Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, hopes that the event organisers at the Dutch Grand Prix enforce a stricter policy on flares after incidents during qualifying at the Dutch Grand Prix. As the second qualifying session got underway, a red flag was immediately deployed, and it was soon revealed that this was because a fan had
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Red Bull’s Sergio Perez was a frustrated figure after qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix due to a spin that will see him start P5. Perez had persistently been competing at the front this weekend, but he has, in the last few rounds, found himself up against with the imperious Max Verstappen. Perez had set
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The stewards are reviewing an incident between Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda after the McLaren team released the Briton into the path of the Japanese driver in qualifying for the Dutch Grand Prix. During the opening session, the drivers were heading out on track as they bid to get into the top 15, and as
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2022 has been by far the Mercedes F1 Team’s worst in the hybrid era, with the Silver Arrows eight-year run of winning the Constructors’ Championship all but certain to come to an end. The year has been Mercedes’ worst nightmare, with the side having been playing catch-up to Red Bull Racing and Ferrari all season so far.
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Following Sir Lewis Hamilton’s retirement at the Belgian Grand Prix last weekend, it is entirely possible that the Silver Arrows may take a penalty at some stage. The seven-time champion had just put his third internal combustion engine (ICE) in the car in Belgium, which was final allocated one. He is now on the limit
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Le Mans podium finisher, Ho-Pin Tung, does not believe that Mercedes came into the 2022 season with an altogether bad car, despite their struggles. Ahead of the second test in Bahrain, the Silver Arrows introduced a new chassis design that was intended to take advantage of the ground effect aerodynamics under the new technical regulations.
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, has advised caution from his team while designing the W14 amid the continued frustrations being caused by the W13. The new technical regulations introduced this year saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics and, as such, different aerodynamic concepts were necessitated. Everyone was trying to figure out which direction was
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After a string of good performances, it was back to reality for the Mercedes F1 Team at the Belgian Grand Prix, after their podium run came to a disappointing end, with Sir Lewis Hamilton also enduring his first DNF of the season. The weekend went from bad to worse for the Silver Arrows, after Hamilton qualified 1.8
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It was back to reality for the Mercedes F1 Team, after a run of two consecutive double podiums came to a demoralising end at the Belgian Grand Prix, after George Russell finished fourth and Sir Lewis Hamilton retired. It was Hamilton’s first DNF of the season so far, and also saw his run of five
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Carlos Sainz rescued some dignity for Ferrari at the Belgian Grand Prix, but still finished the race well behind both Red Bull Racing drivers. Due to Max Verstappen’s grid penalty, Sainz was gifted pole at Spa-Francorchamps. The Spaniard made an excellent start to the race and quickly built a gap of just over a second to Sergio
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