31 Oktober 2013
28 Oktober 2013
Now THAT'S a quad bike!
A suped-up quad bike which has is
powered by a Ferrari engine and has a top speed of 150mph has been
developed by engineers in France.
The Wazuma V8F, which costs £160,000, bears striking similar to the Batmobile driven by Christian Bale in The Dark Knight Rises.
The four-wheeler boasts a 3-litre V8 engine which was sourced from a 1970s Ferrari 308 sports car.
'Masterpiece': The French designed quad bike has been hailed as a design triumph by engineers Lazareth
Star quality: The £160,000 machine looks like the Batmobile driven by Christian Bale in the Dark Knight films
The Wazuma's manufacturer's, Lazareth, say the quad bike develops 250bhp in a vehicle weighing just 650kg.
This gives the machine a
power-to-weight ratio of 384bhp per tonne, the same as a Ferrari 458
Spider, and the potential to reach 150mph.
But
with a standard quad bike from the likes of Honda typically costing
around £8,000, only a select few will be able to afford the Wazuma's
huge price tag.
Powerful: It is driven by a 3-litre V8 engine which was sourced from a 1970s Ferrari 308 sports car
Lookalike: The Wazuma has been likened to the new-design Batmobile from the latest Batman films
For the price, owners will get BMW M3 gearboxes and high performance Brembo disc brakes to stop the 18-inch wheels.
The
Wazuma V8F uses three wheel geometry, with two largely spaced front
wheels and two narrower spaced wheels attached at the rear. It has been
fitted with the lights from a Nissan 350Z.
A
statement from Lazareth said: 'The Wazuma V8F Matt Edition is a unique
masterpiece, which is simple, aggressive and offers high performance.'
Design: It uses three wheel geometry, with two largely spaced front wheels and narrow rear wheels
Lightweight: The Wazuma's manufacturers say the quad bike boasts 250bhp in a vehicle weighing just 650kg
Collaboration: The super quad may have the engine of a Ferrari but its lights are taken from a Nissan
09 Oktober 2013
02 Oktober 2013
Steaua Bucharest 0 Chelsea 4
Relief was short-lived
for Fernando Torres. No sooner had he escaped an FA charge for violent
conduct than he limped off with an injured knee, the only blemish on an
excellent night for Chelsea in Europe.
Ramires
scored twice, either side of an own goal, and Frank Lampard added a
fourth in stoppage time as Jose Mourinho’s side cleansed the Basle
defeat from their system.
For
Mourinho, it was the calm after the strop. He was grumpy ahead of the
game but all smiles as his team were applauded from the pitch by Steaua
Bucharest supporters.
At the double: Ramires celebrates his second goal of the night to make it 3-0 to Chelsea
Match facts
STEAUA: Tatarusanu 5; Georgievski 4 (Varela 71), Szukala 5, Gardos 5, Latovlevici 6; Bouceanu 4, Filip 5; Popa 4 (Kapetanos HT), Stanciu 4, Tanase 5; Piovaccari 5 (Tatu HT).
Subs: Nita, Prepelita, Cristea, Neagu.
Manager: Laurentiu Reghecampf 5.
CHELSEA: Cech 7; Ivanovic 7, Terry 6, Luiz 6, Cole 7; Ramires 8, Lampard 7; Oscar 6 (Azpilicueta 78), Mata 6 (Willian 80), Schurrle 8; Torres (Eto'o 11, 6)
Subs: Schwarzer, Mikel, Cahill, Ba.
Bookings: Lampard, Cole
Manager: Jose Mourinho 7.
Man of the Match: Andre Schurrle
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) 6
Subs: Nita, Prepelita, Cristea, Neagu.
Manager: Laurentiu Reghecampf 5.
CHELSEA: Cech 7; Ivanovic 7, Terry 6, Luiz 6, Cole 7; Ramires 8, Lampard 7; Oscar 6 (Azpilicueta 78), Mata 6 (Willian 80), Schurrle 8; Torres (Eto'o 11, 6)
Subs: Schwarzer, Mikel, Cahill, Ba.
