Ferrari completed this week’s presentation of the cars and designs that will be gunning for glory this season by unveiling its new-spec SF90 contender. Purists may be disappointed by the new car’s red matte livery, but this war horse is clearly ready to prance! Check out the pictures and renderings in our gallery. 9 You…
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Leclerc restores Ferrari’s shine in Day 7 morning session!
Charles Leclerc put Ferrari back at the top of the timesheet in Barcelona on Wednesday, the Monegasque producing a new fastest lap in pre-season testing. Leclerc dominated the final 30 minutes of the morning session, edging Toro Rosso’s Alex Albon, the only other driver to produce a sub-1m17 lap and McLaren’s Lando Norris. Pre-season test…
FIA to monitor tyre pressures at all times from 2021
The FIA is set to introduce a special tyre pressure monitoring system common to all teams in 2021 that will provide the governing body’s stewards with relevant data on pressures and temperatures over an entire Grand Prix weekend. Along with a new set of regulations, Formula 1 will usher in 18-inch wheels from 2021, a…
Montreal Speed Trap: who is the fastest of them all?
As teams often emphasize, power is a precious asset in Montreal where the track’s long straights cater to an engine’s potency. After qualifying, Lewis Hamilton conceded that straight-line speed was a clear weakness for Mercedes relative to Ferrari, and a look at the speed trap readings certifies the reigning world champion’s comment as a fact….
Beware Washington's High Hopes for 'Chavista' Defeat in Venezeula
As the people of Venezuela head to the polls on Sunday for parliamentary elections, internal political tensions remain high even as the overall outcome remains anything but certain. Though many headlines in the U.S. press are using recent polling to claim that the socialist government of President Nicolás Maduro could suffer a significant defeat in…
Kvyat: Melbourne point ‘one of the most difficult’ ever earned
F1 returnee Daniil Kvyat put in a spirited drive on Sunday in Melbourne to earn himself one of the most hard-earned championship points in his career. After a year on the sidelines, Kvyat was called back by his former employer Red Bull to rejoin Toro Rosso, and the Russian lost no time showing his gratitude…
Because Nothing Says 'Happy Holidays' Like Illegal Occupation…
Israeli ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer announced that, as a deliberate effort to snub the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement, all of the holiday gifts he’s sending will be from the occupied West Bank and Golan Heights. In a letter posted Monday on social media he writes: “This holiday season I decided…
Steiner: Haas needs time to develop solutions to tyre issues
Click:brick making machine Haas team boss Guenther Steiner is confident the US outfit will overcome its current tyre issues, but time will be necessary to develop a solution. While the pace in qualifying of Haas’ 2019 contender has been satisfactory so far this season, both Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean have struggled with their VF-19…
The Dynamics of Compassion
It’s too easy to reduce acts of kindness to an “aw, isn’t that nice?” sort of irrelevance. What if we thought about them, instead, as templates for foreign policy? For one thing, if we did, there would be no such thing as “foreign” policy — no segregation of most of humanity behind borders and labels,…
Listen to Zayn Malik and M.I.A.’s New Song, “Freedun”
Two of our favorite British solo acts have teamed up to give us a dreamy new track to close out the summer with. Click Here: liz claiborne perfume Rapper M.I.A. shared “Freedun” the fist single off her forthcoming album, AIM, on Annie Mac’s BBC Radio 1 show on Thursday, which features an unexpected treat: vocals…