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Kevin Magnussen has lashed out at the ‘really bad’ rear view mirrors on modern Formula 1 cars, suggesting that they leave drivers essentially blind at crucial moments. Since joining Haas in 2017, Magnussen has been repeatedly criticised by rivals for blocking them on track. He countered this on several occasions by suggesting that he had […]

Touted as the next possible female F1 driver, GP3 racer Tatiana Calderon completed 23 laps behind the wheel of a Sauber C37 in Mexico City on Tuesday, the young Colombian driver enjoying her first experience in an F1 car. The run at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez was conducted within the context of a Sauber promotional […]

Jos Verstappen says a healthy dose of anger helped his son power to a dominant fifth career win in Sunday’s Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen Sr. said the Red Bull driver’s determination on race day was fueled by his missing out on pole position on Saturday, when he was pipped by team mate Daniel Ricciardo, the […]

Charles Leclerc believes Ferrari’s decision to give preference to Sebastian Vettel according to circumstances is a “logical” one. Leclerc earned enough stripes last season with Sauber to justify his promotion to the Scuderia where he has replaced Kimi Raikkonen. The mercurial Monegasque has enjoyed a flawless path to the pinnacle of motorsport, marked by wins […]

Ferrari conducted a filming day at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday, with Sebastian Vettel shaking down the Scuderia’s SF90 a day ahead of the start of pre-season testing. Vettel did most of the running, but team mate Charles Leclerc was also given a series of laps onboard the Italian outfit’s 2019 car. Ferrari’s Binotto […]

Japanese manufacturer Honda says it wants to see as many of the ‘grey areas’ as possible in Formula 1’s sporting rules and regulations tightened up in the future. Honda has been involved in F1 since 1964, but pulled out at the end of 2008. The former Honda factory team went on to win the constructors […]

Workers are decrying the demise of “one of the great inventions of our social history,” after the British government announced on Monday that it was completing the privatization of the UK’s state-run mail service by selling off its final 14 percent stake. In a press statement, the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills said that […]

Like Mercedes, Ferrari will split its testing programme between its two drivers on each of the remaining four days of pre-season testing in Barcelona. Charles Leclerc will resume testing on Tuesday morning for the Scuderia, before handing over the SF90 to Sebastian Vettel for the afternoon stint. The rotation will be reversed on each day […]

The much-vaunted COP21 negotiations in Paris are, despite the claims of world leaders, dead on arrival. Emissions reductions targets are not up for discussion. Those pledges are already on the table, having been put forward voluntarily by each country. Government negotiators in Paris are instead looking at banal details of how and when countries should […]