Bookings: Lampard, Cole
Manager: Jose Mourinho 7.
Man of the Match: Andre Schurrle
Referee: Carlos Velasco Carballo (Spain) 6
Steaua were poor and may turn Group E
into a three-team race. Last year, Nordsjaelland claimed only one point
and Chelsea finished third with 10, plunging them into the Europa
League.
‘Everything depends
on the next two matches,’ said Mourinho, still wary. But last night, for
the first time since he returned, his team had balance: strong, quick
and decisive going forward.
‘Normally
my feelings never betray me and from the first minute my feelings were
positive,’ he said. ‘We defended very well and the team was solid. We
kept control. We didn’t give the initiative away. We played a complete
game.’
Ramires was clinical,
Andre Schurrle excelled on the left and Juan Mata continued to reverse
his manager’s opinion. ‘He played very well with the ball as he always
does and very well without the ball as he never did,’ said Mourinho.
The
only setback was for Torres, whose injury struck about four hours after
news from Wembley that he would face no further action for scratching
Jan Vertonghen.
Poetic
justice, some might say. The cat got the cream and then got crocked and
it had that innocuous feel serious ligament injuries sometimes have.
FIne finish: Ramires fires home his second of the night in a comfortable win for Chelsea
Sidelined: Fernando Torres limped off with a knee injury after just 11inutes to be replaced by Samuel Eto'o
Torres
seemed to suffer the injury as he made a tackle after only 37 seconds.
Ten minutes later, he dropped to his haunches by the touchline. The
medical team examined his left knee and the dejected striker mimed a
twisting motion with his good leg to suggest a medial ligament problem.
Torres
tried to continue but was unable to fully flex his left leg. Off he
trudged again, head bowed this time and straight down the tunnel. A
second successive game ended prematurely and in disappointment.
Samuel
Eto’o came on and was involved in the opener, a move started and
finished by Ramires, and featuring Schurrle, who gave Steaua right-back
Daniel Georgievski a torrid night. It was the first time Chelsea fans
saw why the German winger had commanded an £18million fee in the summer.
His
delivery was sometimes a little awry but on this occasion his low cross
found Eto’o, who miscued so completely that his volley at goal turned
into the perfect pass to Ramires. The Brazil midfielder charged through
the centre of the penalty area to prod the ball past goalkeeper Ciprian
Tatarusanu from close range.
Poacher's effort: Ramires pokes home to break the deadlock before celebrating with Juan Mata (below)
Striker's touch: Chelsea's Samuel Eto'o shoots before the ball is put into the net for an own goal
Salt in the wounds: Frank Lampard (left) celebrates his injury-time goal to make it 4-0
Chelsea’s
second was another sweeping move. Ashley Cole sprang out of defence
with the ball after clearing a Steaua corner and tucked a pass infield
to Mata, who eased it effortlessly into the feet of Eto’o.
The
striker took it past one defender and fired low. Tatarusanu saved but
pushed it towards defender Georgievski, who booted it straight into his
own net.
Two half-time
changes by Steaua manager Laurentiu Reghecampf lifted the home team a
little but did not alter the pattern of the game.
Lampard
missed a decent chance but Ramires lashed in his second after a neat
pass from Oscar and more great work by Schurrle. Mata hit a post before
Lampard swept in the fourth from the edge of the box.
Flying through: Chelsea's David Luiz (right) goes past Steaua's Federico Piovaccari
Winging it: Daniel Georgievski (left) of Steaua loses out to Chelsea wideman Andre Schurrle
Mourinho
is still waiting for one of his strikers to score but the European
campaign is rolling. He said: ‘I put that pressure on them because we
have to do everything we can to keep Chelsea playing in the Champions
League because it is our competition. It’s the way they can grow up
faster, to be faced with that pressure.
