A1GP Mexico City Cancelled

A1GP World Cup of Motorsport has been forced to cancel round eight of the 2008/09 season, A1GP Mexico City, Mexico on 22-24 May after the recent outbreaks of swine flu and the advisory from the UK Foreign Office to cancel non essential travel to the country.

“To say we are disappointed to have to make this call is an understatement,” said A1GP Chairman, Tony Teixeira. “When the news of the health problems broke last week we made sure we kept ourselves up to date with the latest information. It soon became obvious this was not an isolated health risk, and when the UK Foreign Office put out its advisory and the World Health Organization raised the level of influenza pandemic alert that was when we had to make our decision. We must have the safety of all members of the A1GP community as well as the thousands of loyal fans in Mexico City as our prime concern,” he added.

The cargo was due to be flown out to Mexico directly after the Brands Hatch race and so this was another factor in the decision. “If we had flown our cars out and not been able to send the teams to run them it would have been a waste of time and money. However, this cancellation does not impact on the future of the series and once Brands Hatch is over we shall be concentrating on Season Five, for which plans are already well advanced,” said Teixeira.



Now this weekend’s race A1GP Brands Hatch, Great Britain will be the final round of the championship. Going into this race there are three teams A1Team Switzerland, A1 Team Ireland and A1 Team Portugal who can still win the coveted trophy. This will mean the title race will go down to the wire as none of these teams can win the title in the Sprint race.

The permutations are numerous and complicated meaning it will be a real cliff hanger and are as follows:

Switzerland will win the title if the following cases BOTH happen
* Ireland scores less than 3 points or Switzerland outscores Ireland by at least 2 points
+ Portugal scores less than 7 points or Portugal doesn't outscore Switzerland by more than 2 points
+ if scores are tied Switzerland need to maintain its better tie-break results – presently Switzerland has four wins to Ireland’s three and Portugal's one

Ireland will win the title if the following ALL happen
* Ireland scores at least 3 points
+ Ireland doesn't lose more than 1 point to Switzerland
+ Ireland doesn't lose more than 4 points to Portugal
+ if scores are tied Ireland needs to have better tie-break results – presently Switzerland has four wins to Ireland’s three, and Portugal's one

Portugal will win the title if the following ALL happen
* Portugal scores at least 7 points
+ Portugal outscores Switzerland by at least 3 points
+ Portugal outscores Ireland by at least 5 points

La primera foto de Alicia

Alicia en el Pais de las Maravillas de Tim Burton



Esta es la primera imagen de esta película que dirije Tim Burton.



Estreno tentativo: 19 de marzo de 2010.

Director: Tim Burton
Actuan: Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman y ia Wasikowska

La verdad es que no puedo ser objetivo con el trabajo del buen Timoteo y ya me muero de ganas que se estrene esta movie.


Fotografía: Leah Gallo
© 2008 Disney Enterprises, Inc.

Mexico’s Next Top Model

Es un hecho. El formato creado por Tyra Banks tiene una nueva región en su lista de cazadores de bellezas: México.

Sony Entertainment Television trae este año Mexico’s Next Top Model, una producción original que complementa a la pionera en Latinoamérica Brazil’s Next Top Model y al reality que logró descubrir algunos de los talentos más espectaculares de Estados Unidos: America’s Next Top Model.

La búsqueda de la nueva supermodelo comienza ya: a partir de mayo las inscripciones estarán abiertas en www.canalsony.com y muy pronto Sony Entertainment Television estará en varias ciudades de México buscando a las 20 participantes que formarán parte de la selección final de la primera temporada de Mexico’s Next Top Model.

La nueva supermodelo esta en México y Sony Entertainment Television llevará a más de 34 millones de hogares en América Latina todos los detalles de su formación como el nuevo talento del fashion internacional.

The Audi Q7 V12 TDI

The world’s cleanest diesel technology



When it was first rolled out three years ago, the Audi Q7 performance SUV immediately achieved a leadership position – as a sporty, comfortable as well as high-performance recreational and business vehicle on a grand scale. Now Audi is making it even better – more elegant and more efficient, with lower emissions: the Q7 3.0 TDI consumes only 9.1 liters per 100 kilometers (25.85 US mpg). And now it’s also available in a new version as a TDI clean diesel, with the world’s cleanest diesel technology and even lower fuel consumption of only 8.9 liters/100 km (26.43 US mpg).

The Q7 is the large Audi for sporty individualists, for people who are seeking a vehicle that will take them anywhere they want to go for sports, recreation, and business. Its dynamic proportions and distinctive lines express this character, and subtle modifications endow its styling with even more elegance.

The design: The language of dynamics
At the front end, the large single-frame radiator grille has been redesigned. Vertical chrome bars contrast with its black high-gloss finish. The bumpers too have been restyled. Their lower section is now painted in a contrasting black or gray, depending on the body color. The newly integrated underbody protection in the center section of the bumper has a distinctive ribbed design.

As alternatives to the standard halogen headlights, Audi offers a xenon plus variant and a new adaptive-light system that integrates not only low-beam, high-beam and a special superhighway beam but also turning and cornering lights. In conjunction with the xenon headlights, light-emitting diodes assembled to form U-shaped bands provide the daytime running lights. The front blinkers are also composed of LEDs as straight-line arrays, located at the upper edge of the air intakes.

The side view too, with its coupe-like roofline, low window area and tautly curved body surfaces, reinforces the dynamic look of the Q7. Door moldings have been modified to add interest. The lightweight alloy wheels are size 7.5 J x 18, the wheels size 235/60. In the V6 vehicles they have seven spokes, in the V8 versions they have six.

At the rear end, the bumper has also been given two-tone paintwork; the tailgate, which includes a portion of the rear pillars in an S-shaped contour, has been given a new and distinctively 3D shape in the vicinity of the license plate bracket. To reduce the weight of the Q7, the tailgate has been made of aluminum, as have the engine hood and the fenders. Standard LEDs in the tail lights create a distinctive lighting pattern.

Eleven paint finishes for the Audi Q7 include four new shades: Ibis White, Graphite Gray, metallic, Teak Brown, metallic, and Orca Black, metallic. An aluminum exterior package is optionally available from Audi: gleaming chrome bars in the bumpers and door moldings; the lower portion of the bumpers is painted in the body color; the center portion of the front apron and the diffuser are painted in a contrasting shade.