Editor’s note: The artist’s essay that follows accompanies the ‘online unveiling’—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly’s latest painting in his “Americans Who Tell the Truth” portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental, or economic issues of their time. This painting of Alice Rothschild—a physician, author, filmmaker, and peace…
Horner: Verstappen’s fighting spirit ‘makes him exciting to watch’
Red Bull boss Christian Horner says that he’s become increasingly impressed by Max Verstappen over the course of 2017. He said that the young driver had gone through some tough times during the season, and that he had grown as a result. “It is easy to forget it is only his fourth year of car…
Hartley underlines ‘tricky’ return to LMP1 after F1 debut
Brendon Hartley says his return to the WEC with Porsche in China last week was a ‘tricky’ affair after his ‘mindblowing’ F1 debut. It’s been a pressure-packed few weeks for Hartley who continues to dovetail his WEC commitments with his new F1 opportunity. After his baptism of fire with Toro Rosso in Austin and Mexico,…
Vasseur planning ‘junior academy’ at Sauber from 2019
Sauber team boss Fred Vasseur says he will continue to nurture young talent in the future through the Swiss outfit’s platform. Through its partnership with Alfa Romeo, and beyond Ferrari, Sauber is now the de facto destination for the Scuderia’s juniors, with 2017 F2 champion Charles Leclerc the its most promising representative. Vasseur watched the…
Turn 2 three-way clash in Brazil deemed ‘racing incident’
Race stewards have decided that the incident at the start of Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix involving Daniel Ricciardo, Kevin Magnussen and Stoffel Vandoorne was a racing incident. The clash triggered a safety car. The Haas and McLaren were both too badly damaged to continue the race. The stewards heard from Magnussen and Vandoorne after the…
Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game
In 2011, students in Chile made headlines when they launched a nationwide strike lasting almost eight months. The trigger was high tuition costs that drove students and their families into debt. There were coordinated marches in all major cities. At some universities students took over buildings. The marches took on almost a carnival atmosphere with…
Ricciardo and Hartley drop down the grid with late penalties!
Red Bull gets a double whammy of grid drops with Daniel Ricciardo in the senior outfit and Brendon Hartley in the junior squad both taking on new engine components. After pondering a tactical change, the Aussie and his team elected to take on a new ICE and two other elements which will equate to 20-place…
Boullier: ‘If Alonso wins, he’ll also punch a wall!’
McLaren’s Eric Boullier says Fernando Alonso is filled with rage, whether he’s frustrated by defeat or enraptured in victory. The Woking-based outfit’s racing director admits another season of dismal performance with Honda saw the Spaniard boil over at times, referring to his post-race reaction in Singapore this year when Alonso punched a hole in the…
In Vanuatu, Death Toll Climbs as Scale of Devastation Sinks In
Thousands of people left homeless in Vanuatu last weekend after a deadly cyclone ripped through the cluster of islands in the South Pacific were still waiting for relief on Friday. As the confirmed death toll from the hurricane rose to 13, many survivors were still taking refuge in homeless shelters, while Vanuatu’s government began distributing…
Miami and Hanoi F1 races look likely, and Argentina wants back in!
Formula 1’s race calendar could see a couple new additions as soon as 2019, as Miami and Hanoi emerge as likely contenders for a plum spot on the sport’s Grand Prix schedule. According to Germany’s Auto, Motor und Sport, negotiations between FOM and the promoters of the planned street races in Florida and in Vietnam…