Charles Leclerc declared himself very happy with his first day of testing with Ferrari in 2019, the Monegasque feeling comfortable at the wheel of the Scuderia’s impressive SF90. Leclerc, who put in 15 trouble-free laps around the Circuit de Catalunya, clocked in with a best lap of 1m18.553 that was just 0.392s off Sebastian Vettel’s…
Williams technical director Paddy Lowe believes the limitations of Robert Kubica’s right arm won’t impair the driver’s performance during his come-back season. Kubica’s massive rally crash in 2011inflicted a severe injury to the Pole’s right arm and put a temporary end to the Pole’s career in F1. Years of physical therapy and patience, and many…
In addition to his outstanding engineering and design skills, Mercedes technical director James Allison has a natural gift for eloquence. Understanding Formula 1’s massive technical complexities and creating a championship-winning car require an extraordinarily bright and productive mind. Mercedes hints at wild camo livery for W10 But explaining the sport’s intricacies with fluency to the…
The Italian media proved once again that it takes no prisoners when it comes to a Ferrari driver’s mistakes or under-performance. Italy’s press has been on Sebastian Vettel’s case since last season when the German driver’s costly errors put him out of contention for the 2018 world title. Vettel’s mistake in Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix,…
The World Trade Organization (WTO) kicked off its 10th ministerial conference in Kenya on Tuesday to develop a new free trade agreement, as grassroots activists rallied worldwide against measures they say would undermine the rights of small-scale farmers in developing countries. It is the first time the WTO has met in Africa, where free trade…
After raising the curtain Down Under, Formula 1 has moved to Bahrain and its scintillating Arabian nights in the desert. Everyone reported for duty and crews are already hard at work at Sakhir, preparing for the weekend’s festivities. Here is our first batch of pictures from the Bahrain Paddock. 56 You may also like Japanese…
Turkey’s march towards authoritarianism took another dangerous turn this past week with the forced resignation of moderate Islamist Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, apparently at the insistence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Though constitutionally the Turkish prime minister wields executive authority and the president is largely a figurehead, Erdoğan—who served as prime minister for eleven years…
Romain Grosjean and Kevin Magnussen put Haas in command of the mid-field in Melbourne with a strong showing in qualifying that yielded a sixth and seventh spot on Sunday’s grid. Haas built on its strong performance in FP3 with both its drivers comfortably making the Q3 cut and Grosjean qualifying as ‘best of the rest’….
Even as you take your first first few steps inside the climate summit in Paris, it’s easy to get a bad feeling about things. First, you notice that there are nearly 200 concrete pillars lined up in rows in front the center, each wrapped in flags of the world’s nations. You wander among them, realizing…
The effort to oust twice-elected Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has been big news in the United States. Since December 2015, when Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies began an impeachment process over Rousseff’s budget maneuvers, the New York Times has had 74 pieces that mention “Rousseff” and “impeachment,” according to the Nexis news database; the Washington Post…