Whilst 2022 was a year with little to celebrate for Mercedes, as they endured their most difficult season yet in the hybrid era, team principal Toto Wolff still managed to do something he’s never done in his time as the German’s team principal. Since taking on the role in 2013, Wolff has been present at the
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2022 was certainly an incredible year for George Russell, one which saw the 24-year-old claim both his first win and his first pole position. Whilst there wasn’t the consistent success that perhaps he would’ve predicted when moving from Williams to Mercedes, due to the Germans woeful W13, he made the most of the car he
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Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton saw their childhood friendship ruined over the course of their time together with Mercedes, as the pair battled away for numerous championships. With Ferrari and Red Bull both experiencing a period in the shadows while Mercedes dominated, Rosberg and Hamilton were forced to battle each other for championship glory, leading
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The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will go down in history as one of the most controversial races of all time, as Max Verstappen snatched the championship from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the race. With the two drivers heading into the final race of the season level on points, Hamilton was doing
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2022 was a turbulent year for Mercedes, as a porpoising issue saw the team lose around half a season’s worth of development time, rendering them uncompetitive for the majority of the season. Following his move from Williams at the start of the year, George Russell would have been keen to lay down a marker at
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Lewis Hamilton’s contract extension with Mercedes might be the worst kept secret in Formula 1, as the 37-year-old is set to sign a multi-year contract extension over the winter break. Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed the rumours that Hamilton will be extending his stay with the Silver Arrows, claiming that talks have not
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The British Driver of the Year award has been a formality for Lewis Hamilton in recent years, as the 37-year-old continues to push the boundaries of what we know possible in motorsport. 2022 has not quite lived up to the high standards of the Mercedes’ driver however, as he was beaten in the championship standings
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Following on from their intense 2021 rivalry, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton endured drastically different campaigns in 2022. Whilst Verstappen stormed to a second consecutive Drivers’ Championship, Hamilton suffered a monumental blow to his imperious F1 career. The seven-time World Champion failed to claim a single pole position or victory all season, for the first time
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Lewis Hamilton has just completed the most difficult season of his Formula 1 career, finishing sixth in the drivers’ championship and behind his new teammate George Russell. Mercedes only managed to pick up a single win over the course of the 2022 season, and this came courtesy of Russell in Brazil, meaning Hamilton finished the
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Most drivers would thoughtfully send a departing mechanic a farewell card, or gift them a signed helmet, but not Lewis Hamilton. The 37-year-old has a taste for the extreme and has shown his fun-loving side once again as Mercedes bid farewell to his number one mechanic, Nathan Divey, who will be joining Ferrari in 2023.
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