Lewis Hamilton’s streak of finishing on the podium when he’s finished the Belgian Grand Prix has concluded, after finishing fourth last Sunday. Baring his rookie season when he finished fourth, Hamilton had claimed a rostrum at Spa-Francorchamps whenever he made it to the end of the race, a streak which has since ended. Hamilton started
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Mercedes has announced a review of its team communications, after George Russell and Lewis Hamilton “tripped each other up” at the Belgian GP. Both Silver Arrows drivers were dissatisfied with their team following the sprint shootout at Spa-Francorchamps. Hamilton was said to be particularly infuriated by poor communication issues. The seven-time world champion was in
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During last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton revealed a disadvantage George Russell has in Formula 1, in a YouTube video which has since gone private. At Spa-Francorchamps last weekend, Hamilton met Mercedes’ esports team, where he was stunned by the height of sim racer Dani Bereznay. Bereznay stands at 6ft 7 inches, significantly taller
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that Lewis Hamilton’s new contract simply needs to be “cleaned up” before it can be announced, with some “trivial things” still needing to be sorted. Hamilton will as it stands become a free agent at the end of 2023, with a new deal with Mercedes yet to be
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Toto Wolff, Mercedes’ team principal, has revealed that tensions with Lewis Hamilton were very high following the British driver’s loss to his teammate Nico Rosberg in 2016. Wolff and Hamilton have worked together for over a decade now, with Hamilton switching from McLaren to the Silver Arrows in 2013. This was the start of a
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Franz Tost has conceded he was in favour of replacing Pierre Gasly with Mick Schumacher, before Red Bull intervened and signed Nyck de Vries instead. De Vries has since lost his place at AlphaTauri to Daniel Ricciardo, after a disappointing half-season with Red Bull’s junior outfit. Tost admits that he wanted to sign Mick –
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Scott Mescudi, known to most as Kid Cudi, attended his first F1 race at the Belgian GP, where he disclosed his “addiction” to F1 racing. Kid Cudi is a big fan of Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton and was immensely impressed with the British racer’s fourth-placed finish. Cudi took to Twitter to show his support for
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Lewis Hamilton was nearly made sick by him, after asking the seven-time World Champion how he’d feel if the Silver Arrows’ garage played a famous AC/DC track before a race. Wolff supposedly asked Hamilton how he’d feel if Mercedes blared out ‘Thunderstruck’ as the 38-year-old and George
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Lewis Hamilton endured an eventful weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix, with the seven-time World Champion having left Spa-Francorchamps with two penalty points added to his super licence. The Mercedes driver showed good pace at the historic venue and was particularly impressive in the wet, in last Saturday’s sprint race. Due to a heavy downpour,
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Lewis Hamilton’s concerns over the reemergence of ‘porpoising’ on the F1 grid have been somewhat dismissed by Alpine’s data engineer, Ramon Drost, who suggests the British driver’s remarks should be “taken with a pinch of salt.” Hamilton finished fourth in the Belgian Grand Prix last week, almost a minute behind the winner, Max Verstappen. During
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