza), who drove it at the Festival at Snetterton for the first time.
There was also the Lotus type 49 chassis R2 from 1967, in which Jim Clark won his fourth British GP. It made its UK public debut since being restored for its American owner, Chris MacAllister.
As well as the historic Lotus racers, there was also a full programme of racing including the Elise Trophy and the Lotus Cup Europe.
For more details see www.lotus-festival.com
See Heikki Kovalainen testing the Lotuses at Hethel at the Lotus Racing Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=620730880414&saved#!/video/video.php?v=620730880414
22.6.10
Classic Lotus racing cars on display
via telegraph.co.uk
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20.6.10
2010 Formula 1 Singtel Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore successfully hosted the only night race in Grand Prix history with the inaugural race in 2008. It is also Asia’s only street race on the Formula One calendar, held on a circuit of public roads in downtown Singapore. The 2010 FORMULA 1 SINGTEL SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX, with its signature mix of lights, glamour, and non-stop action, returns to the heart of the city at the Marina Bay Street Circuit from 24 to 26 September 2010. Feel the roar of engines and more in this one-of-a-kind night street race.
For more information and ticketing details, click here.
18.6.10
WWF - Do You Know?
"Sargassum" is one of the more interesting ecosystem types in the Gulf of Mexico. What is it?Kemp's ridley turtle (Lepidochelys kempii)
© Carlos Drews/WWF-CanonThe answer is:
b. mats of free-floating seaweed(Scroll to the bottom of this page to see how your answer compared to others.)
One of the more interesting ecosystem types in the Gulf of Mexico are the mats of free-floating macro algae called sargassum. These floating islands of seaweed that give the Sargasso Sea its name are temporary homes to many economically and ecologically important species. Larval and juvenile yellowfin tuna, wahoo and marlin are suspended in the sargassum--as are juvenile sea turtles like the critically endangered Kemp's ridley.
Today, these living islands are threatened by the oil spill from the damaged BP wellhead. Now at the whim of currents, these sargassum will be destroyed as they pass through the toxic surface oil. And they aren't the only ecosystems at risk. More ecological impacts.
Oil also leads to lethal or chronic impacts on marine wildlife. Seabirds and shorebirds such as egrets, herons and brown pelicans lose buoyancy and the ability to keep warm when their feathers come into contact with oil. They can also suffer liver damage, lesions and other potentially lethal complications from ingesting oil as they feed or attempt to clean their feathers. Blue whales, bottlenose dolphins and other marine mammals inhale toxic fumes every time they surface through the slick to breathe. An estimated 400 to 600 species are potentially at risk as the oil washes ashore, works its way into the marshes and oozes into the estuaries of the Louisiana coastline. These numbers may grow as new threats are uncovered. Species impacts.
Here's how your answer compared to others:
53 106 65 44 a. freshwater marshes b. mats of free-floating seaweed c. saltwater marshes d. vast oyster "reefs"
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