Former F1 driver Christian Danner has played down suggestions that Lewis Hamilton could retire sooner than expected amid problems with his team’s performance and a strong challenge from his teammate. After his struggles continued into the second race of the season, Hamilton told Sky Sports F1 on Saturday: “I just don’t feel the car underneath
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Following a disappointing start to the season for the Silver Arrows, George Russell has accepted that Mercedes have to “be realistic” about their ability to compete against Red Bull in the 2023 title race. With Red Bull having shown their dominance over the rest of the grid in the opening two races of the season,
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Mercedes’ George Russell was incredibly optimistic after Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with the British driver having revealed afterwards that the W14 “was feeling good”, something neither Russell or Lewis Hamilton said at the season-opener in Bahrain. The Bahrain Grand Prix was a disaster for Mercedes, with the Brackley-based team having struggled for pace both
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Following Sunday’s Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, fans have been sharing their opinion on Max Verstappen’s breathtaking overtake on Mercedes’ George Russell, after the reigning world champion made the Mercedes look like an F2 car. After starting 15th at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, Verstappen quickly worked his way through the field and into the top three,
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At the 2023 season opener in Bahrain, Esteban Ocon received a plethora of penalties, with the Frenchman first being penalised for being slightly out of his grid slot at the start of the race. The Alpine driver was then further penalised for not serving the full five-second penalty during his pit stop as well as
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Double world champion Fernando Alonso was left unhappy after the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, after the race was thrown into controversy during the podium celebrations. Alonso and Aston Martin were the biggest talking point of the Saudi Arabian GP, after the Spaniard was awarded a five-second time penalty due to having started too far to
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Tensions between Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are seemingly on the rise, after Mercedes claimed fourth and fifth at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Sunday’s Saudi Arabian GP was considerably better for Mercedes than the season-opener in Bahrain, with the Brackley-based team having come close to having the second fastest car on the grid. After
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2016 Formula 1 world champion Nico Rosberg has warned George Russell not to “get too comfortable” after beating Lewis Hamilton at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with the German expecting his former team-mate to “come back with a bang”. Russell enjoyed a strong weekend at the Jeddah Corniche Circuit, after having disappointed at the season-opener
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Sky Sports F1 presenter Simon Lazenby believes it will be a “slightly different story” if Lewis Hamilton is beaten in the drivers’ championship for a second consecutive season by George Russell, with the seven-time world champion having had an excuse in 2022 for being beaten. By beating Hamilton in the standings last season, Russell became
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Towards the end of last season, both Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff confirmed that their relationship would continue beyond 2023. The seven-time world champion’s current contract expires at the end of this season and with no new deal signed just yet, fans are starting to develop concerns. Whilst it was expected that
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