In a news conference arranged by South Korean authorities, Kim stunned the nation by saying that his team came “to slit the throat of Park Chung-hee.”
But any stiffening of front wings didn’t appear to make much of a difference during the Friday practices.Norris topped the first session in front of Verstappen, and Piastri was fastest in the second practice ahead of Mercedes’ George Russell.
Teams have had less than a week to switch setups and strategies from the sinewy streets of Monaco to the fast 4.6-kilometer (2.9-mile) Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, where a good start usually proves key.The first corner at the end of the long start-finish straight is the best of relatively few opportunities to overtake. Last year,at the first turn and held him off for the win.
The Spanish GP has been hosted at the track outside Barcelona since 1991. It was also a regular site of winter testing until recently, so it is well known to the experienced drivers.But with the grand prix under contract only through 2026, when Madrid will also get a new race, there are doubts regarding the future of the event in northeastern Catalonia.
So Sunday could be one of the last times Spanish fans will flock to Montmelo to see Sainz and national sports icon
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — William Byron received a four-year contract extension from Hendrick Motorsports on Friday that will keep the 27-year-old driver with the team through the 2029 NASCAR Cup Series season.Parliament Speaker Numan Kurtulmus described Onder as “a valuable person who earned everyone’s respect with his political stance, kindness and modest personality.”
Onder, a former film actor and director, also served as deputy parliament speaker, where his calm demeanor and sense of humor marked him out in Turkey’s often highly charged politics.Although not an ethnic Kurd, his political life was spent serving pro-Kurdish parties, first entering parliament in 2011.
He spent spells in prison, including a seven-year stint as a young man for protesting a 1980 military coup. He was jailed again in 2018 over a speech he gave five years earlier.Onder was part of a delegation to take part in a previous effort to end the Kurdish conflict between 2013 and 2015.