Before his death, Scott reportedly told a friend that a "great race clash" would happen in the future — and some 45 years later, he was proved right.
Formula One's global television audience fell last year, driven down by a 34% drop – 25 million viewers – in China where several Asian races clashed with other local sports events.
MOSCOW — After an outburst of ethnic violence on the streets of the capital, President Dmitri A. Medvedev on Monday warned that nationalist attacks threatened Russia's stability and ordered law enforcement agencies to crack down on race-based clashes amid reports of further attacks on ethnic minorities here.
Button was McLaren's only driver for much of the race after clashing with Hamilton on lap eight, as his younger team-mate attempted to dive down the outside into the first corner of a saturated Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
The Mexican missed first practice on Friday as he recovered from a cold and he retired just 20 laps into Sunday's race after clashing with Daniel Ricciardo's Toro Rosso.
In recent years, writer-producer-director John Ridley has been hailed for using his pointed storytelling abilities to spotlight edgy, uncomfortable topics ranging from the horrors of slavery ("12 Years a Slave") to the explosive human drama of race and socioeconomic clashes in ABC's anthology series "American Crime".
Then he raced downtown to clashes along the Nile, but they quickly petered out.
The Briton collided with Ferrari's Brazilian Felipe Massa during the race, their sixth clash on track this season, after being demoted three places on the starting grid for ignoring warning flags in practice.
And in the California governor's race, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman, who clashed in a debate filled with vitriol over the weekend, mutually agreed this afternoon to cancel another face-off that was scheduled for KGO radio in San Francisco on Tuesday morning.
The prize is one of the least-known elected positions in Brooklyn, but Tuesday's Democratic primary for a judgeship on the Surrogate Court has turned into a hotly contested race with a clash of political powerhouses.
