Former F1 driver Jolyon Palmer says that Red Bull star Max Verstappen has been the class of the field so far in the 2019 Formula 1 world championship. The 21-year-old has now won two races this season, and amassed 181 points in the driver standings. He’s not finished lower than fifth place in the first […]
Alfa Romeo Racing boss Frédéric Vasseur is confident his outfit can move up the order after the summer break and challenge midfield leader McLaren, if the Swiss team can deliver consistency. Alfa currently stands seventh in F1’s constructors’ standings, just ahead of Racing Point but 50 points adrift from ‘best of the rest’ runner McLaren. […]
Aston Martin Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner says Pierre Gasly desperately needs to step up his performance if the team is to stand a chance of beating Ferrari in the Constructors’ championship. At the Hungaroring, Gasly endured another low-key weekend, outpaced by almost one second by teammate Max Verstappen in qualifying and lapped by the […]
McLaren wants to know the reasons behind the engine failures that hit both its cars at Spa, with team boss Andreas Seidl committing to working with its partner to understand the issue. McLaren endured a scoreless Belgian Grand Prix, with Carlos Sainz failing to even complete a single lap on Sunday while Lando Norris’ hopes […]
Alfa Romeo boss Frédéric Vasseur admitted that pushing to the limit in qualifying isn’t without its risks for the Swiss outfit as Kimi Raikkonen painfully experienced at Monza. Raikkonen – who had crashed at Parabolica on Friday in FP1 – made the top-ten shootout only to spin out and hit the barriers again at the […]
FIA race director Michael Masi brought back the black and white flag warning at Spa last weekend, insisting the banner should now be considered the equivalent of football’s yellow flag. Masi re-introduced in Belgium the cautioning standard that warns a driver of an on-track “unsportsmanlike conduct” and which was last used in the 2010 Malaysian […]
After piling on the losses since its inception in 2014, the all-electric Formula E series has finally recorded its first profit, thanks to record revenue and sponsorship growth. Formula E’s fifth campaign produced a 50% increase in revenue, raking in $220.54 million while EBITDA (earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization) was positive for the […]
France is continuously rocked by debates around the meaning of the Enlightenment ideals of liberty, equality and solidarity that predate the French Revolution. Some important notions are widely shared. Most French citizens expect governments to meet the basic needs of all and promote individual expansion of talents and abilities. It is generally agreed France should […]
Search the Internet for articles on the so-called “migrant crisis,” and half a million results pop up in a matter of seconds. There’s just one problem: There is no such crisis. “A right that only exists for the rich it not a right at all.”—Alex Scrivener, Global Justice Now “What we call a ‘migrant crisis,’ […]
Jessica Alba may have walked the streets of New York City in ab-baring croptops, sky-high heels, and elegant dresses during NYFW, but now that she’s back in her hometown of Los Angeles, she’s flipped the switch with a couple of casual, yet no less chic, outfits while out with her family over the weekend. The […]