Sir Lewis Hamilton has affirmed that Sebastian Vettel’s announcement of his retirement has not given him any ideas. The 35-year-old confirmed on his new Instagram account on Thursday that he is set to leave Formula 1 at the end of the season and pursue his alternative ambitions, which include environmental sustainability. Vettel walks away with
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has warned that Mercedes still have a long road ahead of them if they are to catch Ferrari and Red Bull following their performance at the French Grand Prix. Having looked considerably more competitive in Silverstone and Austria than they had done all season, the Silver Arrows headed to Le Castellet anticipating
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Mercedes’ George Russell believes that he is performing well at present, but he is aware that he can be even better, and this is what he is aiming for. Coming into the team to replace 10-time race winner Valtteri Bottas meant that the 24-year-old already had big shoes to fill, but racing alongside a seven-time
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Vice chairman of Ferrari and Enzo Ferrari’s son, Piero, believes that Mercedes are trying to skirt the rules in order to make themselves more competitive, and affirms that his team will fight against it. This comes after the Silver Arrows urged the FIA to look into the technical regulations following the arrival of the “porpoising”
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Mark has indicated that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s camp deliberately waited until the British Grand Prix race week to unearth racist comments made by Nelson Piquet. Piquet was giving an interview in November last year when he appeared to use a slur to describe Hamilton while he was analysing the seven-time
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Sky Sports reporter Ted Kravitz wonders if Michael Masi came to an agreement with the FIA amid his departure from the motorsport governing body. Controversy surrounded the end of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season when Masi allowed five lapped cars to pass the Safety Car ahead of the final lap of the race,
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A Red Bull mechanic has revealed a racially motivated message he received on Instagram surrounding his employment with the team. There has been many a suggestion on social media over the last few months that there is an endemic issue surrounding racism at the Red Bull team who, along with Mercedes, have sacked employees for
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that the mentality of his team is what will help them get through their rough patch. The Silver Arrows have been struggling to find performance under the new technical regulations so far this season, and neither Sir Lewis Hamilton nor George Russell have managed a win yet. They did,
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Sir Lewis Hamilton claimed his and the Mercedes F1 Team’s best result of the season so far at the French Grand Prix, after finishing second-place at the Circuit Paul Ricard. The seven-time World Champion had a relatively comfortable afternoon, after overtaking Sergio Pérez on the first lap and then inheriting P2 after Charles Leclerc retired.
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In the latest episode of Red Bull team principal Christian Horner’s ongoing feud with Mercedes boss Toto Wolff, the Briton has warned the 50-year-old that working through the summer is not permitted. Teams are required to give their mechanics, engineers and drivers a break during the summer shutdown, when no work is allowed to be
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