Daily Archives: November 18, 2019

Wolff: Hamilton ‘extreme’ lifestyle still allows him to ‘blow everyone away’

Those who still believe that Lewis Hamilton’s flamboyant lifestyle has a negative bearing on his performance might want to change their view following the driver’s flawless Singapore weekend. From qualifying on Saturday to the checkered flag on Sunday, the Silver Arrows driver didn’t put a foot wrong, clinching his seventh win of the season and […]

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Ericsson feeling more ‘comfortable’ thanks to new approach

Marcus Ericsson secured his fourth points-scoring finish of the season at Spa, the Sauber driver putting the performance partly down to a different approach to his race weekend. From P13 on Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix grid, the Swedish driver avoided the first corner mayhem that spectacularly took out team mate Charles Leclerc. Ericsson drove a […]

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Force India to adjust qualifying strategy after Monza

The Racing Point Force India team says it will use a new approach for qualifying sessions in future, following a costly mistake in Monza. Sergio Perez missed out on progressing through to Q1 by one thousandth of a second, when the team felt his first run had been fast enough. The Mexican driver remained in […]

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Raikkonen still the same driver he was 10 years ago

It’s been over a decade since Kimi Raikkonen’s banner championship year, but the Finn believes he’s driving now just as good as he was in 2007. Raikkonen is a senior citizen on Formula 1’s grid, with nineteen years separating the 38-year-old Ferrari driver from Grand Prix racing’s youngest charger, Williams’ Lance Stroll. While we’re counting […]

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Double points from Ocon and Perez boost Force India

Force India’s Sergio Perez had been one of the drivers feeling down in the dumps after Saturday’s qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix. A miscalculation meant that he missed out on getting through Q1 by one thousandth of a second. After grid penalties were applied to other drivers it meant starting Sunday’s race from […]

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Debris incident on opening lap had Gasly fearing the worst

A piece of debris thrown into his path on the opening lap of Sunday’s Russian Grand Prix had Pierre Gasly fearing the worst when the scrap cleared his car’s halo and hit his visor. The Toro Rosso driver was running behind Daniel Ricciardo’s Red Bull when the Aussie’s front-wing was damaged in a contact with […]

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Hartley heads to Maranello for Ferrari simulator gig!

To help with its in-season development this syear, Ferrari will rely on four simulator drivers at Maranello, one of which will be Brendon Hartley. After his first full year of F1, Hartley’s contract with Toro Rosso was not renewed at the end of the last season, and alternatives to pursue his career as a Grand […]

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‘Equal’ Gasly will be free to race Verstappen, says Marko

Pierre Gasly will not be held back by team orders in 2019 when he joins Max Verstappen at Red Bull Racing. That’s according to the team’s motorsports advisor Dr Helmut Marko, who says the two drivers will be given equal status at the start of next season’s campaign. But Marko also makes clear that there […]

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We Must Hold Exxon Accountable for Deceiving the Public on Climate Climate

I’m still trying to process recent revelations in the LA Times and the Pulitzer-winning Inside Climate News about the extent to which ExxonMobil has worked to deny climate change. It knew about the threat of a planet warmed by burning fossil fuels as far back as the 70’s, and while publicly denying these risks, built […]

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Thousands Reach Austria as Refugee Crisis Issues 'Wake-up Call'

Thousands of refugees were welcomed into Austria on Saturday after epic journeys from Hungary that many were forced to begin to take on foot. As USA Today reports, Hungary, which had spent days stopping migrants from leaving by train, provided buses to take them into Austria. The government relented under international pressure and after desperate […]

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