Month: November 2019

Willy Weber, Michael Schumacher’s former manager, believes the family of the F1 great should reveal the truth to his millions of fans. It’s been almost four years since the skiing accident which incapacitated the seven-time world champion, and details regarding his condition are scarce as the family observes a total information blackout. There have been rumors of Schumacher’s transfer to a clinic in the US, with hopes of improving his health, but the story was…

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MEXICO CITY – Although it is one of the victims of global warming, water will not be given a place of importance at the COP20 climate change conference to be held Dec. 1-12 in Lima, Peru. Climate change already threatens water supplies for agriculture due to the reduction in the availability of fresh water, which is expected to be aggravated over the next decades. It also causes drought, torrential rainfall, flooding and a rise in…

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Honda motorsport boss Masashi Yamamoto is open to Pierre Gasly running in the final round of the Super Formula series but would prefer the Toro Rosso driver continue in F1. Following Carlos Sainz’s early move to Renault for the US Grand Prix, it was believed Gasly would line-up alongside Dany Kvyat at Austin as the Russian is brought back to race for the Faenza-based outfit. Reports earlier today from Suzuka however claimed that Honda’s priority…

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Niki Lauda says he would no longer be with us today without his wife Brigit and the personal sacrifice she made to prolong the life of the man she loved. In 2005, after a previous kidney transplant had failed, 26-year-old Birgit Wetzinger successfully donated one of her organs to the F1 legend. “We had been dating for eight months when I had a kidney problem,” Lauda said in an interview with sports reporter Graham Bensinger.…

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Daniel Ricciardo is hoping that he and his Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen will be able to push Ferrari hard in Brazil this weekend. “Comparing ourselves to Ferrari, it doesn’t seem too bad,” said Ricciardo, when asked how free practice had gone for the team. “I’m pretty happy with Friday. For what we’ve got here we looked competitive. The long runs looked okay. “We are in the fight with Ferrari at the moment,” he…

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For the first time since Singapore, Esteban Ocon failed to make the top-ten Q3 cut after qualifying P11 for Sunday’s Brazilian Grand Prix. A model of consistency this year in his first full season of F1, the Force driver missed out by a few hundredths of a second, noting that his car had not improved as much as expected from Friday to Saturday. “It was not a perfect session and I just missed out on…

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Lewis Hamilton believes Turn 1 at the start or a pit-stop undercut will likely deliver the only opportunities of moving up in tomorrow’s Mexican GP. The Mercedes driver who could clinch his fourth world championship on Sunday qualified off the front row, in third place behind title rival Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen. Hamilton praised his competitors performance and sees a difficult race ahead given the rare overtake opportunities generally associated with Mexico City’s track.…

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He’s only done two races with Renault but Carlos Sainz is already fending off rumors of a switch to Red Bull Racing for 2019. After Suzuka, the Spaniard moved from Toro Rosso to the French team where he’ll spend all of next year, but future gyrations in the drivers’ market could compel Red Bull to bring Sainz back into its stable. The 23-year-old remains under contract with the energy drink company which has loaned its…

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Felipe Massa won’t be returning to live in his home city anytime soon given Sao Paulo’s stubbornly high crime rate and violence. The Brazilian city’s security issues were once again brought to light this week after members of Mercedes’ team were attacked at gun-point on Friday while leaving the Interlagos track’s vicinity. Thieves targeting the F1 community are a frequent occurrence each year at the Brazilian Grand Prix unfortunately, and reflect Sao Paulo’s sorry state…

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The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend kicked off at Yas Marina today. Check out the pictures from Friday’s action. 61 You may also like Japanese GP: Friday’s action in pictures Japanese GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures Russian GP: Sunday’s action in pictures Russian GP: Saturday’s action in pictures Russian GP: Friday’s action in pictures Click Here: State of Origin Jerseys Russian GP: Thursday’s build-up in pictures

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