Lewis Hamilton believes racism is a “very prominent” global issue that likely won’t change “for a long time”. Earlier this week, the Formula 1 star took to social media to denounce the ‘”despicable” racial abuse endured by several of England’s football players during its Euro 2020 qualifier on Monday against Montenegro. Hamilton revisited the incident…
Month: November 2019
Mercedes forced by FIA to modify W10 new front wing
The FIA lowered the boom on Mercedes and instructed the German outfit to modify the front wing of its W10 before Friday’s free practice. The governing body judged as illegal the endplate of the front wing, which visibly exposed the uppermost element, a ploy the FIA believed could increase the outwash effect produced by the…
Alonso admits Indy contender ‘trickier to drive’ after Texas test
Fernando Alonso is expecting a “challenging” return to the Indy 500 next month after sampling Dallara’s spec aerokit at the Texas Motor Speedway. Alonso and McLaren’s preparations for the 103rd running of the Indy 500 started in earnest on Tuesday, with the Spaniard undertaking a full day of testing at the TMS. It was Alonso’s…
Renault revamps Enstone and Viry management teams
Renault F1 has initiated several organizational and management changes at both its chassis and engine entities in Enstone and Viry-Châtillon. In a bid to strengthen its efforts in F1 ahead of the sport’s 2021 regulation changes as well as fulfill the objective set by its 2016 roadmap, Renault has added management positions in both its…
Vergne masters Monaco EPrix with lights-to-flag win
DS Techeetah’s Jean-Eric Vergne didn’t put a foot wrong in Saturday’s Monaco EPrix, the Frenchman becoming the series’ first repeat winner of the 2018/19 season. While the race itself was spared an Safety car intervention there no lack of action up and down the field. Click Here: United Kingdom Rugby Jerseys Webber open to future…
Spanish GP: Sunday’s action in pictures
Another round of the F1 world championship, another Mercedes clean sweep! Is the title already done and dusted for the Silver Arrows squad? Here is our gallery of pictures Sunday’s action from the 2019 Spanish Grand Prix in Barcelona. Click Here: NRL Telstra Premiership 124 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in…
2019 Austrian Grand Prix Free Practice 3 – Results
Full results from Free Practice 3 for the Austrian Grand Prix at Spielberg, round 9 of the 2019 Formula 1 world championship. 2019 Austrian Grand Prix – Free Practice 3 results Pos Driver Team Time Gap Laps 1 Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:03.987s 18 2 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:04.130s + 0.143s 21 3 Valtteri Bottas Mercedes…
Bottas cools off with secret rally test with M-Sport
Valtteri Bottas isn’t basking on the beach in Mykonos or Ibiza during F1’s summer break, or snoozing on the sunny shores of a Finnish lake, but perfecting out of public view his rally technique. While the Mercedes driver awaits his fate for 2020, he took a Ford Fiesta for a spin a few days ago,…
Honda teams get Spec 3 engine for French GP
Honda F1 boss Toyoharu Tanabe has confirmed that the Japanese manufacturer will introduce its third engine upgrade of the year at this weekend’s French Grand Prix. Honda will supply its new unit that will feature an updated internal combustion engine and turbo to Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen and Pierre Gasly as well as to…
Greece's Varoufakis to Launch Pan-European Progressive Movement
Hoping to show Europeans they have an alternative to the prevailing system of “authoritarianism” and austerity, former Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has announced a new cross-continent movement with a “simple, common agenda:” To democratize Europe. The movement, known as the Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 (or DiEM 25), will be launched on February 9…