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May 17th, 2010
The Formula One driver Fernando Alonso declared his performance at the Monaco Grand Prix as "the comeback of the year", after starting last from the pit lane and finishing sixth at the Monte Carlo circuit, recovering an astonishing eighteen positions. After suffering an accident in the final practice
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May 13th, 2010
The Monte Carlo Grand Prix started today with two practice sessions, in which Fernando Alonso topped the timesheets in both. The unique street track is famous for levelling the performance of the cars, leaving only the drivers' skill to navigate the treacherously narrow course. In this sense, Fernando Alonso's performance
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May 10th, 2010
Australian driver Mark Webber (Red Bull) rounded off a perfect weekend with a relatively uncontested win in the Grand Prix of Spain. The fifth race of the season took place at Montmelo near Barcelona, with Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) second, followed Sebastian Vettel in third and a season’s best fourth for ...
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May 5th, 2010
A government spokesperson in Extremadura, Carmen Pereira, said today that a man arrested yesterday by the Guardia Civil driving at 248 km/h, has been charged with a crime of reckless driving for endangering the lives of two children. Pereira said that, on Tuesday, a vehicle was stopped travelling
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May 3rd, 2010
As of today, there is no need to go to your local National Traffic Authority Office to pay to renew a driver's license in Spain, because the payment can now be made at the centres that carry out the required driving aptitude test. With this modification, a licence can be renewed ...
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April 26th, 2010
The Spanish F1 driver Fernando Alonso and Banco Santander, one of his Ferrari team sponsors, today signed a sponsorship agreement which will see the double world champion star in an upcoming advertising campaign for the Insurance Division of the bank. As part of the collaboration,
Continue reading Fernando Alonso’s Thumbs Insured for €10m
April 22nd, 2010
According to a study by Coches.net, 67% of Spanish drivers admit to using their mobile phones when driving a vehicle, but due to a clampdown by police and on-the-spot fines, 57% of those now utilise a hands free device and only 7% continue to hold mobiles in their hand while ...
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April 16th, 2010
Britain's Lewis Hamilton (McLaren-Mercedes) has set the fastest time in today's practice sessions ahead of the Grand Prix of China. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) was unable to produce a flying lap in the first session, after his engine needed replacing following an engine failure. Alonso managed to finish with
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April 8th, 2010
In a study, titled 'Marriage and social change in Spain', Professor of Sociology at the National University of Distance Education (UNED), Juan Ignacio Martinez Pastor, has revealed that the number of Spanish people who have opted to remain single is growing. To produce the study, recently published
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April 5th, 2010
In the third round of the 2010 F1 season, Spain’s Fernando Alonso's suffered and engine failure with just two laps of the Malaysian Grand Prix to go. He had experienced gear shift problems from the start of the race causing Alonso to describe the Malyasian GP as "the most difficult" ...
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