Racing Point technical director Andy Green says the team is still dealing with the consequences of last year’s troubles that disrupted the design process of its 2019 car. It’s been a slow start for the Silverstone-based squad which scored a top-ten finish in Melbourne thanks to Lance Stroll and lucked in to a point in […]
McLaren’s Lando Norris says his team was right to bring him in for a second pitstop under the VSC in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix although the decision allowed him to be overhauled by team mate Carlos Sainz. Norris was running seventh behind Racing Point’s Sergio Perez with 13 laps to go when McLaren called the […]
The French Grand Prix kicked off in earnest on Friday with – unsurprisingly – a pair of Silver Arrows comfortably in the lead. Here’s a recap of the day at Paul Ricard, in pictures. 84 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in pictures Japanese GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Russian GP: Sunday’s action […]
Former Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen says that Ferrari must find a way to solve the mounting tension within the team if it is to finally beat the rival Mercedes squad in 2020. The last two races have seen growing friction between drivers Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel won in Singapore after the team […]
The FIA has modified the DRS zones for this weekend’s German Grand Prix at Hockenheim, leaving drivers with two activation points. In 2018, drivers could use their Drag Reduction System on the main straight, but that zone has now been discarded. Instead, an activation point located before Turn 1 will allow driver to deploy DRS […]
Toro Rosso driver Daniil Kvyat is still trying to get his bearings after a weekend that was undoubtedly one of the most ‘surreal’ of his life. Kvyat finished on the podium for the German Grand Prix just hours after his partner gave birth to their first child together. Unsurprisingly, the young Russian was still looking […]
How do you misuse a racial prejudice? At first glance this ought to appear to be an absurd question. Racial prejudices already constitute the distortion of perception and emotion. Nevertheless, when a particular prejudice has a distinct pedigree and an age-old definition, and then is purposely exploited (particularly by those purporting to represent its victims) […]
Despite condemning Saudi Arabia’s recent mass executions and raising concerns about human rights abuses, the Canadian government said this week it is moving forward with a controversial $15 billion weapons sale to the Gulf state. Reportedly Canada’s largest-ever arms export contract, the deal was confirmed amid growing condemnation of ongoing western support for Saudi Arabia, […]
Indigenous women, environmentalists, and feminists across the globe on Tuesday marked International Women’s Day with a renewed call to stand up against oppression and resist the intersecting attacks on women and Mother Earth—our Pachamama. Tweets about #bertacaceres OR #iwd2016 Falling just days after the high-profile assassination of Honduran peasant leader Berta Cáceres, many groups issued […]
In 2002, Brazil’s left-of-center Workers Party (PT) ascended to the presidency when Lula da Silva won in a landslide over the candidate of the center-right party PSDB (throughout 2002, “markets” were indignant at the mere prospect of PT’s victory). The PT remained in power when Lula, in 2006, was re-elected in another landslide against a different PSDB candidate. […]