Monthly Archives: November 2019

Verstappen says Red Bull ‘two races behind’ on engines

Max Verstappen believes that Red Bull is running significantly behind rival teams when it comes to engine upgrades in 2018. The Dutch driver was speaking in Hungary, where his most recent Grand Prix ended just five laps in to the race because of an issue with the car’s MGU-K. It’s the latest in a number […]

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After Paris, Fossil Fuels Flail While Solar Stocks Soar

Fossil fuel stocks tumbled while renewable energy soared on Monday, the first day of trading after global leaders cemented their landmark climate pact in Paris. Under the agreement, countries have pledged to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions in an effort to keep global warming beneath 1.5°C. And it is clear the fossil fuel industry is […]

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Near-Total Meltdown of Fukushima Reactor 2 Confirmed

At least 70 percent of nuclear fuel inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi power plant melted down following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, bringing the total of reactors which experienced meltdowns to three, according to a Japanese research team. In fact, it’s possible that 100 percent of the fuel inside reactor 2 […]

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Global Glaciers Melting up to Three Times Rate of 20th Century

The 21st century has already seen a record-smashing decline in the world’s glaciers, which are melting at up to three times the rate of the 20th century and will continue to disappear even without further climate change, an alarming new study concludes. Entitled Historically Unprecedented Global Glacier Decline in the Early 21st Century, the research […]

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'Mass Struggle Works': South African Student Uprising Wins Tuition Hike Freeze

Facing the largest student uprisings since South Africans toppled apartheid, President Jacob Zuma pledged Friday to halt tuition fee increases in the year 2016—prompting declarations of victory, as well as calls to continue the mass mobilizations until free education is won for all. “A famous victory won by the hard struggle of students. We are […]

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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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