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IndyCar driver Robert Wickens has provided fans with an update on his recovery from a shocking crash at Pocono Raceway in August. The Canadian driver suffered a serious spinal cord injury after a shunt at over 200mph tossed him into the catchfence surrounding the tri-oval. The car was ripped apart and Wickens has been in […]

The Renault F1 works team has clinched the ‘best of the rest’ B-team title with fourth place in the constructors championship behind Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull. Renault went into the final race of the season Abu Dhabi with a strong points lead over rivals Haas, but couldn’t be fully assured of holding on to […]

Sauber Motorsport has initiated a young driver development programme in collaboration with GP3 and F2 outfit Charouz Racing System. In the past, the Swiss outfit has often worked with Ferrari, offering members of the Scuderia’s Driver Academy – like Charles Leclerc and Antonio Giovinazzi – a path to F1. Sauber will now have its own […]

The tension was palpable in the Toro Rosso camp after the Brazilian Grand Prix following a spat between team mates Brendon Hartley and Pierre Gasly. The junior bulls chose different strategies to tackle the 71-lap race, with Hartley proving faster in the closing stages of the event. After a late stop to take on a […]

Daniel Ricciardo’s new helmet livery which he unveiled last week in Melbourne held a mystery: what was the meaning of the ‘Stop Being Them’ message inscribed on the side of the Aussie’s lid? Many believed it was a cryptic dig directed at his former team, Red Bull Racing, proclaiming his new-found freedom and liberation from […]

Ferrari’s performance in Bahrain and the straightline speed of its SF90 is generating intrigue once again among the Scuderia’s rivals. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Sebastian Vettel locked out the front row in Sakhir, and while race day didn’t fulfill the Italian outfit’s expectations, the SF90’s superiority was unequivocal. Ferrari’s rivals have noted the remarkable straightline […]

Lewis Hamilton likes to keep a lid on things, but the 2018 F1 world champion made an exception for arch-rival Sebastian Vettel. The two men were locked in an intense battle for the title this season until the Mercedes driver finally broke loose after the summer and raced on to collect his fifth world championship, […]

Red Bull motorsport boss Helmut Marko says that data collected in the latter part of 2018 showed that Max Verstappen had clearly moved ahead of Daniel Ricciardo in terms of outright speed. Ricciardo appeared to have the upper hand over his team mate at the start of last year’s campaign, with the Aussie winning in […]

As the events from Oslo on July 22, 2011 filtered through, TV news producers began to scramble. Many people had been murdered by a gunman, and they needed experts to give expert opinions. Fast. What followed was one of the the most embarrassing examples of uninformed mass punditry in news history. This “must” have been […]

Matt Damon is hands-down the lead in the fifth installment of his action-packed thriller, Jason Bourne, but it wasn’t the 45-year-old actor that stole the show at the movie’s London premiere on Monday. The gentlemanly star arrived hand-in-hand with his wife of 10 years, Luciana Barroso, and it was her entrance that garnered the spotlight. […]