well-sourced story is pointing firmly to confirmation of an LMP1 programme.

DSC sources in the driver market point to only some of the named drivers already being formally on board, Bruno Senna and Neel Jani seemingly already contracted to the team for 2018/19.

Confirmation of the team’s plans is most likely to come on Wednesday with the team’s end of year party and sponsor event in Switzerland but the cat may already be out of the bag after the Auto Hebdo story was retweeted by a senior member of Rebellion management – that retweet now hidden or removed!

If the expected announcement of a two car LMP1 effort comes to pass it will see the current number of declared 2018/19 LMP1 entrants rise to nine after confirmation of Toyota Gazoo Racingof the Arab world. Welcome. Our feelings are all happiness.

FORDHAM: That's Ally Asa (ph) from the city of Tartus. Only Syrians who left the country legally can vote, not those who fled without permission, many of whom oppose Assad. The expatriate vote is taking place in some countries and not others, depending on relations with Syria. But Lebanon's is the largest and everyone insists they've come not just voluntarily, but with wild enthusiasm.

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FORDHAM: But Syrians in Beirut say many were pressured to show up. One middle-aged man, the head of the family who's afraid to give his name or be recorded, say six men came to his house. They were from Hezbollah, Assad's key ally and said if he didn't vote they'd give his name to