, you could blend strawberries into it and make strawberry ice cream. You can drizzle chocolate into it and make chocolate ice cream. You can do really anything.”
He initially thought the delivery delay was because the package required a signature, but insisted there were people at his house awaiting the helmet.“I kept telling the driver to ring the bell! There’s people there!” he said. “But then they said it is a customs fee and they won’t deliver it until it’s been paid.”
O’Ward was adamant it was a mix-up and was willing to pay twice. Drivers often unveil special helmet designs for the Indianapolis 500 to replace the ones they wear the rest of the season. The idea is to showcase meaningful and fun designs that represent their culture, personality or other things that have personal meaning.When he got on track Tuesday he was wearing his normal helmet.A woman on the Arrow McLaren team is married to a high-ranking UPS official who helped him sort the issue and the Indy 500 helmet has been delivered to his house.
O’Ward will debut the helmet Friday.PARIS (AP) — Formula 1’s governing body has reduced penalties on drivers for swearing after the new misconduct rules had
The updated code announced Wednesday slashes the swearing fine on F1 drivers from 40,000 euros ($45,000) to 5,000 euros ($5,600) with the first offense now suspended. The rule will apply to “controlled” events like news conferences — not during races.
“As a former rally driver, I know firsthand the range of emotions that are faced during competition,” FIA President Mohammed Ben Sulayem said in the announcement ahead ofSuch expectations — which basically measure whether Americans are worried inflation will get worse — are important because they can become self-fulfilling. If businesses and consumers expect higher costs, they may take steps that push up inflation, like demanding higher wages, which in turn can force companies to raise prices to offset higher labor costs.
Some economists caution that the University of Michigan’s survey is preliminary and for now based on only about 400 responses. (The final version to be released later this month typically includes about 800.) And financial market measures of inflation expectations, based on bond prices, have actually declined in recent weeks.The most recent inflation readings have been mixed. The consumer price index
for the first time in five months to 2.8% from 3%, an encouraging change. But the Fed’s preferred price gauge, to be released later this month, is likely to be unchanged.The jump in inflation expectations is also a problem for the Fed because officials, including Powell, have said they are willing to let inflation gradually return to their 2% target in 2027, because expectations have generally been low. If other measures show inflation worries rising, the Fed could come under more pressure to get inflation down more quickly.