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HOCKENHEIM, July 28 -- Starting grid for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, round eleven of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix - Starting Grid
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* Sebastian Vettel: Suffering a suspected turbo issue ** Charles Leclerc: Suffering fuel system problem *** Lando Norris: Grid penalty for exceeding power unit components
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HOCKENHEIM, July 27 -- Full results from qualifying for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, round eleven of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix - Qualifying Results
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* Sebastian Vettel: suffering a suspected turbo issue ** Charles Leclerc: suffering fuel system problem Lora Smith ROTTERDAM, July 27 -- On Friday, more temperature records are falling in parts of Europe as the historic heat wave that brought the hottest weather ever recorded in Paris, London, Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany shifts northward. In a few days, the weather system responsible for the heat wave will stretch all the way across the top of the globe. It's what this system, characterized by a strong area of high pressure aloft — often referred to as a heat dome — will do to the Arctic that has some scientists increasingly concerned. First, Norway, Sweden, and Finland will be the focus of unusually high temperatures through the weekend, as a potentially record strong area of high pressure in the mid-levels of the atmosphere sets up over the region, blocking any cold fronts or other storm systems from moving into the area, like a traffic light in the sky. Temperatures in parts of Scandinavia will reach into the 90s or higher, on the heels of an intense heat wave in 2018 that led to an outbreak of damaging wildfires on parts of the region. Bergen, Norway, already set an all-time record high on Friday with a temperature of 91 degrees (32.8 Celsius). So far this year, Arctic sea ice extent has hovered at record lows during the melt season. Weather patterns favorable for increased melt have predominated in this region, and an unusually mild summer has also increased melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Unlike with sea ice melt, runoff from the Greenland Ice Sheet increases sea levels, since it adds new water to the oceans. If the entire ice sheet were to melt, it would raise global average sea levels by 23 feet. Ruth Mottram, a researcher with the Danish Meteorological Institute, tells The Washington Post that as the high-pressure area, also referred to as a "blocking ridge," sets up over Greenland, it could promote a widespread and significant melt event last seen in 2012. During that summer, nearly all of the ice sheet experienced melting, including the highest elevations that rarely exceed 32 degrees. "... Assuming this comes off (and it seems likely) we would expect a very large melt event over the ice sheet," Mottram said via email. "This was a very similar situation to 2012 where melt reached all the way up to Summit station. As you have probably seen the Arctic sea ice is already at record low for the time of year so clearly we may be looking at a situation where both Arctic sea ice and Greenland ice sheet have record losses even over and above 2012 — though we won't know for sure until after the event." Zack Labe, a climate researcher at the University of California at Irvine who focuses on Arctic climate change, said the upcoming Arctic heat wave could have major ramifications and may push sea ice to another record low at the end of the melt season. "This appears to be a very significant event for the Arctic," he said of the upcoming weather pattern. "A massive upper-level ridge will position itself across the North Atlantic and eventually Greenland in the next few days. This negative North Atlantic Oscillation-like pattern will be associated with well above average temperatures in Greenland. In fact, simulations from the MARv3.9 model suggest this may be the largest surface melt event of the summer," Labe said, referring to a computer model projection of surface ice melt in Greenland. "Whether or not we set a new record low this year, the timing and extent of open water on the Pacific side of the Arctic has been unprecedented in our satellite record. This is already having significant impacts to coastal communities in Alaska and marine ecosystems," Labe said. Elsewhere in the Arctic, this summer has been similarly extreme. Alaska had its warmest June on record, and more than 2 million acres have gone up in flames across the state as a result of a long stretch of above-average temperatures. Arcticwide, an unusual spate of wildfires is burning, affecting vast stretches of Siberia as well. Smoke from these fires is circling the globe, tracked via satellite imagery. These fires are a positive feedback in the climate system, since they are emitting greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.
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HOCKENHEIM, July 27 -- Full results from third practice for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, round eleven of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix - Free Practice 3 Results
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HOCKENHEIM, July 26 -- Full results from second practice for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, round eleven of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix - Free Practice 2 Results
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HOCKENHEIM, July 26 -- Full results from first practice for the German Grand Prix at the Hockenheim Circuit, round eleven of the 2019 Formula 1 season.
