George Russell could only finish eighth at Sunday’s US Grand Prix

• Peter Kenyon, former CEO of Manchester United and Chelsea, said that feedback is constant and immediate in sports.
• Kenyon, now a board advisor for Atlassian Williams' F1 team, said companies can learn from this approach.
• He also said that feedback isn't always top-down in sports, which is important.

Athletes don’t have the luxury of waiting for an annual review to hear how they performed — and that may be a good thing.

The suspense that comes with anticipating a laundry list of critiques can sometimes be worse than the feedback itself. Plus, the older the feedback, the less relevant it may be.

Peter Kenyon, the former CEO of Manchester United and Chelsea, told Business Insider that given the nature of sports schedules, when something goes wrong, it has to be fixed before the next event, which is often just days away.

"It's not 'let's work for three months to solve the problem,'" Kenyon said. "No, let's solve the problem now because we go again tomorrow."

Kenyon, who now serves as a board advisor for Atlassian Williams F1 team, has worked in the sports industry for nearly 30 years, leading major restructurings during that time. He said the industry has taught him the importance of maintaining a continuous and instantaneous feedback loop.

He said that as soon as drivers finish a session on track, they sit down with engineers to get feedback so they can better their chances of qualifying for a race later that day or the next day.

Kenyon, who oversees the Atlassian Williams F1 team’s commercial and marketing functions, said feedback in high-performing sports environments doesn’t only flow from the top down. Employees are also expected to tell one another when something isn’t working.

That expectation shapes the culture across the industry, he said. It also shows up in the way athletes expect new teammates to meet the same high bar they set themselves.

It's an industry standard off the field too, though. At Manchester United, Kenyon said the receptionist would call out players who failed to greet her when they walked in — a directness that made her valuable.

"The power of that is incredible," Kenyon said about the former employee.

Frequent and candid feedback doesn’t equate to a bullying culture, though, the sports executive said. Kenyon said managing people and delivering performance reviews is difficult, but the best coaches know when to push athletes — and when to build them up.

"It's continual change," Kenyon said. "It's continual strive-for-performance gains."

Corporate workers may not compete in live-streamed competitions, but they face their own high-pressure sprints in a rapidly changing workplace. Some employers are even adapting traditional performance review processes to prioritize continuous feedback and reward top performers.

From mass arrests in France to troop deployments in Italy, European leaders are taking varied approaches to protests and clashes across the continent. The unrest began in France in mid-September with student demonstrations over school conditions, then spread to other countries, where protests have centered on local grievances.

President Donald Trump has used the unrest to press his hard-line immigration message, blaming France’s protests on immigration and urging the country to close its borders.

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French President Emmanuel Macron pushed back, calling foreign leaders' comments "unacceptable and even stupid" and accusing them of exploiting France’s crisis for political gain.

Here’s how leaders across Europe are responding.

France vows to make rioters pay as cities assess damage

Macron has vowed that those who loot or destroy property will be held accountable and made to pay for the damage. French authorities deployed 70,000 police officers nationwide Saturday as demonstrations took place in Paris and other cities.

Some clashes broke out in several cities, including Paris, Lyon, Lille, Toulouse and Nantes. Police used tear gas, sound grenades and water cannons, and the Interior Ministry reported more than 1,300 arrests.

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Most union-organized marches were peaceful, though clashes broke out later in Paris and several other cities. Separately, a French intelligence assessment reportedly identified Antifa and other far-left groups as instigators of some of the violence, according to a French outlet.

Italy takes one of Europe's toughest lines

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni condemned what she called "gangs of thugs" who used demonstrations to "sow chaos," and voiced support for police facing violence in several Italian cities.

Meloni moved quickly after the previous weekend’s looting and clashes, sending 500 additional soldiers to Milan and approving tougher penalties for minors involved in vandalism. She said destroying and stealing was a crime and that the state's response would be firm.

The measures put Meloni among the European leaders taking the most visible steps to deter further violence.

Greek police maintain a visible presence

While Greece has seen less unrest than France and other European countries, officials have been monitoring the risk of clashes as student and teacher demonstrations spread.

Government spokesperson Pavlos Marinakis said the right to protest must be respected as long as demonstrations remain lawful, while condemning violence, looting and occupations.

Police still kept a visible presence at demonstrations earlier in the week, which largely passed without major violence.

Belgium accuses Antifa-linked activists of stoking clashes

Belgium's demonstrations began over education reforms and budget cuts, with young protesters taking to the streets in Brussels and Liège. Earlier clashes injured police, damaged public areas and blocked roads. Nearly 200 people were arrested, according to Belgian officials.

