The 2022 season was the first in the new era of Formula 1, with major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of the year allowing teams to go back to the drawing board in their hunt for success. Max Verstappen and Red Bull cruised to both championships as their rivals struggled to
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Despite being 27 years old, Nyck de Vries will complete his first full Formula 1 season in 2023, following his switch from being Mercedes’ reserve driver to AlphaTauri’s full-time competitor. The Dutchman will partner Yuki Tsunoda at the Faenza-based team, where he’ll be hoping to impress the Red Bull family, with a move to the
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes George Russell performed better in 2022 than Nico Rosberg did during his triumphant 2016 campaign, with Lewis Hamilton having been warned that a rivalry is on the cards. Following his switch from Williams to Mercedes for 2022, most expected Russell to occupy some sort of a number two role
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George Russell enjoyed a sensational first season at Mercedes, with the 24-year-old having ended the year above team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship, a feat only Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg can boast about. However, whilst Russell’s 2022 campaign was a largely successful one, the British driver did play a crucial role in the biggest crash
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has said that his nephew Mick Schumacher could replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2024, if George Russell beats the seven-time World Champion once again. In his first season at the Silver Arrows, Russell became just the third team-mate of Hamilton’s to finish above him in the Drivers’ Championship, a
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering Andrew Shovlin has revealed that the team didn’t think they were in a “bad place” with the W13 pre-season, with their 2022 struggles having appeared to be a shock to the usually unstoppable Germans. Since the start of the hybrid era in 2014, Formula 1 fans have become used to the Brackley-based outfit
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2022 has been a tough year for Mercedes, as the team struggled to get to grips with the new era of Formula 1 and fell behind Red Bull and Ferrari in the development race. The team showed off some radical designs in pre-season testing in Bahrain, such as minimal sidepods which were also adopted by
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2022 was certainly an intriguing year for George Russell and Mercedes, with the British driver having maximised what was possible with the W13, a car that saw the Germans unable to challenge for either title. The new aerodynamic regulations haven’t been kind to the Silver Arrows so far, as they slumped to third in the Constructors’ Championship,
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Mercedes’ 2022 season did not go according to the script, as the team limped to a single race win in Brazil, courtesy of George Russell, and finished third in the constructors’ championship. The major regulation changes at the start of the year gave teams a chance to reinvent themselves, but it was still thought that
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George Russell’s first year at Mercedes has been a rollercoaster of emotions for the 24-year-old, as he made the move from Williams into an unexpectedly uncompetitive car at the start of the new era of Formula 1. Mercedes got the physics wrong surrounding the new regulations that came into effect at the start of the
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