Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton was helping Nyck de Vries during the Dutchman’s outing at the French Grand Prix last weekend. As part of the new rules this season, all teams are required to run a development driver during practice on at least two occasions over the course of
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell secured the Mercedes F1 Team’s first double-podium of the season, after the young Briton completed a late move on Red Bull Racing’s Sergio Pérez to claim third. Russell made his move on the penultimate lap of the race, after catching the Mexican driver napping. The British driver pounced on
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Mercedes drivers Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell spoke about Charles Leclerc’s accident at the French Grand Prix on Sunday after the Monegasque crashed while leading. Leclerc started the race on pole position after a scintillating performance on Saturday, and he held off Max Verstappen in the opening stages of the race before the Dutchman
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The Mercedes F1 Team look set to challenge for the latter end of the top five at the French Grand Prix, and not fight for victory like many had predicted. Mercedes brought floor upgrades to the Circuit Paul Ricard, leaving many, including, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner to believe that the German team could
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Mercedes remain loyal to the aerodynamic concept that they started the season with despite their struggles so far this season. Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have managed seven podiums between them so far in 2022, and have not finished any higher than third as they grapple with a misbehaving W13 car. The car has
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Mercedes’ George Russell was relieved to cross the line after holding on to third place at the French Grand Prix in the dying laps from Sergio Perez. Russell started the race P6 after Lando Norris had got between himself and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton in qualifying. The 24-year-old managed to clear his compatriot, but then
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The Mercedes F1 Team appear to have taken a step backwards at the French Grand Prix, after Sir Lewis Hamilton qualified almost a second behind polesitter Charles Leclerc at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Hamilton was the top Mercedes on Saturday, something which has been a rare phenomenon this season, with team-mate George Russell usually dominant
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff was overall disappointed with his team’s qualifying performance at the French Grand Prix, but lauded a brilliant lap from Sir Lewis Hamilton to take fourth. Having come into the weekend with expectations on them to challenge Ferrari and Red Bull, the Silver Arrows have spent much of the weekend running
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Lando Norris was left “very surprised” after qualifying at the French Grand Prix, with the McLaren F1 Team’s new upgrades appearing to be working successfully at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Remarkably, Norris managed to not only claim a fifth-place start for Sunday’s race, but also managed to split the Mercedes F1 Team duo. Splitting the
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Coming into the French Grand Prix weekend, the smooth track surface and long straights of the Circuit Paul Ricard were expected to work in Mercedes’ favour as they hunt their first win of the season. However, by qualifying, they had been trying all sorts of different set-ups to figure out how to maximise performance, without
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