Ricciardo is weighing up whether to stay with Red Bull, which has backed him through his F1 career, at the same time his team is picking between ditching long-time engine supplier Renault for Honda. The Australian claimed his seventh GP victory last weekend in Monaco, while teammate Max Verstappen – who signed a lucrative new Red Bull deal late last year – started last after a practice crash. "You could say that [winning] made Daniel more expensive, it has put his value up, or it's put the team in a stronger position in terms of valuable potential to him," said Red Bull team principal Christian Horner. "The reality is finding a solution to conclude a deal with Daniel in the next couple of months. "First thing is get the engine sorted and then very much follow on from there with [the] driver." Horner acknowledged that Ricciardo is "continually raising his game" as the Australian reiterated his value as one of F1's leading drivers by matching Lewis Hamilton and … [Read more...] about Red Bull wants to sort engine deal before Ricciardo contract
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Raikkonen resurgence made 2018 “more fun”
Raikkonen will leave Ferrari at the end of the season to join Sauber, bringing an end to his second spell with the Scuderia after rejoining the team in 2014. He has struggled for form through much of that spell, but this season has been his strongest so far and featured 10 podium finishes from 18 races, pole position for Ferrari's home race in Italy and a first victory in five and a half years in the United States last weekend. Speaking exclusively to Motorsport.com in Austin, before he went on to end his 113-race win drought, Raikkonen said: "Generally things have been running more smoothly. "It depends if the car is good or not, then we found straight away [it is], but I have a good group of people that I've been working this year. "It's been a shame to lose [race engineer Dave] Greenwood, but then in the beginning of the year he was working with us. "So we had a very strong foundation to go and build [from], but I think it's been more smooth. We had some few … [Read more...] about Raikkonen resurgence made 2018 “more fun”
Canadian Honda Civic Advertisement Is Delightfully Short And Funny
Seven seconds of brilliance. Here in the United States, automotive advertising has rapidly become widespread over the majority of current social media platforms . However, it may not surprise you to see that other countries apply a very different approach when it comes to selling the same vehicles. This simple and cute advertisement from Honda of Canada is referencing the front and rear heated seats in the latest Civic model. While the video is only seven seconds long, it accomplishes everything that you would expect from a normal advert – including cute cartoon birds of course. The plethora of social media channels that exist nowadays has completely changed advertising strategy – even outside of the automotive industry. With attention spans at an all-time low and media consumption at an all-time high, it’s clear that automakers are having to improvise adapt and overcome. Even outside of this YouTube video, it’s clear that many advertising avenues like billboards … [Read more...] about Canadian Honda Civic Advertisement Is Delightfully Short And Funny
Daytona 24 Hours: Cadillacs dominate first practice
The top class of the IMSA WeatherTech Championship is a DPi versus LMP2 battle for 2017, and Fittipaldi’s Cadillac DPi lapped the Daytona road course in 1m38.196s, 0.796s ahead of the Wayne Taylor Racing version of Ricky Taylor. That car features NASCAR legend Jeff Gordon in its lineup this weekend. Michael Conway was third quickest in the second Action Express car, with the leading LMP2 being the DragonSpeed Oreca of former GP2 star Ben Hanley, 2.16s off the fastest Cadillac’s pace. Mathias Beche was fifth fastest in the JDC-Miller Motorsports Oreca, ahead of the PR1/Mathiasen Motorsport Ligier of Tom Kimber-Smith. Former WEC champion Brendon Hartley was seventh in the fastest of the ESM Nissans. Ford’s Olivier Pla set the GTLM pace, just a few hundredths of a second ahead of Porsche newcomer Laurens Vanthoor in the all-new mid-engined 911 RSR. Vanthoor was two tenths clear of the second of four Ford GTs, driven by Joey Hand, and Tony Vilander was fourth fastest for … [Read more...] about Daytona 24 Hours: Cadillacs dominate first practice