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Six South African medals on opening day of Mare Nostrum in Monaco

Sunday, 22 May 2022 – Matthew Sates secured two gold medals on a prolific opening day for the South African swimming squad at the first leg of the Mare Nostrum series in Monaco on Saturday night. The rising teenage star was the first of the South Africans in action in the evening finals, powering to victory in the 400m freestyle. Sates held off Switzerland’s Antonio Djakovic to take the title in 3:49.27. Not long after, the Maritzburg swimmer was back in the pool for the 200m individual medley, taking the lead after the first 50m but then dropping back to third spot on his least favourite backstroke leg. Sates then stormed back to the front of the pack on the final freestyle leg to win in 1:57.43 with American Sam Stuart second in 1:58.31. Meanwhile, after leading for much of the 100m breaststroke, Lara van Niekerk was just out-touched by Olympic champion Lydia Jacoby. The 19-year-old, who beat compatriot and Olympic silver medallist in the event Tatjana Schoenmaker at the recent SA national championships in Gqeberha, finished in a time of 1:06.60 with Jacoby taking the win in 1:06.55. “It was just nice racing against the best in the world,” said Van Niekerk. “In the race, I didn’t really see anyone next to me, but I knew she was going to come back hard on the second 50… I saw her at the end, I actually thought I had it but she just out-touched me. She was super-sweet about it, she congratulated me and she’s an amazing person.” Speaking about the experience of competing at senior international level for the first time, Van Niekerk added: “I’ve definitely learned how to manage with my nerves – how to control it and not let big names that have achieved a lot intimidate me or anything. And I’ve just learned to enjoy every moment because this is all part of the learning process.” Van Niekerk was back in the pool in the skins races later in the evening, winning her 50m breaststroke quarter-final in 30.08 to progress to Sunday’s semi-final. Jacoby was fourth in that race …


Source: MyPR International

Jaguar TCS Racing powers software development for race and road at Monaco

Jaguar TCS Racing reveals how its software engineers create bespoke code for each race in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship Driver-in-the-loop simulators enable Jaguar’s I-TYPE 5 to undergo race-by-race software changes significantly greater than comparable motorsport categories Jaguar’s software learnings through racing inform software-over-the-air updates for customers – each update can include more than 18 million lines of code, validated by more than 5 million tests totalling over 23,000 hours Race-winning state-of-the-art tools and processes will help Jaguar to deliver more software updates – faster – in the future Pretoria, 26 April 2022 – Every street circuit in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship is a unique challenge. To meet that challenge, the software in Jaguar TCS Racing’s I-TYPE 5 race car is developed for every track too. The engineering team relentlessly optimises every single parameter, delivering the optimum calibration for the conditions specific to each of the race locations around the world in season eight – and to take in the learnings from the preceding race, ensuring that even the smallest improvements can be fully exploited. This means multiple different software releases have to be developed, tested, validated and signed-off – a level of development more intense than any other comparable motorsport category. Jaguar TCS Racing uses some of the world’s most advanced hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) and driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulators to achieve this in the compressed timescales between races. More than 36TB of data has been collected from Diriyah, Mexico and Rome. Learnings from this have been integrated into the software that will be running in Monaco, this Saturday, helping drivers Mitch Evans and Sam Bird to get the best possible start on this iconic street circuit. The iterative, exhaustive optimisation process will continue through to the final race of the Formula E season in Seoul. This capability enables the team to develop …


Source: MyPR International

Spencer Ship Monaco Announces New Exclusive International Distribution Agreement of Statement Marine boats

Monaco, March 23rd 2022. Spencer Ship Monaco, the ideal full services brokerage boutique, is very pleased to announce the new exclusive international distribution agreement of Statement Marine, the legendary luxury hight-performance powerboats brand. Following its long-term experience in representing international sales for high performance boats like Donzi, Porsche Design and Fountain, Spencer Ship Monaco has been appointed as Export Developer and main International Seller for the brand on the global market (outside North America). The mission of Spencer Ship Monaco is to identify, set up and support the dealer network in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia and assist them in selling and promoting Statement Marines boats. Where no local distributor is established, Spencer Ship Monaco will be the unique selling interface, on the international market, for all private individuals. Since the brand exploded onto the scene, with the first simultaneous introduction to the industry of completely new V-bottom models and catamarans, Statement Marine has continued to increase the production of its range of high-end, high-performance powerboats. At present, it builds 35-foot and 38-foot center consoles as well as a 42-foot go-fast-vee as well as 36-foot and 50-foot high-performance catamaran. «From inspired design and patented technology, to fanatical attention to detail and flawless execution, a Statement Marine is more than a boat. It is a highly specialized, fully customized piece of enduring high-performance art, built to its owner's rigorous specifications. This manufacturer has the ability to design and build unique solutions for customers' unique needs: "If you dream it, Statement Marine can build it"» – says Craig Spencer Harvey, Founder and CEO of Spencer Ship Monaco. - «We are extremely proud of this important announcement. Our partnership with Statement Marine successfully adds to our long tradition in the distribution of boats on the international …


Source: MyPR International