Shareholders and board members of sports drinks company Rich Energy have blamed a ‘rogue individual’ for a tweet this week that announced the termination of its title sponsorship of the Haas F1 Team. In a formal statement released on Thursday afternoon, the business – if there really a business worth of the name – insisted…

Charles Leclerc claimed to be happy with his fourth position in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix, but the Ferrari driver was definitely not delighted with a mistake in Q1 that put his session in jeopardy. Running just behind teammate Sebastian Vettel in qualifying’s first segment, Leclerc spun as the pair exited the final corner…

Lewis Hamilton put Mercedes at the top of the timesheet in Friday’s second free practice in Singapore, the Briton leading Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel in the evening session. Hamilton’s fastest lap was 0.184s clear of Verstappen who had led F1 earlier in the day, while Vettel was 0.818s adrift. Valtteri Bottas…

Max Verstappen will line up fourth on Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix grid, but the Aston Martin Red Bull Racing driver was anything but happy with his pace in Saturday’s evening qualifying session. Before the 15th round of the F1 world championship, Red Bull and Verstappen were singled out as candidates to shine around Marina Bay,…

Ferrari’s outstanding performance of late has decided the Italian outfit to not bring any more major updates to its SF90 for the remainder of the 2019 season. While the Scuderia’s strong form at Spa and Monza was anticipated, its pace and subsequent win in Singapore came as a major surprise and certified the efficiency of…

Lewis Hamilton says his approach to racing has changed over the years, the five-time world champion now perceiving F1 as “a marathon not a sprint” Hamilton is currently in his thirteenth season of Grand Prix racing and is likely heading towards his sixth world title. The Mercedes driver says his “philosophy” in racing has evolved…

Anti-government protesters set fire and close streets during ongoing protests in Baghdad, Iraq on Saturday. Iraqi security forces launched an aggressive crackdown on anti-government demonstrators on Saturday, killing at least six people and injuring more than 100 others in central Baghdad. Government authorities used live ammunition, tear gas and stun grenades to disperse protesters and…

Iranian members of parliament have approved the details of a bill that insists US compensate Iran for its crimes against that country. The bill comes as a result of a $2 billion judgment against Iran entered by a US court and backed by an act of the US Congress, on behalf of the families of…

Police and army forces shot at about 6,000 starving farmers and Lumad Indigenous people demonstrating for drought relief in the Philippines on Friday, ultimately killing 10. Observers characterized the security forces’ action as “a strafing.” “The government’s response to hunger is violence,” said Zeph Repollo, Southeast Asia campaign coordinator for 350.org, in an email to…

For Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, the only thing to fear about climate change is fear itself. As he declared in a 2014 tweet, “This very expensive GLOBAL WARMING bullshit has got to stop.” Perhaps taking his words to heart, the four major U.S. TV networks cut their already minimal coverage of climate issues to…