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Lewis Hamilton has urged his fans to go vegan and said he feels like ‘giving up on everything’ due to his concerns about the environment. The 34-year-old, who is on the verge of winning a sixth Formula One world title, made clear his feelings about the state of the world in three posts on Instagram yesterday.  Hamilton switched to a plant-based diet in 2017 and in September he helped launch a vegan burger restaurant in London. He reportedly also sold his red private jet earlier this year. Lewis Hamilton made clear his feelings about the state of the world in three posts on Instagram yesterday. He is pictured on his private jet, which he has reportedly now sold  The Formula One driver, 34, uploaded a series of posts on Tuesday. In this one, he told his 13.1 million followers that he felt like 'giving up on everything'  Hamilton - pictured racing in Japan - switched to a plant-based diet in 2017 and in September he helped launch a vegan burger restaurant in … [Read more...] about Petrolhead Lewis Hamilton tells fans the ‘only way to save the planet’ is by going VEGAN… after making career out of racing gas-guzzling F1 cars and using his own jet to zip across globe

Such is Lewis Hamilton’s determination to win that even as his Mercedes team made history, frustration initially coloured the crowning moment. The world champion has been at the heart of their success and, as always, he had wanted to be at its head when Mercedes indelibly made their mark on Formula One at the Japanese Grand Prix. There was disappointment in the aftermath of his third place at Suzuka but ultimately Hamilton took huge satisfaction in helping secure Mercedes’ place in the annals of F1. With teammate Valtteri Bottas taking the win, the two have ensured Mercedes clinched their sixth consecutive constructors’ title and that they will be the first team to take six consecutive drivers’ and constructors’ doubles. Formula One has had periods of team dominance but the achievement of Mercedes is unprecedented. The sixth team title matches that of Ferrari between 1999 and 2004 but – with Hamilton and Bottas extending their lead such that only … [Read more...] about Valtteri Bottas storms to win in Japan as Mercedes take F1 constructors’ title

Australian Formula 1 racer Daniel Ricciardo has outdone Ferrari rookie Charles Leclerc during a prank war. Leclerc, 21, instigated the latest battle in the ongoing 'feud' between the pair over Instagram. He started an Instagram story showing Ricciardo sleeping before Leclerc reached out and touched his rival's nose. Australian Formula 1 racer Daniel Ricciardo (left) has outdone Ferrari rookie Charles Leclerc (right) during a prank war 'Hello mate,'  the Monégasque said.  The video was seen by Leclerc's 2.4 million followers. RELATED ARTICLES Previous 1 Next Daniel Ricciardo reduces fellow Formula One star to tears of... 'I have no words to describe it': How Australian schoolboy,... Share this article Share However Ricciardo didn't let the lighthearted prank go unanswered - he later ambushed the Ferrari driver as he got out of the toilet.  As Leclerc stepped out of the bathroom Ricciardo walked up behind him. 'Thirty minutes man, what were … [Read more...] about ‘Thirty minutes – what were you doing in there?’ Hilarious moment Aussie F1 star Daniel Ricciardo goes one up in his prank war with the Ferrari rookie

Austria’s highest court has upheld a decision making it possible to extradite Dmytro Firtash, a Ukrainian tycoon facing bribery-related charges in the US. Before his arrest in 2014, Firtash wielded significant political influence in Ukraine, where he had made a fortune from deals to import gas from Russia and central Asia and built a business empire worth billions. He was a close confidant of the former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych, who was ousted in the Maidan revolution in February 2014. A US grand jury indictedFirtash and five others on suspicion of bribing Indian government officials in deals involving supplies of titanium that could have affected the aircraft manufacturer Boeing. Firtash has denied any wrongdoing and has said the charges against him are politically motivated. His lawyers have also said the US should not have jurisdiction in the case. In 2015 an Austrian court agreed, declining a US request for extradition, but that decision was reversed by a higher … [Read more...] about Ukrainian tycoon can be extradited to US, Austrian court rules

Niki Lauda was attempting to win his second Formula One world title when he was almost killed in one of the most famous accidents in the history of motor sport. As his Ferrari caught fire after hitting a bank at high speed during the 1976 German Grand Prix, Lauda lay unconscious in the cockpit. Other drivers stopped and tried to help. One, Arturo Merzario, plunged into the flames to unbuckle the Austrian’s safety harness. Eventually he was extricated and taken to hospital, where he was treated for burns so severe that he was given the last rites. At 27, Lauda was young and fit. But his physical toughness was nothing compared to the mental strength that enabled him to survive not just that night but the weeks of treatment that included the reconstruction of his badly burnt eyelids with skin from behind his ears. Half of one of those ears had also been incinerated, but Lauda rejected surgery to rebuild it because it would increase the time before he could get back in the cockpit. … [Read more...] about Niki Lauda obituary