Mercedes young driver George Russell ensured that the Silver Arrows ended two days of in-season testing at the top of the timesheets at the Hungaroring. He completed 116 laps on Wednesday, a marked upturn on the 49 he’d been limited to on Tuesday due to gearbox issues. His fastest lap of 1:15.575s was a new…
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Armed With 'Advanced Killing Technology,' Humans Act as Planet's 'Super-Predators'
Click:hermes康康 Humans are exceeding the bounds of natural systems and acting as “super-predators,” a new report finds. The analysis by researchers from the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, University of Victoria (UVic), and the Hakai Institute, and published in the journal Science, looked at over 300 studies that compared human hunter predation and that of non-humans. Whereas…
'Beyond Bleak': Why Nobody in the World Wants to Know the Horror That Is Yemen
In a situation that can only be described as ‘beyond bleak,’ the combined threats of war, food shortages, and an acute water crisis in Yemen have come together to put the Middle East’s poorest nation on the brink of one of the world’s most ignored humanitarian disasters. Amnesty International said this week that likely war…
Mercedes fully behind strategist Vowles despite bad call
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has offered his full support to James Vowles after the Silver Arrows strategist fumbled a crucial call in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix. Mercedes decided not to bring in Lewis Hamilton when a virtual safety car was deployed following the retirement of the team’s other driver, Valtteri Bottas. The strategy call proved…
Gasly ready to pick up the baton at Red Bull Racing
F1 pundits have singled out Pierre Gasly as the man most likely to replace Daniel Ricciardo at Red Bull Racing. And if called upon, the Frenchman is ready for the opportunity. Gasly has been impressive from the outset this season, delivering to Toro Rosso all of its points-scoring results, including a sixth-place finish just before…
Haas unhappy with Renault’s non-respect of inter-team pact
Haas boss Guenther Steiner has pointed the finger at Renault, claiming the French manufacturer broke an inter-team pact following its protest of Romain Grosjean at Monza and the French driver’s subsequent exclusion from the race’s results. The floor element of the French driver’s Haas VF-18 was found not to comply with the technical regulations as…
Red Bull’s Ticktum casts doubt over Schumacher’s sudden wins
Following another clear defeat in Austria this weekend, Red Bull junior Dan Ticktum has cast a rather insidious doubt over Mick Schumacher’s five-race winning streak. Ticktum, who desperately needs to win the FIA European F3 series to garner enough points to possibly race with Toro Rosso in F1 next season, endured another setback at the…
No F1 return for Niki Lauda anytime soon
Mercedes non-executive chairman Niki Lauda won’t be returning to the F1 paddock this year, the Austrian remaining in intensive care in Vienna until he is definitely out of harm’s way. Lauda is still enduring the effects of a life-saving liver transplant that took place last month, and remains under heavy scrutiny from the faculty’s doctors….
Brawn: 2021 regulations will be deemed successful if new teams enter F1
Ross Brawn believes the success of Formula 1’s 2021 regulation platform will be measured by the sport’s ability to attract new entrants. F1’s sporting manager has yet to release the final set of rules and regulations that shall hopefully usher in a new prosperous era for Formula 1. Lowered costs and a more equitable distribution…
Grosjean energised by ‘all or nothing’ qualifying
Click:electronic integrated circuits Romain Grosjean will start tomorrow’s Japanese Grand Prix from fifth place on the grid after a nail-biting qualifying session affected by stop-start rain and damp track conditions. It couldn’t have been a better situation for the Haas driver, who admitted that he loved days when it came down to making the correct…