The promoters of Mexico’s Grand Prix have said that proposals to move the race to June are a non-starter. The two events in Austin and Mexico City have been scheduled on back-to-back weekends for the last three years. However, the organisers of the race in the United States now want that changed. They fear thatRead moreRead more
Category: News
Mexico promoters resist moving race to June
Horner against changing F1’s weekend format
Red Bull Racing’s Christian Horner isn’t convinced eliminating Friday’s track action would deliver a benefit to Formula 1. As the sport prepares for transformation, both on the commercial and sporting fronts, with future calendars likely to include in excess of 21 races, Formula 1’s management is thinking of reducing the current format to a two-dayRead moreRead more
Force India’s Perez rues ‘costly’ first lap incident
A first lap incident compromised Sergio Perez’s Brazilian Grand Prix and left the Force India driver chasing for the remainder of the afternoon. The Mexican launched his race from P5 on the grid, a ‘best-of-the-rest’ position he was hoping to capitalise on from the outset. To no avail unfortunately after a fast moving Fernando AlonsoRead moreRead more
Haas puts expansion plans on the back-burner
Haas’ Guenther Steiner says the US outfit is holding off on plans to increase staff as it awaits clarity on Formula 1’s budget cap prospects. Click Here:
Last in line, Toro Rosso unveils STR13
Toro Rosso completed the presentations of Formula 1’s class of 2018, unveiling its Honda-powered STR13 in the Barcelona pitlane. The car will take to the track this morning in the capable hands of Brendon Hartley, with team mate Pierre Gasly taking over duties tomorrow. The Faenza-based squad has gone for a livery which appears similarRead moreRead more
Kubica had plenty of opportunities to prove himself – Chandok
Former F1 river and Channel 4 pundit Karun Chandok believes Robert Kubica was given ample opportunity to prove he deserved to race once again in F1. The Polish driver’s sensational F1 comeback has been put on hold following Williams’ recruitment for 2018 of 22-year-old Sergey Sirotkin. While many believe the rookie’s lavish $20 million supportRead moreRead more
Felipe Massa will live his life after F1 with no regrets
Felipe Massa has closed the chapter on his career in Formula 1 and heads to a new life without a negative thought in his mind. After fifteen years at the pinnacle of motorsport, and a 269-race run, the 36-year-old Brazilian called it a day. And there will be no revolving door change of heart likeRead moreRead more
The Super-Rich Can’t Hide From the Rest of Us
My friend Craig Zobel just premiered his new movie at the Sundance Film Festival. Z for Zachariah is based on a young adult novel from the seventies about a post-apocalyptic world and a woman who lives on a farm in a remote valley. A geographic anomaly, the valley has been isolated and protected from theRead moreRead more
When Being Pro-Palestinian and Pro-Israeli Is the Same Thing
Editor’s note: The artist’s essay that follows accompanies the ‘online unveiling’—exclusive to Common Dreams—of Shetterly’s latest painting in his “Americans Who Tell the Truth” portrait series, presenting citizens throughout U.S. history who have courageously engaged in the social, environmental, or economic issues of their time. This painting of Alice Rothschild—a physician, author, filmmaker, and peaceRead moreRead more
Europe’s Border Policy is Designed to Push Refugees into the Sea
Shortly before a huge migrant boat disaster early this month, The Sun, a daily paper owned by Rupert Murdoch, published a column by British TV star and rightwing provocateur Katie Hopkins calling migrants “cockroaches” and “a plague of feral humans.” Not long after it went to press, as many as 850 refugees drowned in the Mediterranean when their wooden fishing boatRead moreRead more