The New York Times – Travel:
When the company said it couldn’t reveal what a driver had done wrong, he got suspicious. Was it a scam? In the end, privacy laws and bureaucracy took the blame.
Category: Automobiles
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F1’s Red Bull Is Now Making its own Power Units
The New York Times – Sports:
The team lost its supplier, Honda, so it built a plant at its campus in England to produce its own unit.
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Audi Will Race in Formula 1 in 2026
The New York Times – Sports:
The company has a long racing history, and was once dominant at Le Mans. It will tackle F1 in 2026.
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F1 Reserve Drivers Wait for a Better Seat
The New York Times – Sports:
Teams use them to test cars and to be on standby if a top driver can’t race. Sometimes, a reserve gets promoted.
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F1 Driver Carlos Sainz Jr. Learned Early to Be the Hunter, Not the Prey
The New York Times – Sports:
It was a valuable racing lesson the Ferrari driver heard from his world rally champion father.
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F1 Team Alfa Romeo Embraces Its Driver Valtteri Bottas
The New York Times – Sports:
He spent years as the wingman to Lewis Hamilton, and now he’s a team leader and still racking up points.
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A Holy British Island, Where the Reckless Try to Outrace the Tide
The New York Times – Travel:
As the cradle of Christianity in northern England, the isle of Lindisfarne attracts 650,000 visitors a year, some of whom ignore the warning signs of when it’s safe to cross a causeway that twice a day is submerged.
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Formula 1 Broadcasts Embrace Technology With Drones, Cameras and a Helicopter
The New York Times – Sports:
The sport uses dozens of cameras to broadcast the action, from the track, in the air and even from inside the cars.