Louis Camilleri, who recently took the helm of Ferrari following Sergio Marchionne’s untimely passing, has vowed to work with F1 to keep the iconic company in the sport beyond 2020. In the past year, Formula 1’s ambitious plans to usher Grand Prix racing into a new era were met with a defensive stance by Marchionne…
Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes remained out of touch from their rivals in Saturday’s final free practice session before this afternoon’s qualifying for the Russian Grand Prix. The Brit clocked in with a lap in 1m33.067s that put him 0.254s clear of team mate Valtteri Bottas, while Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel struggled once again to keep up,…
The penultimate round of the F1 world championship kicked off on Friday at Interlagos. Check out our gallery of the day’s free practice action. 106 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in pictures Japanese GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Russian GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Russian GP: Saturday’s action in pictures Russian GP:…
Kevin Magnussen has lashed out at the ‘really bad’ rear view mirrors on modern Formula 1 cars, suggesting that they leave drivers essentially blind at crucial moments. Since joining Haas in 2017, Magnussen has been repeatedly criticised by rivals for blocking them on track. He countered this on several occasions by suggesting that he had…
Williams has announced that 23-year-old Canadian Nicholas Latifi has been chosen as the British outfit’s reserve driver for 2019. A multiple winner in the FIA Formula 2 series, Latifi enjoyed a series of Friday free practice outings with Force India this season, amassing valuable F1 experience. The young driver’s reserve role with Williams will involve…
As trade ministers from around the world continued meeting in Atlanta on Thursday for final-stretch negotiations on the corporate-friendly Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP), civil society groups demonstrated on the streets in a final salvo against a deal they describe as “a wholesale auction of our rights, our freedoms, and our democracy to multinational corporations who…
The refugee chaos that is now pushing deep into Europe – dramatized by gut-wrenching photos of Syrian toddler Aylan Kurdi whose body washed up on a beach in Turkey – started with the cavalier ambitions of American neocons and their liberal-interventionist sidekicks who planned to remake the Middle East and other parts of the world through…
Diplomatic talks between high-level delegations from the U.S., Russia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and other interested countries from across the Middle East and Europe concluded in Vienna on Friday with a resulting agreement that many are taking as a possible “breakthrough” in the effort to end the devastating civil war in Syria. Though no representatives from…
Safeguards for media workers must be strengthened to protect not only their work, but their lives, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. More than 700 reporters and other media workers have been killed in the past decade “simply for bringing news…
Like father, like son, right? Liev Schreiber surprised us all on the 2016 Emmys red carpet and brought along a date that’s definitely one for the history books: 9-year-old son Alexander “Sasha” Pete. Rather than walk hand-in-hand with gorgeous wife Naomi Watts, the Ray Donovan actor, nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series,…