Barbaroux is also the founder and president of French manufacturer Formulec, which has produced the EF01 prototype car that is the base model for future Formula E cars.

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Toyota is said to be testing three different designs for a Formula One car at its base in Cologne under the management of project leader Alain Decortanze and former rally driver Uwe Anderson.

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Failing to address matters of concern to the various parts of the Republican base - and to the future of our nation - is a formula for his defeat, no matter how compelling his position may be on economic and fiscal matters, the one leg of the stool on which his campaign currently rests.

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