Like most of his colleagues, Romain Grosjean appreciates the Sepang track although he reckons Malaysia is also the toughest race on the F1 calendar. Drivers left behind Singapore’s hot and humid environment only to head to a venue which provides even more of a physical challenge, a bit like jumping from the frying pan into […]
The Formula One Group will unveil next week Formula 1’s future engine rules which will come into effect in 2021. Not much information has filtered through from F1 sporting manager Ross Brawn’s working group, leaving teams to speculate about the specifics of the sport’s future engine platform. “Normally it’s pretty well leaked,” Force India boss […]
As widely expected, Fernando Alonso will be racing in Formula 1 next season, having extended his contract with McLaren for 2018. The Spaniard has endured a difficult time with the Woking-based outfit on the back of Honda’s inability to deliver a reliable and performing engine since 2015. Alonso’s winless three-year period prompted many to believe […]
F1i continues to look back over the whole of the 2017 Formula 1 world championship season team-by-team and driver-by-driver. Williams This year, Williams F1 celebrated a remarkable 40 years as an independent constructor in Formula 1. It also welcomed Paddy Lowe back into the fold in a senior management role. The anniversary would have been […]
The United States was required to pay just a paltry amount for an environmental crime and violation of the Philippines’ sovereignty. That’s what critics are saying of the U.S. payout to the Philippines as compensation for damages a U.S. Navy minesweeper caused to a World Heritage-listed coral reef two years ago. As Common Dreams previously […]
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff is expecting his team to start 2018 with a clean slate and leave behind any sense of fulfillment or complacency linked to its past achievements. The Silver Arrows outfit remained undefeated in 2017, for the fourth consecutive season, despite a robust challenge from Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel which lasted until latter […]
Fernando Alonso says that 2017 world champion Lewis Hamilton had an easy job this year securing the title, with ” no opponents”. Hamilton capitalized perfectly on a disastrous reversal of fortune which hit Ferrari and Sebastian Vettel during F1’s Asian leg which started in Singapore. The German driver had been a worthy challenger for the […]
McLaren has revealed that part of an upgrade package scheduled for Melbourne was delayed because of the reliability issues encountered by the team in pre-season testing. The Woking-based outfit was banking on several updates and new components to boost its performance in Australia. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier has indicated however that the missing specs […]
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen has publicly apologised for his ‘heat of the moment’ comments which followed his penalty last weekend in Austin. The Dutchman was stripped of his podium finish at the US Grand Prix for exceeding track limits and gaining an advantage on the last lap of the race, which led the angered driver […]
In a move that advocates are saying is a “momentous” win for public health, an Indian court on Friday rejected a bid from multinational pharmaceutical giant Bayer to block a local generic drug company from mimicking their costly cancer drug. Bayer had attempted to appeal a 2012 decision by India’s patent controller, who had argued […]