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After Williams suffered a late start to its pre-season testing programme, new recruit George Russell says part of his job now is to motivate his team’s crews. Delays linked to the production and build-up of its FW42 put Williams on the back foot in Barcelona last week, with the team running at a deficit relative […]

Formula 1 CEO Chase Carey, supported by the FIA, has put the pressure on the sport’s top teams to accept a revised budget cap set to be introduced from 2021. After a year of talks, mediation and endless negotiations over the future of Grand Prix racing between F1’s commercial rights holder, the FIA and the […]

Racing Point F1 pulled the covers off its new identity and livery today in Toronto, and introduced its new title sponsor Sport Pesa. Racing Point – born last year out of the trials and tribulations of Force India – has retained its signature pink livery as Austrian partner BWT remains with the team, but the […]

Formula One has confirmed that its F1 TV digital streaming service will broadcast the first week of pre-season testing in Barcelona that will run from February 18-21. F1 TV Pro subscribers will enjoy eight hours of track action on each of the four days and a one-hour post-session analysis show. “Following the beta launch of […]

The Renault F1 Team will visit 15 cities and venues in April and May as part of the promotional build-up campaign to this year’s French Grand Prix at Paul Ricard. The race returned to the F1 calendar last year, amid much pain for many fans unfortunately who were forced to deal with massive traffic congestion […]

The growing number of indiscriminate bombings in three of the most devastating military conflicts currently underway -– in Syria, Afghanistan and Yemen – are taking a heavy toll on medical personnel serving with humanitarian organizations — along with thousands of civilians caught in the crossfire between government forces and rebel groups. The U.S. bombing of […]

Reigning world champion Lewis Hamilton says he’s “healthier and happier” than ever thanks to the benefits of a vegan diet he wish he’d started sooner. Formula 1 raised the minimum weight level this year for drivers who must weigh in – fully suited and booted and with their seat – at a minimum of 80kg. […]

With a little distance from the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris, it’s clear that the meaning of the deal struck there is deeply contested. From the euphoric pronouncements of politicians like U.S. President Obama (this is “the best chance we have to save the one planet that we’ve got”) to the scathing dismissal of climate […]

The global press has been heralding the December 13, 2015, vote in Saudi Arabia as a breakthrough for women, since it’s the first time in history that Saudi women have been allowed to vote. But is this vote really a significant step forward? First let’s consider the Saudi electoral system within the context of an […]