2019 Formula 1 German Grand Prix - Free Practice 1 Results
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* Pete McGee HOCKENHEIM, July 26 -- Vettel's lacklustre form has been under intense scrutiny this season, with his on-form 21-year-old Monegasque teammate Charles Leclerc providing hot competition, and the pressure is mounting. If Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel is feeling the pressure ahead of his home German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, then he knows who to blame. That, the four-times Formula One world champion recognised on Thursday, is because he has always been his own harshest critic. “If I get something wrong and do a mistake, I can’t be happy with that,” the 32-year-old told reporters ahead of Sunday’s race at Hockenheim. “The pressure I put on myself after that is bigger than any external factors. (It’s been) the same as long as I can remember.” Vettel’s lacklustre form has been under intense scrutiny this season, with his on-form 21-year-old Monegasque teammate Charles Leclerc providing hot competition, and the pressure is mounting. Last year at Hockenheim Vettel started on pole position only to crash out while leading on a track made slippery by rain. That turned out to be the costliest of a series of mistakes in 2018 that undid his title charge, handing Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton — who won in Germany — a lead that the Briton never relinquished. Hamilton is now a five-times champion and well on his way to a sixth title, winning seven of the 10 races so far. Vettel, who won four titles in a row between 2010-13 with Red Bull, has meanwhile looked a shadow of his former self since that mistake. The German has won just once since his Hockenheim heartbreak, at the Belgian Grand Prix last August. Ferrari have been unable to produce a car to match dominant Mercedes this season with the Italian team without a win since now-departed Kimi Raikkonen triumphed in Texas last October. In his fifth season with the glamour team, Vettel is already 100 points behind championship leader Hamilton with no realistic hope of challenging for the title. However, he said the dream of following in boyhood idol Michael Schumacher’s footsteps by becoming a champion for the sport’s oldest and most successful team remained very much alive. Driving for Ferrari despite the weight of expectation that goes with it, he said, was a privilege and not a burden. “I think we all know that Formula One is a world where people are very short-sighted which is also fair and part of the game,” said Vettel. “Obviously this year hasn’t gone the way we wanted after the last two years. “Still, I think things are progressing in the right direction in the big picture.” Pete McGee กรุงเทพฯ 15 กรกฎาคม -- Kaffeeform เป็น บริษัท สตาร์ทอัพของ Julian Lechner จากกรุงเบอร์ลิน โดยพวกเขาใช้กากกาแฟมาทำเปญถ้วยกาแฟที่นำกลับมาใช้ใหม่ได้ ลองชมวิดีโอนี้เพื่อเรียนรู้เพิ่มเติมเกี่ยวกับเรื่องราวเค้าดู เฉพาะสหรัฐอเมริกาสร้างขยะจากถ้วยกาแฟแบบใช้ครั้งเดียว 120,000 ล้านครั้งทุกปีของเสียที่เกิดขึ้นจากการที่คนทั้งโลกบริโภคกาแฟนั้นไม่เพียง แต่สร้างถ้วยที่ไม่ย่อยสลายได้ยังมีกากกาแฟขึ้นอีกมหาศาล ในปี 2009 ในขณะที่ศึกษาการออกแบบผลิตภัณฑ์ Lechner ผู้ก่อตั้งบริษัท Kaffeeform สังเกตว่าเขาและเพื่อนดื่มกาแฟมากแค่ไหนในแต่ละวัน คนทั่วไปในเยอรมนีบริโภคเมล็ดกาแฟมากถึง 14 ปอนด์ต่อปี เกือบ 99% ของถ้วยกาแฟทั้งหมดหันไปที่ถังขยะและแม้แต่ถ้วยกระดาษอาจใช้เวลานานกว่า 20 ปีในการย่อยสลายอย่างเหมาะสม ดังนั้น Lechner จึงวางแผนที่จะนำกากกาแฟมาใช้ซ้ำเพื่อผลิตถ้วยกาแฟที่เป็นมิตรกับสิ่งแวดล้อม ไม่เพียงแค่ Kaffeeform การเริ่มต้นอีกครั้ง Crow Cycle Courier Collective ก็มีส่วนเกี่ยวข้องในภารกิจนี้ในการช่วยโลก The Collective รวบรวมกากกาแฟเกือบ 110 ปอนด์ในแต่ละวันซึ่งจะถูกทำความสะอาดในเวิร์กช็อป Kaffeeform จากนั้นกากะแฟจะถูกส่งไป ทำให้แห้งและผสมผสานกับส่วนประกอบต่างๆเช่น เส้นใยพืชเรซินธรรมชาติและธัญพืชบีชวูด ด้วยความดันสูงและความร้อน พวกเขาจะบีบอัดกากกาแฟ 6 ถ้วยเพื่อทำหนึ่งถ้วยการแฟและจานรอง ผลิตภัณฑ์สำเร็จรูปย่อยสลายได้ 100% และกากกาแฟ 40% ความสำเร็จของ Lechner เริ่มต้นจากมีร้านกาแฟในกรุงเบอร์ลิน 20 แห่งที่ใช้ผลิตภัณฑ์ของเขาพร้อมกับผู้ค้ากว่า 150 รายทั่วยุโรป อนาคตของ บริษัท Lechner จะผลิตภาชนะอย่างอื่นเพื่อขยายสู่การผลิตเฟอร์นิเจอร์และไลฟ์สไตล์ผลิตภัณฑ์จากกากกาแฟต่อไป BERLIN, July 10 -- Deutsche Bank is coming under fire for the lavish golden parachutes it has paid out to top executives who left during a chaotic period of management turmoil over the past year. Germany's biggest bank has spent more than €52 million on severance pay for senior executives who were fired or left voluntarily over the past 14 months, almost matching the lender's annual pay for the entire management board. The struggling lender has undergone a string of overhauls, culminating with the announcement on Sunday that it will cut 18,000 jobs in a historic retrenchment from investment banking activities. When weighed against the heavy job losses among rank-and-file employees and the fears that Deutsche risks running short of capital if its plan goes wrong, the generous pay-offs to departing executives may act as a lighting rod for