George Russell has been crowned this year’s Formula 2 champion after the ART driver claimed victory in an eventful penultimate race of the season in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. “It’s been an amazing year,” said Russell. “It is a massive relief, to be honest. I think we’ve really deserved this. “A lot of things haven’t …
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For the various contenders of the second Toro Rosso seat alongside Daniil Kvyat next year, the chips should fall after the close of the 2018 season. The 24-year-old Russian will make his return to F1 in 2019 after over a year on the sidelines, while Brendon Hartley and F2 racer Alexander Albon are the most …
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With a stabilized foundation and adequate funding now in place, Force India must move up to the next level insists Sergio Perez. As expected, it was announced on Thursday in Austin that the 28-year-old Mexican had extended his deal with the pink outfit for 2019. Saved over the summer by a group of investors led …
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Former Formula 1 driver Marcus Ericsson says that he’s happy to be regaining his competitive form after years of being stuck near the back of the Formula 1 grid. The 28-year-old Swede took part in 97 Grand Prix races between 2014 and 2018, initially with Caterham and then with Sauber. But ironically it was just …
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Alfa Romeo team boss Frédéric Vasseur says patience is required for Antonio Giovinazzi to get up to speed with the Swiss outfit following a muted start to his 2019 campaign. Giovinazzi’s performance in the first three races of the year clearly lagged that of team mate Kimi Raikkonen, but Vasseur insists the under-performance was linked …
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Click:微信检测 Williams rookie George Russell says the team’s FW42 is so far behind its rivals in terms of performance that upcoming races will be considered as “test sessions”. The beleaguered British outfit kicked off its 2019 season with a triple whammy, with a delay to the introduction of its new car, the departure of its …
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Formula 1 Director of Motorsport Ross Brawn says that Ferrari has acknowledged the need for a more equitable distribution of prize money among the sport’s teams. As a remnant of the bygone days when Bernie Ecclestone was in charge of F1 and Enzo Ferrari reigned in Maranello, the Scuderia still enjoys a financial advantage over …
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Toto Wolff was beaming with happiness and not a little relief after Lewis Hamilton led Valtteri Bottas to a Mercedes one-two in the Russian Grand Prix. It had seemed an unlikely outcome 24 hours earlier when Ferrari looked to have the upper hand. But a dispute over team orders and a technical failure on Sebastian …
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State Department spokesperson John Kirby is raising eyebrows after he released a recap of 2015 “success stories” in which he credits the United States for bringing “peace” and “security” to Syria and “stepping up” to help the country’s people at a difficult time. “The United States and many members of the international community have stepped …
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The National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam, a register maintained by the government of India containing names of “genuine citizens”, has been criticised by a federal US Commission on religious freedom. It has claimed that NRC in Assam is a tool to “target religious minorities and to render Muslims stateless”. The NRC list, which …
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