After falling to an embarrassing defeat to their northern rivals last month, the U.S. has a point to prove on Friday night ‘Intensity’ is a word often thrown around when it comes to the U.S. men’s national team. For years, it was one of the only words used to describe the program. The U.S. was […]
Germany have work to do if they are to be considered likely Euro 2020 winners despite cruising to qualification, says the midfielder Toni Kroos acknowledges Germany are lacking experience and could not be considered Euro 2020 contenders as things stand, although he is not writing off their chances. Germany qualified for a record 13th European Championship […]
Kevin Magnussen believes Stoffel Vandoorne is not “in his happy place” as the Belgian struggles to perform in his maiden season of F1 with McLaren. Expectations were high for Vandoorne coming into 2017 after he was entrusted with Jenson Button’s seat at the Woking-based outfit. A victim of Honda’s dismal reliability and performance at the […]
Claire Williams isn’t expecting any fireworks from Paul di Resta after the 31-year-old was thrown in at the deep end as Felipe Massa’s replacement. Massa suddenly fell ill yesterday, justifying a visit to the local hospital. But his condition did not improve overnight and the Brazilian ended prematurely his run in FP3 this morning. A […]
Ethnic Kurds across Turkey, human rights organizations inside Syria, and others (including the U.S. government) are calling for the Turkish government to more forcefully intervene in the fight against ISIS militants now taking place in the city of Kobani, a Kurdish stronghold that sits on the border between the two countries. As the U.S. continued […]
A story from Italy claims that McLaren executives have apparently put in a request to Ferrari, asking Maranello to consider a possible engine deal for next season with the Woking-based outfit. We’ve heard this one before, and indeed our F1i’s April Fool’s story this year was based on such a scenario, albeit with Alfa Romeo […]
Haas boss Guenther Steiner says that the US outfit will call the shots when it comes to deciding its 2018 driver line-up despite its all-important links with Ferrari. Antonio Giovinazzi, the Scuderia’s reserve driver, was entrusted with Haas’ development with Pirelli this week, a sign that Ferrari’s influence with its partner is growing. Steiner admitted […]
Former Sauber driver Felipe Nasr is still hopeful of returning to the F1 grid, although a lack of opportunity isn’t helping his endeavour. Nasr raced for two seasons in Formula 1, exclusively for Sauber, and even brought the Swiss outfit its only points last season when he finished ninth in his home race, the Brazilian […]
Marine wildlife at all levels of the food chain has been badly damaged by human activity, says a new report that urges immediate and “meaningful rehabilitation” if we are to avert mass extinction in the world’s oceans. “We may be sitting on a precipice of a major extinction event,” Douglas J. McCauley, an ecologist at […]
Toro Rosso is confident that its new engine partner Honda has made big progress over the off-season. Honda split from McLaren at the end of 2017 after a disastrous three-year collaboration. McLaren has now joined up with Renault, while Honda has begun a new association with Toro Rosso. “I am convinced Honda has the capacity […]