FIA president Jean Todt says it’s very unlikely F1 will attract new manufacturers in 2021, with efforts now focused on retaining the sport’s current pool of four engine suppliers. Initially, the whole premise supporting a major overhaul of F1’s engine regulations was to lure in new manufacturers or independent engine suppliers with a cheaper, less…
FIA president Jean Todt faced a tough opposition when the halo was introduced into F1, but never gave in, convinced its day of recognition would come. The controversial cockpit safety device fulfilled its protective purpose during its first full-scale real life test at Spa last month, when Charles Leclerc was spared injury – or perhaps…
The potential arrival of a Miami Grand Prix on the F1 schedule in 2020 will also introduce a new risk-sharing model for the sport and its promoters, a concept Formula 1 could expand in the future. Historically, agreements between the sport and race organisers has followed a fixed franchise fee structure, usually based on multi-year…
It’s been a contentious relationship this season between Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and engine supplier Renault, and the latter just added to the pair’s war of words. The Dutch driver hadn’t held back this season, never missing an opportunity to lambast the French manufacturer whenever its power unit wreaked havoc on the 21-year-old’s chances of…
George Russell insists Williams’ 2019 season isn’t “a write-off” despite the mass of issues facing the beleaguered outfit. From the FW42’s delayed roll-out and flawed design to a lack of spare parts and internal disruption following the departure of technical director Paddy Lowe, Williams has never endured a more dismal start to an F1 campaign….
A surprised Carlos Sainz found himself third on Friday’s timesheet, just behind the leading Red Bull pair, but the Renault driver believes the running order was especially a reflection of Mercedes and Ferrari’s struggles. Sainz clocked in behind Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in both free practice sessions on the opening day of the Mexican…
Renault Sport boss Jerome Stoll says the French manufacturer underestimated the massive task that followed its buy-out of Lotus and return to F1 as a works outfit in 2016. Upon its decision to return to the Grand Prix battlefield, Renault developed a five-year plan destined to propel the team to the front of the grid….
Al Jazeera journalists Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed were among the 100 political prisoners and youth activists granted pardon on Wednesday by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. The group was among those targeted by the Egyptian government, which came to power in 2013 and soon thereafter enacted a sweeping anti-protest law. Recently passed “anti-terror” legislation…
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…