Haas boss wants ‘objective’ perception of Magnussen
Haas boss Guenther Steiner wants Kevin Magnussen to be considered with more objectivity by his rivals, insisting the Dane doesn’t deserve his “bad boy” image. Click Here: liverpool mens jersey Magnussen was singled out by several of his peers in 2018 for his sometimes uncompromising or defensive on-track behavior and driving. The 26-year-old generated the…
Alfa Romeo fine-tuning C38 set-up to Raikkonen’s satisfaction
Kimi Raikkonen says Alfa Romeo has started to dig deeper into the set-up of its C38 contender, but the Finn insists it’s still about guess work for now. The 2007 world champion viewed his new team as an unknown quantity at the outset of pre-season testing, but admitted that Sauber had actually designed and rolled…
Ferrari remains in command on Day 7 but Red Bull suffers set-back
Ferrari and Charles Leclerc’s morning flyer remained out of reach on Thursday afternoon in a session in which long runs and race simulation took precedence over outright performance. The second part of the penultimate day of pre-season testing was marked by a crash for Red Bull Racing’s Pierre Gasly who hit the barriers at Turn…
A meeting of the bigwigs in Gstaad, but no F1 ‘pirate series’
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff dismissed ridiculous rumors that there had been some conniving behind the scenes over the winter of some big players to set up a breakaway F1 series. According to Auto Motor und Sport, It all started with a quiet but well-attended lunch in glitzy Gstaad in Switzerland back in February. Gathered around…
McLaren extends Coca-Cola partnership for 2019
McLaren has secured a sponsorship deal with the Coca-Cola Company that will see the team promote several of the beverage company’s brands during the 2019 season. The commercial agreement follows a successful 2018 pilot programme that was activated at the US, Mexican, Brazilian and Abu Dhabi Grands Prix last year and which saw the Coca-Cola…
‘Fundamental’ flaw of FW42 could mean another dismal year for Williams
Williams rookie George Russell says the British team’s performance could remain depressed for months because of a “fundamental” problem impacting its FW42. The Grove-based outfit would be hard pressed to find even a glimmer of a silver lining in its sobbing state of affairs. After enduring perhaps the worst campaign in its modern history in…
White House seeks disclosure of actual healthcare prices
New rules the Trump administration issued Friday would require insurers and hospitals to disclose upfront the actual prices for common tests and procedures to promote competition and push down costs. The sweeping changes face stiff pushback from the healthcare industry. A coalition of major hospital groups quickly announced that hospitals will sue to block key…
Elizabeth Warren maps 3-year timeline toward 'Medicare for all'
Sen. Elizabeth Warren explained Friday how she plans to gradually move the United States into her government-run “Medicare for all” system, sending managed-care and hospital stocks higher as the Democratic presidential candidate mapped out her three-year design to fundamentally change the way Americans get healthcare coverage. Warren said in a Medium post Friday that she…
Trump clears three service members in war crimes cases
WASHINGTON — President Trump has pardoned a former U.S. Army commando set to stand trial next year in the killing of a suspected Afghan bomb maker and a former Army lieutenant convicted of murder for ordering his men to fire on three Afghans, killing two, the White House announced late Friday. Trump also ordered a promotion…
Bernie Sanders heads to East L.A. for a rally as part of his outreach to young Latinos
Juvenal “Juve” Quintana was never really into politics until he learned about Bernie Sanders’ first presidential campaign. In 2016, Quintana heard the Vermont senator’s talk of providing everyone with health insurance and thought that would help Latinos in his hometown of Modesto, but he didn’t think they were getting the message from Spanish-language media. So…