Alonso set for Indy road test amid interest from other series
Fernando Alonso certainly isn’t looking short of future career prospects now that he’s confirmed he is retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the current season. RACER magazine in the United States says that the two-time world champion will test a road course-spec IndyCar for Andretti Autosport next month, with Barber Motorsports Park the…
Brown: McLaren’s road to recovery is a five-year plan!
Patience will likely be a virtue for McLaren’s die-hard fans in light of the five-year recovery plan delivered by CEO Zak Brown to the team’s shareholders. It’s been slim pickings for McLaren since 2012 and the Brazilian Grand Prix , when Jenson Button brought the Woking-based outfit its 182nd and last F1 win. The performance…
Haas F1 Team gets new title partner for 2019
British energy drink company Rich Energy will become the title partner of Haas F1 Team next season following a multi-year agreement signed the US outfit. Rich Energy made the headlines earlier this year as a ‘potential’ candidate for a Force India take-over. However, no deal came to pass and it was often ‘much ado about…
Gasly rues the importance of ‘politics and money’ in F1
Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly believes teams’ driver choices are determined too often by “politics and money” rather than by pure “performance”. The 22-year-old, a product of Red Bull’s young driver programme, will be moving to the senior bull outfit at the end of 2018, his first full season in the sport. Gasly’s promotion contrasts with…
Tost says F1 is running out of time to decide 2021 changes
Toro Rosso boss Franz Tost fears that Formula 1 is running out of time to reach crucial decisions about the sport’s future. A planned overhaul of the sport for 2021 will introduce new sporting and technical regulations, including a major revamp in engine rules. But there is still a lack of final agreement between teams,…
Grosjean considered cooking up a career change
Romain Grosjean came close to making a dramatic career change after missing out on a full-time race seat in Formula 1 with Renault in 2010. The Frenchman had already made his Grand Prix début the previous season in seven races in place of Nelson Piquet Jr. He had been hoping to get the spot full…
VW Emissions Scandal Widens as Defeat Devices Found in New Models
The Volkswagen emissions scandal grew on Monday as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) charged the auto manufacturer with installing so-called “defeat devices” in yet more cars, including several luxury Audi and Porsche models. EPA issued its second notice of violation (NOV) of the Clean Air Act against VW, which owns Porsche and Audi, after…
France to bar film companies that don’t meet strict new sexual harassment rules
France has launched a crackdown on sexual abuse and harassment in its film industry as the county’s notoriously close-knit cultural establishment reels from accusations it has failed to stamp out a culture of predatory male behaviour in its midst. In recent days, the French film world has been rocked by two bombshells regarding alleged sexual…
Donald Trump and allies launch personal attacks on impeachment witnesses after first public hearing
Donald Trump has mocked the “blank look” on the faces of two US diplomats who testified in the first public impeachment hearings of his presidency as he shared a string of personal attacks on the witnesses. With the fallout from Wednesday’s hearing dominating cable news headlines on Thursday morning, Mr Trump posted a string of…
Donald Trump says he is in good health after unannounced visit to hospital for medical check-up
President Donald Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Medical Center on Saturday for medical tests, which Mr Trump says were "great". The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old president was "anticipating a very busy 2020" and wanted to take advantage…