McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says Fernando Alonso’s good performance on Friday was exactly what the doctor ordered before heading Down Under. McLaren’s pre-season testing was dogged by reliability issues which emerged in almost every session, throwing back the team to its painful period with engine partner Honda. Fernando Alonso had completed no more than…
McLaren’s Zak Brown believes Haas’ technical relationship with Ferrari should be “looked at closely” following the early impressive performance of the US outfit’s VR-18 car. Since its arrival in F1 in 2016, Haas has relied on a technical partnership with Ferrari for the supply of specific authorised parts in addition to its power unit, as…
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says the governing body has no plans of intervening over the issue of Ferrari’s smoking SF71-H. The unusual phenomenon started over winter testing, when every time Ferrari fired up its new SF71-H, the car expired a heavy cloud of oily smoke, engulfing the Scuderia’s garage and those of its neighbors….
The Pew Research Center is out with the findings of a new global survey which shows that—in contrast to nearly half the nations surveyed—those in the U.S do not see climate change as a top threat. Forty-two percent of respondents in the U.S. said they were very concerned about global climate change. Ranking higher were…
Formula 1’s director of motorsports Ross Brawn says that he objects to comments that Liberty Media is dumbing down the sport. Talking to Radio Sport New Zealand this week, Brawn said that he was personally offended by such suggestions. “Formula 1 has a long history of incredible competition,” he responded. “It’s the pinnacle of motorsport….
Valtteri Bottas’ run to eighth in Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix was the best the Finn could manage in a race in which the Mercedes driver was forced to deal with an engine overheating issue. Bottas faced a difficult challenge from the outset after his qualifying crash on Saturday led to a gearbox change and a…
After dining on cod on July 7, European leaders representing the economic elites went back to work figuring out how to run over the Greek majority in Europe’s first democracy. The serving of cod, presumably from Iceland, is ironic considering that it was the Icelanders who six years ago defied European investors — and by…
The planet Earth, with mankind’s help, is leap-frogging into sweltering new territory. With the monthly update from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) out Monday, three of the world’s official climate reporting agencies agree that June 2015 was the hottest on record, and that this year is shaping up to be the hottest year…
Formula 1’s former boss Bernie Ecclestone has added his voice to those calling for engine performance to be equalised. The 87-year-old, who was ousted by new owners Liberty at the start of 2017, said it was the only way to stop one or two teams dominating the sport. “I’m a big fan of Mercedes,” he…
Kevin Magnussen will line up fifth on Sunday’s German Grand Prix starting grid, the Dane delivering to Haas its best qualifying performance since it joined the F1 grid in 2016. Magnussen was consistently in the midfield mix through the first two segments of the Saturday afternoon session, ultimately edging team mate Romain Grosjean by 0.344s…