Red Bull ‘not the quickest’ at Suzuka, insists Ricciardo
After last week’s win in Malaysia, the Red Bull team is in the unaccustomed position of being talked up as race favourites ahead of this weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix. But Daniel Ricciardo insists that they still need to be even quicker to really worry their rivals. “We’re getting better for sure,” he acknowledged. “[But] I’m…
Greece Will Not be 'Blackmailed' into More Austerity, Tsipras Declares
Speaking before a session of the new Syriza parliament in Athens on Tuesday, Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras declared that Greek negotiators will not succumb to “blackmail” from European lenders and will adhere to their promise to end austerity policies in the state. “We are not in a hurry and we will not compromise,” Tsipras told…
McLaren and Andretti involved together once again at Indy?
The McLaren-Andretti Autosport partnership which ran Fernando Alonso at this year’s Indy 500 could return to the Brickyard next year. The American outfit joined forces this week with McLaren boss Zak Brown’s United Autosports company to buy the Walkinshaw Racing Supercars, and Michael Andretti hinted at the possibility of working once again with McLaren in…
Perez looking forward to a ‘no pressure’ weekend
Force India’s Sergio Perez heads to the season finale in Abu Dhabi unconstrained as the team has already secured its fourth place in the Constructors’ standings. The Silverstone-based outfit put itself out of its rivals’ reach in Mexico, and will finish the season best of the rest behind F1’s front-runners for the second year running.…
NYT Hopes India Can Avoid China's Plight: a High-Paid, Well-Educated Workforce
A front-page lead New York Times story, headlined “As Rivals Falter, India’s Economy Is Surging Ahead” (2/17/15), is mainly valuable for the insight it provides into what the Times considers to be a healthy economy–and who that economy is supposed to benefit. “As other big developing markets stumble, India is emerging as one of the…
Israel's Seizure of Palestinian Taxes Sparks Economic Devastation, Mounting Resistance
As Israel continues to withhold $130 million a month in revenue from the Palestinian Authority, officials warn that the West Bank’s already choked economy is teetering over the edge, with most public employees facing salary cuts of 40 percent or more and the government close to default. “We have informed the Palestinian Authority that we…
Constructors’ battle for sixth irrelevant – Hulkenberg
Renault still has a chance of wrestling sixth in the Constructor’s standings from rival Toro Rosso, but Nico Hulkenberg views the prospect as irrelevant. Click Here: Italy Football Shop The French manufacturer is just four points behind the Faenza-base outfit ahead of F1’s season finale in Abu Dhabi, and two points ahead of the Haas…
Toro Rosso 2018 contract not a surprise for Hartley
Brendon Hartley’s confirmation last week as a Toro Rosso driver for 2018 was hardly a surprise for the Kiwi who had known about his fate for several weeks. Toro Rosso confirmed the 27-year-old and team mate Pierre Gasly who both jumped only recently on the F1 bandwagon. “To be honest, I knew about the contract…
Red Bull straight-line speed will be ‘painful’ says Verstappen
Red Bull’s RB14 is ready to hit the ground running this weekend, but Max Verstappen fears the Renault-powered car will suffer a significant deficit to its rivals on the straights. The Milton Keynes-based team enjoyed an early start to the design of its 2018 charger in a bid to perform at the outset in Melbourne,…
Allison hails 4,841km of incredible Mercedes engine reliability
Mercedes technical director James Allison says the team’s power units were running as strong on the last day of pre-season testing as they were at the beginning of the two-week arduous schedule. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas completed a total of 1,040 laps of the Circuit de Catalunya – or 4,841km – over the course…