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While on water Australian sailors Simon McKeon and Tim Daddo have just broken the speed barrier of 50 knots in their sailing boat Macquarie Innovation, a British engineer has become the fastest human on earth powered by the wind alone, in a land sailing boat.
Richard Jenkins clocked 109.57 knots in his Ecotricity ‘Greenbird’ powered only by 25 knot winds. He eclipsed the previous record of 100.8 knots, set by American Bob Schumacher ten years ago… Details
Jarno Trulli capped off his terrible weekend at the Australian Grand Prix by being stripped of his third-place finish Sunday at the season-opening Formula One race.
Trulli was pondering what might have been when he earned a podium finish after starting the race at the back of the grid from pit lane with Toyota teammate Timo Glock.
That disappointment turned to dejection when race stewards ruled that he had illegally overtaken McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton while the safety car was on the track within the last five laps.
The Italian was penalized with 25 seconds added to his race time, relegating him to 12th and elevating reigning world champion Hamilton from … Details