Being able to lap flat out, and being forced to because of the fight with the Red Bulls, McLaren were giving fuel consumption warnings to their drivers as early as the 30th lap - just over half distance.
The main problem appears to be bad posture when using the laptop on your, uh, lap -- hunching over in this way apparently causes chronic back problems in all sorts of people.
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Allowing significant sharing between the navy program and the commercial world would give us an immediate, multi-lap advantage over all other competitors in a world wide market for commercial shipping using nuclear instead of diesel.
The Woodhall Spa rider finished ahead of Bruce Anstey in the first race although it ended amid confusion with the officials failing to wave the chequered flag which led to Plater and Anstey continuing to ride hard for over half-a-lap before realising that the race was over.
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The Spaniard traded fastest lap times with team-mate Sebastien Buemi in a quiet opening half hour and improved his lap time by over six seconds, but he still finished the session in 20th position, one place behind his team-mate.
Gibernau had been seeking revenge over the world champion for the last-lap incident which cost him a win at Jerez.
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The Boeing 737-300 in question was only 15 years old when its skin peeled open along a riveted lap-joint while flying above 34, 000 feet (just over 10, 000 metres) with 118 passengers on board.
The Englishman had built up a 6.8-second lead over Kubica when the safety car was deployed on lap 17 so that marshals could remove the stranded Force India of Adrian Sutil.
He will go into the final race before his home fans in Valencia with a 43-point advantage over compatriot Pedrosa, who was philosophic after his first lap mistake.
Franchitti had an 11-second advantage over Tracy but when the green flag was waved again on lap 96, the gap had disappeared.
On top of that, Michael Schumacher had damaged his car in a first-lap accident with Jarno Trulli and it was a good opportunity for Coulthard to extend his lead over the German.
The second Audi, piloted by Capello Scot McNish and seven-time winner Kristensen, led for over 16 hours, with McNish setting a new lap record of three minutes, 27.204 seconds on the 8.45-mile circuit along the way.
The ecstatic home supporters roared their approval and demanded a lap of honour - and the players duly obliged, evoking memories of that famous 1999 semi-final win over Stade Francais in which Humphreys senior had played such an important part.
The Austrian's lap of one minite 18.123 was just over a second slower than De la Rosa's pace-setting1:17.057.
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