criticism of the bank. "Big severance packages for sacked managers are mad," Frankfurt-based headhunter Christine Kuhl, a partner at Odgers Berndtson, said, adding that this rewards executives "who did a terrible job". Deutsche's severance pay bonanza began with the ousting of John Cryan as chief executive in April 2018 when the British-born former CEO received a pay-off of €10.9 million. Subsequently, six additional board members left, cashing in at least €41 million in severance pay between them, according to a Financial Times calculation based on figures disclosed in the annual report and estimates based on the bank's standard policies. The payments for recently departed executives almost matched Deutsche's annual pay to active management board members, which in 2018 stood at €55.7 million. The total severance pay equals more than a fifth of Deutsche's 2018 dividend of €227 million, which the lender last weekend suspended for two years to help pay for restructuring costs of €7.4 billion. Gerhard Schick, head of lobby group Finance Watch Germany, called the payments "inappropriate", pointing to the mass lay-offs at Germany's largest lender that started on Monday morning. "Golden parachutes for failed managers while thousands of employees are losing their jobs just do not match," said Schick. Deutsche's executive board members are contractually entitled to "a severance payment upon early termination of their appointment at the bank’s initiative" unless the bank terminates "for cause", according to the bank's annual report. A typical severance payment is "two annual compensation amounts" and is limited to the total pay outstanding for the remainder of a person's contract, it said. Garth Ritchie, the former head of Deutsche's investment bank whose departure was announced on Friday, has overseen three years of falling revenue at the division which has been lossmaking for the past two quarters and will be shrunk dramatically after his departure. Yet Ritchie can expect a pay-off of at least €11 million. He would have left by the end of 2018 without any golden handshake had the supervisory board not given him a new five-year contract last September. Sewing on Monday harshly criticised the investment bank's former top echelon, accusing it of trying to "generate revenues wherever they happened to pop up", operating in areas where the bank was uncompetitive and nurturing a culture of "poor capital allocation". Chief regulatory officer Sylvie Matherat has been under pressure for years after the bank was hit by a string of money-laundering scandals. Yet Matherat can expect at least €9 million in severance pay. Frank Strauss, Deutsche's former head of retail banking, is entitled to at least €6 million. Otto Fricke, a German MP for the pro-business Free Democrats, said he welcomed Sewing's pivot towards Deutsche's traditional heritage as a corporate bank. "However, I doubt that double-digit euro severance packages are in line with this tradition," Fricke told the Financial Times, adding that such payouts showed that "Deutsche Bank lost its balance in the past". Sven Giegold, a Green member of the European Parliament, pointed out that the payouts were "undeserved". "It does not bode well for the fresh start that Deutsche Bank needs and that has been promised so often," he said. A person close to Paul Achleitner said the chairman always sought an amicable solution for underperforming managers and tried to offer them "a face-saving exit". In 2017, the bank recouped €38.4 million of deferred bonuses from its pre-crisis management understood to include former CEOs Anshu Jain, Jürgen Fitschen and Josef Ackermann, as well as former chief risk officer Hugo Bänziger. Deutsche's most recent leadership change, which entailed the appointment of three new board members, is the latest example of rapid managerial churn at Germany's largest lender. Since Achleitner became chairman in 2012, a total of 17 executives departed early. In total, Deutsche paid them €83 million for leaving. The last board member at Deutsche Bank who left after serving his full term was chief executive Josef Ackermann, who led the bank during the golden years for investment bankers in the run-up to the financial crisis. "Viewed from outside, not all management changes at Deutsche Bank appear plausible," said Kuhl at Odgers Berndtson, adding that some were "hard to understand". As an example, she referred to Strauss. "[He] seems to have delivered on his targets but still left." Kuhl said that recruiting for Deutsche has become more difficult in recent years. "The times where people were totally thrilled to join Deutsche are long gone," she said. The headhunter partly blamed Achleitner for the churn. "Selecting the CEO and other executive board members is his key responsibility, and the ongoing churn suggests he is struggling to get it right not just once," she said. Deutsche and Achleitner declined to comment. A person familiar with his thoughts said that in 2012, when he became chairman, he had inherited a bank that needed radical strategic and