Interior Minister Bernard Quintin accused far-left activists, including people linked to Antifa, of infiltrating demonstrations and encouraging young people to commit violence.

Albania clashes escalate as protesters demand prime minister's ouster

In Albania’s capital, Tirana, student-led protests have grown into a broader challenge to Prime Minister Edi Rama, with demonstrators demanding his resignation and accusing his government of corruption and neglecting schools and public services.

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Police used tear gas and water cannons as more than 2,500 officers were deployed. Rama placed chairs outside his government headquarters and invited protesters to talk, but they rejected the gesture.

He said his government would address their concerns and warned that people responsible for violence could face criminal and financial consequences.

Spanish regional leaders vow consequences after Barcelona riots

In Spain, the unrest was largely concentrated in Barcelona, unlike France, where protests and clashes spread across multiple cities.

Police arrested 128 people in Barcelona after fires, vandalism and looting. Catalonia, the northeastern Spanish region that includes Barcelona, saw its regional president, Salvador Illa, condemn the violence and back the police response.

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Meanwhile, Barcelona Mayor Jaume Collboni said the city would take legal action against those responsible and warned that parents or guardians could face consequences for damage caused by their children.

O brasileiro Rafael Câmara foi anunciado nesta quinta-feira (15) como piloto titular da Haas para a temporada 2027 da Fórmula 1. O pernambucano de 21 anos ocupará a vaga do francês Esteban Ocon e dividirá a equipe com o britânico Oliver Bearman.

Natural do Recife, Câmara será o primeiro piloto nascido no Nordeste a disputar a principal categoria do automobilismo mundial. A contratação coroa uma trajetória de destaque nas categorias de formação, com títulos na Fórmula Regional Europeia, em 2024, e na Fórmula 3, em 2025.

O brasileiro também faz parte da Academia de Pilotos da Ferrari desde 2021. Nesta temporada, ele disputa a Fórmula 2 pela Invicta Racing e lidera o campeonato.

Após o anúncio, Câmara afirmou que pretende manter o ritmo de trabalho e se preparar para o desafio na categoria. O piloto também destacou o desejo de representar o país e conquistar bons resultados em sua estreia.

“Vou continuar trabalhando, como sempre vim trabalhando, evoluindo. Se Deus quiser, vou fazer um bom ano no ano que vem e trazer bastante orgulho para o Brasil e todo mundo que estiver acompanhando”, declarou.

Sobre a adaptação à nova equipe, o brasileiro disse que pretende se preparar da melhor maneira possível, aprender sobre o carro e trabalhar em conjunto com os integrantes da Haas.

Brasil terá dois pilotos no grid

A chegada de Câmara fará com que o Brasil volte a ter dois pilotos titulares na Fórmula 1. Ele se juntará a Gabriel Bortoleto, da Audi, e encerrará um intervalo de 11 anos desde a última temporada em que o país contou com dois representantes na categoria.

Em 2016, Felipe Massa corria pela Williams, enquanto Felipe Nasr defendia a Sauber. Desde então, o Brasil passou por períodos sem pilotos titulares, embora Pietro Fittipaldi tenha disputado duas provas pela Haas em 2020.

Câmara será o 34º brasileiro a competir na Fórmula 1. O pioneiro foi Chico Landi, que estreou em 1951.

O país não conquista o título mundial de pilotos desde 1991, quando Ayrton Senna venceu pela terceira vez, pela McLaren. A nova geração brasileira busca recolocar o país entre os protagonistas da categoria.

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In the new print issue of Esses, a quarterly print magazine covering motorsports and the culture around it, Duncan Fyfe writes about the most bizarre Formula One video game ever made. Centered around Gerhard Berger, a former racing driver from Austria who competed in F1 from 1984 to 1997, Gerhard Berger’s Formula 1 Quiz is a quirky video game from 1993 that raises more questions than it asks. Fyfe digs into the mystery, investigating the quiz’s grammatically awkward questions and the game’s developer, Austria Soft, whose existence is questionable. (Esses subscription may be required—consider becoming a member.)

THE REAL QUIZ, it soon becomes clear, is not a test of one’s F1 knowledge, but figuring out what the game expects to hear. This only becomes more difficult, and even sinister. Question nine: FROM WHAT COUNTRY IS JEAN ALESI REALLY? The answer is not France, where Alesi was born and grew up, and under whose flag Alesi competed for over a decade. To progress in the quiz, the game forces one to submit that Alesi was born to Italian parents, and thus is “really” from Italy.

The game’s questions all have correct answers that cannot be submitted, and yet they are less difficult to answer than these ones: Who made this game? Why? And what was Gerhard Berger thinking?