Abu Dhabi Sports Council and Mubadala have announced a memorandum of understanding "to expand their community outreach efforts." In particular, the MoU "includes cooperation on cycling events in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, a distance-running event, expanding and rebranding a local football competition as the Mubadala Community Football League and expanding the Mubadala Community Tennis Cup" (THE NATIONAL, 8/28).
F1 HALO: The halo cockpit protection device "received a cautious thumbs-up from the drivers who experimented with it in Friday's opening practice session ahead of the Belgian Formula One Grand Prix." Four drivers, including Nico Rosberg, "briefly ran with the device fitted to their cars in the opening 90-minute session at the Spa circuit," evaluating it for a possible introduction in '18. The German set the "fastest time of the morning while running the device on his Mercedes but Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo, Toro Rosso's Carlos Sainz and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg only completed sole installation laps." Rosberg: "It doesn't disturb me when driving" (REUTERS, 8/26).
