The Current State of Formula One

Will reigning Champion Max Verstappen take another victory for fourth time in-a-row?

Max Verstappen is (currently) on the top of the leaderboard with 194 points (after the Canadian Grand prix) but is closely being Followed by Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc (138 points) and McLaren’s Lando Norris (131 points). The RB 20 is not so much as a competitive car as last year’s now legendary RB 19, and the future isn’t looking that good for future Red-Bull cars with chief technical director and design genius Adrian Newey is leaving next year. Possibly moving to the prancing horse to create a Ferrari super team (with Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc).

The Regulation Changes

In 2026 there will be a large change in the Formula One cars making them smaller nimbler and more environmentally friendly. The cars will be 30kg lighter, 10cm narrower with nearly a 50-50 split of internal combustion and electric power. The new power units also seem more powerful with the current V6’s. The new cars will also be ‘boxier’ and more reminiscent of the early 2000’s and 2010’s. There will also be Active aero dynamics as well as an over- take aid instead of the earlier DRS system.  

There will also be new teams in the form of Sauber becoming Audi after they bought the team in late 2023. Also, Mario Andretti’s company are trying to buy an existing team so they can enter a place in F1 but so far, the FIA do not want the American team.

By Archie

Euros week 2

• Romania beat Ukraine 3-0
• Belgium surprisingly lost to Slovakia 1- 0
• France beat Austria 1- 0 and Mbappe broke his nose
• Türkiye beat Georgia 3-1
• Portugal beat Czech Republic 2-1
• Croatia drew Albania 2-2
• Germany beat Hungary 2-0
• Scotland drew 1-1 with Switzerland
• Slovenia drew 1-1 with Serbia
• England sadly drew with Denmark 1-1
• Spain beat Italy 1-0
• Ukraine beat Slovakia 2-1
•  Poland lost to Austria 3-1
• Netherlands drew 0-0 with France
• Georgia drew 1-1 with Czechia
• Portugal beat Türkiye 3-0
• Belgium beat Romania 2-0
• Switzerland drew Germany 1-1
• And Hungary beat Scotland 1-0   A Hungarian player was knocked out and it had been rumored that he broke his neck.

Scotland and Poland are the first teams out of the Euros already and Croatia is most likely to be eliminated today at 8 PM as they have had a bad group and if they lose to Italy tonight which is most likely, then they will be out.

By Harry

Neo Northen Lights visible through out West Sussex

On Friday 10 May, citizens of West Sussex could view the precious Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis). Thousands of people stayed up after midnight to watch the fluorescent sky, which is only normally visible from the arctic. My own personal experience of this was ‘oooh beautiful’, another pupil at MRC described them as ‘interesting though I could only see them with a camera.

By Harry

Southeast Asia Heat Wave

In the last couple months, Southeast Asia has been suffering from a record-breaking heat wave. Since the beginning of April, dozens of countries from India to the Philippines have been affected. All these countries have seen an increase in record-breaking heat which has led to schools closing and the triggering of urgent health warnings across the region.

This is getting more common since it’s the third year in a row that Asias’ heat waves have shattered records. Lately, Scientists have been studying how much climate change have been affecting the temperature. The results show that countries wouldn’t have been able to achieve the temperatures if it wasn’t for the global rising heat.

Heat indices peaked at 53 °C (127 °F) in the Philippines on 28 April. The heat wave has been caused by a combination of climate change and El Niño (El Niño is a climate pattern that describes the unusual warming of surface waters in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean).

By Bea and Nathan

The Most Underrated Grunge Albums Ever
 

5. Silverchair – Freak Show. (1997)
Silverchair's 1997 album” Freak Show”, included some great songs such as “Freak” Slave” and “Abuse Me”. At highest, it reached 38^th in the Uk charts, 1^st in the Australian charts, and 12^th in the US charts. It may sound like a considerable success, but after a while this album was forgotten about unlike their first album” Frogstomp.”
 

4. Veruca Salt- Eight Arms To Hold You. (1997)
As much as they had success with their song “Volcano Girls,” some of their songs in this album truly define the great grunge era, with songs such as “Straight” and “Benjimin” being some of the standouts on the album. Again, released in 1997, it had nowhere near the level of success of Freak Show, Not getting above 90^th in the UK charts. Their sound may have been different to the likes of Nirvana and Pearl Jam, having their own sound defined their career and it is why they were popular with the grunge community.

3. Helmet – Betty (1994)
It may not be their most popular album, but Betty elevated Helmet to bigger music scenes. Released with Interscope records, it reached the top 100 in Sweden, Austria, Australia, Switzerland, Uk, New Zeland, Usa, and the Netherlands. This album includes one of the bands most popular songs” Milquetoast” and another hit “Meanless.” It is known as their  most accessible album and their hardest album, making it the perfect mix for hardcore fans and more layed back casual album.

2. Mad Season – Above (1995)
There were many great side projects during the Grunge era, but Mad Season for me is the best. Featuring Layne Stacy from Aice in Chains, it had its songs like “I Don't Know Anything” and “River of Deceit” with it getting into the top 70 charts in Australia, Canada, Norwegian, Swedish, British, and America. Unfortunately, it has been slowly forgotten over the years and Layne never worked with Mad Season again.

1.Smashing Pumpkins – Gish (1991)
As much as they are a popular band, but Gish does not get much notice, and I think it should. Its song “I Am One” and “Siva” are perfect examples of a legendry Grunge song, a hard dream beat, massive guitar riff and heavy bass. Gish is one of their best albums, only being beaten by Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie and the Infinate Sadness. Definatly a staple of early grunge music, and one of the best Smashing Pumpkins albums ever.

By Oliver