Haas driver Mick Schumacher has defended Sir Lewis Hamilton, dismissing the notion that any driver can win a race if they have a Mercedes at their disposal. Sir Lewis Hamilton has taken 82 race wins with Mercedes since he joined the team in 2013, claiming six of his seven world championships with the Silver Arrows.
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Valtteri Bottas has revealed he had to bite his tongue during his five seasons with Mercedes while he was often forced to play second fiddle to team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton. Bottas aided Mercedes to five straight Constructors’ Championship successes while at the team – part of the their record-breaking eight. He won 10 of his
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Alpine’s shake-up has continued this week with the news that non-executive director Alain Prost is set to leave Renault’s motorsport brand. The Frenchman drove for Renault between 1981 and 1983 in Formula 1, before winning his four world championships between 1985 and 1993 with McLaren and Williams. The Frenchman then ran his own Prost team
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1996 Formula 1 world champion Damon Hill has reiterated his point that fans of Sir Lewis Hamilton need to move past the Briton’s 2021 championship defeat at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. A controversial Safety Car restart by race director Michael Masi – in which he allowed a limited number of lapped runners through
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown is not impressed by Formula 1 team principals recently lobbying race director Michael Masi for favourable in-race decisions. Persistent throughout the 2021 season were comments from Red Bull and Mercedes team members made over the radio to Masi during races, and this was particularly prevalent during the season finale in Abu
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It was one of the more hilarious Formula 1 memes of the 2021 season when Alpine replaced their name with “El Plan” on their rear wing in Abu Dhabi, but what does it really mean? Truth be told, no one – including Fernando Alonso, who introduced the phrased to F1– really has a clue what
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Former Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen has expressed his sympathy with compatriot Valtteri Bottas’ difficult stint at Mercedes, but is glad the 32-year-old now has a team where he is “trusted.” Bottas spent five years racing for Mercedes alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton, with him joining in 2017 to replace Nico Rosberg who had just retired
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A Dutch environmentalist group is calling for the Formula 1 race at Zandvoort to be scrapped due to concerns over climate change. Zandvoort has hosted 29 Formula 1 grand prix in its history, and the circuit returned to the pinnacle of motorsport last year following a 36-year absence from the calendar. It saw a return
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Mercedes have revealed that they will introduce their 2022 challenger to the world on 18 February. The Brackley-based team won the 2021 Constructors’ Championship, beating Red Bull to the crown in the final round in Abu Dhabi. The Silver Arrows have now claimed all of the last eighth Constructors’ Championships, which is a record in
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The world of Formula 1 is often at the forefront of technology evolution. The cars and engineering required to put on spectacular races always push the boundaries and seek ways to innovate and develop. Whether it is within the field of aerodynamics, mechanics or even driver fitness, there’s an expectation that each season brings evolution
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