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Angela Merkel's conservative CDU party picks her ally Armin Laschet as its next leader, in a key vote that kicks off the race for Germany's top job as a deadly pandemic roils Europe's biggest economy. In the close race, state premier of Germany's most populous state North Rhine-Westphalia Laschet triumphed over old Merkel nemesis Friedrich Merz (521 votes vs 466 votes), after a first round that saw Merz leading by just five votes. IMAGES
Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb is projected to win the Indiana Governors race. According to Business Insider and Decision Desk HQ Holcomb crushed Democratic challenger Woody Myers. Polls in Indiana closed at 6 p.m. ET. Experts rate the race as solid Republican. Holcomb won 708,894, which equals roughly 60.00% of the vote. Myers got less than 27% of the vote. Holcomb has been Governor of Indiana since 2017, when Indiana Gov. Mike Pence resigned to become Vice President of the United States.
EE have pinched the first roll-out of 5G in the UK from Vodafone with their service launching on May 30 in six cities.
Mitch Evans made history for Panasonic Jaguar Racing, claiming the team’s first ever ABB FIA Formula E win in Rome. It is Jaguar’s first international motorsport victory since 1991.During a qualifying session plagued with intermittent rain showers, an impressive performance from Mitch saw the Kiwi driver clinch P2 from Super Pole. Teammate Alex claimed a ninth place qualifying, before being penalised for exceeding the maximum power limit and started at P21. An early collision at turn 17/18 caused a pile up of several cars and brought out a red flag. Mitch drove confidently at the restart and managed to overtake Andre Lotterer with Attack Mode at turn 11 for the lead of the race. Despite Lotterer activating Attack More a lap later, the Kiwi driver defended well and held onto his first win in the series. The Panasonic Jaguar Racing team will now prepare for the Paris E-Prix on 27 April.
Abarth is celebrating 70 years of History and Wins. Carlo Abarth (1908-1979) founded Abarth & C. on 31 March 1949, establishing a genuine legend of style and performance expressed through record-breaking cars, revolutionary tuning kits and legendary races. Ten world records, 133 international records, more than 10,000 wins on the track. The long string of successes is used to put the technological solutions which are later carried across to standard production to the test under the toughest of conditions.
Porsche has notched up yet another victory at the "Super Sebring" race weekend.Nick Tandy and his teammates Patrick Pilet and Frédéric Makowiecki took the flag in first place in the Porsche 911 RSR at the twelve-hour race of the IMSA Weathertech SportsCar Championship.