Silent-Yachts has strengthened its team. Jochen Rudat joined the shipyard advisory board. He has over ten years of experience at Tesla, the most valuable car company in the world, and also directly reported to Elon Musk. Most recently, Rudat was director for Central Europe at Tesla.
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(Reuters) - Lewis Hamilton said he had been moved by a letter from the son of a man facing the death penalty in Bahrain and assured activists on Saturday he would not let human rights issues go unnoticed.
Formula One F1 - Abu Dhabi Grand Prix - Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates - December 12, 2020 Mercedes Lewis Hamilton in the post qualifying FIA Press Conference FIA/Handout via REUTERS
Campaigners sent letters to the seven-times Formula One world champion last month before the first of two grands prix in Bahrain.
Hamilton had said then that he needed time to digest the content.
Organisers of the Chinese Grand Prix say they have asked Formula One management to move the Shanghai race from April to later in the 2021 calendar, Motorsport.com has reported.
British-Korean driver Jack Aitken, overwhelmed by the response he received from fans in South Korea after his Formula One debut last year, hopes to use his newfound support to catch the eye of teams looking to tap into the East Asian market.
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(Reuters) - Stephane Peterhansel retained his Dakar Rally lead at the halfway point in Saudi Arabia on Friday after a sixth stage dominated by his Spanish X-Raid Mini team mate and defending champion Carlos Sainz.
FILE PHOTO: Rallying - Dakar Rally - Stage 2 - Bisha to Wadi ad-Dawasir - Bisha, Saudi Arabia - January 4, 2021 Red Bull KTM Factory Team s Toby Price in action during stage 2 REUTERS/Hamad I Mohammed
The Frenchman, a 13 times winner on two wheels and four, finished fourth on the shortened 348km stage from Al Qaisumah to Ha’il.
Closest rival Nasser Al-Attiyah of Qatar was third and trimmed Peterhansel’s overall lead to five minutes and 53 seconds going into Saturday’s rest day.