Teams are running on the penultimate day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona. Browse through our initial selection of pictures. 62 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in pictures Japanese GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Russian GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Russian GP: Saturday’s…
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Last February, when ethnic Russian rebels were closing in on the Ukrainian port of Mariupol, the New York Times rhapsodically described the heroes defending the city and indeed Western civilization – the courageous Azov battalion facing down barbarians at the gate. What the Times didn’t tell its readers was that these “heroes” were Nazis, some of them even…
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It was a troubled opening day for the works Renault team in Montreal, with technical issues and a crash marring the team’s practice session, but the R.S.18’s pace was clear to see. Amid the setbacks, Carlos Sainz clocked in with a promising eighth-fastest time in FP1 while Nico Hulkenberg was just outside of the top…
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I’d like to apologize to the people of Greece. I’ve been pretty hard on them over the years. I’ve made fun of their freewheeling spendthrift habits, their unwillingness to pay their taxes, and their early retirement ethos. When they were given membership in the Euro zone, I made fun of that too, or at least…
Read moreBig margins of improvement in store for Sainz and Renault
Carlos Sainz feels he has yet to get into the thick of things with regard to testing and pushing his new Renault R.S.18, but a clean second week of testing in Barcelona will be necessary. Weather-induced limited mileage disrupted teams’ development programmes during Week 1 of pre-season testing in Barcelona, with Renault just another victim…
Read moreAustralian GP: All the pictures from Thursday
Tension is ramping up in Melbourne as teams and drivers put their head down and get into the thick of things. The on-track action will kick off tomorrow but there was plenty going on today at Albert Park. Check out our pictures from Thursday’s build-up in Melbourne. 64 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s…
Read moreAllison 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…
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The Israeli military announced Thursday it has exonerated itself for killing four children on a beach in Gaza during last summer’s seven-week military assault on the besieged strip, prompting expressions of outrage and demands for justice from family members and international journalists who witnessed the attack. “There is no justice in the internal investigation,” declared…
Read moreToro Rosso ‘stays Honda works team’ – even if Red Bull signs up
Toro Rosso will continue to be the official Honda works team next season, even if Red Bull decides to cut ties with Renault and sign up with the Japanese manufacturer. Toro Rosso technical director James Key revealed that the team’s raised status would remain intact, even if the world championship-winning senior squad joined the Honda…
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Harris Gleckman is Senior Fellow at the Center for Governance and Sustainability, and the author of 'Multistakeholder Governance and Democracy : A Global Challenge'. For the past 30 years, he has been a leading expert on multinational corporations, global environmental management, financing for development, global governance institutions, and the economics of climate change. In this…
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