Lando Norris says his future with McLaren twelve months from now will likely depend on Fernando Alonso’s own fate with the Woking-based outfit. The highly-rated 18-year-old steps up to a reserve role with the team this season, ready to step up to the big time in the event that either Alonso or Stoffel Vandoorne become …
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Italian designer Stefano Ricci’s latest silk tuxedos may be sharply tailored, but they are not ideal wear for the exceptional flood that swept through Venice as they were unveiled. “For our next collection, remind me to include rain boots,” quipped creative director Filippo Ricci as he presented his father’s Fall/Winter 2020-21 collection as a record …
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Few Americans seem to comprehend what is unfolding in the Middle East – with the latest conflict involving Saudi airstrikes against the Houthi rebels who now control Yemen’s capital of Sanaa. In this swirl of regional wars, it’s often not clear where the U.S. government stands and how American interests are affected. The reason for …
Five years after the adoption of the NPT (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty) Action Plan in 2010, compliance with commitments related to nuclear disarmament lags far behind those related to non-proliferation or the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. Yet during the same five years, new evidence and international discussions have emphasised the catastrophic consequences of the use of nuclear weapons and the …
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Until this weekend, one would have been hard pressed to remember a day when Lewis Hamilton was painfully slow, a word not typically associated with the four-time world champion. He was however as slow as a Lada full of elephants going uphill when he decided to take a look at Formula E and its on-track …
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Haas f1 Team boss Guenther Steiner says he still wants to sign up an American driver for the United States-based team. Haas’ current line-up consists of French driver Romain Grosjean and Danish racer Kevin Magnussen. Their contracts expire at the end of 2018, although the team is believed to hold options to extend. However, Steiner …
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Fernando Alonso’s run at Daytona didn’t yield the expected result but it still beat training in the gym as good preparation for the F1 season ahead. The Spaniard, who is expected to race at Le Mans later this year, sampled the joys of endurance racing for the very first time thanks to McLaren boss Zak …
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Fiat Chrysler boss Sergio Marchionne is thinking of getting the group’s Alfa Romeo brand involved in the Verizon IndyCar series in the future. Marchionne has revived Alfa’s F1 aspirations with a commercial tie-up with Sauber and admitted that putting together a similar scheme with the family’s Maserati brand and the Haas F1 Team was enticing. …
Ross Brawn says that Formula 1’s new management team has changed the outlook of the sport to puts fans’ interests first. Since Liberty Media took over, the former Benetton, Ferrari and Mercedes technical chief has been appointed director of motorsports. He says that a lot had changed in the last year since Bernie Ecclestone was …
Some fifteen after taking over Formula 1, Liberty Media continues to implement its vision, but 2018 will prove critical for F1’s commercial rights holder says Toto Wolff. Teams awarded Liberty with a “grace period” in 2017, but with several irons in the fire and a series of important decisions resting on the horizon, the year …
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