Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo is looking forward to getting his season underway with his new team, and gaining some clarity on the prospects that emerged over the winter. The Aussie couples his first race with Renault with his home race, an event that therefore doubles his dose of excitement. “It’s an exciting thought that my first
New Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto has denied reports that his team already holds a big advantage over the other top teams heading into the first round of the 2019 world championship. Not willing to have the team paint a target on its back at such an early stage, Binotto squelched suggestions from the likes of
Reports that the Spanish Grand Prix could be dropped from the Formula 1 calendar as soon as next year have been greeted with dismay by drivers arriving at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya for this year’s race. It’s understood that the event will be replaced on the schedule by a Dutch Grand Prix held at Zandvoort
Click:室內設計 Last week’s massacre in Paris was not, as almost every writer mistakenly claimed, the worst atrocity in the City Of Light since World War II. As the renowned Mideast expert Robert Fisk quickly pointed out, an even worse atrocity occurred in Paris 54 years ago, on 17 October, 1961. Paris chief Maurice Papon, a
Sebastian Vettel says that when it comes to the Singapore Grand Prix, anything can happen under the floodlights at Marina Bay. Two years ago, the Ferrari driver launched his race from pole in the heat of the Lion City’s night, only to crash out of the race a couple hundred years up the road, along
With limited access to chemical and mechanical inputs such as fertilizers, pesticides and farm machinery, Cuban farmers have pioneered innovations in sustainable agriculture out of necessity since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the Eastern Bloc. Although most continue to employ conventional agricultural methods, and Cuba continues to import more than half of its
Renault works drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Nico Hulkenberg, as well as McLaren’s Carlos Sainz, have returned to the manufacturer’s older-spec unit for the remainder of the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. Renault introduced its latest Spec-C engine at Spa, with Ricciardo, Hulkenberg and Sainz using the updated unit on Friday, which entailed a grid drop for
Striking a blow to a decades-long fight for justice, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday shielded the oil giant Occidental and the security contractor AirScan from charges of human rights violations stemming from their role in the 1998 cluster bombing of a Colombian village that killed 19 civilians. In refusing to revive the lawsuit, the
United Nations-brokered peace talks in Yemen’s nine-month-old civil war are faltering, amid disputes between rival factions over the release of prisoners. Meanwhile, local officials have reported intensifying clashes and renewed airstrikes despite an ongoing ceasefire. Over the weekend, U.S.-backed, Saudi-led airstrikes killed 19 Yemeni civilians in their homes and at a market. About half of
Gym, anyone? Whether Sharon Stone is showing off her street style or taking a break from the Southern California heat, the Mothers and Daughters star keeps proving that age is nothing but a number. The 58-year-old actress looked half her age as she sizzled in a new photo she shared on Instagram over the weekend,