Honda F1 boss Yusuke Hasegawa believes the Japanese manufacturer will have less pressure working with Toro Ross in 2018 than it had with current partner McLaren. As Honda winds down its relationship with the Woking-based outfit and switches its attention to its new collaboration with Toro Rosso, it hopes for a less agitated partnership. Honda’s…
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff found little to cheer on Sunday, despite Lewis Hamilton taking second place in the Malaysian Grand Prix. Even with Sebastian Vettel starting from the rear and his Ferrari team mate Kimi Raikkonen failing to start at all, Valtteri Bottas could finish no higher than fifth place in Sepang. And Wolff reckoned…
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen reported a solid day’s work at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, as Formula 1 reconvened for the second four-day pre-season test. However the RB14 did trigger a red flag late in the afternoon, after stopping at turn 1. Verstappen reported that the stoppage was caused by a minor problem that was quickly…
Lewis Hamilton enjoyed his day of racing at Interlagos on Sunday although the Mercedes driver did not feel particularly challenged by any overtaking maneuvers. Click Here: New Zealand rugby store After his botched qualifying on Saturday which saw the world champion crash unexpectedly in Q1, Hamilton was left to conduct a charge through the field…
At the beginning of the year, Valtteri Bottas called upon his creative fans to design his 2018 helmet, and entries poured in left and right for over a month. The Mercedes driver, highly impressed by the quality of the entries, then sifted through the thousands of projects, an arduous task which the Finn completed a…
As McLaren ends it contract with Jenson Button, racing director Eric Boullier has paid tribute to the Briton’s contribution to the Woking-based oufit’s history. Button remained contracted to McLaren this year, substituting for Indy-bound Fernando Alonso at Monaco and working as the brand’s ambassador. But the Briton now moves on to another chapter in his…
From Keke to Nico, the Rosberg family is a long lasting resident of Ibiza. The 2016 world champion was just a toddler when he met his wife Vivian on the Balearic island, and the couple has remained faithful to the lively summer resort ever since. In his latest Vlog, Nico take us for an off-season…
Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel admit equaling the legendary Juan Manuel Fangio’s five titles would represent a special milestone, but both men also put the achievement in perspective. Last year, Hamilton joined Vettel and Alain Prost in the quadruple champion club, and the Mercedes and Ferrari drivers now have an opportunity to join the great…
Privacy and civil liberties advocates are slamming the findings of a U.K. commission’s 18-month investigation into the government’s mass surveillance programs, released Thursday. The report by the U.K. Parliament’s Intelligence and Security Commission (ISC), launched as a response to NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden’s revelations in 2013, found that the government’s spying operations need a complete…
In light of how the International Monetary Fund has spent most of its existence parading around the world telling governments to make their economies more friendly for multinational corporations by suppressing wages, restricting pensions, liberalizing industries, and more or less advocating they ignore the popular will of workers and the less fortunate—all in the name…