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...caution flag comes out in Formula One (F1) racing, crews typically use the opportunity to bring their cars in for a pit stop. But when yellow came out in the 25th lap of last year's Monaco Grand Prix, Team McLaren Mercedes made the counterintuitive decision to keep driver Kimi Raikkonen on the track. The ploy worked; Raikkonen won. But the decision wasn't made at trackside. It came from team leaders based at the McLaren Technology Center in leafy Woking, south of London, who were using prediction software they had developed to help them make split-second tactical decisions...
...Defense of a Young Driver...
According to Shapiro, she was unsure whether she would press charges against the driver “since it will probably go down as my fault...
Shapiro recalled that the driver, a male “on the younger side,” was driving through a green light at the time of the accident...
...European commander contended that, rather than the Pentagon or the White House, the main driver of a change in military strategy will be the Democratic Congress, which will have control of the purse strings. "At the end of the day, all strategy is based on the money available," he said. "And if the Congress slows the spending on Iraq, that would force us to change things on the ground...