A stool used by Mercedes driver Sir Lewis Hamilton has been sold in Malaysia after a variety of memes circulated on social media. Hamilton took a trip to Malaysia to do some work with Mercedes’ partners Petronas following the 2022 Australian Grand Prix, and the company posted on Facebook that he had been touring the
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Sebastian Vettel has indicated that the reason he has not christened his AMR22 is because it is not fast enough to merit a name. Over the years, the German has given his cars names such as “Kinky Kylie,” “Margherita” and, last year, “Honey Ryder” after the Honeychile Rider character in the James Bond film: Dr
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has recalled a dispute he had with Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2016 after Nico Rosberg won the world title. Hamilton and Rosberg spent three years batting each other for the world champion while they were team-mates at Mercedes, and claimed 51 race wins between them from 2014 to 2016 at
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is pleased with the appointment of Niels Wittich as one of the new race directors in 2022, affirming that the German has played his role to near perfection thus far. Along with Eduardo Freitas, who has over 20 years of experience in the World Endurance Championship, Wittich was selected to
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Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has revealed that the development of the AMR22 will be adversely affected by the crash-packed weekend suffered by Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll in Australia. It was, in truth, one of the worst weekends Aston Martin have experienced since their days as Force India before the turn of the
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that bringing upgrades to the car would be conducive to improved performance at present. The Silver Arrows have struggled immensely in the early part of 2022 due to the new technical regulations, and the ground effect aerodynamics have been playing havoc with their car on the straights
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There has been quite the guessing game over recent weeks surrounding the true weight of the cars, and exactly which ones are the heaviest after the turn of the new technical regulations. As ground effect aerodynamics returned, the cars became substantially heavier, leading the FIA to increase the weight limit to 795kg. It was then
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Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has revealed that he has been impressed with George Russell’s consistency, but maintains that fortune has slightly skewed the perception of relative performance. Russell has adapted well to life at Mercedes since joining from Williams over the winter, out-qualifying team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton once and out-racing him twice.
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Former Williams reserve driver and current Venturi Formula E team principal Susie Wolff has spoken of her admiration for Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton, praising his distinctions from other drivers on the grid. Hamilton is the only black driver in Formula 1 and, while winning seven championships and 103 races thus far in an illustrious career,
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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has praised Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after his near-immaculate start to the 2022 season. The Monegasque has now claimed four wins in F1 after winning two of the opening three rounds of this season in Bahrain and Australia, sealing pole position and the fastest lap in both of them. Coulthard
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