2022 Formula 1 World Championship Drivers' Standings
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FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2022 - Race Results
FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2022 - The Grid after grid penalties
FORMULA 1 PIRELLI GRAN PREMIO D’ITALIA 2022 - Top 10 Qualifying Results
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Nyck de Vries will substitute for Alex Albon at Williams for the remainder of the Italian Grand Prix weekend after an acute case of appendicitis sidelined the Anglo-Thai driver. De Vries, who ran with Aston Martin in FP1 on Friday at Monza, will make his Grand Prix debut with the Grobe-based outfit."Williams Racing can confirm that, after feeling unwell this morning and seeking medical advice from the FIA and local hospital, Alex Albon is now undergoing treatment for appendicitis," said the team in a statement published on Saturday. "Following on from this, we can confirm that the team’s Reserve Driver Nyck de Vries will drive in place of Alex for the remainder of the Italian Grand Prix weekend.
"Alex is in good spirits and the team wishes him a speedy recovery." De Vries has been standing in the wings this season as Mercedes' reserve driver, but the Dutchman drove for Williams in FP1 in Barcelona before adding to his F1 experience at Paul Ricard with Mercedes and on Friday with Aston. It will be an important opportunity for the 27-year-old who is a candidate for a seat at Williams if the team doens not retain incumbent Nicholas Latifi. The pressure is on for the former FIA Formula 2 and Formula E champion. Famous watch manufacturer Richard Mille has just unveiled a timepiece unlike any other to come before it. Dubbed the RM UP-01 and developed alongside Ferrari, it is the world’s thinnest mechanical watch. The RM UP-01 is just 1.75 mm thick from dial to caseback, beating out the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra by 0.05 mm as the world’s thinnest timepiece of its kind. The baseplate and bridges of the RM UP-01 are crafted from grade 5 titanium that also includes 6 per cent aluminum and 4 per cent vanadium. What’s more, the movement is just 1.18 mm thick, also a new record. Richard Mille says it took over 6,000 man-hours to develop the RM UP-01. As part of this development, engineers created a titanium balance wheel and a unique escapement and safety roller to transfer energy to the balance wheel that ensures the timepiece can endure assembly, disassembly, and exposure to shock or strong vibrations. The watch has a power reserve of 45 hours and while it may look quite delicate in photos, it is actually made to be worn and can withstand accelerations of over 5,000 Gs. It also offers 10 m of water resistance.
“The RM UP-01 Ferrari is an allusive piece to Ferrari’s values, developing sporting mechanisms that are as elegant as they are immediately recognizable,” Richard Mille described. “Their models make no concessions and frequently contradict current trends to create new aesthetical codes. The RM UP-01 Ferrari bears witness to this partnership of the best know-how these two iconic brands have to offer in the combination of their ideas, understanding, respective developments and shared values.” Just 150 examples of the RM UP-01 Ferrari will be manufactured and as you may expect, it’s very expensive. Or rather obscenely expensive, as each carries a price tag of $1.888 million. Spanish oil company Repsol and Italy’s Eni will begin shipping Venezuelan oil to Europe as early as July, five people familiar with the matter told Reuters. This will resume the oil-for-debt swaps, which were suspended two years ago, when Washington intensified sanctions against Venezuela. The oil from Venezuela is intended to help Europe ease its dependence on Russian crude.
The president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, confirmed in a televised press conference that the United States had authorized Chevron, Eni and Repsol to exploit their gas and oil deposits in Venezuela. “Steps are being taken, the first steps. About a week ago, the United States took small but significant steps by granting licenses to the US company Chevron, the Italian company ENI and Repsol,” he said. But while Chevron has been allowed to resume operation in the country, it has not yet been authorized to export oil to the US. The change in position comes after the US authorized European oil companies to operate in Venezuela in a bid to promote dialogue between Maduro and Venezuelan opposition groups. The green light from Washington to resume flows of oil from Venezuela to Europe could provide a symbolic boost for Maduro. US authorities communicated the news to the companies last month, but the details and the resale restrictions had not been communicated until now. The administration of US President Joe Biden hopes that Venezuelan crude oil will help Europe reduce its dependence on Russia and redirect some of Venezuela’s cargoes from China. The volume of oil expected to be supplied by Eni and Repsol from Venezuela is not large, according to one of the sources, who said that any impact on world oil prices will be modest. Eni and Repsol did not respond to requests for comment. Repsol’s financial exposure to Venezuela at the end of 2021 amounted to €298 million. According to the Spanish company’s 2021 financial statements, this amount includes: “the US dollar financing granted to the joint ventures Cardon IV, S.A. and Petroquiriquire, S.A., amounting to €166 million and €304 million, respectively, and trade receivables from [Venezuelan state-owned oil company PDVSA] Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. amounting to €344 million [...] less provisions for liabilities and charges amounting to €500 million.” Hours after becoming the first Black African rider to win a Grand Tour stage, Eritrea's Biniam Girmay has been forced to abandon the Giro d'Italia after suffering an eye injury during the podium celebrations. The 22-year-old claimed stage 10 with an impressive sprint, his celebrations were brought to a premature end by a cork. The Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert rider appeared to be struck in the left eye while attempting to uncork a bottle of prosecco on the podium, following which he was taken for a hospital check-up. He later returned to the team hotel and was resting after his medical check, but this morning it was confirmed he will take no further part in the race as a precautionary measure. "Today I didn't start the race because of my eye. I need some rest to give more power to the eye," he said in a statement. "Yesterday when I arrived after the hospital, at a bad moment, I enjoyed a bit with my teammates and staff and everyone. I'm also happy now. I was a bit sad about what happened with the champagne but when I came back in hotel they were super happy. "They were a bit afraid, but when it looked ok, I really enjoyed it, I'm happy."Team doctor Piet Daneels said: "Following an incident on the podium, medical examinations revealed a hemorrhage in the anterior chamber of the left eye of Biniam Girmay. His injury is evolving in the right direction and will be followed up by a medical team in the next days." The 22-year-old had recovered from nearly missing a left turn with just over 6 km to go and fended off Mathieu van der Poel to win the 196-km ride from the coastal town of Pescara to Jesi.
