Four-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has extended his contract with the Mercedes F1 team until the end of the 2020 season. Click Here: Putters The agreement between the driver and the Silver Arrows squad was largely anticipated although its duration was uncertain, with the British driver asking for a 24-month deal while Mercedes was keen…
Read moreGallery: Jacky rolls out the old X factor at Spa
It’s been fifty years since Jacky Ickx’s first F1 win – at Rouen in 1968 – which was also the Grand Prix triumph for a Belgian driver. Spa paid tribute to the 8-time Grand Prix winner before this Sunday’s Belgian GP, with the 73-year-old running a few spirited laps on-board his former Ferrari 312B. The…
Read moreWhiting approves of new qualifying proposal
FIA race director Charlie Whiting says that he’s in favour of the new four-round qualifying format that has been proposed for 2019. Currently, qualifying consists of three rounds with five cars being eliminated at the end of Q1 and Q2, leaving ten cars taking part in the final pole shoot-out round. But the new proposals…
Read moreLeclerc’s mental strength built on grief and personal loss
Charles Leclerc worked hard to build his mental strength, but the future Ferrari driver admits the process was fast-tracked by personal tragedies and the heartbreak they instilled. The 21-year-old’s maiden season of F1 has been a resounding success, with the Monegasque fulfilling with Sauber the promises shown during his formative years in motorsport. His impressive…
Read moreAbiteboul: ‘Renault must be in a position to win at a reasonable cost’
Renault’s Cyril Abiteboul says F1’s current level of spending isn’t sustainable, insisting that future expenditures will have to come down for the manufacturer to remain committed to the sport. Liberty Media, F1’s commercial rights owner, is still in the process of devising a budget cap and a more equitable prize money distribution scheme for the…
Read moreMallya hails renewed momentum at Force India
After a problematic start to the 2018 season for Force India, team principal Vijay Mallya is happy to see the squad finally appear to pick up some momentum ahead of the halfway point in the current campaign. Force India has taken fourth place in the constructors championship in the past two seasons. However this year…
Read more‘One of our better Fridays’, says Sebastian Vettel
Click:light novel Sebastian Vettel felt that today had been one of the team’s better Friday performances of the 2018 season to date. Click Here: Germany Football Shop The team has had a habit of being quite reserved on the first day of a race weekend before kicking into gear on Saturday in time for qualifying….
Read moreHulkenberg sees ‘only positives’ in having Ricciardo at Renault
Daniel Ricciardo’s move to Renault will be a benefit both to the team and to himself says the Aussie’s future team mate Nico Hulkenberg. Formula 1 was rocked last Friday by the news of Ricciardo’s switch from Red Bull Racing to the works French outfit in a bold two-year deal starting in 2019. For Hulkenberg,…
Read moreRival bidder for Force India criticises takeover process
An unsuccessful rival bidder for the Force India F1 team has raised doubts about how the administrators handled negotiations that resulted in the squad being taken over by a consortium led by Canadian billionaire Lawrence Stroll. Stroll is the father of Williams driver Lance, who is expected to move teams over the winter – if…
Read moreGreece for Sale: First Wave of Privatization Begins with Airport Buyout
Germany’s approval of Greece’s third bailout of €86 billion on Wednesday marked what critics of austerity warn is a new phase in the ongoing economic crisis: the privatization of the country’s most valuable assets. Under the terms of this latest agreement, Greece’s Syriza government—backtracking on some of its key campaign promises—agreed to sell-off €50 billion…
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