Monthly Archives: November 2019

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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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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