‘If
I tell them that because it’s a new team, I’m a new manager, a new
style of football, then it’s no problem if we finish 20 points behind in
the Premier League and no one will care. Or we go into the Europa
League because that’s fine for us, they won’t grow up.
‘Sometimes
you need bigger challenges. They coped very well, so I’m happy, and we
played very good football and were beautiful in attacking areas at
times.’
Thanks: Luiz, Schurrle, Branislav Ivanovic and John Terry (left-right) applaud the travelling Chelsea fans
Handing it over: Chelsea keeper Petr Cech goes full stretch to tip a Bucharest effort over the bar
Not your day: Steaua Bucharest's Daniel Georgievski puts his boot back on after scoring an own goal
Incredible moment hundreds of wildebeest
Thirsty work: The wildebeest quench their thirst
before heading up the bank. A group of zebra appear to have joined the
throng. In the background, a hippo has a nap
A vast cloud of dust is thrown up as millions of hooves stampede down the banks of the Mara River in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
One by one the charging wildebeest throw themselves into the boiling river as they make the annual pilgrimage from Serengeti National Park in neighbouring Tanzania to greener pastures.
The river crossing is fraught with danger. Crocodiles lie in wait just a few yards in, hoping to snatch the younger or weaker creatures for an easy meal.
Journey: Every year 1.5 million wildebeest
make the journey from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to the Maasai
Mara in neighbouring Kenya
Stampede: As the herd heads down the steep bank and into the water, one wildebeest throws himself into the boiling river
Dramatic: A huge cloud of dust is thrown up for the banks of the Mara
River as a herd of wildebeest risk their lives and plunge in
Leap of faith: All too aware of the dangers that
lie ahead, two migrating wildebeest jump into the Mara River in Maasai
Mara National Reserve, Kenya, regardless
Incline: A breakaway group forge a new path down
the steep bank before diving into the water. Out front, a pair of
adults appear to be shepherding a calf across
Orderly: Having made their way to the edge of
the river, this group form a queue before stepping into the abyss which
is littered with danger for them
If that does not get them, they have to fight strong currents as they bid to make it across to the other side.
These dramatic images, taken by Moscow-based photographer Sergey Agapov, show one of natures most magnificent migrations.
Up to 1.5 million wildebeest are believed to make the journey every year.
'These animals know that deadly danger awaits them in the river, yet thousands of them readily jump into death's face. This cannot leave anyone indifferent.'
Pastures new: The rib cage of the wildebeest at
the back of the queue show why the herd is so keen to make it to the
lush plains of Kenya
Magnificent: Former security officer Sergey Agapov captured the dramatic images during a trip to Kenya
Annual event: Every year wildebeest cross the
Mara River into Kenya. Here a small group plunge into the treacherous
waters in spite of the dangers that lay ahead
Jostling: The magnificent creatures clamber over
each other at significant risk to their well-being as they venture out
into the river
Head of steam: The sheer power of the herd is
captured perfectly here as the wildebeest out front forges a path across
the fast-flowing Mara
Power: Water is thrown up into the air, which
has already been filled with the dust from more than four million
wildebeest hooves
Finding their rhythm: As the horned-beasts make their way into deeper water, they start to swim across the lethal Mara
The migration takes place between July and October each year, but the mass exodus peaks in the month of August.
Photographers from all over the world flock to Kenya at this time, with Mr Agapov admitting he had to start planning his trip eight months ahead.
He added: 'The most interesting part of photographing the migration is capturing them during the jump from the precipice into the river and during their run through the dust clouds.'
'You need to pick the right station and to be very lucky and patient to make a perfect snap.'
Safety: Having successfully navigated their way
across the Mara, this group of Wildebeest battle their way through a
narrow opening in the rocks
Onward: Back on dry land, another huge cloud of
dust is kicked up as the wildebeest once again stampede towards the lush
pastures of the Maasai Mara
Exhausted: The wildebeest are soaked to the skin and out of breath, but they make their way in single file back onto dry land
Pilgrimage: Every year about 1.5 million wildebeest cross into Kenya in the migration season between July and October
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