managerial change. This led to the ousting of Jain and Fitschen three years later, this person argued, adding that their successor, Cryan, needed to build his own team, triggering more changes. When Achleitner concluded that Cryan was the wrong man to lead Deutsche and promoted Sewing last year, history repeated itself. Schick at Finance Watch Germany is calling for the chairman's head. "As far as I'm concerned, Paul Achleitner is the first one who should leave," he said, arguing he is associated with the collapse in the share price and the fact "that these days, we really have to worry about Deutsche". Author: Lora Smith FRANKFURT, July 3 -- The European Central Bank's new chief economist used his first speech in the role to claim past monetary stimulus has been effective and more is available if needed. Philip Lane, who joined the Executive Board in June, echoed President Mario Draghi's recent remarks that there is room to cut interest rates from record lows or resume bond purchases to boost inflation amid the current economic slowdown. The euro zone is struggling under a manufacturing downturn driven largely by global trade tensions, and a gauge of factory activity published Monday showed factories still stuck in a slump. Lane also said the ECB's long-term bank loans and a communication strategy provide complementary support. "The effectiveness of the policy toolkit means that we can add further monetary accommodation if it is required to deliver our objective," he said at a conference in Helsinki. "It is essential that a central bank shows consistency in its monetary policy decisions by proactively responding to shocks that might delay convergence to the target or move inflation dynamics in an adverse direction." Investors and economists predict that the ECB will cut interest rates as soon as this summer. The deposit rate is already at a record low minus 0.4% and the central bank only capped its 2.6 trillion-euro quantitative-easing programme at the end of last year. Lane said the ECB's latest adjustment to its communication on interest rates – a pledge to keep them on hold through at least the first half of 2020 – isn't "intended to ratify market views". Rather, it offers an idea of the most likely path foreseen by the Governing Council given the current state of the economy. Author: Lora Smith STRASBOURG, July 2 -- The European Parliament will elect its president on July 3, even if European Union leaders fail to appoint the chair of the EU executive at a summit on Tuesday, a spokesman for the assembly told a news conference. “There is no way to modify” the decision to hold the vote on July 3, the spokesman said. The Parliament has, however, delayed by a few hours to 2000 GMT on Tuesday the deadline for candidates to submit their applications to participate to the first round of vote on Wednesday. Many EU leaders have said they would prefer the election of the parliament’s president to follow the appointment of the commission’ chair. BERLIN, June 27 -- A car sharing service for 1,500 electric golf vehicles in the German capital was launched by Volkswagen on Thursday. "With WeShare, we have tailored car sharing to meet the needs of users: easy to use with 100 percent electric operation on green power," said Christian Senger, Volkswagen board member for digital car and services. Initially, WeShare will cover an area of around 150 square km in Berlin's city center and beyond the city's train ring line. Later, the car sharing service will be extended in line with the expansion of the vehicle fleet, according to the car maker. The initial electric golf vehicles would be followed by 500 smaller e-up! vehicles at the beginning of 2020 and Volkswagen's new ID.3 after it is introduced in mid-2020. WeShare will be a "free-floating" system without rental stations and will be operated digitally via an app, Volkswagen announced. Customers seeking to use Volkswagen's service will need to have a smart phone and credit card, be at least 21 years old, have held a driving license for at least one year and be registered in Germany. The German car maker said the fleet of electric vehicles would be recharged on Berlin's public charging network, including at several food retailers like Lidl and Kaufland. Whether Volkswagen's sharing service and app would be integrated in the wider public transport network was not yet known, a Volkswagen spokesperson told Xinhua on Thursday. It would be "up to the city of Berlin" to decide whether or not Volkswagen's offer should be linked with other car-sharing services, added the spokesperson. The German car maker is planning to expand its WeShare service next year, initially to Prague together with Skoda and then to Hamburg. LAMPEDUSA, June 27 -- The "Sea-Watch 3" has been stopped by the Coast Guard off the coast of Lampedusa. The captain had previously overruled a ban on the Italian government - Interior Minister Salvini rages. The hope for a quick mooring in Lampedusa has not been fulfilled. Within sight of the port of the Italian island, the "Sea-Watch 3" has been stopped