2022 was an incredibly difficult season for Mercedes, the team who had become so used to dominating the championship. Since the start of the hybrid era in 2014, the Germans have claimed a monstrous eight Constructors’ Championships, highlighting their status as one of the greatest F1 teams of all-time. With that in mind, finishing third
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2022 was truly a remarkable season for George Russell, with the British driver having extracted every ounce of performance from the woeful W13. With a pole position and eight podiums to his name for the year, one of those being his first victory in the sport, Russell adjusted to life as a Silver Arrows driver
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Given all the success he’s enjoyed in Formula 1, 2022 was perhaps the biggest wake-up call of Lewis Hamilton’s 16-year career in the sport. The seven-time World Champion has tasted victory 103 times in Formula 1, since making his debut for McLaren back in 2007. Despite that, the 37-year-old admits that “fifth place” felt “like a win”
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Despite 2022 having recently finished, revelations regarding the remarkable 2021 season finale continue to break the surface, with the most recent having come from a former Mercedes employee. Former Mercedes technical director Paddy Lowe has incredibly revealed that he was “happy” to see Max Verstappen claim the title over Lewis Hamilton, with the Brit admitting
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The Brazilian Grand Prix finally saw all of Mercedes’ hard work to get back to the top come to fruition, as George Russell spearheaded a one-two finish for the team after winning the sprint race on Saturday. Lewis Hamilton’s second place finish, followed by a retirement in Abu Dhabi, ensured that the seven-time world champion
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With money making all the difference in Formula 1, the interest of a man valued at £1.4 billion can only come as good news for a team. Calvin Lo had initially expressed an interest in starting a Formula 1 team of his own, however after Stefano Domenicali admitted that F1 was unlikely to expand on
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen’s rivalry is certainly a fascinating one, given how hard the duo have pushed each other, especially in 2021. Whilst Hamilton has dominated the vast majority of the hybrid era, 2021 was a very different season. Hamilton and Verstappen pushed one another at every single round, with the pair having looked
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With 2022 completed, Sebastian Vettel is officially a retired Formula 1 driver, something which still just doesn’t sound right. The German leaves the sport following a truly remarkable career, one that began at the 2007 United States Grand Prix. Vettel replaced Robert Kubica at Indianapolis due to the Pole having been declared unfit to drive,
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The new regulations that have been brought into Formula 1 over the past few years, such as the budget cap and scaling down of testing time, were introduced with the aim of bringing the field closer together and stopping the top teams running away from the rest every season. What Mercedes would not have expected
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2022 was an extremely challenging year for Mercedes, who turned heads in the paddock as soon as pre-season testing. Following an eighth consecutive Constructors’ Championship in 2021, the new aerodynamic regulations saw Mercedes lose their spot as the dominant side, with the Germans having comfortably been the third best team in 2022. This was mainly
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