Mercedes AMG F1 has recruited 15-year-old Formula 4 racer Paul Aron and added the young talent to its junior driver programme. The Estonian teenager and European karting champion stepped up to single-seater racing this season and currently competes with Prema in the German and Italian F4 championships. Ticktum dropped from Red Bull junior programme Aron […]
Fernando Alonso will be back in the cockpit of a McLaren F1 car next week, with the Spaniard earmarked for a the post-Bahrain Grand Prix test. However, the two-time world champion, who remains an advisor to McLaren, will be entrusted with tyre testing for Pirelli with a full day of running onboard the Woking-based outfit’s […]
Lewis Hamilton believes Honda’s progress has brought the Japanese power unit within just 10bhp of Mercedes and Ferrari’s engines. Over the winter, Red Bull Racing ramped up its expectations for its new engine supplier based on evidence supplied by Honda. That confidence received further validation in Australia with Max Verstappen’s podium finish and Honda’s flawless […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday expressed support for a right-wing referendum to pull Venezuela’s leftist president Nicolas Maduro from power, provoking a powerful response from Maduro’s fellow socialist Evo Morales, president of Bolivia. “We are sovereign states of the Great Motherland that fights for life and liberation.”—Evo Morales“John Kerry continues to believe […]
As the 2019 championship looks increasingly like a Mercedes two-way battle, Valtteri Bottas knows that he’ll need to make the most of every single opportunity that comes his way to defeat Lewis Hamilton. Up to last weekend’s Spanish Grand Prix, Bottas and Hamilton were level in terms of outright wins, the Mercedes pair trouncing their […]
At least seven people sewed their mouths shut and many more blocked trains on the Greece-Macedonia border Monday to protest the intensifying Balkan crackdown and profiling of refugees and asylum seekers that is impacting those fleeing war and poverty from across the globe. The demonstrations have been ongoing for at least four days and were […]
Lewis Hamilton says he was offered an opportunity to work with Netflix on a documentary centered around his life as an F1 driver, well before the company’s current ‘Drive to Survive’ series. The online broadcaster released last month a 10-part docuseries on Formula 1 that has received positive reviews for its behind-the-scenes approach to its […]
On Friday the 13th, Paris, the City of Light, was plunged into darkness and fear. At least eight young jihadists, allegedly from the so-called Islamic State group, attacked the national sports stadium, where President Francois Hollande was attending a soccer match with Germany’s foreign minister. They also attacked outdoor cafes, a pizzeria and a rock […]
Miranda Kerr looks more than ready to walk down the aisle! Just three days after she revealed that she said “yes” to Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel, Kerr stepped out in Santa Monica, California, rocking a lacy white number along with a stunning engagement ring on her finger. Kerr, 33, looked radiant on her way to […]
There’s no doubt about it: Diane Kruger is a certified fashion girl. (And with BFFs like designer Jason Wu, how could she be anything else?) The actress put forth her inimitable sense of style in New York on Thursday as she prepared for an interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote her […]