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Bahrain’s Mumtalakat buys out McLaren, secures full ownership over supercar brand: Report | Autocar Professional

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Bahrain’s sovereign wealth fund, Mumtalakat, has assumed full control of McLaren Group, manufacturer of high-end sportscars and majority owner of the McLaren F1 team, BBC reported.

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Porsche entering third 919 Hybrid in 2015 Le Mans

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For the two Porsche 919 Hybrids taking part in the entire championship, the current works drivers Timo Bernhard (Germany), Romain Dumas (France), Brendon Hartley (New Zealand), Neel Jani (Switzerland), Marc Lieb (Germany) and Mark Webber (Australia) have been confirmed to continue for 2015. These are outstanding results.

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F1: Red Bull’s Max Verstappen on pole for Saudi Arabian GP

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That all puts Verstappen on course for another win on Saturday to follow up victory at the season-opening Bahrain GP last week. And also, I’ve always expressed this to everyone within the team, everyone high up, that he is an important part in my decision making for all the time in the future as well within the team.”

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