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For its return to the F1 calendar this summer, the French GP will offer race fans an action-packed weekend of racing with a massive support bill. In addition to F1, F2, the GP3 Series and the Porsche Supercup, the June 22/24 weekend at the Circuit Paul Ricard will also include a field of historic sports-protoypes […]

Toro Rosso announced today that it had fired up its STR13 in Faenza, but the news was met by a fair amount of jeering by Honda’s critics. The junior bull outfit just reared in one great shuddering moment on Twitter however, hitting back at its doubters with a hilarious “Fire-up video FAQ”. They’re tough in […]

Former Ferrari stalwart Jean Alesi chimed in on Formula 1’s ‘grid girl’ debate which took the fan community by storm last week. Liberty Media’s decision to part with the female presence on the grid this year, and replace it with selected teenage boys and girls, kicked up quite a controversy, but with opinions pretty much […]

McLaren’s Fernando Alonso dismissed the team’s lack of running in winter testing, insisting the set-up work done by rival teams will mean nothing when everyone heads out on to the track in Australia. The Woking-based outfit suffered a difficult time in Barcelona as reliability issues put the team on the back foot last week and […]

Renault Formula 1 technical chief Nick Chester has suggested that key personnel leaving the FIA for a role elsewhere in Formula 1 should have to sit out a one-year spell of gardening leave. The subject has become a hot topic in the sport after two controversial signings in recent months. Last September, the FIA’s technical […]

Stoffel Vandoorne got his first taste of the MCL33 on Tuesday, in the second day of pre-season testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. His team mate Fernando Alonso had the honours on day 1, only to make an early excursion into the gravel with a broken wheel nut. There was no such drama for Vandoorne, […]

The UK government on Tuesday handed out dozens of new drilling licenses to energy companies looking to launch fracking operations in the country’s rural areas, just days after officials imbued ministers with new powers to fast-track fossil fuel exploration against residents’ wishes. The Oil and Gas Authority issued 27 new drilling licenses to 12 energy […]

Mercedes continued to top the time sheets in Barcelona on Friday, this time with Lewis Hamilton emerging fastest in second practice for the Spanish Grand Prix. Hamilton was over a tenth faster than Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who shrugged off his curtailed morning session to finish ahead of his team mate Max Verstappen. Sebastian Vettel […]

This article is a joint publication of Foreign Policy In Focus and TheNation.com. The names of the refugees below have been changed to protect their identities. Imagine the choice between throwing your fate into the hands of notoriously abusive human traffickers or staying in a place facing the highest risk of genocide in the world. […]

Mercedes’ Toto Wolff expressed his doubts over Formula 1’s ability to impose a $150M budget cap on teams, believing the figure is simply too low for the sport’s top outfits. Yesterday in Bahrain, Formula 1’s executives presented teams with a series of strategic initiatives that represent their vision of the future. Reducing the level of […]