Daily Archives: November 24, 2019

Stroll welcomes a more ‘forgiving’ track in China

Williams rookie Lance Stroll will be happy with a more spacious environment this weekend in China with which to continue his difficult F1 apprenticeship. The 18-year-old got caught out by the narrow Albert Park layout in Melbourne a fortnight ago when he crashed out of the final practice session. The Canadian thus welcomes Shanghai’s more […]

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Rosberg: F1 comeback possible, but not as a driver

Reigning world champion Nico Rosberg says he could one day return to the world of Formula 1, but certainly not as a driver. Rosberg walked away from the sport after he conquered the 2016 title with the desire to spend more time with his family and invest  himself in other exciting projects. While the German […]

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‘What Williams is doing with Stroll is madness!’ says Villeneuve

A  few weeks ago, Jacques Villeneuve appeared to welcome Lance Stroll’s graduation to F1, but now the 1997 world champion isn’t so sure the teenager fits the bill. Speaking to Germany’s Auto Bild, the Canadian pointed a finger at Williams and believes his countryman is simply too young to become a Grand Prix driver. “He’s […]

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Haas planning to test new brake supplier at Bahrain GP

As it seeks to resolve its chronic brake issues, Haas F1 Team is looking at Bahrain as a possible opportunity to trial Carbone Industrie’s product. The US outfit has suffered from a lack of consistency of its pad and disc combo supllied by Brembo, a problem which slowly but surely has eroded the confidence of […]

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Renault to initiate promising update cycle in Bahrain

Renault F1 boss Cyril Abiteboul believes Renault’s prospects will rise meaningfully from Bahrain when the team initiates a promising update cycle. The team kicked off its season with alow-profile performance in Melbourne marked by a crash and brake issues on Jolyon Palmer’s car, while Nico Hulkenberg came home just outside the points. Abiteboul is very […]

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Robert Kubica puts 115 laps under his belt in Valencia!

It’s just a short snippet but the videos below posted on Twitter show Robert Kubica flying around Valencia this afternoon in a 2012-spec Lotus E20. The 32-year-old Pole has been slowly but surely ramping up his single-seater training lately, testing a GP3 car in Italy over a month ago before sampling a Formula E car […]

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Red Bull: Gap with front-runners not as bad as it looks

Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner says there was more to the 75-second deficit conceded by Daniel Ricciardo at the end of Sunday’s Spanish GP than meets the eye. Much was expected of the Milton Keynes-based outfit’s upgrade which was introduced in Barcelona. Both Max Vertappen and Ricciardo confirmed a step-up in performance of the RB13, […]

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Brown wants McLaren to race every year at Indy

McLaren boss Zak Brown would love to see the Woking-based become a fixture at Indianapolis and compete in the Indy 500 on a regular basis. McLaren is teaming up with Andretti Autosports to enter Fernando Alonso in next month’s prestigious event, marking the first return of the manufacturer since the 1970s. Speaking at the Barber […]

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Mercedes tweaks W08 headrest design to avoid failure

Lewis Hamilton missed an easy win on Sunday in Baku, through no fault of his own but because of a small mistake by a member of the Mercedes team. The Brit’s headrest was not properly attached when Hamilton slotted back into his car at the end of the red flag period. The failure then later […]

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Newly Leaked NSA Docs Reveal Saboteurs Infiltrate Tech Companies Worldwide

The National Security Agency has had agents in China, Germany, and South Korea working on programs that use “physical subversion” to infiltrate and compromise networks and devices, according to documents obtained by The Intercept. The documents, leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, also indicate that the agency has used “under cover” operatives to gain access […]

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