The results are in and the wait is finally over! Here are the winners of our end-of-season awards… Over the course of a week, ourselves and The F1 Word revealed five categories and the accompanying nominees, and you responded in your thousands! Here are all the winners and a full rundown of how you voted. Drum roll please… Best driver of the season Winner: Lewis HamiltonSecond place: Charles LeclercThird place: Max Verstappen Lewis Hamilton took the Drivers’ Championship for a fifth time, and a fourth in the last five years. The Brit dominated the second half of the season and he dominated this vote, too, taking a 35% share. Charles Leclerc came second with 22% of the vote, after a fantastic rookie season with Sauber. The Monegasque driver has been rewarded with a move to Ferrari for 2019. Max Verstappen rounds out the top three. He was second only to Hamilton in the second half of the season, with a victory in Mexico, and he took 15% of the vote. Kimi Raikkonen … [Read more...] about PlanetF1 awards: Your winners of 2018 revealed…
Skoda India to hike prices across range from January 1, 2019
Skoda Auto has issued an official release stating a hike in prices of its entire range sold in India. The Czech automaker mentions that an upward price revision across its model range by up to 2 per cent will be done from January 1, 2019 onwards. This decision was taken after reviewing its input and freight costs on both domestic and import frontage, stated Skoda Auto. There has been a surge in the cost of our inputs for production due to significant volatility in the global commodity prices and foreign exchange rates in recent times. Skoda Auto India has been absorbing these incremental costs all this while but is now considering a price increase of up to 2 per cent with effect from 01 January 2019 across its model range" commented, Zac Hollis, Director, Sales, Service, and Marketing, Skoda Auto India Pvt Ltd. The company's finance division has introduced the Buy Now and Pay in 2020 campaign which is a twelve month EMI holiday program for its customers who can … [Read more...] about Skoda India to hike prices across range from January 1, 2019
Leading French hotel, transport and retail stocks fall after latest…
* Graphic on hit to French companies: tmsnrt.rs/2RDxLXu PARIS, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Major French hotel, transport and retail stocks fell on Monday after another weekend of violent, anti-government protests in the country. Hotels company Accor was down by 0.7 percent, airports company ADP fell 0.9 percent, while retailers Carrefour, Casino and FNAC Darty also lost ground. Shares in Air France KLM, however, rose 1 percent after the airline reported higher November traffic figures, although Air France KLM shares remain down around 30 percent so far in 2018. The protests also hit French government bonds, with the gap between the French and German 10-year government bond yield reaching its widest level since May. (Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Editing by Toby Chopra) … [Read more...] about Leading French hotel, transport and retail stocks fall after latest…
Ghosn formally charged for financial misconduct, Nissan also indicted
TOKYO (Reuters) - Tokyo prosecutors officially charged ousted Nissan Motor (7201.T) chairman Carlos Ghosn on Monday for under-reporting his income and extended his detention on suspicion of additional financial misconduct. The prosecutors also indicted Nissan for filing false financial statements, making the Japanese automaker culpable for the scandal that has shocked the auto industry. Ghosn was arrested on Nov. 19 on suspicion of conspiring to understate his compensation by about half of the actual 10 billion yen ($88 million) over five years from 2010. He has been held in a Tokyo jail since then for questioning, but had not been officially charged till now. Prosecutors also re-arrested him on Monday for allegedly understating his income for three more years through March 2018. Nissan, which fired Ghosn as chairman days after his arrest, has said the misconduct was masterminded by the once-celebrated executive with the help of former Representative Director Greg Kelly, who was … [Read more...] about Ghosn formally charged for financial misconduct, Nissan also indicted
£500k investment into mental health support for young people
PUBLISHED: 07:00 10 December 2018 Eleanor Young More funding has been allocated to mental health support for young people shironosov A ‘vital’ £500,000 investment into mental health services hopes to make a significant difference to young people. Weston’s MP John Penrose has secured the half a million pounds for children and young people from the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucester CCG (BNSSG CCG).Mr Penrose appealed for the funding after he noticed an alarming increase in the number of parents contacting him about long delays in getting mental health support.He, along with North Somerset MP Dr Liam Fox, wrote a letter saying: “We are seeing an increasing number of parents in our surgeries struggling with securing services for their disabled children.“Parents are trying to cope alone at home for long periods of time with children who are often violent to other family members and suicidal.”Mr Penrose met … [Read more...] about £500k investment into mental health support for young people