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Can you predict the result of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix? The Predictions Championship is back and this year’s grand prize winner will claim a stylish brake disc clock from Memento Exlcusive, made from a genuine race-used Formula One car part! There are prizes to win at every race weekend as well. The best prediction this week will win an official Pirelli replica podium cap plus Codemasters F1 2013: Classic Edition. See below for full prize details. Enter your prediction below before qualifying starts on Saturday for your chance to win. 2014 F1 Fanatic Predictions Championship prize line-up Here is the confirmed prize list for this year’s championship. See below for more information on each of these great prizes. Championship prizes The top scorers in the championship at the end of the year will win the following prizes: First place: A brake disc clock from Memento Exclusives worth £499 Second place: A motor sport painting of your choice by Rob Ijbema … [Read more...] about Predict the Australian GP result to win prizes · RaceFans

In the round-up: Jenson Button says McLaren are a second per lap off Mercedes pace ahead of the first qualifying session of the year. Links Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more. Mercedes a second faster than the rest, says Button (Reuters) “We were two seconds off them (Mercedes) in the test, we’re over a second off them in the long runs.” Grosjean: We need mileage (Sky) “We have never done more than ten laps in a row, I believe. There are a lot of unknowns and we cannot be confident. But we can certainly hope for that.” Vettel relieved at improved Red Bull (BBC) Vettel: “The biggest difference is we got new parts, not necessarily performance parts but we didn’t have the spares at the testing and you end up with a fix here and there.” Brake-by-wire hurting Toro Rosso (Autosport) “Sometimes it doesn’t want to recharge and the brake goes all forward and you have no brakes on the rear and you lock the front and just go straight in … [Read more...] about F1 Fanatic round-up: Mercedes a second faster than us – Button

PHOENIX - Six months after losing her campaign for Arizona governor, Republican Kari Lake failed to persuade a trial judge to set aside the results of the election. Lake, a former television news personality and prominent election denier backed by former president Donald Trump, has refused to concede and mounted a legal challenge late last year, claiming that the results could not be trusted because they were tainted by fraud or mistakes. Courts rejected most of Lake's claims, and her attorneys were sanctioned $2,000 for making "false factual statements," but one part was allowed to go to trial: Lake's accusation that election workers in Maricopa County, home to Phoenix and most of the state's voters, did not properly follow a signature-verification process for early ballots. During a three-day trial last week, Lake's own witnesses detailed how that process did occur. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Peter Thompson ruled Monday that Lake failed to prove misconduct or illegal … [Read more...] about Takeaways from Kari Lake’s failed legal challenge to Ariz. election results

In the round-up: Ferrari confirm Felipe Massa’s second crash at Sainte Devote was, unlike the first one, caused by a car failure. Links Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more. Pat Fry: “A race of containment” (Ferrari) “Today?������s accident looked very similar to what happened in the third free practice session, but in fact the two incidents are very different. Unlike yesterday, it seems that today?������s incident can be attributed to a problem on the left front corner of the car.” Punch Perez in the face – Raikkonen (BBC) “Asked if the drivers would talk to Perez, Raikkonen said: ‘That won’t help. Maybe someone should punch him in the face.'” Mercedes and Pirelli face F1 penalties for unauthorised tyre testing (The Guardian) Helmut Marko: “We are very unhappy. When we test for three days, we go a second faster ?����ǣ that’s what Adrian Newey says. It definitely helped them ?����ǣ you can see that they had no tyre problems today. That’s … [Read more...] about Car failure caused Massa’s second crash · RaceFans

In the round-up: Force India deputy team principal Bob Fernley questions why Formula One is allowing the financial terms for smaller teams to become so unfavourable. Links Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more. Fernley says costs threaten some F1 teams (Reuters) “CVC have got an agenda as bankers to make as much money out of their investment as they possibly can and that involves minimal investment. And that is not in the sport’s interests. It’s the worst combination that you can have. I only question the logic of it. Are we actually trying to stack it in a way that is to get rid of teams so they can bring customer teams in maybe?” F1 minnows could be driven over the edge (The Times, subscription required) Fernley: “They have raped the sport. CVC have done an absolutely awful job.” Hamilton ‘struggling’ to drive car (BBC) “Winter testing wasn’t too bad and when we changed something in China it felt good and I got pole, so the confidence … [Read more...] about F1 Fanatic round-up: ‘Is F1 trying to get rid of teams?’ – Fernley

