1997 Formula 1 world champion, Jacques Villeneuve, believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton should have made the call to come into the pits towards the end of the Dutch Grand Prix. Hamilton and team-mate, George Russell, went long on their first stint on Mediums as they aimed to go for the one-stop strategy. Max Verstappen and
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Mercedes came agonisingly close to their first victory of the season at the Dutch Grand Prix, which they potentially could have won had it not been for a Virtual Safety Car. It ended up being somewhat of a disappointing result for the Silver Arrows, after Sir Lewis Hamilton slipped from first to fourth in the final handful
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Dutch racing driver, Tom Coronel, reckons that tyre conservation is Mercedes’ biggest strength as they try to launch a winning bid at the Italian Grand Prix. Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell both went for the one-stop strategy in the Netherlands last weekend, and it looked as though they could easily make it work for
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has sung the praises of former Mercedes team-mate and friend Valtteri Bottas, as the seven-time World Champion revealed his thoughts on the Finn’s first season at Alfa Romeo. Hamilton and Bottas were team-mates at the Silver Arrows from 2017-2021, after Bottas replaced 2016 World Champion Nico Rosberg. The duo became one of
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Mercedes driver George Russell has blocked a Formula 1 fan after she made light of the message he posted following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It was announced that the UK’s longest-serving Monarch had “peacefully” died on Thursday evening after reigning for 70 years, and the 24-year-old was quick to pay his respects. Russell
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have not had it easy so far in 2022, but the Mercedes team have been fighting hard. They started shakily in Bahrain, relatively far adrift of the pace of Red Bull and Ferrari, but Hamilton was on hand to claim a podium finish after both Max Verstappen and Sergio
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2016 world champion, Nico Rosberg, has made the bold prediction that Mercedes will beat Ferrari to second in the Constructors’ Standings in 2022. Ferrari and Charles Leclerc made a flying start to the year, with the Monegasque taking victory in Bahrain and Melbourne, while Max Verstappen won in Saudi Arabia. Leclerc had led home a
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A member of the security team working at the Dutch Grand Prix appeared to be the culprit of one of the flares thrown onto the track during qualifying. Shortly after the second qualifying session had begun in Zandvoort, the red flag was brought out, but not many people seemed to know why. It was soon
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Mercedes driver, George Russell, has conceded that his team were in a difficult spot during the Dutch Grand Prix as they tried to fend off Max Verstappen. Having been denied a final qualifying run by Sergio Perez on Saturday, Sir Lewis Hamilton started the race fourth, with Russell behind in sixth. They both cleared Perez,
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Sir Lewis Hamilton thought that he was in contention for the win right up until the Mercedes team pitted his team-mate, George Russell. It was one of those weekends for the seven-time champion; he was denied a chance at taking pole position by a spin for Sergio Perez, leaving him fourth for the start of
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