F1 | Bottas holds off Verstappen and Perez to claim first win of 2021 in damp Turkish GP

Valtteri Bottas won an engrossing Turkish Grand Prix that was run in damp conditions, with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and his team mate Sergio Perez completing the podium.

Light rain peppered the track well before the race and while the rain stopped, conditions called for intermediate tyres throughout.

Bottas led the race away from pole, his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton having started 11th thanks to his 10-place engine related penalty, while Verstappen followed the Finn. By Lap 11, Hamilton was up into the top five having passed Pierre Gasly. The defending champion would be promoted to fourth when Sergio Perez pitted on Lap 38.  — read more—  

watch: Race Highlights | 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

CNN style Architecture | The surreal beauty of Earth’s northernmost buildings

The Arctic invites images of emptiness. Harsh temperatures lead to barren, sparsely populated landscapes beyond the reach of most travelers. This inaccessibility is what first drew Austrian photographer Gregor Sailer to the region.

“I like this raw atmosphere and this exciting light, where everything is exposed,” he said in a video interview, explaining that the Arctic has “always fascinated” him. “On one hand, the wilderness wants to kill you, and, on the other hand, life is possible and goes on. There are things happening in these remote places that impact us all, and it’s important for people to understand these developments.”

Inside the last of Germany’s disappearing nuclear plants

Sailer’s new book, “The Polar Silk Road,” explores the Arctic through an architectural lens. Over the course of four years, the photographer visited Canada, Norway, Greenland and Iceland, capturing images of some of the world’s northernmost structures.  —read more—  

F1 | Bottas claims pole for Turkish GP as fastest driver Hamilton takes grid penalty

Lewis Hamilton went fastest in qualifying for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix but will take a 10-place grid penalty for his Mercedes engine change, meaning P2 qualifier Valtteri Bottas will start on pole position on Sunday ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.

The 100% risk of rain predicted ahead of the session manifested in the form of light drizzle in Q1 but the clouds soon dissipated and the track matured to see Lewis Hamilton take top spot in that session, just 0.007s ahead of Max Verstappen. Q2 saw Hamilton repeat the feat, and he delivered again in the final session with an ultimate effort of 1m22.868s – a new track record at Istanbul Park.

Bottas was 0.130s off in P2, which will be pole when Hamilton’s engine penalty demotes him to P11 – while Verstappen was 0.328s off top spot in third.  —read more—  

watch: Qualifying Highlights | 2021 Turkish Grand Prix

CNN health | Try this 10-minute body-weight workout

CNN – Pro sports mobility coach Dana Santas teaches six exercises you can do without equipment to increase strength, mobility and durability.  —watch—  

CNN World | Aerial footage shows major damage to the ‘lungs of the planet’

CNN – The Amazon rainforest is at severe risk from deforestation and fires that are eroding the forest’s ability to absorb heat-trapping greenhouse gas that contributes to global warming. Even worse, the fires themselves are releasing carbon and adding to the problem. CNN’s Isa Soares reports. —watch— 

CNN BUSINESS | America’s CEOs are losing confidence in the economy

The Conference Board, which produced the survey in conjunction with the Business Council, reported that 88% of CEOs surveyed in the second quarter had said they expected overall economic conditions to improve over the next six months. But just 60% of respondents felt that way in the third quarter.

What’s more, in the third-quarter survey, just 65% of top executives said they anticipated short-term prospects for their own industry would improve. That’s down from 81% in the second-quarter results.

Job market conditions are another major challenge: 60% of CEOs said they expect to expand headcount, up from 54% in Q2. But open job positions are increasingly difficult to fill.  —read more—

F1 | What tyres will the teams and drivers have for the 2021 Turkish Grand Prix?

The Turkish Grand Prix returns for the 2021 season and Pirelli have announced that they will bring tyres that are one step softer than in last year’s race at Istanbul Park.

Formula 1’s second visit to Turkey in two years comes after the Turkish GP’s nine-year absence from the F1 calendar. Last year, Lewis Hamilton clinched his seventh title in Turkey; this year he’s just two points ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen as the two battle for the 2021 title.

Pirelli have allocated C2 (hard, x2 sets), C3 (medium, x3 sets) and C4 (soft, x8 sets) compounds for the race weekend on October 8-10, which is one stop softer than it was in last year’s November race at Istanbul. Pirelli cited a wealth of data compared to 2020, and better surface grip as the track has been cleaned with a high-pressure water jet – with higher temperatures expected this October compared to last November.  —read more—  

CNN World SPACE + SCIENCE | NASA’s DART mission will deliberately crash into an asteroid’s moon in the name of planetary defense

(CNN) – A spacecraft that will deliberately crash into an asteroid is preparing to launch.

The DART mission, or NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test, will lift off at 10:20 p.m. PT on November 23 aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California.

After launching in November, NASA will test its asteroid deflection technology in September 2022 to see how it impacts the motion of a near-Earth asteroid in space.

The target of this asteroid deflection technology is Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the near-Earth asteroid Didymos. This will be the agency’s first full-scale demonstration of this type of technology on behalf of planetary defense.  —read more—  

CNN US | Architect’s innovative shipping container homes could help solve Puerto Rico’s housing crisis

(CNN) – Puerto Rican architect Carla Gautier Castro stands overlooking the remains of a home after a string of earthquakes hammered the town of Yauco, on the southwest of the island.

It’s a painful scene she has seen again and again. It is also the reason she now dedicates her life to ensuring everyone on the island has a safe dwelling.

The pillars of this concrete house collapsed, crushing three vehicles underneath. Furniture and personal belongings are strewn around, unreachable, unsalvageable.

“I’m traumatized,” homeowner Luz María Morales Vargas tells Gautier Castro. “We’ve lived here for 27 years.”  —read more— 

Bleacher Report | NASCAR at Talladega 2021 Results: Bubba Wallace Earns 1st Career Cup Series Win

At a rain-soaked Talladega Superspeedway, Bubba Wallace won the YellaWood 500 on Monday.

A day after weather forced postponement until Monday, NASCAR had to call the race early because of inclement conditions. Wallace, the leader after 117 laps, was named the winner.   –-read more—