‘Crash-gate’ victims

Flavio Briatore, the Renault Formula 1 boss, has vacated his position after the company decided not to contest charges of fixing the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix. Executive director of engineering Pat Symonds has also left the team.

Want a F1 car? All you need is the bread

Take six chefs, two artists, two technicians, two culinary staff members, and five young volunteers. Give them 15 kg of yeast, 14 litres of water, 2 kilos of salt, and 10,800 mls of varnish.  And what do they come up with? A full-sized Formula 1 car made entirely of bread. This little enterprise, currently on show at a hotel in Singapore, …