After making so many steps in the right direction across the last couple of months, the Mercedes F1 Team may have gone all the way back to square one, after qualifying almost two seconds off the leading time. Toto Wolff slammed the team’s Saturday performance as “unacceptable”, with Sir Lewis Hamilton ending Q3 1.8 seconds off Max
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was left perplexed after qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix, where he found himself in the top 10 but 1.8 seconds behind the fastest time set. Incredibly, Hamilton was actually the top Mercedes F1 driver in qualifying, with George Russell 2.1 seconds adrift of Max Verstappen’s dominant time on Saturday. Team principal
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The Belgian Grand Prix looks set to be an absolute thriller, with title protagonists Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc starting P14 and P15 respectively. Both have taken grid penalties due to an engine change after exceeding their allowed limit, with Leclerc having exceeded the number of legal power units back at the Canadian Grand Prix.
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff is struggling to understand how the Silver Arrows went from pole position in Hungary to the fourth row in Belgium. The Silver Arrows had been showing real signs of improvement in the lead-up to the summer break, with Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell managing eight podiums in the last
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When former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya said that Mercedes were coming into the Belgian Grand Prix with a “big upgrade,” excitement was building for a six-way battle this weekend. Indeed, the Colombian also suggested that the Silver Arrows had out-developed everyone else as they aimed to capitalise on their recent fine form. The
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George Russell was less than impressed with Yuki Tsunoda after the AlphaTauri driver’s lock-up into Turn One during qualifying for the 2022 Belgian Grand Prix. The 24-year-old had gone into Saturday a little puzzled as to his Mercedes car’s performance, as the Silver Arrows had generally struggled during practice sessions. Both Britons were always going
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Mercedes are running a special livery to commemorate 55 years of their AMG division, which was founded in 1967. Mercedes Benz was founded 45 years beforehand in 1926 by Emil Jellinek and Paul Daimler, before the company branched into grand prix racing in the 1930s. Two of their engineers, Erhard Melcher and Hans Werner Aufrecht,
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George Russell says he intends to remain a Mercedes driver for up to 10 years. After three years at Williams, Russell was finally promoted by the german team this year, replacing Valtteri Bottas, and has impressed so far. 13 races in, he has 12 more points to his name than team-mate Lewis Hamilton and has
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The Mercedes F1 Team will be hoping to take their pre-summer momentum into the second half of the season, as the Silver Arrows continue their quest to claim that elusive victory. After an incredibly challenging first half of the season, Mercedes have managed to get on top of their porpoising problems at last, meaning they can finally
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Before last season, the mention of rain at Spa would have encouraged excited reactions and gleeful faces. The mind goes back to the 1998 Belgian Grand Prix for example; the crash at the start was not pleasant for anyone to watch, but the incident between Michael Schumacher was an iconic moment that will last long
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