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Mercedes’ Valtteri Bottas topped the timesheet before mid-day at the Circuit de Catalunya on the fourth and final day of Week 1 of pre-season testing. After yesterday’s frustrating wash-out which deprived everyone of crucial mileage, teams resumed their test respective programmes this morning, although track conditions remained damp despite rising temperatures. Bottas was among the…

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Red Bull boss Christian Horner predicts that his drivers will be right in the thick of the 2018 world championship battle. This year’s campaign was derailed almost before it began. Reliability issues led to a frustrating first half of the season for both Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. But the team kept working and has…

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Fernando Alonso put in a spirited drive to eighth in Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix but was unimpressed once again with the power delivered by his Honda engine. The McLaren driver spent the better part of the afternoon chasing Felipe Massa’s Williams but ultimately failed to mount a proper attack on the Brazilian as he struggled…

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Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced plans on Wednesday to set up military courts for use in terrorism trials following the deadly school attack in Peshawar last week that saw 149 people, most of them children, killed by Taliban fighters. In a television address, Sharif vowed to crush militancy, saying the courts would be established…

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Lewis Hamilton have McLaren’s new MCL33 contender two thumbs up yesterday as he responded to a message posed by former foe Fernando Alonso on Instagram. McLaren unveiled yesterday its stunning ‘papaya orange’ racer which it hopes will lead its charge up the field in 2018 after three years of purgatory for the Woking-based outfit. Alonso’s…

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Renault’s Cyril Abiteboul says the French outfit needs to improve its understanding of Pirelli’s tyres after both its drivers struggled on their respective rubber in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix. Renault scored a double-points finish in the Principality, with Nico Hulkenberg coming home P8 while Carlos Sainz rounded off the top ten. While the former was…

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McLaren sporting director Eric Boullier says that he has no concerns about receiving equal treatment from Renault in 2018. The team has just extricated itself from a troubled three-year partnership with Honda. Next season it will be supplied with power units by Renault. As well as its factory team, the manufacturer is also providing engines…

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Citing large scale human rights abuses and discriminatory enforcement practices, more than 100 organizations on Wednesday sent an open letter (pdf) to the United Nations calling for a significant shift in global drug policy. The international coalition is comprised of non-governmental organizations and drug reform advocacy groups—such as Human Rights Watch, the American Civil Liberties…

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Formula 1 has confirmed that Sky Italia will broadcast F1 live in a new three-year deal, but its German counterpart has pulled the plug on F1. While Sky Italia receives exclusive broadcast and digital rights until 2020, Italian F1 fans will unfortunately suffer a cut-back in free-to-air coverage as state broadcaster RAI, a partner of…

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For the first time, a robot entered the highly radioactive primary containment vessel (PCV) of Reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant on Friday, in order to investigate the state of its dangerous and damaged interior, plant operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) has said. The plant was heavily damaged by the 2011 earthquake…

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