Sir Lewis Hamilton is hesitant to suggest that Mercedes have the race pace to come out on top at the British Grand Prix after the seven-time champion qualified fifth. The Briton ended the second practice session second as the teams tested out their long-run pace having missed most of FP1 due to rain, and the
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Red Bull’s RB18 car has been doing some hard work in the gym in the last couple of weeks, as evidenced by the bulkier engine cover introduced ahead of the British Grand Prix. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez have, between them, taken out all of the last six race wins since the first major upgrade
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Former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone believes that Aston Martin’s Sebastian Vettel is not sufficiently focused on the pinnacle of motorsport. Vettel has scored points on 10 occasions in 29 races since his arrival at the British side at the beginning of last season, and they currently sit eighth in the Constructors’ Standings following a
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The relationship between McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown and Daniel Ricciardo, appears to be a strange one. The pair were recently involved in a heated back and forth exchange to reporters, with Brown insisting that there were “mechanisms” in place to fire the Australian from the team. Ricciardo has largely underperformed since joining the British
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Former Ferrari driver Rubens Barrichello does not wish to rule the Italian side out of the title race after their turbulent recent run of form. Charles Leclerc won in Bahrain and Australia as Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both suffered reliability failures in the season opener, before the same fate befell the Dutchman again in
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Red Bull’s Max Verstappen was left in a tough spot ahead of this weekend when the father of his girlfriend Kelly Piquet, Nelson, was caught out for comments last year in which he racially abused Sir Lewis Hamilton. Piquet was analysing a crash between Verstappen and Hamilton at last year’s British Grand Prix when he
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Alex Albon is the recipient of the Williams upgrade this weekend that could gain him a second in lap time in qualifying at the British Grand Prix. New sidepods were introduced in Silverstone by the Grove-based team this weekend akin to the Red Bull setup, and the engineers were testing out its efficiency by putting
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Mercedes’ George Russell cut a frustrated figure after qualifying for the British Grand Prix as he qualified eighth. Russell and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton had been disrupting the top four throughout the weekend as Ferrari and Red Bull finally started to feel the heat from the Silver Arrows, and they were challenging throughout the first
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko was left annoyed after a difficult Friday for his team in Silverstone. Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez only managed a handful of install laps during FP1 when it was mostly rained off, and the Dutchman ended P4 ahead of the seventh-placed Mexican in the second session as they managed
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Qualifying for the British Grand Prix saw the return of the “smooth operator” as Carlos Sainz set a lap good enough to take pole for Sunday’s race. Qualifying in Silverstone was wet all the way through and the drivers, desperate to avoid being on the unfavourable extreme Wets, remained on the Intermediates for all three
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