Mercedes driver George Russell has pinpointed areas for improvement for the Silver Arrows as they look to break free of midfield runners McLaren and Alpine. Russell qualified sixth in Monaco behind McLaren’s Lando Norris, while a red flag late on meant that Sir Lewis Hamilton had to start down in eighth behind the Alpine of
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is targeting the British Grand Prix as the race where he hopes the Silver Arrows can finally begin to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari for victories. Mercedes have been on the back foot for the majority of the season under the new technical regulations, and they have struggled to figure out how
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin is not altogether optimistic that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend will yield many more fruits than the Monaco Grand Prix last time out. Having scored a podium through George Russell in Spain, the Silver Arrows struggled in Monaco as they tried to get the car to work around the
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2022 hasn’t started at all how the Mercedes F1 Team would’ve envisaged, with them sitting third in the constructors’ championship after seven rounds. The eight-time defending World Champions have struggled getting to grips with the new regulations, specifically their porpoising issue on the W13. The Spanish Grand Prix, however, appeared to be a turning point
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions that the “porpoising” issue that plagued the Silver Arrows in the early part of the year affected their cars in Monaco. The new technical regulations in 2022 saw a return to ground effect aerodynamics and, as such, lower ride heights were necessitated. The “porpoising” phenomenon that emerged
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Lando Norris was somewhat frustrated after last weekend’s Monaco Grand Prix, lamenting George Russell’s overtake on him as “simple”. The McLaren F1 Team driver drove a strong race in treacherous conditions, to secure a 6th place finish just behind his British compatriot. Norris had been running in fifth for the majority of the race, but
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin believes that Fernando Alonso ultimately prevented Sir Lewis Hamilton from challenging George Russell and Lando Norris at the Monaco Grand Prix. Hamilton was denied a final run in qualifying last weekend when a combination of Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz and Alonso caused a red flag, and the seven-time champion had
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Ferrari drivers Charles Leclerc has suggested that every reign must come to an end eventually, so is not overly surprised to see Mercedes struggling to win races in 2022. The turn of the new technical regulations in 2022 allowed Ferrari to spend a great deal of last year working on their new car as they
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Lando Norris has affirmed that George Russell’s pass on him in Monaco was not all that after the 24-year-old described their battle as “dicey.” In changing conditions, Russell got the undercut on his compatriot having started one place behind him in sixth and, when Norris pitted, the pair found themselves on the same but of
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George Russell has spoken out in support of junior drivers after two of them were used during FP1 at the Spanish Grand Prix. For 2022, the FIA introduced a brand new rule regarding teams’ use of young drivers during the season. It was announced that all teams must use a junior driver in FP1 twice
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