Friday issues ‘could provide an opportunity’ for Force India
The Force India team is hoping that the lack of running time for everyone on Friday could prove a boost for their own prospects. There was only 20 minutes of track time in Friday before poor visibility affecting the medical helicopter caused the day to be red flagged. That means teams will have a lot…
Briatore unimpressed with Ferrari pre-season form
Click:ブランド 偽物 代引き Former Renault team boss and jet-setter extraordinaire, Flavio Briatore says he doesn’t believe that Ferrari has suddenly found a winning form. The flamboyant Italian would like nothing better than the Scuderia giving Mercedes a run for its money, but he still sees the Silver Arrows outfit at the front of the pack…
Verstappen apology accepted by Massa
The storm in a tea cup caused by Max Verstappen’s flippant remarks about Brazilians has been settled. Verstappen had been criticised by Williams driver Felipe Massa for comments he made after qualifying for the Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen felt he’d been blocked by Massa during qualifying. “Well, he’s a Brazilian – so there’s not much…
Double-points finish on the cards for Williams in Hungary
Williams is targeting a double-points finish in Hungary this weekend, the last race before F1’s well-deserved two-week summer break kicks in. With rookie Lance Stroll’s series of recent breakthrough results and Felipe Massa’s consistent performance, and on a track where the Grove-based outfit has always done well, there’s no reason for Williams’ drivers to aim…
Boullier won’t rule out a McLaren-Honda divorce!
McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that anything is possible when it comes to the future of the team’s partnership with Honda. Since the Woking-based outfit and the Japanese manufacturer renewed their successful partnership from the 1980s three years ago, performance has been massively disappointing. Honda’s power unit has not only under-performed, its reliability has…
Mercedes reveals new race number format on its W08
Mercedes has revealed the FIA’s new mandatory format for Formula 1’s racing numbers which will be introduced at this weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix. The governing body is imposing a new set of minimum requirements for car numbers and driver names to provide better identification for fans. The German team has cleverly exploited the extra real…
Pence, in Iraq, works to reassure Kurds
Click:Gravity Concentration EquipmentIRBIL, Iraq — Vice President Mike Pence made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Saturday in the highest-level American trip since President Trump ordered a pullback of U.S. forces in Syria two months ago. Flying in a C-17 military cargo jet to preserve the secrecy of the visit to the conflict zone, Pence landed…
Column: Mick Mulvaney, please call your office
WASHINGTON — A long list of aides to President Trump could have appeared in the House impeachment hearings to defend his efforts in Ukraine, especially since the president insists everything he did was “perfect.” Gordon Sondland, Trump’s ambassador to the European Union, rattled off their names when he testified: Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State…
Etiwanda, St. Anthony win basketball tournament championships
Etiwanda and St. Anthony are off to fast starts and tournament champions in the opening week of the high school basketball season. Etiwanda (5-0) won the I.E. Classic with a 81-43 win over Colony. Jahmai Mashack scored 23 points and Tyree Campbell had 21 points. St. Anthony (4-0) won the Ryse Williams tournament championship, holding…
Leo Santa Cruz wins world title in fourth division
LAS VEGAS — The knock on boxing’s little guys is that they don’t have the bone-crushing knockout power the big boys do. Leo Santa Cruz was pegged to serve as an appetizer for the heavyweight championship showdown and main course between Deontay Wilder and Luis Ortiz on Saturday at the MGM Grand, and although he was…