Vettel leads the way in Sochi opening free practice
Sebastian Vettel and Ferrari enjoyed a good start to their Russian Grand Prix weekend, the pair outpacing Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton in Friday’s opening session, with a lap in 1m34.488s that put him 0.050s clear of his closest rival. Overcast but warm conditions prevailed during the incident-free morning work session. Click…
Raikkonen will be ‘allowed’ to win on Sunday
Kimi Raikkonen says he has no intention of playing second fiddle to Ferrari team mate Sebastian Vettel on Sunday, after successfully claiming pole position in qualifying at Monza. Vettel is fighting Lewis Hamilton for the world championship, but Raikkonen said that this wasn’t going to stop him from racing for victory in tomorrow’s Italian Grand…
Marko confident that Honda will outpace Renault in 2019
Red Bull motorsports consultant Dr Helmut Marko is convinced that the team’s decision to part company with Renault and join forces with Honda in 2019 is the right move. “I’m sure we’ll be ahead of Renault next year,” Marko told Red-Bull owned television station Servus TV this week. “Renault doesn’t have the current engine package…
Disagreements involving Binotto still brewing at Ferrari
The corridors of Maranello are still resonating with discord according to a report in the Italian media, with Ferrari team boss Maurizio Arrivabene and technical director Mattia Binotto remaining at loggerheads. Rumors of a division between the Scuderia’s two top men emerged last summer, and while Arrivabene recently slammed suggestions of a bitter dispute with…
Hamilton suggests ‘super weekend’ format for ‘boring’ venues
Click:how big are nano satellites Lewis Hamilton believes it’s time F1 consider revamping its weekend format, suggesting some drastic changes at venues where the racing is particularly “boring”. F1 is mulling a change to its qualifying format for 2019, dividing the all-important Saturday afternoon session into four segments instead of three in a bid to…
Deval Patrick talks about labels and his last-minute presidential bid
Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick shook up the Democratic presidential field when he announced his candidacy Thursday. He spoke on Saturday to thousands of California Democrats gathered in Long Beach for the party’s convention. Afterward, Patrick, 63, sat down with The Times to talk about why he’s running for president. The interview was edited for…
White House declines to release details on Trump hospital visit, calls it routine
BETHESDA, Md. — President Trump spent more than two hours at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on Saturday for what the White House said were medical tests as part of his annual physical. The appointment wasn’t on Trump’s weekend public schedule, and his last physical was in February. Press secretary Stephanie Grisham said the 73-year-old…
Where the impeachment case stands as Democrats prepare to bring a barrage of new witnesses
WASHINGTON — Democrats this week enter a do-or-die phase of their impeachment inquiry following a week of public testimony, as they summon a flurry of witnesses they hope will convince the public that President Trump should be impeached for pressing a foreign government to launch criminal investigations for his political benefit. The hearings follow a…
Democrats seek to tie Trump personally to Ukraine wrongdoing; GOP says impeachment case is 'crumbling'
WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers on Sunday laid out their road map heading into the second week of public impeachment hearings against President Trump: continue to bolster an abuse-of-power case against him by tying Trump directly to demands that a vulnerable ally carry out criminal investigations for the president’s personal political benefit. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi added…
Newsletter: Fasten your California budget seatbelts as a smooth economic ride may soon end
In assessing the near-term future of the California economy and how it affects the state budget, Gov. Gavin Newsom has recently taken to comparing his role to that of an airline pilot. And it even comes with an impersonation of that voice on the loudspeaker toward the end of a flight. “We’re about to begin…