Since it was announced that Jost Capito was set to depart Williams at the end of last season, fans of the team have been forced to wait until earlier this week for a replacement to be announced. The team have now announced that they have impressively managed to lure James Vowles from Mercedes to fill
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has hailed the team’s former chief strategist, James Vowles, as a “highly valued member”, following Williams’ announcement that Vowles has moved to the Grove-based team to become their new team principal. Williams have been searching for a new boss following the shock departure of Jost Capito, who announced his exit
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Never in Red Bull’s wildest dreams would they have thought that they would not only win the 2022 constructors’ championship, bringing Mercedes’ eight-year reign to an end, but they would beat the Silver Arrows by a stunning 244 points. It seemed in pre-season testing that Mercedes had chosen to go down a different development path
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It was well and truly a season finale to forget for Lewis Hamilton, whose luck at the Yas Marina Circuit continues to be woeful. After losing the 2021 Drivers’ Championship through a ‘human error’ as judged by the FIA, the 37-year-old suffered a disappointing retirement from the season finale, marking the end of his troubling relationship
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There is no doubt that Mercedes are getting closer to victory; however, it does appear to have come too little too late in regard to 2022, with the side presumably hoping that they will start next season on a much better foot. Given that a lot of the season has seen the Silver Arrows ending
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Last weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix was arguably Mercedes’ best chance of claiming their first victory of the season, given that both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell had demonstrated incredible pace all weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez. Whilst it was Max Verstappen who ultimately claimed yet another victory, many had tipped Mercedes to claim victory following
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It’s been revealed that the aftermath of Sir Lewis Hamilton’s collision with Fernando Alonso on the opening lap of the Belgian Grand Prix measured a jaw-dropping 45G, leaving no surprise as to why the seven-time World Champion was afraid of breaking his back. Both Hamilton and Alonso made excellent starts at Spa-Francorchamps, with the former team-mates running second
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Life at Mercedes has started well for George Russell. He has been on the podium three times, he has out-raced team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton in each of the last seven, and he is the only driver to finish in the top five at every grand prix this year. Albeit, one or two of those results
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that “porpoising” is an issue for the Silver Arrows any longer. Mercedes have suffered from a significant lack of performance due to the ground effect aerodynamic this year, and their ultimately flawed design aerodynamically meant that the floor was violently hitting the track surface in the first
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Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has conceded that the Silver Arrows were too aggressive with their set-up in Baku, leading to severe back pain for Sir Lewis Hamilton. Having perceivably sorted their “porpoising” issue in Spain a few weeks ago, Mercedes felt able to adjust the setup and run the cars lower to the ground
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