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...caution flag comes out in Formula One (F1) racing, crews typically use the opportunity to bring their cars in for a pit stop. But when yellow came out in the 25th lap of last year's Monaco Grand Prix, Team McLaren Mercedes made the counterintuitive decision to keep driver Kimi Raikkonen on the track. The ploy worked; Raikkonen won. But the decision wasn't made at trackside. It came from team leaders based at the McLaren Technology Center in leafy Woking, south of London, who were using prediction software they had developed to help them make split-second tactical decisions...
...crews typically use the opportunity to bring their cars in for a pit stop. But when a safety car rolled out in the 25th lap of last year's Monaco[an error occurred while processing this directive] Grand Prix, Team McLaren Mercedes made the counterintuitive decision to keep driver Kimi Raikkonen on the track. The ploy worked; Raikkonen won. But the decision wasn't made at trackside. It came from team leaders based at the McLaren Technology Centre in leafy Woking, south of London, who were using prediction software they've developed to help them make split-second tactical decisions...
...Michael Schumacher waits on the grid of the Japanese Grand Prix at Suzuka on Oct. 12 he'll have one thing on his mind: the old F1 adage, "In order to finish first, first you have to finish." Going into the season's last race, he leads McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen by nine points, and just needs to finish in the first eight to secure a record-breaking sixth championship. Williams' Juan Pablo Montoya, touted by many F1 pundits as the heir to Schumi's throne, must wait another year to take a crack at the title. By Schumacher...
Other would-be assassins have been less successful. Kimi N. Kanada ’06 says that everyone on her floor is aware that her killer has been stalking her, although his assassination endeavors have proved fruitless. “The other day he was there with a couple people, and they took turns knocking on my door. But I could see him standing to the side the whole time, and it was just really dumb,” she says. Kanada adds that “someone told me that he dressed up as a pirate to disguise himself...
...mass grave. When they speak of the site's future, some invoke Arlington or Gettysburg; others want their own private place to mourn. But to most, a memorial conveys a measure of finality that is still too much to bear. "The shock keeps me living in perpetual rawness," says Kimi Beaven, whose husband Alan perished on Flight 93. "As much as I would love to put my heart and mind around my husband's final resting place, I would far rather just let it be the peaceful place that it is; just let it be until I'm ready...