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Coulthard: Ricciardo belongs in F1’s top ‘bracket’

Former F1 driver David Coulthard is convinced Daniel Ricciardo deserves a spot among the sport’s top-four drivers, believing Renault can put him there in the future. Ricciardo’s move to the French outfit from Red Bull Racing, with whom he won all of his seven Grands Prix, is seen by many as a downgrade for the […]

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Confirmed: It’s back to the F1 grind for Robert Kubica!

Almost eight years after a dramatic rally crash left him practically lost for the sport, Robert Kubica will make an amazing return to the F1 grid next season driving for Williams. The Pole has spared no effort in the last two years to fulfill his dream of resuming his career as a Grand Prix driver. […]

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Scuderia Toro Rosso rolls out the STR14!

Toro Rosso rolled out its 2019 Honda-powered STR14 at Faenza, a car that will be entrusted to F1 returnee Daniil Kvyat and rookie Alexander Albon. The new car has retained its familiar Red Bull blue and red livery but obviously sports all the tell-tale signs of a 2019 racer with the simplified front wing, larger […]

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Who drives when at this week’s in-season test in Bahrain?

After a day of respite, it’s back to the grind on Tuesday for several drivers who will be running in this week’s two-day in-season test in Bahrain. The test is open to young drivers holding the required super licence or who have competed in two F1 races or less, which is the case of George […]

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Hamilton denounces ‘despicable’ racial abuse of England players

Lewis Hamilton has condemned the racial abuse endured by several of England’s football players during its Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro on Monday. England crushed the local squad with a 5-1 victory, but the British players keep an indelible memory of the match it will be for the wrong reasons. England and Chelsea forward Callum […]

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Hamilton wants Mercedes to ‘be blunt’ – tell him where he can improve

Click:室內設計 Lewis Hamilton clinched his fifth world title this year, but the 33-year-old F1 superstar is still looking to improve ahead of a 2019 season that he sees as offering changes and new challenges. By his own admittance, this year’s campaign has been Hamilton’s best since he arrived in F1 in 2007, the Brit raising […]

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Shaky Gaza ceasefire appears to hold after 50 hours of fighting

A spokesman for Islamic Jihad in Gaza, Musab al-Braim, told CNN the ceasefire was supposed to come into effect at 5:30 a.m. morning (10:30 p.m. ET Wednesday). There have been two further series of rocket launches after that time, but as of midday Thursday (5 a.m. ET), the fighting appeared to have largely subsided. ### […]

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Car bomb kills 15, injures 50 in northern Syria

The district of al-Bab is part of a territory controlled by the Syrian National Army, an umbrella group for armed Syrian opposition factions. ### The town is part of the zone guaranteed by Turkey’s Euphrates Shield operation since 2016. ### “According to hospitals in al-Bab and our count, 15 [were] killed. 12 bodies [have been] […]

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How Iraq helped to flush out ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

That break was the arrest in May of one of al-Baghdadi’s brothers-in-law, Mohammed Ali Sajet al-Zubaaei, who joined ISIS in 2015 and had become one of the leader’s trusted guides. ### It was a culmination of Iraq’s tactic of following al-Baghdadi by looking for those closest to him, said Lt. Gen. Saad al Allaq, the […]

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Daesh/ISIS Is Not Israel’s Problem — For Now

Maybe I didn’t get the memo, but I hadn’t heard the word “Daesh” used to describe ISIS until our recent trip to Israel and Jordan. Now, since the attacks in Paris, even President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry have been saying it. As The Guardian explained earlier this year, “The term is based on […]

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