Month: November 2019

Ferrari chairman Sergio Marchionne rebuked Bernie Ecclestone following the former F1 supremo’s claims that the FIA had often catered to the Scuderia interests. In an interview with Italy’s La Repubblica, the 87-year-old former F1 supremo contended that the governing body had often helped Ferrari in the past. “Helping Ferrari has always been the smartest thing…

MOUNT WASHINGTON, N.H.—The wind on the peak of Mount Washington—the East Coast’s highest point, where some of the most erratic and treacherous weather in the world occurs—reached 60 miles an hour the day I was there with my family. Backpackers huddled in the biting chill next to large boulders or congregated in the lobby of…

Just a few days after securing an F1 drive with Sauber, Charles Leclerc enjoyed another high, winning the Richard Mille Rookie of the Year award at the 2017 Autosport Awards on Sunday evening. Leclerc blitzed the field in Formula 2 this year, the 20-year-old clinching the 2017 title in his maiden season in the category…

During an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Sunday, the UN special envoy for Yemen, Jamal Benomar, warned that the country is fast approaching “the edge of civil war” and urged all parties to redouble diplomatic efforts before it is too late. Speaking to the council via videolink, Benomar said that unless…

Demonstrators marched around the globe Saturday to protest the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), a ‘free trade’ agreement currently being negotiated between the European Union (EU) and the United States. Opponents fear that TTIP will erode food, labor and environmental standards particularly with regard to the EU’s strict regulations on food additives, genetically modified…

Formula 1’s commercial boss Sean Bratches isn’t holding the fans’ criticism of the sport’s new logo against them, quite the contrary. As soon as the new design was revealed on the Abu Dhabi podium last weekend, it was picked apart by the fan community and by many members of the F1 community itself, including Lewis…

A major study (pdf) released Sunday finds that chemicals from fracking sites have the potential to cause significant pollution while posing risks to human health and wildlife. In turn, the CHEM Trust—a British charity that investigates the harm chemicals cause ecosystems—is calling for a moratorium on fracking across Europe until key recommendations are put in place….

Pirelli will undertake structural changes to its compounds to avoid blistering at certain tracks following a request from Mercedes. According to Auto Motor und Sport, the German manufacturer consulted with Pirelli during pre-season testing in Barcelona in order to address the issue of extreme blistering of its tyres. The Silver Arrows outfit suggested a reduction…

Romain Grosjean won’t be devising any retirement plans anytime soon, and hopes to race on in F1 for another eight or nine seasons. A veteran of 122 Grands Prix, the Frenchman is going on his seventh full season of Formula 1, his third with the Haas F1 Team, having initiated his career in 2009 with…

They burned him alive in an iron cage, and as he screamed and writhed in the agony of hell they made a sport of his death. After listening to one newscast after another rightly condemn the barbaric killing of that Jordanian air force pilot at the bloody hands of ISIS, I couldn’t sleep. My mind…