Sky Sports F1 reporter Craig Slater has warned Mercedes’ George Russell to “assert himself” against seven-time World Champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton, something the 25-year-old has started to do ahead of this weekend’s Australian Grand Prix. Russell has had a very mixed start to the 2023 F1 season, after finishing comfortably behind Hamilton in Bahrain, before
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After a slow start to the season for Mercedes, Lewis Hamilton is hoping that the team will be able to fight back in Australia, as the team finds the perfect set up for the W14. Hamilton has scored back-to-back fifth place finishes, while George Russell scored seventh and fourth place in the first two races
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Mercedes have had another difficult start to the Formula One calendar, as Lewis Hamilton has secured back-to-back fifth place finishes, while George Russell ended Bahrain and Jeddah in seventh and fourth. Despite beating both Ferraris in Saudi Arabia, Mercedes were far from in contention for the podium places, trailing the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso
MoreGeorge Russell has rejected suggestions that there is internal division at Mercedes over the lack of performance from the team’s car. The team have had another tough start to the season, as the Mercedes W14 has shown it doesn’t have the qualifying pace to secure pole position or the race pace to keep up with
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Lewis Hamilton has warned that Mercedes could see even worse performance on the racetrack if they abandon their current approach and simply copy championship leaders Red Bull. The seven-time world champion has warned that the solution to the team’s woes is “not as simple” as adopting similar elements of their rival’s design, fearing it would
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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has blamed his set-up at last weekend’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the reason why he struggled so much, with the Briton convinced he would’ve claimed a “better position” with George Russell’s set-up. Whilst he claimed a second consecutive fifth place finish, Hamilton struggled throughout the weekend at the Jeddah
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George Russell enjoyed an excellent Saudi Arabian Grand Prix on Sunday, as the Mercedes driver successfully converted a third place start into a fourth place finish. The British driver demonstrated consistent pace throughout the race but was unable to challenge for a podium, due to Red Bull and Aston Martin having been too strong. Despite
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After having a podium taken away from him at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix last weekend, George Russell has taken to social media to try and get the trophy back to its actual owner, Fernando Alonso. Russell enjoyed a strong weekend at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit and claimed a solid fourth place finish, before hailing
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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has blamed his set-up at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix as the reason why he was unable to finish ahead of George Russell, who was able to pull away despite being on harder tyres. Russell was the better of the two Mercedes drivers throughout the weekend at the Jeddah Corniche
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2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has warned George Russell not to “get too comfortable” with beating team-mate Lewis Hamilton, who Rosberg is expecting to “come back with a bang” after overcoming his current mental battles. Hamilton is certainly not a happy driver so far this season, with the 38-year-old having continued to complain
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