CNN | With Canada and Mexico borders closed, Americans are trapped in their own health care system

(CNN) – “Want to hear the joke about insulin?” goes the bleak gag about America’s drug prices. “You have to go to Canada to get it.”

But even that’s not an option anymore.

Pandemic travel restrictions have made Americans prisoners of their country. Even within North America, Mexico and Canada have closed thousands of miles of border to all but essential travel, roiling plans for vacation, work, and school. For cash-strapped Americans, it has also cut off access to medicines and health care services that they can’t afford at home — at a time when money is tighter than ever.  —more—

F1 | Hamilton expecting close fight with Red Bull in ‘killer’ Spanish heat

After their troubles in Silverstone, Mercedes got back up to speed by finishing one-two in both practice sessions in Spain on Friday – though Lewis Hamilton remained distinctly cautious afterwards, suggesting Red Bull would be a major threat to the Silver Arrows once more.

One week on from second place in the 70th Anniversary GP, where Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took the spoils as Mercedes struggled mightily with blistering amid the high temperatures, Hamilton finished second and first in FP1 and FP2 respectively in Barcelona.  —more— 

CNN Business | People are bidding online for million-dollar cars — without seeing them in person

(CNN) – Increasingly, wealthy bidders are going online to buy collector cars worth six-figures or more at auctions without seeing them in person first.

At one online auction last month, a 2003 Ferrari Enzo sold for $2.6 million. It was the highest price ever paid for a car in an Internet-only auction, according to RM Sotheby’s. At that same auction, another Ferrari, a 1985 288 GTO, sold for $2.3 million. And, at another another recent RM Sotheby’s online event, a limited edition track-only 2020 Porsche with Martini racing team stripes sold for $1.3 million.

“I have seen a marked growth in the number of people who will actually buy a car, will spend tens of thousands, or maybe even up to a hundred thousand dollars or more, in some cases, for a car they’ve not seen,” said Donald Osborne, a collector car appraiser and CEO of the Audrain Automobile Museum in Newport, Rhode Island.  —more—

CNN health | How to combat weight gain during the pandemic (beyond diet and exercise)

(CNN) – Quarantine life is challenging, to say the least, and all of us are struggling mentally, emotionally and physically. And no one would blame you for being tempted to abandon your diet and exercise plan and reach for the tub of ice cream while binge-watching that tiger show that everyone is talking about.

But health experts strongly recommend you do your best to prevent excess weight gain during this historic and scary time.  —more—

Formula1.com | Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix postponed

The Bahrain and Vietnam Grands Prix have been postponed due to the continued global spread of coronavirus. The races had been set for March 20-22 at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir, and April 3-5 at the recently completed Hanoi Circuit.

The news follows the cancellation of this weekend’s season-opening Australian Grand Prix, and the previous postponement of the Chinese Grand Prix, which was due to be held April 17-19. — more—

Formula1.com | video – Ross Brawn on decision to cancel 2020 Australian Grand Prix

Formula 1’s Managing Director of Motorsport Ross Brawn discusses the decision to cancel the 2020 Australian Grand Prix, after a member of the McLaren team tested positive for the COVID-19 coronavirus. —video—

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Max Verstappen that started on Pole won the FORMULA 1 BRAZILIAN GRAND PRIX 2019 with Pierre Gasly of Toro Rosso Honda coming in 2nd for his first Formula 1 Podium.  Lewis Hamilton for Mercedes-AMG took the Podium at the end of the race for 3rd place.  Hamilton later got hit with a 5 second penalty that knocked him down to 7th place with Carlos Sainz Jr. for McLaren then moving up to 3rd.  The two Ferraris kissed each other late in the race that knocked both cars out.

Late in the race as Hamilton was coming up on Red Bulls Alexander Albon and darted forward behind Albon benefit fitting from an open DRS as the were headed to a turn Hamilton took the inside position and the Mercedes and the Red Bull touched with Albon getting the worse of the incident.  On reply some people thought it was just a racing incident (no penalty), some thought Hamilton should have backed off and some thought that Hamilton was far enough along that Albon should have been able to see that Hamilton had inside position for the turn and that Albon should have taking a different line for the turn.  After review by the racing officials they determined that Hamilton was at fault and hitting him with a 5 second penalty.  That incident was strange but not as strange as the 2 Ferraris touching each other late in the race causing enough damage to both cars that neither could continue the race.  They replay of the incident clearly shows that Charles Leclerc had given Sebastian Vettel enough room and as Vettel was overtaking Leclerc that Vettel angled his car into Leclerc.  Of course all teams want their drivers to drive aggressively but not so aggressively that when they are taking the fight to their teammate that either driver creates and incident that can knock both cars out of the race.  Obviously, this incident has created more drama in the Ferrari camp.

The Brazilian Grand Prix 2019 was a very exciting race.