Max Verstappen is hoping that having Sergio Perez as his Red Bull team-mate next season will help him compete against the two Mercedes up front. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story again However, unless Red Bull can out-develop the Silver Arrows, 2021 nevertheless looks set to be another year of
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Mercedes entered the new year with just one driver confirmed for next season, with Lewis Hamilton’s contract with the team expiring at the end of 2020 and him yet to ink a new deal. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story again According to rumours, Hamilton and Mercedes have struggled to
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In recent weeks, it has been reported that Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes have been struggling to agree a contract extension due to the seven-time World Champion demanding a pay rise and Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, being unwilling to pay him such a salary while it is cutting costs. Follow us on Google News to never
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George Russell’s 2020 season was, in the end, a mixed bag. He spent most of the year just outside the points with Williams, before being given an opportunity with Mercedes in Sakhir and looking set to win the race. Follow us on Google News to never miss an F1 story again However, it was not
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Despite Valtteri Bottas signing a contract extension with the Mercedes F1 Team for the 2021 season last year, some F1 fans believe that the Silver Arrows should drop the Finn and give George Russell a shot. These calls intensified after Russell almost matched Bottas in qualifying for the Sakhir Grand Prix and looked set to
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Ex-F1 driver Jenson Button, who partnered Lewis Hamilton at McLaren for a number of seasons, has said he believes the seven-time World Champion is “probably” the fastest driver ever when it comes to raw qualifying pace. Speaking to PlanetF1, Button said Hamilton is “definitely in the mix” for being the greatest F1 driver of all-time,
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Lewis Hamilton is the only F1 driver currently without a contract for the 2021 season, with the seven-time World Champion still unable to agree a new deal with the Mercedes F1 Team. Last week, it was reported that Hamilton’s salary demands and “attitude” were holding up negotiations, with Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, unwilling to give
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Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton are yet to ink a new contract which will see them continue to race together in 2021 and beyond, but a breakthrough could be on the horizon according to reports from Italy. Last week, the Rome-based Corriere dello Sport newspaper reported that Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, had blocked a $50 million
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Lewis Hamilton is now officially a free agent, with his most recent Mercedes contract expiring at the end of 2020 and the seven-time F1 World Champion yet to agree a new deal with the Silver Arrows. Hamilton and Mercedes have previously insisted that there is no reason for them not to continue their journey together,
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Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes and a shareholder of the Silver Arrows, reportedly blocked a new $50 million per year deal that Lewis Hamilton was set to sign during the 2020 F1 season. “In November, when Formula 1 went to Turkey, a contract was ready that meets Hamilton’s requirements: a four-year contract with a
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