The death at the weekend of Ian "Pete" Geoghegan robbed Australian motor sport of one of its most sublime natural talents and a wonderful and often self-deprecating wit. Mustangs arrived on the Australian race scene soon after its introduction in the US, with Victorian Norm Beechey winning the (single race) 1965 Australian Touring Car Championship at Sandown in a notchback model that was so stock, he initially raced it on steel wheels. In 1966, he won the title for the first time with Ford Mustang, winning the race at Mount Panorama. UPDATE: The funeral of Australian motorsport character Michael Geoghegan will be held at 1100, Saturday, March 21. An era had passed. He also won the prestigious Bathurst 1000 endurance race in 1973, driving an XA Falcon GT with Moffat for the Ford Works Team. Negative views of China soared during pandemic, survey finds, Trump advisers consult scientists pushing disputed herd immunity strategy, Why Europe’s recovery plan won’t work — unless it tackles corruption first, In Italy, portraits of young lives put on hold, EU migration plan doomed to fail without solidarity, Greece says, Charles Michel demands Russia investigate chemical attack on Navalny, Navalny poisoned by nerve agent, chemical weapons watchdog confirms, ‘We are learning to live with COVID’: Trump makes misleading comparison between coronavirus and the flu, EU top court rules Hungary’s university reform unlawful, POLITICO's EU Studies and Career Fair - 22nd edition, Dutch court rules children of Islamic State women must be repatriated, Lib Dem leadership hopeful apologizes for ‘decapitate’ Boris Johnson comment, UK business lobby warns Tory candidates against no-deal Brexit, British Steel collapses as government rejects emergency funding, Michael Gove: Second Brexit referendum would be ‘undemocratic’, Philip Hammond: No-deal Brexit would betray referendum result, Ukraine coalition falls, denting president-elect’s plans for snap poll, Brexit talks between Conservatives and Labour collapse, Senior Tories warn Theresa May against Brexit deal with Labour, Sweden to reopen rape case against Julian Assange, Any Brexit deal must go back to the public, say senior Labour figures, Presidential adviser: France does not want repeated Brexit delays, Iran says it will halt some commitments to nuclear deal, Cyprus justice minister resigns amid serial killer protests, Call for UK police probe into security leak, Theresa May attends Belfast funeral of slain journalist, New IRA admits responsibility for journalist’s killing, Jeremy Hunt: Brexit paralysis ‘highly damaging’ to UK’s global image, UK’s Labour urges government to block Assange extradition, Brexit stockpiling boosts UK economy in February, Brexit extension must have get-out clause, says UK Brexit secretary, Applying a European CO2 border tax: from words to action.