Giovinazzi heads to Haas for British GP!
Ferrari reserve driver Antonio Giovinazzi will be back behind the wheel at the British GP, driving for Haas in Friday’s first free practice session. The 23-year-old deputised for Sauber’s Pascal Wehrlein in Melbourne and China. While the young Italian enjoyed an impressive run in Australia, his visit to Shanghai was marked by two heavy crashes,…
Villeneuve unimpressed by Vandoorne
Never a man to hold back his opinion, Jacques Villeneuve says he isn’t impressed with Stoffel Vandoorne’s performance to date. The 1997 world champion admits he is disappointed with what the McLaren driver has shown this year and considers he has yet to prove he is good enough to thrive in F1. “It’s disappointing, because…
Alonso at Renault? Hulkenberg would love it!
Renault’s Nico Hulkenberg says he would welcome the arrival of Fernando Alonso at the French team next year. Yesterday in Montreal, Alonso said that he would only stay at McLaren next season if the team won a race by September, a very unlikely prospect. With both Mercedes and Ferrari doors rumored to be closed, Alonso’s…
Trial and error for Vettel on Friday in Baku
Sebastian Vettel certainly had his fair share of on-track incidents in Friday’s free practice sessions ahead of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. At times, Vettel’s day resembled those of his motor racing idol Michael Schumacher. The seven-time champion often used Friday to find the limit – by intentionally going over it. That pretty much summed up…
Ron Dennis rides off into the sunset with £275m!
Ron Dennis has sold his entire remaining stake in McLaren, bowing out of the prestigious company he built after 37 years. Dennis took over McLaren in 1980, when the F1 team was struggling for success and led the outfit to multiple world titles over three decades while also developing a successful road-car division under the…
Verstappen frustrated with ‘problems that shouldn’t happen’
It was a difficult day for Max Verstappen which saw the Red Bull driver hindered by a series of annoying and costly technical issues. Following an electrical problem in the FP3 session which deprived Verstappen of track time, the Dutch driver complained of engine cut-outs and gearbox issues inqualifying which impacted his performance. “It’s not…
With impeachment looming, both Republicans and Democrats are on edge about 2020
Click:flat head slotted copper machine screwWASHINGTON — President Trump is close to being impeached by the House. His party just lost two gubernatorial races in conservative states and control of the Virginia legislature. House Republicans have been stampeding toward retirement. It looks like Democrats are on a roll, but you wouldn’t know it from the…
Didn't watch the public impeachment hearings? Here are the seven biggest surprises
WASHINGTON — Twelve witnesses, dozens of hours of testimony and thousands of pages of documents — all spread over five long days of historic impeachment hearings. The House is weighing whether to bring articles of impeachment against President Trump for pushing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to open investigations into Trump’s political enemies, including an energy company…
Bloomberg launches giant TV ad campaign for apparent presidential run
Michael R. Bloomberg has reserved a huge block of television advertising across the nation next week in another sign that the former New York mayor is on the verge of announcing a run for the Democratic presidential nomination. The billionaire finance and media mogul is spending at least $31 million on a week of TV…
Documents show contacts between Giuliani and Pompeo
WASHINGTON — Documents released late Friday show President Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudolph W. Giuliani, was in contact with Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo in the months before the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine was abruptly recalled. The State Department released the documents to the group American Oversight in response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit.…