Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas has opened up on his five-year spell at Mercedes alongside Lewis Hamilton, a period where the British driver won four consecutive World Drivers’ Championships. Following his switch from Williams to Mercedes in 2017, Bottas actually settled into the Silver Arrows very well; however, he could never consistently beat Hamilton. The
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The major regulation changes that came into effect at the start of last season proved a difficult nut to crack for a number of teams, with Mercedes especially struggling to find their peak performance. Red Bull on the other hand dominated, quickly overcoming their reliability woes that saw Max Verstappen retire in Bahrain and Australia
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Many sports have different systems for trading and transferring staff, with the quality of these individuals becoming more and more important in Formula 1. With there only being ten teams on the grid, teams are constantly looked to poach talented staff from their rivals by paying a fee to the team or waiting for contracts
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Some drivers prefer to spend their winter break relaxing and spending time with their family, but not Lewis Hamilton. The 38-year-old has spent the off-season living life to the fullest by travelling around the globe and taking part in as many fun activities as possible. Earlier this month the seven-time world champion celebrated his birthday
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Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are set to drive the challenging W13 at least one more time before switching to their 2023 challenger, with the duo set to complete a Pirelli tyre test at Jerez, Spain. The Mercedes duo and Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will be completing two days of testing reportedly
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The past decade has been filled with Mercedes dominance, as the Silver Arrows spent eight consecutive years being almost untouchable in the constructors’ championship. This winning run came crashing down last year however, as the team struggled to a third-placed finish without ever really being able to lay a glove on eventual winners Red Bull.
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Other than winning a record breaking eighth world championship title to overtake Michael Schumacher, there is not a lot left that Lewis Hamilton could hope to achieve in F1. The 38-year-old has however admitted that there is one team on the grid that he has always dreamed of driving for and it is not the
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Double World Champion Max Verstappen still views seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton as a ‘dangerous threat’, with the Dutchman knowing that his fierce rival will be in the title fight should Mercedes deliver a strong car. Verstappen and Hamilton were rarely seen together on-track in 2022, with the duo having been in completely different positions.
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed what he would tell a younger version of himself, with the main message he’d give a nine-year-old Lewis being to “just never give up”. Hamilton made the comments during an appearance on one of Mercedes’ sponsors YouTube channels, with the 103-time Grand Prix winner having also shared some
MoreSeven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton may have been slightly surprised had he tuned in to Red Bull’s launch of their 2023 challenger last week, with a friend of the Mercedes driver having featured on-stage. Halfway through the Austrians glitzy launch event in New York City, British-born American Miles Chamley-Watson was interviewed about Red Bull athletes,
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