by Coast Guard boats. Shortly thereafter, financial police had come on board, reported Carola Rackete, the captain of the rescue ship in a video on Twitter: "They checked our ship's papers and the crew's passports," she said. "Now they are waiting for further instructions from their superiors, and I really hope they will get the rescued from the ship soon." Ship is in front of Lampedusa So far, however, the ship with 42 rescued on board further ahead of Lampedusa at anchor. Captain Rackete had overruled an explicit ban on the government in Rome with her decision to sail into Italian territorial waters. Minister of the Interior Matteo Salvini has repeatedly emphasized in recent days that he does not grant permission for the mooring of the ship of the German rescue organization. The European Court of Human Rights dismissed Italy's government on Tuesday and rejected an emergency petition from the Sea-Watch organization to land the rescued in Lampedusa. For the first time, a new law could be applied to those responsible for the "Sea-Watch 3", which the Government of Rome decided at the urging of Salvini in the middle of the month. It provides that those who bring rescuers to Italy without permission, the ship will be confiscated, and they have to pay fines of up to 50,000 euros. "We are not afraid of the consequences" Nevertheless, it was humanitarian duty to take course on Lampedusa, said Sea Watch spokesman Ruben Neugebauer. "We are not afraid of the consequences that threaten us, because we are convinced that it is the only right thing," he said. "We are the ones who defend human rights at sea against a European policy of foreclosure and drowning, and we are ready to accept the consequences." Many of the people still on board are exhausted, according to Neugebauer, some have threatened to jump overboard. Italy's Interior Minister, on the other hand, reacted indignantly to the arrival of the "Sea-Watch 3". Shortly after the announcement became known, Salvini reported by smartphone video from his ministerial office to speak. BERLIN, June 24 -- Two fighter jets collided over Germany before crashing into a remote part of northern Germany, local media reported. The two planes were Eurofighter jets of the German air force and their pilots were able to eject. The fighter jets were on an air combat mission when they collided and crashed, a development that was witnessed by a third Eurofighter pilot flying nearby. Local radio station Ostseewelle reported that the two Eurofighter jets collided shortly before 2 p.m. (5:30 pm India time) Monday near Lake Mueritz, about 100 kilometers (62 miles) north of Germany's capital Berlin. "Together with a third Eurofighter they were flying an Air Combat Mission," the German air force said in a tweet. "The pilot of the third Eurofighter observed the collision and reported that two parachutes descended to the ground." A spokeswoman for the interior ministry of Germany's eastern state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern said: "I can confirm that there was an accident involving two aircraft in northern Germany." KÖLN, June 24 -- Responsive and quick, the roadster makes a compelling case for its hybrid parentage. Sometimes, good things happen when car makers get along. Case in point: Toyota Motor Corp.’s new Supra. Made in collaboration with BMW to resurrect a line of cult sports cars the Japanese brand churned out from 1978 to 2002, the coupe shares the same platform as the German car maker’s Z4. It’s a bold new experiment between the companies that, so far, appears to be paying off. That’s a far cry from what we’re seeing between another pair of European-Japanese car companies, which are bickering despite being partners for two decades. So, partly to take a break from the flood of news from that saga, I hopped on a Shinkansen bullet train from Tokyo for a quick trip to Izu to take the new Supra for a spin through the peninsula’s breezy mountains and hot-spring-filled valleys. The front-engine, rear-wheel-drive Supra comes with the choice of three turbocharged power plants. The two-liter, four cylinder comes as a base 197-horsepower and a 258-hp tuned version, both of which aren't offered in North America. But the one most drivers will probably go for is the three-liter, six-cylinder, pushing out 340 hp. Inline six engines are deeply entwined in the Supra’s DNA, going all the way back to the first iteration four decades ago. Back then, it debuted as essentially an elongated Toyota Celica, with a longer hood and front panels to accommodate the engine. That aircraft carrier-deck of a nose became a key element of the Supra’s appeal over the years. Although the fifth generation is the curviest iteration yet, Toyota made sure to retain the look. Even without a badge, you know it’s a Supra. No wonder then, that Toyota engineers looked at BMW’s mostly-hood-with-a-cab-attached Z-series coupes and saw similar genes. The Supra is being offered for $49,990 to $55,250 in the U.S., depending on the model. |
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