In the round-up: Red Bull motorsport adviser Helmut Marko says Daniel Ricciardo has the beating of Toro Rosso team mate Jean-Eric Vergne at present. Links Your daily digest of F1 news, views, features and more. Webber may be replaced by Ricciardo (The Age) “In general we are happy with both [ Toro Rosso ] drivers. Ricciardo is currently the better one.” Daniel Ricciardo 2013 F1 season form guide Small windows – Daniel’s blog (Toro Rosso) “I just got it ?����ǣ but that last lap was tight. Coming out of turn ten he got nearly alongside me and we were both sideways out of there. I was desperately trying to hold on to it. It was a great relief when I crossed the line in front.” Whitmarsh denies employing team orders (The Telegraph) “Did we ask him to back off and not fight? No, we didn’t. In truth, there was a battle on in prospect, but at the end Checo’s tyres were completely shot.” Bernie Ecclestone slams tyre quality (Daily Express) “The … [Read more...] about F1 Fanatic round-up: Ricciardo has upper hand at Toro Rosso – Marko

In the round-up: Valtteri Bottas says Mercedes’ upcoming tyre test at Paul Ricard will not use the same track configuration as next month’s race. What they say Mercedes will conduct wet weather tyre testing for Pirelli at the home of the French Grand Prix . No, it’s not [the grand prix] layout. We tested on it but now it has a new Tarmac so it’s going to be different. It should be a similar Tarmac to Barcelona and Silverstone, so we’ll see how the tyres behave. But it’s a very different track from many others, so many long corners. Sector three is really hard for the tyres and it’s going to be hot in the summer. But anything we can learn from wet running and all that will be important. Quotes: Dieter Rencken Advert | Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free Social media Notable posts from Twitter, Instagram and more: The eye of the nicest driver in F1, and one hell of a racer, the impossibly late-braker himself, Daniel Ricciardo. So nice to … [Read more...] about Mercedes not using French GP layout for Paul Ricard test · RaceFans

Lando Norris had a rather hilarious response to the official F1 Twitter account when his Q3 incident with Charles Leclerc was brought up. Leclerc had been on a slow lap during Q3 while he prepared for a flying run during what was a thrilling qualifying session on home soil for the McLaren driver, but that would lead to a rather scary moment for Lando Norris in the McLaren. Norris would approach the Ferrari at a rate of knots in the tunnel and was forced to back out of the throttle, this incident later resulting in a three-place grid drop for Leclerc, meaning his P3 qualifying result became P6 on the grid. After the session Norris has been in a mischievous mood when he joked that Leclerc should be “disqualified” for what happened, and as it turned out, his fun and games were not quite over there. The Formula 1 Twitter account would post footage of the impeding incident, and Norris could not help but offer up a reply which was savage yet hilarious at the same time. What has … [Read more...] about Lando Norris turns to memes in savage reaction to Charles Leclerc ‘inchident’

This is a carousel. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate 5 NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — As he launches his presidential campaign on Monday, Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina is officially wading into a GOP primary battle already largely dominated by two commanding figures: former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Scott, the only Black Republican senator, will make his campaign announcement in his hometown of North Charleston after making it official last week with the Federal Election Commission. The late morning event is taking place at Charleston Southern University, Scott’s alma mater and a private school affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Then he'll spend Tuesday with donors in Charleston before a whirlwind, two-day campaign swing to Iowa and New Hampshire. Like others in the GOP race, including former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson and “Woke, … [Read more...] about Tim Scott set to announce launch of his 2024 GOP presidential campaign