Jenson Button did it finally by winning his maiden Formula 1 race on his 113th start at Hungaroring. De La Rosa and Heidfeld also secured their maiden podium for Mc Laren and BMW. The Championship rivals Alonso and Schumacher both retired from the race leaving the Championship fight as it was at last race. Half way through the race it almost looked like Alonso gonna win the race leaving schumacher without any points and with final 5 laps to go, it looked like Schumi is on his way to grab 8 points as Alonso retired. But the dramatic weather conditions changed everything right from the start to the end of the race. (more…)
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Australia is on track for the warmest year on record and the Bureau of Meteorology will tell a conference on climate change in Melbourne today that temperatures so far this year have averaged a degree above the 30-year mean. If the conditions continue, 2005 will be the warmest year since official records began 100 years ago. #.:(
View Original Article.Snow misses Melbourne CBD lunch appointment
Despite Weather Bureau predictions of a 40 per cent chance of snow in the CBD, lunchtime passed with not a hint of white. Even though ominous-looking cloud banks and fronts swirling around the city, none failed to drop what would have been the CBD’s first snowfall in 20 years. On a Victoria-wide scale, it looks set to be the coldest day this winter. The record for the coldest day with a maximum of 4.4 degrees was set on July 4, 1901. Snow was last recorded in the Melboure CBD on July 25, 1986 – but it had turned to slush by the time it hit the ground. The last time enough fell to be gathered up on city streets was July 1951.