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"Stay Alert, Stay Alive" road safety awareness sponsors gathered at Kyalami recently to show support for a day of road traffic safety tests. Here we see John Ellmore, Federal-Mogul Aftermarket, Raymond Ackerman, Pick 'n Pay, Gordon Odgers and Stefan Le Roux from Midas. Raymond Ackerman has been a champion of the road safety cause for many years and spoke emotively about the need to continue awareness campaigns to educate road users in South Africa. Formula One - The Cutting Edge of Automotive Ignition Technology After twenty one years, Ferrari achieved its first Formula 1 World DriversŐ Championship since that of Jody Schekter in 1979, with Michael SchumacherŐs victory in the Japanese Grand Prix. Champion spark plugs were there to play their part again. Simon Arkless, Federal-MogulŐs Champion Formula One Manager reports, Ň In years gone by, one Champion product could be used in all Formula 1 cars, but in recent times the investment required to be in Formula One has increased dramatically. We are not sponsors or suppliers, nowadays we work as part of the team - whether it be Ferrari or any of the other names in Formula 1 - we are technical partners in the truest sense of the word. We are continuously developing product to help maximise the perfromance and durability of these incredible engines, because in Formula 1, minute improvements can make the difference between winning and finishing out of the points.Ó Champion provide OE for the Fiat group of which Ferrari form part. Ferrari have incidentally won eight Constructors World Championships on Champion products in an ongoing partnership that dates back to 1968.