The prospect of Red Bull ditching Renault in favour of Honda power next season is one that obviously enthralls the energy drink company’s billionaire co-founder Dietrich Mateschitz. On the back of an apparent power unit failure that put Daniel Ricciardo out of Sunday’s German Grand Prix, after the Red Bull driver had endured several engine…
Read moreHaas formally initiates Italian GP appeal process
Haas has formally launched its Italian Grand Prix appeal process, hoping to overturn the decision that excluded Romain Grosjean from the race’s results last weekend. The US outfit had 96 hours to file an official appeal, and has therefore followed up on an intent already expressed last Sunday evening. Grosjean’s exclusion from sixth place was…
Read moreWhere the TPP Could Lose
After years of secret negotiations and silence in the media, the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) has risen to headline news. Now that Congress has voted to give President Obama “fast-track” trade promotion authority to push the deal through the House and Senate with limited debate and no amendments, efforts to finalize the agreement among member…
Read moreHonouring Courage and Compassion on International Peace Day
I was 22 years old when I had to leave my homeland, South Africa. I had no choice. I was living underground for a year by then, to avoid being arrested. This was 1987, in the midst of one of the most bloody and violent periods in the history of Apartheid South Africa. The green…
Read moreThree of America's 'Great Satans' Dead
The deaths in South Asia of three of the West’s ‘Great Satans’ were announced in recent weeks: Mullah Omar and Jalaluddin Haqqani in Afghanistan; and Pakistan’s Lt. Gen. Hamid Gul. I never met Mullah Omar though I was present at the birth and expansion of his movement, Taliban. Mullah Omar was a renowned combat veteran…
Read moreRenée Zellweger Makes an Elegant Statement in Satin at the Bridget Jones’s Baby World Premiere
Renée Zellweger is back! The actress hit the red carpet for the world premiere of Bridget Jones’ s Baby in London on Monday, looking positively radiant in a midnight blue gown by Elsa Schiaparelli. The asymmetrical one-shoulder dress featured a thigh-high slit cinched at the top by an oversize crystal-embellished zebra brooch that showed off…
Read moreRicciardo feeling blue after birthday blow-out in Austria
Daniel Ricciardo started Sunday celebrating his 29th birthday, but there was less for him to cheer about after he was forced to retire from the Austrian Grand Prix with a broken exhaust. “I’m obviously disappointed with how the day went,” the Red Bull driver admitted after the race, which was won by his team mate…
Read moreGrosjean ‘enjoying his time at Haas and hoping for more’
Despite the unhappy post-race outcome to his Italian Grand Prix, Romain Grosjean says that he is finally enjoying his season at Haas and is hoping that it won’t be his last there. Grosjean had finished in sixth place but was subsequently excluded from the results for a technical infringement. Even so, Monza had been another…
Read moreAlonso to catch up with a legend in Sochi, if he starts the race…
Fernando Alonso isn’t quite F1’s senior citizen, that privilege is held by Kimi Raikkonen, but the Spaniard’s seniority will put him on the same level as the sport’s all-time most prolific driver in Russia. Assuming the McLaren driver lines up on the grid next Sunday, he will tie seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher for the…
Read moreOcon admits uncertainty, but puts his future in Mercedes’ hands
Esteban Ocon admits there is uncertainty around his future, but the Force India driver is confident that when the music stops, he will have secured his seat. As Formula 1’s dominoes fall into place, Ocon’s situation appears to be at risk. Just a few weeks ago, the Frenchman was contemplating a season at Renault, alongside…
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