Events of late at Force India have left Esteban Ocon with limited options for 2019, but Toto Wolff is confident the Mercedes protégé’s future in F1 will be secured. Force India’s recent take-over by a Lawrence Stroll-led consortium means that the Canadian billionaire’s son, Lance Stroll, will move from Williams to the Silverstone-based outfit sooner…
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Alonso laments double-pain weekend and reliability woes
Fernando Alonso believes McLaren’s level of performance at Monza could have earned him some good points on Sunday if he had been spared another reliability issue. The Spaniard’s Italian Grand Prix came to a premature end after just nine laps after an electronic gremlin crept into his MCL33 while he was running 10th. “We had…
The remarkable Visor Cam experience with Kimi Raikkonen!
This week in Barcelona, Kimi Raikkonen gave us a remarkable driver’s eye view of the Circuit de Catalunya from the cockpit of his Alfa Romeo Racing C38 Great strides in camera miniaturization and resolution in the past decade have led to the advent of the Visor Cam, or the coolest way to experience on onboard…
Alonso fully focused on ’emotional’ last F1 weekend
It will be a memorable race weekend in Abu Dhabi for Fernando Alonso who will line up on an F1 grid for the very last time in his 17-year career at the pinnacle of motorsport. Sunday evening at Yas Marina, the 37-year-old McLaren driver will close the curtain on his life in F1 which, upon…
Marko: Super Formula a good proving ground for Red Bull juniors
Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko now views the Japanese Super Formula series as a good training ground for members of its junior programme. The fiercely competitive championship has been used as an alternative to Formula 2 or an extension to the FIA series for drivers vying for a seat in Formula 1. “We were…
2018 Japanese Grand Prix Results
Welcome to our coverage of the 2018 Japanese Grand Prix. From here you will be able to find links to all our latest reports, pictures and results from Suzuka. Session Reports FP1: Hamilton and Mercedes top first free practice at Suzuka FP2: Hamilton and Mercedes remain dominant at Suzuka FP3: Hamilton remains in charge in…
Pope Francis' Historic Visit to the US
Yesterday, Pope Francis landed in Washington to begin a historic US visit. In a rare break with protocol President Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and Vice President Biden greeted him from the plane at Andrews Air Force Base. Today he will meet with the President at the White House and tomorrow he will be the…
As Major Culprit in Creating Crisis, US Rebuked for Failing Refugees
Click:NBA zhibo As refugees are stranded at train stations, attacked by riot police, and killed during the perilous journey across the Mediterranean, Europe’s failure to address the rising humanitarian crisis is being met with global outrage and sorrow. Now, many are also looking across the Atlantic to the United States, where observers say key responsibility…
'Victory for the People' as Guatemalan President Resigns in Disgrace
School of the Americas-trained Guatemalan President Otto Pérez Molina, who oversaw acts of torture and genocide during the country’s decades-long civil war, stepped down just before midnight Wednesday disgraced by unprecedented corruption charges—and by a popular movement against impunity for the ruling elite. Pérez Molina tendered his resignation just one day after Guatemala’s Congress voted…
France's Government Aims to Give Itself—and the NSA—Carte Blanche to Spy on the World
The United States makes an improper division between surveillance conducted on residents of the United States and the surveillance that is conducted with almost no restraint upon the rest of the world. This double standard has proved poisonous to the rights of Americans and non-Americans alike. In theory, Americans enjoy better protections. In practice there…