Daily Archives: November 18, 2019

Groups Aim to Expose Bloody Relationship Between US and Saudi Arabia

Six months into their bombing campaign against Yemen, Saudi Arabian King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a Washington, D.C. meeting later this week—the monarch’s first since taking the throne. The world leaders will be confronted by protests and petitions denouncing the two countries’ “special relationship,” which rights campaigners […]

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F1 – Leclerc on top on penultimate day of testing as Gasly crashes

Charles Leclerc set impressive pace to go quickest on the penultimate day of F1 pre-season testing in Barcelona, with the Ferrari driver beating Toro Rosso’s Alexander Albon by more than six tenths of a second, with McLarn’s Lando Norris fourth fastest.  Pierre Gasly took fourth place on the timesheet but the Red Bull driver’s session […]

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F1 – Vettel moves forward in second practice in Bahrain

Sebastian Vettel edged team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.035s as Ferrari continued to dominate the free practice sessions for Sunday’s Bahrain Grand Prix.  The early running in Friday’s early evening session was made by Mercedes with Valtteri Bottas topping the timesheet with a lap of 1:30.124 set on medium tyres. That left the Australian Grand Prix winner […]

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WRC – Tänak pursues Neuville for Rally Argentina lead

Thierry Neuville’s lead on Rally Argentina is getting tighter as Ott Tänak won two stages and keeps coming closer to the Hyundai driver, while Neuville’s team-mate Andreas Mikkelsen holds an unexpected third place after problems occurring to Sébastien Ogier and Kris Meeke. Saturday morning was the longest loop of the rally, with four stages making […]

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2021 Formula 1 Regulations to be presented in October

Following discussions during the Canadian Grand Prix in Montréal and a meeting today, 13 June, in Paris between the FIA, Formula 1, Team Principals and Technical Directors from the ten teams, the championship’s single tyre supplier and a number of  drivers – Lewis Hamilton, Nico Hulkenberg and Alexander Wurz – it has been unanimously agreed […]

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F1 – 2019 GERMAN GRAND PRIX FRIDAY PRESS CONFERENCE

TEAM REPRESENTATIVES – Toto WOLFF (Mercedes), Mario ISOLA (Pirelli), Otmar SZAFNAUER (Racing Point), Franz TOST (Toro Rosso), Guenther STEINER (Haas)   Q: Toto, you’re celebrating Mercedes’ 200th race this weekend, 125 years in motorsport. What do those stats mean to you, the boss, and do you have a favourite moment you can tell us about? […]

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PROMISING OUTCOMES PRESENTED AT THE FIA EUROPEAN YOUNG WOMEN PROGRAMME CLOSING CONFERENCE

The Conference was opened by FIA Women in Motorsport Commission President and former Vice World Rally Champion, Michèle Mouton. FIA President Jean Todt, European Commissioner for Transport Violeta Bulc, and two of the Girls on Track Karting Challenge finalists joined the opening session held in the presence of European commissioners, executives from national, public and […]

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Cross Country – Baja Portalegre 500 victory secures title for Terranova & Graue

The MINI John Cooper Works Rally crew of Orlando Terranova and Ronnie Graue claimed a maiden FIA World Cup for Cross Country Bajas title in fine style today by winning the final and title-deciding round, Baja Portalegre 500*. The Argentineans beat the 2018 winner, Nani Roma – this year co-driven by Dani Oliveras – by […]

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