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…
Read more'No Justice': Israel Clears Itself for 2014 Killing of Children on Gaza Beach
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…
Read more"The UN is being turned into a public-private partnership": An interview with Harris Gleckman
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…
Read moreIndia’s Supreme Court rules that Hindu temple may rise from mosque’s rubble
A 25th-century historian finds two books by foreign travellers who visited a place in Ayodhya, India. One describes a mosque there but the other has a photo of an exquisite Hindu temple at exactly the same spot. The confused historian then discovers another book that solves the mystery. Its author quotes local residents who saw…
Read moreGerman GP boss supportive of ‘grid kids’ initiative
Hockenheim’s marketing boss says the idea of replacing girls with kids on Formula 1’s starting grids in the future could help the sport appeal to a younger audience. Liberty Media has taken the controversial decision to take F1’s glamour girls off the grid, believing the long standing tradition no longer resonates with the sport’s brand…
Read moreHaas F1 Team’s 2018 charger breaks cover!
The Haas F1 Team put itself ahead of the F1 field with a surprise release of images of its 2018 halo-equipped VF-18 car. In addition to the halo, the Ferrari-powered charger ‘s main change with its 2017 predecessor is the absence of last year’s ubiquitous shark fin which has been banned for 2018. Haas team…
Read moreMagnussen praises ‘more forgiving, more predictable’ Haas
Kevin Magnussen says that the consistency of this year’s Haas VF-18 chassis is proving to be the secret of the team’s early season success. Magnussen has finished in the top ten twice so far in 2018. He was running toward the front of the field in Melbourne before a pit stop problem forced him to…
Read moreRicciardo: ‘We have a good car, but track conditions are an unknown’
Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo believes he has a good racing car on his hands for tomorrow’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, but Baku’s track conditions could throw a spanner in the works. The Aussie qualified fourth in Saturday’s session, just edging out team mate Max Verstappen after progressing through the first two segments without any major drama…
Read moreA Nation Torn: Greece Grapples With 'Humiliating' Austerity Deal
Update (5 pm EDT): “The scene in Athens is explosive,” King’s College London professor and Syriza central committee member Stathis Kouvelakis wrote for Jacobin Wednesday afternoon. Both in and outside of Greek Parliament, tensions are running high. A largely peaceful anti-austerity rally was disrupted at one point by an hour-long clash between anti-austerity protesters and…
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