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Neon signs were turned off, lights dimmed and thermostats dialled down in Japan on Tuesday after the government issued an urgent call to save energy, warning of blackouts after an earthquake last week caused a serious power shortage. As snow fell in Tokyo and the temperature dropped to 2 Celsius (35.6 Fahrenheit), Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) said demand had spiked and up to 3 million households could lose power after 8 p.m. (1100 GMT) if usage rates did not come down. “At this rate, we are coming closer to a state where we will have to conduct power outages similar…

U.S. President Joe Biden has said only India among the Quad group of countries was “somewhat shaky” in acting against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine, as India tries to balance its ties with Russia and the West. While the other Quad countries – the United States, Japan and Australia – have sanctioned Russian entities or people, India has not imposed sanction or even condemned Russia, its biggest supplier of military hardware. “In response to his aggression, we have presented a united front throughout the NATO and in the Pacific,” Biden told a business forum on Monday, referring to Russian…

Lewis Hamilton was looking on course to finish fifth in the Bahrain Grand Prix – that was until the Red Bulls suffered issues that led to both retiring with less than five laps to go, promoting Hamilton into what was an unlikely 183rd career podium. Hamilton made no bones ahead of the race about Mercedes’ struggles, saying pointedly that he expected the Ferraris and Red Bulls to clear off into the distance on Sunday evening. And while Hamilton’s prognosis proved mostly true – Sergio Perez having made short work of passing the Mercedes early on, as the Silver Arrows struggled…

His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Representative of His Majesty the King for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, today awarded the Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix 2022 podium finishers, the champion, Charles Leclerc of Scuderia Ferrari, the runner up, Carlos Sainz Jr of Scuderia Ferrari, and in third place, Sir Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes-AMG Petronas. HH Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad presented awards to the drivers at a formal ceremony that marked the end of the 18th edition of the Bahrain Grand Prix, the first race in the 2022 Formula 1 calendar. Reflecting on this year’s…

Red Bull were looking set for a big haul of points from the 2022 season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. But then it all started to go wrong three laps from the end, as first Max Verstappen, then Sergio Perez, retired from the race. Reigning champion Verstappen had fought valiantly with eventual winner Charles Leclerc throughout much of the race, but seemed to be settling for second when he started to complain of both steering and power unit issues on his Red Bull RB18. Passed by third-placed Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari on Lap 54 of 57 – who had nearly overtaken the ailing…

Charles Leclerc won a blockbuster 2022 Bahrain Grand Prix as Carlos Sainz backed up a Ferrari one-two – as Red Bull suffered a double DNF to give Lewis Hamilton the final podium place in a stunning start to the season. Verstappen, starting P2, attempted to undercut Ferrari’s pole-sitter Leclerc on Lap 15, cutting down what was a 3.5s deficit to just 0.35s when Leclerc emerged in the lead on Lap 16. That triggered a three-lap box-office bout for the lead, Leclerc hanging on when Verstappen locked up into Turn 1 on Lap 19. The second round of pit stops, again…

Alpine junior Victor Martins got his Formula 3 title challenge off to the ideal start in the opening Feature Race of the Formula 3 campaign, with the French driver beating Ferrari junior Arthur Leclerc and ART Grand Prix’s Gregoire Saucy. After starting from third on the grid, Martins took second from Trident’s Roman Stanek during an early Safety Car restart. Eying first, the Frenchman had to remain patient in the following laps, but kept close to the rear of Van Amersfoort Racing rookie Franco Colapinto, who led the majority of the race after starting from pole. Martins made his move…

Sauber Academy driver Theo Pourchaire won a frenetic first Feature Race of the season in Sakhir, beating Red Bull Junior Team drivers Liam Lawson – who started from sixth – and Juri Vips, who had to recover from 12th after a slow pit stop. Starting from third, Vips had initially stormed ahead of Pourchaire and polesitter Jack Doohan when the lights went out, as those around him struggled to switch on the hard Pirelli tyres. The Estonian’s slow stop briefly gifted P1 back to Doohan, but the Alpine junior got caught in a scuffle with Pourchaire on his way out…

In Formula 1, senior staff are constantly walking a tightrope, making the key decisions that could make the difference between success on track and failure. Dave Robson, Head of Vehicle Performance at Williams, reveals his pressure points… A Formula 1 team is always under pressure to extract the maximum performance from the tools to hand – but for the individuals within the team, the times at which they feel the heaviest load varies from job to job: an engine kitter isn’t busy at the same time as a fuel technician, who doesn’t work to the same tempo as a front-end…