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• Gil de Ferran, former Indy 500 winner and F1 sporting director, dies aged 56

  30-12-2023 18:22
  De Ferran suffered heart attack at racing club in FloridaBrazilian recently worked as McLaren sporting directorTributes have been paid to the former Indianapolis 500 winner Gil de Ferran, after his death from a heart attack at the age of 56.A hugely well-liked and respected driver, De Ferran also enjoyed a successful career in Formula One, working as a sporting director for the BAR/Honda and McLaren teams. Continue reading...
  
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• ‘The Party of London’: Rio’s favela funk raves look to the world

  30-12-2023 14:00
  Naming trend began about five years ago, but these bailes are far more than the ear-shattering raves vilified by the authoritiesIt was 4am on a Monday and most of Rio de Janeiro was asleep. But in the Morro do 77, a favela on the gritty westside of town, the party was just getting under way as hundreds of revellers packed the community’s main thoroughfare to strut their stuff before a three-metre (10ft) wall of sound.Speakers and subwoofers pumped ear-shattering favela funk music into the
  
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