Team orders became a big distraction back in 2019, with Sebastian Vettel initially seen as the number one by the Scuderia. However, Leclerc’s speed quickly brought that strategy into question and Ferrari were forced to change tack, with Vettel eventually losing his seat before the start of the 2020 campaign. Read more…
The 35-year-old claimed his fourth-consecutive F1 Drivers’ Championship in 2020 and was selected as the BBC Sports Personality of the Year in December. Hamilton’s biggest accomplishment of recent times, though, is being awarded a knighthood in The Queen’s 2021 New Year’s Honours List. One thing that Hamilton has not yet Read more…
John Hogan, who passed away from COVID-19 on Sunday, was a man who played an elemental role in the transformation of F1 from a minority interest sport to a global phenomenon. For more than 30 years Hogan maintained the lowest profile but yielded enormous power, making the reclusive Paddy McNally, Read more…
Bitcoin held near a record high on Monday a day after breaching $34,000 for the first time, while ether, another digital currency, also surged as the crypto rally continues. Ether climbed as much as 22% to about $1,163 after a 30% advance on Sunday. Bitcoin held on to most of Read more…
The price of dogecoin (DOGE) has more than doubled since the start of the new year after an adult star tweeted she’s been a HODler, a price move that could stoke concerns the recent surge in crypto prices is fueling irrational speculation. Been HODLing my $Doge since 2014. MUCH PATIENCE. TO Read more…
Bitcoin (BTC) topped US$34.000, just weeks after passing another major milestone. The currency gained as much as 7.8 per cent to US$34,182.75, before slipping to about US$33,970 as of 3.05pm on Sunday in Singapore. It advanced almost 50 per cent in December, when it breached US$20,000 for the first time. Read more…
It is a certainty that Mercedes wants to continue with Lewis Hamilton. After all, the Brit strings the championships together. According to the Italian newspaper Corriere dello Sport, parent company Daimler on its own was not happy with the Brit’s demands. For the coming season, all but one seat has been Read more…
Ripple’s XRP is plummeting almost at the speed of light, with the latest collapse likened to the two biggest market collapses in history. According to Josh Frank of The TIE, a crypto-focused research firm, the cryptocurrency has lost more value than defunct commodity trading giant Enron. XRP's market cap has Read more…
Although not yet officially confirmed, the 2021 Sporting Regulations reduced Friday practice sessions from 90 minutes to an hour. Fans have seen more cars on the track this year as some teams, however, have revealed that the majority of race promoters are opposed to plans to shorten weekend races to Read more…
The four-time world champion endured one of the worst campaigns of his career, being handily beaten by his teammate Charles Leclerc and finishing on the podium just once. Vettel was told ahead of the year that it would be his last at Ferrari, with Carlos Sainz set to replace him, Read more…