Two of the sport’s biggest names, Sébastien Loeb and Sébastien Ogier, will be back on FIA World Rally Championship duty when Vodafone Rally de Portugal hosts the fourth round of the season from May 21-24 – but with a difference.
Four rounds into the FIA World Rally Championship’s innovative hybrid era and the superstars at the wheel have the opportunity to find their feet on gravel in Portugal this week.
Researchers from the University of Minho, Portugal have investigated current perspectives on the extraction of cellulose polymer fibers from old textiles. Appearing in Polymers, the paper has provided a brief overview of some current research in this area.