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Pierre Gasly said the target for Alpine in Melbourne is to close the gap between themselves and the current top four. After two races, the French outfit have emerged in a bit of a no man’s land where they have the pace to keep the final five teams behind them but not enough to catch Red Bull, Aston Martin, Mercedes and Ferrari up ahead. But for a team with ambitions to solidify their P4 spot, Alpine will be pushing to move closer to the cars ahead and new recruit Gasly was confident they could do that this weekend in Melbourne. Despite a truncated day with plenty of instances of high traffic, something Gasly described as like a “war zone”, the Frenchman said the goal was to close the gap between themselves and the frontrunners. “I think it’s been a good day overall,” he told F1.com. “For sure not an easy one wwithas the conditions changing throughout, pretty messy with the traffic, [it] was like a war zone this morning in the last sector trying to get through the traffic. … [Read more...] about Pierre Gasly believes Alpine can catch top four despite ‘war zone’ in Melbourne

The University of Houston has announced its plan for responding to the two suicides that occurred at the same campus building in the past two months. The announcement comes after hundreds of UH students gathered on the lawn in front of M.D. Anderson Library last week in a protest aimed at pushing university administration to take action. Students received a letter from UH Chancellor Renu Khator Wednesday night outlining several changes to UH's mental healthcare services, according to Houston Public Media's Patricia Ortiz. UH plans to establish two new task forces, one to bolster mental health resources for students and a second to create both short-term and long-term plans for Agnes Arnold Hall, the building where both suicides occurred, according to reporting from HPM's Ortiz. Khator's letter stated that students will continue to play a key role in shaping UH's evolving response to the recent tragedies. "While we can do certain things in the short term, the long-term … [Read more...] about UH announces creation of mental health task force after multiple student suicides

Listen to this article Earlier today WAU co-owner Ryan Walkinshaw publicly accused T8 driver Broc Feeney of over slowing during a safety car to give teammate Shane van Gisbergen an advantage during Race 2 yesterday evening . Speaking on the Fox Sports broadcast, Walkinshaw insinuated that had Feeney was faster to the safety car line he could have taken the lead of the race, and helped WAU driver Chaz Mostert into second. Feeney and Mostert were the top two drivers to have stopped when the safety car was called and were running nose-to-tail. TV footage showed Feeney slowing as he and Mostert approached the site of Jack Le Brocq's crashed car, which had prompted the caution. As the race transpired Brodie Kostecki, James Courtney and van Gisbergen were able to take their mandatory service after the safety car was out and resume as the top three. They crossed the line in that order, although van Gisbergen and Feeney were later promoted to second and third when Courtney … [Read more...] about Supercars war of words over slowdown tactics

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 3 UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the head of the Nobel prize-winning U.N. World Food Program warned Friday. David Beasley praised increased funding from the United States and Germany last year, and urged China, Gulf nations, billionaires and other countries “to step up big time.” In an interview before he hands the reins of the world’s largest humanitarian organization to U.S. ambassador Cindy McCain next week, the former South Carolina governor said he’s “extremely worried” that WFP won’t raise about $23 billion it needs this year to help millions of needy people “Right at this stage, I’ll be surprised if we get 40% of it, quite frankly,” he said. Last year, Beasley raised $14.2 billion for WFP, more … [Read more...] about UN food chief: Billions needed to avert unrest, starvation

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 6 BEIJING (AP) — Global stocks and Wall Street futures rose Friday ahead of a United States inflation update that traders hope might prompt the Federal Reserve to ease plans for more interest rate hikes. London and Frankfurt opened higher. Shanghai and Tokyo advanced. Oil prices declined. Wall Street rose Thursday as worries about the global financial system eased following the collapse of two U.S. banks and one in Switzerland. Traders hope a measure of U.S. inflation due out Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve will show upward pressure on prices easing. That might prompt the Fed to postpone plans for a possible rate hike at its May meeting. A softer inflation reading would be a “signal to continue with the risk-on theme," said Tim Waterer of Kohle Capital Markets in a report. Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro slowed to 6.9% in … [Read more...] about Global stocks rise ahead of US inflation update

"What changed?" - House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), in a tweet with a video of clips of then-Vice President Joe Biden, March 29 - - - House Republicans keep pressing the White House to agree to significant spending cuts before they will agree to raise the debt ceiling. A deadline for a deal is fast approaching. Most estimates suggest the U.S. Treasury will run out of maneuvering room to meet its obligations in the summer or early fall - and the United States would default. White House officials have insisted they will not negotiate over raising the debt ceiling, though they are willing to discuss possible spending reductions as a separate matter. Many are veterans of the Obama administration, which faced its own debt ceiling showdown with Republicans in 2011. Ultimately, after lengthy negotiations, a bipartisan budget deal, known as the Budget Control Act, was negotiated by House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) and President Barack Obama, along with other top … [Read more...] about How Kevin McCarthy manipulated Biden’s words on debt talks

The Volkswagen Group has been selling cars with quad turbocharging since the Bugatti Veyron was launched in the mid-2000s. However, we're learning Porsche had already developed sequential quad-turbo technology many years before the W16 hypercar from Molsheim. As a matter of fact, the 8.0-liter monster went on to use the tech pioneered by Porsche. That's according to Marcos Marques, Project Manager eFuels in Zuffenhausen. A 911 Turbo with quadruple forced induction was under consideration for the previous-generation model (991) sold until 2019 when the current 992 arrived. Marques explained that although all four turbochargers were small, there were still packaging issues that couldn't be ironed out. He went on to mention these four turbos would've been vulnerable in case someone rear-ended the sports car. "We almost used it for the 991 Turbo, because in most aspects it worked really well. It produced a lot of power from a 3-liter flat-six, but also a … [Read more...] about Porsche Once Built A 911 Prototype With Four Turbochargers

Listen to this article Chief of which are flag-to-flag races thanks to dynamic weather, ranked online events and a social media feed within the career mode. Flag to flag races debut A much-requested feature, dynamic weather makes its first appearance within MotoGP video games. Unlike MotoGP 22 , for example, in MotoGP 23 you will see races start dry before it then rains, forcing a pitstop and a change of bike with wet-weather tyres affixed. This flag-to-flag ruleset is used in real-world motorcycle grand prix, where riders hop from one bike to another within the pitlane. In prior MotoGP games, you could run races in dry or wet conditions, but the weather was not changeable and the pitlanes were out of bounds. Career shortcuts One enthralling element of previous MotoGP games has been the career mode, which encompasses Moto3, Moto2 and MotoGP categories, with your rider progressing through the ranks. It has not seen major changes for several years … [Read more...] about Official MotoGP 23 video game announced

Sergio Perez blamed GPS issues for traffic problems during FP2 and suggested he would be going into the race “blind”. FP1 was riddled with issues as a problem with the track’s GPS meant the red flag was shown as teams were unable to warn the drivers of oncoming traffic or cars behind. The problems were fixed for FP2 but there may have been some gremlins left over with a few instances of heavy traffic build up in certain areas. Perez was the unlucky victim in such a situation as, following two purple sectors, he was forced to abandon his flying lap when he almost collided with Zhou Guanyu and Fernando Alonso. With rain soon descending onto the Albert Park track, that transpired to be Perez’s only chance to set a quick lap meaning he ended the session P7 but crucially missing important data for the race. Perez said the session had been “a mess” and they would have a lot of ground to make up in FP3. “It was a bit mental,” he told Formula1.com. “I think especially going into … [Read more...] about Sergio Perez labels FP2 ‘a mess’, says he is going into race ‘blind’