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Pay cuts for Norris, Sainz amid McLaren furloughs
ESPN - 2 Apr 2020 02:32
With McLaren becoming the first Formula One team to furlough staff while racing is halted due to the coronavirus pandemic, drivers Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz have joined senior management in taking a pay cut.
INTERVIEW: Ken Block
Racer - 2 Apr 2020 22:29
This writer first met Ken Block during the autumn of 1998, when my friend and colleague Davey Coombs and I worked together in launching (...)
NASCAR delays Next Gen rollout
Racer - 2 Apr 2020 23:27
The Next Gen car will not hit the track until 2022. NASCAR has confirmed that the introduction of its next-generation race car will (...)
The Week In IndyCar, April 1, with Mike Hull
Racer - 2 Apr 2020 03:31
Chip Ganassi Racing managing director Mike Hull makes his 22nd appearance on The Marshall Pruett Podcast to answer questions for The (...)
McLaren F1 drivers take pay cut, staff furloughed
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 01:10
McLaren has become the first Formula 1 team to place its staff on furlough during the coronavirus crisis with drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris taking a pay cut. Some members of McLaren's workforce will now observe a...
Simming Memoirs – Part V : Finally… Formula Uno
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 23:50
Just as the urge for the occassional right hand turn became nearly unbearable, the doors to Formula One-heaven opened… slightly. By the spring of 1992, I had turned into a virtual Andretti, Unser and Mears all rolled i...
Simming Memoirs – Part IV : Unser and Mears... Here I come
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 23:50
Europe and ovals… never has it been a happy marriage. But when I started simming for real, it was on the absolute king of ovals. It was in late 1990 that our house welcomed its first PC; a "white label" machine assembl...
Simming Memoirs - Part IV : Unser, Mears... here I come
GRAND PRIX 247 - 2 Apr 2020 23:43
Europe and ovals… never has it been a happy marriage. But when I started simming for real, it was on the absolute king of ovals. It was in late 1990 that our house welcomed its first PC; a "white label" machine assembl...
Sainz and Norris take pay cut as McLaren curbs costs
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 23:20
Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris pic: McLaren Carlos Sainz Jr and Lando Norris have agreed to take a pay cut as McLaren looks to curb costs during the coronavirus pandemic. McLaren has confirmed a group of staff from its ra...
Grosjean: Netflix showed Steiner's leadership
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 23:10
Romain Grosjean believes Netflix's Drive to Survive Season Two highlighted the leadership skills of Haas principal Guenther Steiner. 2019 was Haas' most troubled season since joining Formula 1 in 2016. The team slumped t...
Grosjean: Netflix showed Steiner's leadership
Planet F1 - 2 Apr 2020 23:00
Romain Grosjean believes Netflix's Drive to Survive Season Two highlighted the leadership skills of Haas principal Guenther Steiner. The post Grosjean: Netflix showed Steiner’s leadership appeared first on PlanetF1.
Bernie Ecclestone: Finally a boy!
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 21:40
Amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping our lives, good news to report at last: 89-year-old Bernie Ecclestone is set to become a father again with 44-year-old wife Fabiana confirming the couple are expecting a boy and thi...
Bernie Ecclestone: Finally a boy!
GRAND PRIX 247 - 2 Apr 2020 21:39
Amid the coronavirus pandemic sweeping our lives, good news to report at last: 89-year-old Bernie Ecclestone is set to become a father again with 44-year-old wife Fabiana confirming the couple are expecting a boy and thi...
Moody's changes Formula 1's outlook to negative
GRAND PRIX 247 - 2 Apr 2020 21:25
Credit rating agency Moody's changed Formula One's outlook to negative from positive on Thursday to reflect the impact of the coronavirus crisis on a global sport that has yet to race in 2020. Moody's did not rule out a ...
Esports bringing fun and frustration for IndyCar drivers
Racer - 2 Apr 2020 21:18
Throw 20-plus Type A personalities into a loop of indefinite boredom, and you're bound to get what we've seen over the last week or so (...)
'Hamilton, Leclerc and Vettel reportedly willing to waive part of their salary'
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 20:40
According to reports from Express, Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel and Charles Leclerc are willing to surrender part of their salary. For Formula 1 teams, it is important to cut costs as much as possible now that there ...
Ecclestone becomes father for the fourth time at the age of 89.
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 20:20
Bernie Ecclestone becomes a father for the fourth time at the age of 89 (!), this time with Fabiana Flosi. The former owner of Formula 1 will welcome his first son next summer if the delivery goes well. Ecclestone and Fl...
Rosberg: 'Opportunities Verstappen on world title bigger in shortened season'
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 20:00
Nico Rosberg thinks 2020 will be a serious opportunity for Max Verstappen on his first world title in Formula 1. According to the former driver of Mercedes, among others, Red Bull Racing looked strong at the winter test ...
Inside Line: Lafitte in a Williams was my first Autosport cover
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 19:20
Not long ago I was reminded about the first cover photo I had published in Autosport back in 1984 as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesburg, living within 20-minutes drive from Kyalami. I had been going to the ...
Field grows for Barber round of IndyCar iRacing Challenge
Racer - 2 Apr 2020 19:15
Who can stop Sage? That's the big question Saturday, April 4 as the IndyCar iRacing Challenge, a virtual racing event featuring a full (...)
Inside Line: Lafitte in a Williams was my first Autosport cover
GRAND PRIX 247 - 2 Apr 2020 19:13
Not long ago I was reminded about the first cover photo I had published in Autosport back in 1984 as a 22-year-old photographer based in Johannesburg, living within 20-minutes drive from Kyalami. I had been going to the ...
Norris, Sainz take pay cuts, McLaren furloughs staff
Total F1 - 2 Apr 2020 19:00
Lando Norris and Carlos Sainz will both be taking a pay cut as McLaren announced a temporarily furlough for an undisclosed number of employees. As the world struggles to deal with the ongoing pandemic, many companies and...