Speculation that Ferrari is about to roll out its first major package of upgrades in 2022 have been sparked by intensive security measures surrounding a filming day at Monza. Access to the Autodromo Nazionale Monza was blocked by barriers set up on access roads preventing fans from getting anywhere near to the Italian GP venue. Ferrari released a single image from the session on its social media channels, and a further 'spy' shot has emerged in which the F1-75 is mostly hidden by barriers making it impossible to make out details of any possible changes. The team said that it had hired the venue for a promotional day in which Charles Leclerc would be in the cockpit to produce video material of the car on the track and in the pits and garage. The team needs new footage after dropping livery advertising for the Kaspersky brand in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Filming days in which teams are limited to just 100km of running (17 laps of Monza) are a fairly routine occurrence. Each team is permitted two per season and Ferrari held their first at Barcelona in the run-up to official pre-season testing in February. But the level of security on Friday was unusual, and follows rumours that Ferrari are working to overcome their current estimated 0.2s deficit to Red Bull with a new package of upgrades in time for Spain and Monaco.
Ferrari is said to be working at ways to reduce weight and drag from the car with a new rear wing, modifications to the sidepods and floor and the removal of a transparent film from the bodywork paint. Leclerc appeared to have the upper hand over Max Verstappen in Miami in practice and qualifying, but lost out in Sunday's race. While Ferrari look to have the upper hand in low/medium corners and under acceleration, the Red Bull's superior straight line speed ended up giving the RB18 an unassailable advantage. "We are running a bit more downforce in terms of wing configurations," explained Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto. "Lacking speed on the straights but normally gaining a bit more on the corners. Binotto said that in Miami this had "been the case in the corners five, six and seven, but maybe it has not been the case in the very slow ones after 11, 12 and 13. "Red Bull has been very good in that respect," Binotto acknowledged. "They are very good on the medium tyres, to be as fast as us at least in the very slow speed corners.. "The reason why is something that we need to assess and understand," he added. "I believe it's in the fact that they have got upgrades in the last races that have made their car simply faster." Leclerc said it was clear that Red Bull had made performance gains on softer tyres over race distances. "It's been already two races that in terms of race pace [that] they seem to be a bit stronger and managing those tyres better," he suggested. "In qualifying we always managed to put those tyres in the right window which helps us," he continued. "But on the on the long runs, we struggle a bit more compared to them." As for the view from the other side of the fence, Red Bull boss Christian Horner said that the performance of the respective teams' cars was now so close that the advantage changed from circuit to circuit. "They are very closely matched. I think it's just trying to piece together the best race that you can," he offered. "They had a very high downforce, we were very low downforce, and the set-up worked for us." Red Bull has denied suggestions from their Ferrari counterparts that it is 'burning through' its development budget in order to maintain its current advantage over Ferrari.
2022 Formula 1 World Championship Drivers' Standings
FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2022 Race Results
Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022 - Sprint Race Results23/4/2022
FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2022 Sprint Race Results
Formula 1 Rolex Gran Premio Del Made In Italy E Dell'Emilia-Romagna 2022 - Qualifying Results22/4/2022
FORMULA 1 ROLEX GRAN PREMIO DEL MADE IN ITALY E DELL'EMILIA-ROMAGNA 2022 Qualifying Results
Israel has led a 10-country simulation of a major cyber attack on the global financial system in an attempt to increase cooperation that could help to minimise any potential damage to financial markets and banks. The simulated cyber attack evolved over 10 days, with sensitive data emerging on the dark web along with fake news reports that ultimately caused chaos in global markets and a run on banks.
Participants in the initiative, called “Collective Strength”, included treasury officials from Israel, the United States, the United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Thailand, as well as representatives from the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Bank of International Settlements. The simulation featured several types of attacks that impacted global foreign exchange and bond markets, liquidity, integrity of data and transactions between importers and exporters. "These events are creating havoc in the financial markets," said a narrator of a film shown to the participants as part of the simulation and seen by Reuters. Israeli government officials said that such threats are possible in the wake of the many high profile cyber attacks on large companies, and that the only way to contain any damage is through global cooperation since current cyber security is not always strong enough. The narrator of the film in the simulation said governments were under pressure to clarify the impact of the attack, which was paralysing the global financial system. “The banks are appealing for emergency liquidity assistance in a multitude of currencies to put a halt to the chaos as counterparties withdraw their funds and limit access to liquidity, leaving the banks in disarray and ruin,” the narrator said. The participants discussed multilateral policies to respond to the crisis, including a coordinated bank holiday, debt repayment grace periods, SWAP/REPO agreements and coordinated delinking from major currencies. "Attackers are 10 steps ahead of the defender," Micha Weis, financial cyber manager at Israel's Finance Ministry, told Reuters. Rahav Shalom-Revivo, head of Israel’s financial cyber engagements, said international collaboration between finance ministries and international organizations “is key for the resilience of the financial eco-system.” The simulation was originally scheduled to take place at the Dubai World Expo but it was moved to Jerusalem due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, with officials participating over video conference. |
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