Red Bull tech boss Adrian Newey says Daniel Ricciardo will be hit with a grid penalty in Montreal next weekend following the Aussie’s MGU-K failure in Monaco. It was initially expected that Ricciardo’s MGU-K could be salvaged by Renault for the Canadian Grand Prix, but according to Newey that won’t be the case. “He will […]
Former F1 driver Martin Brundle offered a gloomy assessment of Kimi Raikkonen’s state of affairs, believing the Ferrari driver’s level of performance has maxed out. The Finn has repeatedly squandered this season good opportunities in qualifying to line up on the front row, while his race pace has also been by far inferior to that […]
Max Verstappen picked up his first win of the season with victory in the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix ahead of the Ferraris of Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel. It’s the first time that Red Bull has come out on top at the eponymous Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. Red Bull’s delight had also been somewhat […]
Fernando Alonso topped the timesheet for Toyota at the Le Mans 24 Hours official test day which which enabled the Spaniard to enjoy his first experience of the Circuit de la Sarthe. The McLaren driver put himself and the #8 Toyota TS050 Hybrid on top at the outset, achieving the fastest lap in the morning […]
Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has said that the sharp drop in form of the McLaren and Williams teams in recent seasons shows all too starkly that the sport is no respecter of history or reputation. McLaren’s illustrious record in F1 includes 12 drivers championships and eight team titles. But the last time that […]
Former Formula 1 driver Giancarlo Fisichella has dismissed criticism that his former Renault team mate Fernando Alonso causes more trouble than he’s worth. Fisichella raced alongside Alonso for two seasons in 2005 and 2006 and said that things could not have gone better between them. “We shared two very nice years together,” Fisichella told the […]
Daniel Ricciardo clocked in with the fastest lap in Friday’s first free practice session for this weekend’s German Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver led the field with a 1m13.525s lap achieved on Pirelli’s ultra-soft compound, edging Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton by a small 0.004s margin and team mate Max Verstappen by 0.189s. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel […]
As tens of thousands of Californians faced evacuation orders and power outages amid intensifying wildfires in recent weeks, the industry of punditry cranked into gear. California, cowed by high housing costs and increased threats of fire because of climate change, was over. One of the most prominent columns came from Farhad Manjoo, opinion writer for […]
SACRAMENTO — California and Los Angeles County officials announced a lawsuit against Juul Labs Inc. on Monday, alleging the vaping brand targeted young people through advertising and failed to give warnings about health risks posed by using e-cigarettes with nicotine. Although the state bars sales of the devices to people younger than 21, the lawsuit alleges […]
WASHINGTON — A lack of permanent leadership and high attrition under the Trump administration is hurting the federal government’s third-largest agency, the Homeland Security Department’s inspector general warned in a new report. The agency’s internal watchdog ranked the leadership vacancies and hiring difficulties among the most serious challenges facing the Homeland Security Department in the annual […]