Do androids dream of a three-day week? This week, Professor Stephen Hawking weighed in on the topic that’s obsessing technologists, economists and social scientists around the world: whether a dawning age of robotics is going to spell mass unemployment. “If machines produce everything we need,” Hawking wrote in an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit,…

President Obama might be the ultimate Game of Thrones fan. After all, the commander-in-chief has enough pull that he gets episodes in advance, and he probably has a greater appreciation than anyone of Westeros’s ever-shifting alliances and tangled power struggles. That said, even the superfan in the Oval Office has trouble recalling all the characters who have met their maker…

The all-female Kessel Racing crew, which is supported by the FIA Women in Motorsport Commission (WIMC), has secured one of the 60 coveted places on the 2019 entry list for the most famous endurance race in the world, the 24 Heures du Mans (15/16 June). Manuela Gostner, Rahel Frey and Michelle Gatting will line-up on…

TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Paul Di Resta) Q: Charles, it’s your first ever pole position in Formula One, your second grand prix with Ferrari, you’ve looked in control all weekend, and you’ve got the job done.Charles LECLERC: Yeah, I’m extremely happy. Obviously in the last race I was not very happy with my qualifying – I did…

2019 Round 2 Post Feature Race Press Conference Thoughts from Nicholas Latifi, Juan Manuel Correa and Jack Aitken FIA Formula 2: Welcome to the press conference for the top three finishers for the FIA Formula 2 sprint race here in Azerbaijan. We are joined by race winner Nicholas Latifi from DAMS, in second place, Juan…

WEDNESDAY, 22 MAY, 1500 HOURS LOCAL TIME Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)Max Verstappen (Red Bull)Daniel Ricciardo (Renault)Robert Kubica (Williams) THURSDAY, 23 MAY, 1300 HOURS LOCAL TIME Zak Brown (McLaren)Otmar Szafnauer (Racing Point)Christian Horner (Red Bull)Cyril Abiteboul (Renault)Claire Williams (Williams) SATURDAY, 25 MAY, POST-QUALIFYING Three fastest drivers from Qualifying SUNDAY, 26 MAY, POST-RACE First three finishing drivers …

DRIVERS1 – Max VERSTAPPEN (Red Bull Racing) 2 – Charles LECLERC (Ferrari)3 – Valtteri BOTTAS (Mercedes) TRACK INTERVIEWS(Conducted by Martin Brundle)  Q: Max Verstappen, what an astonishing race you drove. We see two cars down there from the great Niki Lauda – a Ferrari and a McLaren. A worthy champion of course, three times, a legend in this…

Lewis Hamilton took his seventh Hungarian Grand Prix victory at the Hungaroring, edging a nail-biting strategic battle with Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen that saw the Mercedes driver make up a 19-second gap to the Dutchman and claim the lead four laps from home after gambling on a second pit stop.  Starting from pole, Verstappen…

Toyota driver Kris Meeke leads a close pack of contenders after the first full loop of stages on Wales Rally GB. Meeke has been the driver to beat so far on his home event, setting fastest time on Thursday morning’s Shakedown before winning the evening’s opening stage at the Oulton Park circuit. The Ulsterman holds…

Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul scored victory at the Rally of Spain for Hyundai, snatching the lead in Saturday’s first stage and maintaining their position at the top until the finish line. But it was not enough to stop the championship points leaders Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja in their mission: the Estonian pair dominated…