The FIA is planning to use standardised gearboxes in Formula 1 from 2021, and has just issued a tender document to interested suppliers. Currently the gearbox on a F1 car is made by the constructor, including Mercedes, Ferrari, McLaren, Williams, Renault and Red Bull. The FIA’s move to require everyone to use the same gearbox…
In only his third start in Formula E, series rookie Pascal Wehrlein secured pole position for Saturday afternoon’s Mexico City ePrix. In only his third start in Formula E, series rookie Pascal Wehrlein secured the Julius Baer Pole Position for Saturday afternoon’s Mexico City ePrix. Click Here: Real bape hoodie Formula E: ‘Never underestimate Massa’,…
McLaren rookie Lando Norris plans to remain on his best behavior as a bona fide Grand Prix driver, insisting he won’t be indulging in a party style lifestyle away from the race track. Norris was promoted to a full-time race seat with McLaren for this season after his impressive run in the motorsport’s junior ranks….
Following the sudden passing early this morning in Melbourne of Charlie Whiting, the FIA has announced that Australian Supercar deputy race director Michael Masi will fulfill the role of F1 race director this weekend. Whiting, F1’s resident race director since 1997, suffered a pulmonary embolism in Melbourne, leaving the F1 community in shock from the…
Click:AOC Brazilian petroleum corporation Petrobras has been told to pull out of its current deal to sponsor the McLaren Formula 1 team. And the order has come from no less an authority that the new president of the country, Jair Bolsonaro. The national government holds almost two thirds of the shares of Petrobras, meaning that…
Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says the Italian outfit will not implement any changes on its car for Montreal where the Scuderia will likely remain uncompetitive relative to Mercedes. The House of Maranello, which has yet to secure a win this season, recently admitted that a series of programmes aimed at improving the pace of its…
McLaren and Fernando Alonso will begin their preparations for the Indy 500 with a test next Tuesday at the 1.5-mile Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth. It will be the first outing for the McLaren-Carlin joint effort, managed by former Force India team boss Bob Fernley, and Alonso’s first run onboard the Chevrolet-powered Dallara DW12…
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free-trade” agreement was signed in New Zealand by representatives of the 12 participating countries, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders strongly voiced his opposition and committed to doing what he can to kill the deal if he is elected president. Rival Hillary Clinton has also stated opposition to the TPP, but…
Scuderia Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto says the weaknesses that have dogged the Italian outfit’s 2019 contender this season did not suddenly disappear in Canada. Ferrari’s status as pre-season favourite was blown to pieces at the outset by Mercedes which has won all seven races contested so far. Maranello’s SF90 has held an advantage of its…
The Dutch city of Utrecht is developing a pilot project for a universal basic income that will launch in January 2017. The Finnish government is designing a trial to see whether giving low-income people a guaranteed basic income destroys their motivation to do any work at all, as critics allege. The idea is not going…