Amidst the ebb and flow of a challenging season, George Russell’s aspirations to claim the title of a Formula 1 champion remain resolute in the eyes of the Mercedes team. The young British driver, who made an impressive debut with the Silver Arrows after his stint with Williams, has encountered a few bumps in his
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Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin believes George Russell is destined to become a World Champion, if the Germans give him a car good enough to fight for the title. The Silver Arrows haven’t built a title-winning car since 2021, a year which saw them defeat Red Bull to the Constructors’ Championship. Since Russell joined
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Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted that Lewis Hamilton’s fourth place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend was “disappointing”, given that he started from pole position. Hamilton shocked the paddock and claimed pole position at the Hungaroring, after going three-thousandths of a second quicker than Max Verstappen. Claiming pole ended up
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Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted that the Silver Arrows “never believed” Lewis Hamilton could win last weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix, due to Max Verstappen’s superiority. Hamilton shocked the paddock on Saturday at the Hungaroring after the seven-time World Champion beat Verstappen to pole position, his first since the 2021 Saudi Arabian Grand
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Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has shed light on the challenges faced by the team during the Austrian Grand Prix, particularly regarding communication with driver Lewis Hamilton regarding track limits breaches. Shovlin explained that the FIA messaging system struggled to keep up with the high number of lap time deletions, making it difficult to
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Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted that the team’s new front wing for this weekend’s British Grand Prix has been introduced to help Lewis Hamilton, who’s been unhappy with the W14’s behaviour. The Silver Arrows have fitted a new front wing to Hamilton and George Russell’s cars, with Shovlin admitting that it’s been
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has admitted that the Silver Arrows will find this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix challenging, due to the circuit’s low-speed corners. The Brackley-based team have looked good since introducing their new concept at the Monaco Grand Prix, with the Germans having claimed their first double podium since the 2022
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Mercedes secured their first double podium of the season on Sunday at the Spanish Grand Prix since George Russell claimed victory at last season’s Brazilian Grand Prix, with the Germans having since admitted that “progress” has been made thanks to the new concept. The Brackley-based team introduced a new concept of the W14 at the
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that copying Red Bull’s floor based off photos isn’t “as simple” as many might believe, with the engineer noting that the images can simply be used as a “little bit of inspiration”. Sergio Perez gave the entire paddock a fantastic opportunity to get a glimpse of
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Mercedes technical director James Allison has revealed that the Silver Arrows did gather a “nice clutch of Red Bull imagery” following Sergio Perez’s crash last weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, with the Germans set to investigate the photos. For the second time this season, Perez started from last after crashing in the opening stages
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