Formula One Malaysian Grand Prix - Sepang

Sepang which is 2 miles from Kuala Lumpur Internation Airport and 30 miles from Kuala Lumpur, hosts round two of Formula 1 World Championship. The track is 5.543Km long and it takes 56 laps (totalling to 310.408 Km) to declare the winner.

Juan Pable Montoya holds the track record for the faster lap completed in 1:34:223 seconds.

The 2007 Grand Prix event will start with practice sessions on April 6, qualifying on and end with the race on April 8.

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Google ordered to pay 500,000 dlrs to F1 racer Barrichello

From: afp.com

Internet giant Google has been ordered to pay 500,000 dollars in damages to Formula 1 racer Rubens Barrichello for hosting fake online profiles of him on its social network Orkut.

The decision by the court in Sao Paulo was published Monday in the Brazilian state's official government gazette.

It said the damages could be raised to 700,000 dollars because of the case was lodged in July 2006, and that Google risked a daily fine of 590 dollars until the pages referring to Barrichello were removed.

Orkut, owned by Google, has a big following in Brazil, though it is losing some ground to a new Portuguese-language version of Facebook that has become available.

The 15th district court of Sao Paulo hearing the civil case determined that Google's responsibility was proved because it managed the site and established the rules for its use.

Media said there were more than 300 fake profiles under Barrichello's name on Orkut.

The US Internet company made no immediate comment on the judgement.

Brazilian specialists said the amount of damages was the biggest yet awarded for false web profiles and online libel.

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