The Mercedes F1 Team endured arguably the most challenging first half of the season than any other team, after having to overcome a horrific porpoising problem. It was a shock to all for Mercedes not to be in the fight for victory at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix; however, it was a taste of what
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Mercedes trackside engineer, Andrew Shovlin, has accredited the team’s recent upturn in form to their perseverance with a misbehaving W13. The Silver Arrows had initially looked marginally off the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari, but they hung onto the back of them in Bahrain in the opening round of the season, comfortably beating the
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton believes the controversial end to the 2021 season in Abu Dhabi has had a knock-on effect on the team coming into this season. The seven-time champion was looking to add an eighth to his repertoire when he and Max Verstappen headed into the final round of the season level on points.
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Mercedes’ Sir Lewis Hamilton reckons that his team will taste victory this season despite a miserable start to the new era. The Silver Arrows managed a podium through Hamilton in the opening race in Bahrain after Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez both suffered reliability failures for Red Bull, but it went downhill from there. In
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not take his team’s display at the Hungarian Grand Prix to mean that his side are back in the title picture. George Russell took a stunning pole position in qualifying, while Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q2, before Max Verstappen suffered a power issue in Q3, leaving
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Mercedes F1 Team boss Toto Wolff continues to fire back at rival teams who claim that nothing needs to be done about porpoising, despite new data which suggests that drivers are at a serious health risk. Porpoising has been one of the most controversial topics of 2022, with some teams having experienced the bouncing problem
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Mercedes F1 team boss Toto Wolff has finally explained the meaning behind his strange radio message to George Russell at the Hungarian Grand Prix, after the Brit claimed his first pole of his Formula 1 career. Russell’s brilliant lap at the Hungaroring sealed not only his first-ever F1 pole, but also the team’s first of
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hailed the team’s recent poaching of a Mercedes engineer, with the 48-year-old saying they have “assembled great strength” at their powertrains division. Following Honda’s shock decision to quit Formula 1, Red Bull opted to manufacture their own power units, instead of looking to the other three power unit
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George Russell claimed his first pole position in Formula 1 at the Hungarian Grand Prix, which led to him claiming back-to-back third-place finishes. Russell’s pole came as a shock to many, with the Mercedes F1 Team having not demonstrated much pace to be proud of on Friday, where they languished in eighth and P11. However,
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes Ferrari might have been setting themselves upsetting themselves up for failure by starting the Hungarian Grand Prix on Mediums. George Russell took an excellent pole position in qualifying as Carlos Sainz lined up second for the race ahead of team-mate Charles Leclerc. With rain beginning to fall at the
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