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Motorsport 101: What is Malaysian F1 Team Deadly Cost?

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(It is not cheap to run an F1 team even for winning teams and they need to keep winning races if they expect good sponsorship to cover their expenses every year – Image source: Forbes)

There are pros and cons to the Government’s latest adventure into Formula 1 (F1). We thought we had a taste of F1 with Petronas’ involvement with Sauber, BMW and Mercedes and with our own Alex Yoong in the driver’s seat but in the Malaysia Boleh spirit, we are getting ourselves one notch up in this very expensive sport

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Travelling 101: Pushing Nimble Viva Up North

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We were clearly able to pick up speed to 100 kilometres per hour on the highway but it comes with a problem – stability. Perodua Viva do not come with the Lotus DNA, unlike the other national cars.

It has been in our plans to have at least 2 cars at home which will serve a different purpose and the addition of the small Perodua Viva was just considering the time. And once we have cleared the first 1,000 kilometres service, we decided on a drive up North and we took the Viva instead the usual bigger car.

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Highway 101: Real Emergency Queue Jumper? Well, it’s possible!

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(Some people do not know how to queue. They will just use the emergency lane to cut through the traffic jam)

Last weekend, we had an invitation from a relative for a short gathering. To drive to KL, we opted to use the North-South highway and cut out at Jalan Duta.

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Highway 101: What A Mild Road Rage?

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Incidents of road rage are usually triggered by an idiot who provoked others by either tail-gating or road-hogging. Sometimes abuse of the emergency lane and inconsiderate parking have the same road rage effect. Photo by Stephan Müller from Pexels 

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