Click:Wood screws Gene Haas had two reasons to smile after his team’s very first double-points finish, achieved in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Romain Grosjean equaled his best ever finish with the US outfit, crossing the line P8 while Kevin Magnussen was the last man in the top-ten. It wasn’t a cool Sunday cruise in the…
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Customer Mercedes teams get an engine boost
Mercedes has delivered an upgraded engine to its customer teams in Canada, Force India and Williams. The new-spec unit had already been introduced in Spain and used exclusively by works driver Lewis Hamilton while Valtteri Bottas recieved the upgrade in Monaco. “I think it’s more to do with reliability than outright performance,” said Force India…
Was Ferrari the target of the FIA’s oil-for-fuel clampdown?
Pundits in Baku are connecting some vague dots between Ferrari’s relative under-performance in qualifying yesterday and the FIA’s recent restriction order regarding burning oil as fuel. Ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, the FIA increased its efforts to restrict teams from attempting to generate a power boost by using oil as fuel. Ferrari’s sudden loss…
Marko puts his money on Vettel in title fight
Helmut Marko is banking on Sebastian Vettel to defeat Lewis Hamilton this year and conquer his fifth world championship title. The Red Bull boss believes his former protégé will come back even stronger from F1’s summer break which ends next week at Spa and deliver the goods in the second half of the season. “I…
Hamilton hoping for less volatile performance
Lewis Hamilton hopes Mercedes can iron out the volatility from the performance of its W08 in the upcoming races after an inconsistent run so far in 2017. Hamilton took a commanding win in Montreal, his third of the season, but under-performance in Russia and Monaco underlined his mount’s lack of consistency, an issue Mercedes traced…
Former Baltimore Mayor Pleads Guilty In Children’s Book Scandal
Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh (right) leaves federal court in Baltimore on Thursday after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a fraudulent children’s book sales to enrich herself and help her political career. Former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh pleaded guilty to corruption charges on Thursday, a day after federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment accusing her…
US Ramps Up Military Strikes in Iraq as Militant Control Over Key Dam Remains Unclear
Iraqi and Kurdish officials claim Monday to have retaken control of a strategic dam held by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters following a weekend in which the United States ramped up its military involvement in the country with additional air strikes. Agence France-Presse reports: Iraqi security spokesman Lt. Gen. Qassem Atta confirmed…
Helmut Marko tells Ricciardo to be grateful and enjoy his work!
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko once enjoyed a promising career as a Formula 1 driver although the Austrian manager rarely talks about his past life. A close friend of the great Jochen Rindt during his teenage years, Marko followed into the footsteps of the 1970 world champion, making his Grand Prix debut in his…
Reflecting 'Global Surge in Authoritarianism,' 2014 Marks a Brutal Year for Journalists
2014 has been a grim year for journalists. Two leading press freedom groups have released their annual reports on the abuse and imprisonment of journalists around the globe and the evidence paints a world increasingly “barbaric” for those seeking to report on global events. Reflecting what the group says is a “global surge in authoritarianism,”…
Murder in the Rainforest: Local Activists and the Global Politics of Climate Change
On the morning of December 5th, a dark piece of news began circulating at the U.N. climate talks in Lima: The body of José Isidro Tendetza Antún, a leading Ecuadorian indigenous-rights and anti-mining campaigner, had been found in a riverside grave near his village, his remains bound in rope, showing signs of beating and torture….