Month: November 2019

Formula 1’s technical director Ross Brawn says the clash between Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen in Baku offers a compelling example of why downforce changes must be carefully considered. F1 confirmed on Tuesday a series of changes to the 2019 technical rules destined to improve overtaking and promote better racing. But using Sunday’s blunder between…

As media and politicians have declared a ‘refugee’ or ‘migration crisis’ this summer, EU Member States are scrambling for a common response to recent events. Amid attempts to redistribute refugees across EU Member States, familiar calls for strengthening the EU’s border agency Frontex resurfaced once again. Frontex is conspicuously absent from the media stories of…

Sebastian Vettel believes the deployment of the safety car in yesterday’s Chinese Grand Prix was done too late, but FIA race director Charlie Whiting defended the timing. Whiting called for a safety car neutralization of Sunday’s race following a collision between Toro Rosso drivers Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly that left debris on the track.…

Miami’s City Commission will convene on Thursday to vote on a proposal to indefinitely defer a resolution that would green light an F1 race in Florida’s ‘Magic City’. F1 commercial boss Sean Bratches had announced over the summer the event’s delay until at least 2020 as all involved parties sought more time to lay the…

Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko was so impressed with MotoGP’s Marc Marquez’s first run in an F1 car that he believes the Spaniard could make the switch from two to four wheels in the future. Marquez pounded around the Red Bull Ring yesterday in a 2012 Red Bull RB8, the Spaniard displaying a remarkable…

Formula 1’s decision to tweak a series of aerodynamic rules for next year had Red Bull team boss Christian Horner up in arms says Mercedes’ Toto Wolff. In a bid to promote closer racing and overtaking, the F1 Commission recently passed a series of rule changes for 2019 that include a simpler structured front wing…

When you’re an F1 driver and a Monaco resident, you walk, cycle or ride to work on the Grand Prix race weekend. Lewis Hamilton opted for the latter, taking advantage of his endorsement deal with legendary motorcycle manufacturer MV Agusta to saddle his bike from his home to the paddock. The four-time world champion’s mean…

Riyadh will host the first race of Formula E’s fifth season later this year, an event that will also mark the debut of the series’ Gen2 racer. The all-electric series announced a ten-year agreement with the capital of Saudi Arabia, the first Middle East country to be visited by Formula E. “Bringing racing to Riyadh…

Kevin Magnussen collected a well-deserved sixth-place finish in Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix after a rather lonely and uneventful afternoon of racing. The Dane kept himself out of trouble for the better part of the 66-lap race, holding his own in the mid-field with a steady and solid drive as ‘best of the rest’. “It was…

Retiring New York Republican Rep. Peter King has some parting advice for President Trump: Curb the tweets and “don’t punch down” if you want to prevail in what is likely to be a “tough” road to reelection.  “Tone down the tweets, don’t punch down, you’re the president of the United States,” said King in an interview on the Yahoo News podcast “Skullduggery” when asked if he had any…