Force India to bring new upgrades to Singapore

    Force India owner and team principal Vijay Mallya says that they are determined to keep fighting hard for the rest of 2017. At this point in the season, many teams are turning their attention to next year’s car designs. But Mallya insisted this week that Force India’s eyes remain firmly on this year’s prize. “We…

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      Palmer shines despite thwarted qualifying

      Jolyon Palmer looked all set for a brilliant result in qualifying this afternoon before a gearbox issue thwarted the Renault driver’s efforts. Palmer has unsuccessfully chasing a good result this year following a troubled campaign marked by mistakes, mechanical woes and outside pressure to see him perform. The Briton’s RS17 enjoys at Spa exactly the…

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        Hamilton stays in charge in second practice

        Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton stayed on top of the time sheets in free practice 2 of the 2017 Austrian Grand Prix. Hamilton set a time of 1:05.483s early in FP2, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel second-fastest ahead of Hamilton’s team mate Valtteri Bottas. It was another good showing from Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo in fourth and…

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          Vasseur tipped for Sauber team principal role

          ART Grand Prix boss Frédéric Vasseur is apparently leading Sauber’s short list of potential team bosses following the departure of Monisha Kaltenborn. The Swiss outfit parted ways with Kaltenborn earlier this week, citing a divergence of views over the team’s future. Vasseur, who led Renault’s works return to F1 last year before leaving following a…

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            Saving the Planet, One Meal at a Time

            My attitude toward becoming a vegan was similar to Augustine’s attitude toward becoming celibate—“God grant me abstinence, but not yet.” But with animal agriculture as the leading cause of species extinction, water pollution, ocean dead zones and habitat destruction2, and with the death spiral of the ecosystem ever more pronounced, becoming vegan is the most…

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              Webber: Take drivers out of the penalty system!

              Former F1 driver Mark Webber wants to see teams deprived of Constructors’ points rather than drivers hit with grid penalties in the event of engine element changes. The Formula 1 power unit is covered by a specific allocation of components which, when exceeded during a season result in grid penalties. A state of affairs which…

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                UN: Humanitarian Situation Worsening in Ukraine

                The humanitarian situation in eastern Ukraine is getting worse, as violence intensifies, supplies dwindle, and more than a thousand people flee their homes every day, a UN official said Tuesday. At an emergency Security Council meeting called by Russia on Tuesday, director of UN humanitarian operations John Ging called for “immediate action” to quell the…

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                  Video: Car falls off flyover, crushes woman below

                  Hyderabad: A woman was killed and two others injured when a car fell off a flyover in Hyderabad’s information technology corridor Gachibowli on Saturday, police said. ### The accident occurred near Biodiversity Park intersection when the car lost control and hurled down from the recently-opened Biodiversity flyover, crushing a woman waiting on the footpath. ###…

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                    Videographer dies in celebratory firing in Bihar

                    Hajipur: A videographer was killed in celebratory firing during a wedding ceremony in Bihar’s Vaishali district, police said. ### The police has identified the videographer as Manoj Sah alias Bittu Sah. ### Sah was making a video of the marriage ceremonies being performed at a house in the Chandi Dhanush village on Friday night. During…

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