Saturday, April 28, 2012
2012 Jerez Moto2 And Moto3 Test Friday Press Releases
Press releases from the Moto2 and Moto3 teams after the first day of practice at Jerez:
2012 Jerez Moto3 FP2 Result: Oliveira Fastest In The Wet
Miguel Oliveira topped the wet second session of free practice for the Moto3 class at Jerez, the Portuguese rider taking the lead as the times dropped towards the end of the session. Red Bull KTM's Sandro Cortese ended up in 2nd spot, just a few thousandths ahead of Maverick Vinales on the Blusens Avintia FTR Honda.
The weather made a big difference to the top of the timesheet. The times were dominated early in the session by Alex Marquez, younger brother of Marc, until the track started to dry out towards the end. Jakub Kornfeil posted an impressive 4th-fastest time, while Danny Webb and Brad Binder had been fast early on. The wet was not so favorable for Romano Fenati, the young Italian ending FP2 down in 21st, after leading the dry morning session of practice.
Results:
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All aboard! China to open luxury hotel on Soviet aircraft carrier
by CNNGo staff
Alternative luxury hotels are popping up on the horizon in China faster than ever.
The country's first ex-naval hotel is set to open on a former Soviet aircraft carrier in Tianjin on May 1.
US$15 million for an aircraft carrier hotelThe luxury hotel is part of Binhai Aircraft (??????????), an 80,000-square-meter military theme park opened in 2004 in east Tianjin. The government-supported park is built on and around a retired Kiev-class Soviet aircraft carrier, named Kiev (???), which was sold to China in 1996.
The park?s parent company is reported to have spent an estimated US$15 million on the transformation and finished the refitting of three presidential suites last August.
The nightly rate for the 148-room hotel ranges from RMB 988 for a standard double to a staggering RMB 28,888 for the 400-square-meter presidential suites.
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