Wolff sees ‘massive swings’ between race weekends

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff was understandably delighted by the Silver Arrows’ latest front row lock-out after qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai on Saturday. “For Saturday it couldn’t go any better,” he told Sky Sports F1 after the end of the all-important session which saw Valtteri Bottas beat Lewis Hamilton to pole…

Horner: ‘Ballistically fast’ Ferrari now the gold standard

Red Bull Racing team boss Christian Horner believes Ferrari has raised the bar this season in terms of engine performance as the ‘ballistically fast’ straight-line speed of its SF90 in China has demonstrated. After the Scuderia’s failed opening salvo in Melbourne, the Italian outfit lived up to the expectations generated by its performance in pre-season…

Norris executed ‘perfect turnaround’ to deliver top-10 start

McLaren’s Lando Norris labeled his P8 performance in qualifying in Montreal as the “perfect turnaround” after struggles on Friday had left him down the order. Norris is a first-time visitor to the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve this weekend and getting to grips with the track’s specifics has taken the 19-year-old a bit of time. The McLaren…

500 Scholars, Activists, and Nobel Laureates Call on UK and Sweden to Free Assange

More than 500 high-profile activists, Nobel Peace Prize winners, academics, artists and human rights organizations released an open letter on Tuesday accusing Sweden and the United Kingdom of undermining the United Nations by continuing their “arbitrary detention” of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. The letter was delivered to the Swedish and UK permanent representatives at the…