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Driving Talent: Sauber Motorsport launches UK engineering hub (Sauber)

‘By creating this new facility, Sauber Motorsport aims to strengthen its presence in ‘Motorsport Valley’ and establish a platform to collaborate with top experts and attract local engineering talent for the Audi F1 project.’

Bearman looks for ‘growth’ in first full F1 campaign (BBC)

‘It actually turned out that in every race I’ve done I’ve been fighting on track with Lewis (Hamilton) so that was really just a dream come true, to race against someone so famous and so talented as well, the best F1 driver we’ve ever had.’

The first Brawn Formula 1 championship-winning car comes to auction (Bonhams)

‘The only chassis ever to be available publicly, chassis 001/01 offers a once in a lifetime opportunity to acquire the embodiment of one of the greatest underdog storeys in Formula 1 history.’

Fox readying dedicated sports streaming service that will include IndyCar (Racer)

‘Announced by Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch during Tuesday’s quarterly earnings call, the direct-to-consumer bundle will package the Fox network where all IndyCar races will be held, and its Fox Sports 1 and 2 cable channels – among other offerings – where practices and qualifying, and the Indy Nxt series is presented.’

Using a citizen science approach to assess nanoplastics pollution in remote high-altitude glaciers (Scientific Reports)

‘Particles (of less than one micrometre) were analysed for common polymers (polyethylene, polyethylene terephthalate, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene and tyre wear particles), revealing nanoplastic concentrations ranging 2–80 ng mL− 1 at five of 14 sites. The dominant polymer types found in this study were tyre wear, polystyrene and polyethylene particles (41%, 28% and 12%, respectively).’

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