Moto3™ qualifying at Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril got underway in sunny conditions with Red Bull KTM Ajo´s Sandro Cortese taking his second pole position of the season ahead of Maverick Viñales.
With a lap of 1.47´145, Cortese confirmed himself as one of the favourites for tomorrow´s race, starting in front of Blusens Avintia´s championship favourite Maverick Viñales, who was just over three tenths behind. Rounding Read more [...]
15:34 05 MAG 2012
(AGI) Estoril - Sandro Cortese (Red Bull KTM Ajo) snatches the
second pole position of the season and tomorrow start the
Portuguese Grand Prix at the Estoril circuit from the first
row. The German driver lapped in 1'47"1 before Maverick Vinles
(Blusens Aprilia) and Miguel Oliveira (Estrella Galicia 0,0).
Danny Kent (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Zulfahmi Khairuddin
(Airasia-SIC-AJO) will start from the second row as well as
world championship leader Romano Fenati. .
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NEW YORK - The works of Shmuel Yosef Agnon, Israel’s only winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, are on the shelves of nearly every Israeli bookstore. Readers seeking S.Y. Agnon's writing can access several editions of his novels, novellas and short stories. Except one: the first edition of his first book.This year, on the 100th anniversary of that book’s publication, an Israeli organization is searching for the first copies of Agnon’s first novella, “And the Crooked Shall Read more [...]
Spain’s regions will exceed their deficit target this year, an economic study warned yesterday, complicating efforts by the central government to repair its finances and avoid a bailout.
The government has promised to cut Spain’s overall deficit from 8.5 per cent of output in 2011 to 5.3 per cent this year and three per cent next year, requiring a big effort by the 17 regional administrations that control key budgets.
The regions are blamed for much of the overshoot last year and the government Read more [...]
The Moto3™ class enjoyed a dry, but windy afternoon free practice session at the Grande Prémio de Portugal Circuito Estoril, where Estrella Galicia 0,0´s local rider Miguel Oliveira topped the timesheets ahead of Red Bull KMT Ajo´s Sandro Cortese.
With a time of 1.48´497, Oliveira laid down the marker for the weekend and gave home fans something to cheer about, with Germany´s Cortese closely behind by less than two hundredths.
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Miguel Oliveira - Photo Credit: MotoGP.com
Home favourite Miguel Oliveira clocked the fastest time on Friday afternoon at Estoril as Estrella Galicia 0,0’s strong start to 2012 continued. The Monlau Competicion squad took pole last weekend courtesy of Alex Rins and will head into tomorrow’s qualifying session with intentions of back-to-back poles after Oliveira’s display today.
The session was led for the most part by Sandro Cortese as the KTM-powered runners enjoyed a straight-line speed Read more [...]
To market... trade at "the second temple" of Santiago de Compostela. Photo: Andrew Bain
At the end of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Andrew Bain samples manna from heaven.
Inside the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, at the end of the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, the 12th-century Portico de la Gloria is a masterpiece of religious art. Among the dozens of sculpted Read more [...]
To market... trade at "the second temple" of Santiago de Compostela. Photo: Andrew Bain
At the end of the pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Andrew Bain samples manna from heaven.
Inside the cathedral at Santiago de Compostela, at the end of the famed Camino de Santiago pilgrimage, the 12th-century Portico de la Gloria is a masterpiece of religious art. Among the dozens of sculpted Read more [...]