Alfa Romeo’s Giovinazzi sets the pace on the opening of Day 5
A mad dash before the lunch-break put Alfa Romeo Racing’s Antonio Giovinazzi at the top of the time-sheet as pre-season testing resumed on Tuesday in Barcelona. The Italian’s 1m18.589 benchmark time just edged the morning’s pace-setter, Red Bull’s Pierre Gasly, by 0.058s, while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc clocked in third during a morning which saw the…
Vettel keeps himself on top in final free practice
Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel kept himself ahead of the field in the Saturday morning’s dress rehearsal before the afternoon’s qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. With a lap in 1m16.170s, the German enjoyed an advantage of 0.059s over Mercedes Valtteri Bottas, with Kimi Raikkonen ending the session third. Lewis Hamilton’s morning run to fourth overall was…
Red Bull set to ‘party’ in 2019 with new Honda engine mode!
Red Bull Racing may finally be in a position to go head-to-head with its front-running rivals in qualifying in 2019, thanks to a new engine “party mode” delivered by Honda. The Milton Keynes-based outfit’s optimism for the season ahead appears to be bordering on euphoria based on the latest comments from Red Bull’s Helmut Marko.…
FIA to ‘kerb’ Verstappen’s enthusiasm at COTA
The FIA has taken measures at Austin to prevent a repeat of the controversy that marred last year’s US Grand Prix, when Max Verstappen was stripped of third place for exceeding track limits at COTA. The Red Bull driver had overtaken Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen on the ultimate lap of the race following a bold maneuver…
Change Everything or Face A Global Katrina
For me, the road to This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate begins in a very specific time and place. The time was exactly ten years ago. The place was New Orleans, in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The road in question was flooded and littered with bodies. Today I am posting, for the first…
Why Is Indonesia Not in the Saudi-led Sunni Coalition Against Terror?
The Saudis love coalitions. The Sunni monarchy had the Americans, the British, the French and sundry other oil importers on their side to drive Saddam’s legions out of Kuwait in 1991. Earlier this year, the Saudi military – for which read the youngest defence minister in the world and the ambitious Deputy Prime Minister, Mohamed…
Hypocrisy on Display as US Lavishes Military Aid on Egypt
Speaking in Cairo on Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry reassured Egyptian officials that the country’s human rights abuses will not get in the way of further boosts to U.S. aid, arms, and military “cooperation.” “Egypt remains vital … to engagement and stability in the region as a whole,” said Kerry at joint appearance with…
Hockenheim Speed Trap: who is the fastest of them all?
There’s been a lot of talk about Ferrari’s sudden power surge, Sebastian Vettel confirming the Scuderia’s boost in speed when he outpaced Mercedes’ Valtteri Botta for pole on Saturday. However, for all the chatter – and suspicion – about Maranello’s improved muscle it was still a Mercedes-powered car that clocked in with the highest top…
Force India bringing aero upgrade to Singapore
The Racing Point Force India team will be bringing an updated aero package to this weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit. “We have more performance to bring to the car this weekend with an updated aero package,” confirmed team principal Otmar Szafnauer on Tuesday. The new parts will be tried out for…
Current status of 2019 driver line-ups
So much for the Formula 1 summer shutdown! We’ve had three major driver announcements for 2019 in the last couple of weeks, beginning with Daniel Ricciardo’s move to Renault putting him alongside Nico Hulkenberg And this week Fernando Alonso confirmed that he’s ending his time in F1 at the end of the season. That opened…