Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has come to the defense of Lewis Hamilton after the seven-time champion was handed a five-second penalty for colliding with Sergio Perez during the Belgian Grand Prix Sprint. As the incident sparked controversy, Wolff emphasised that it takes “two to tango” and labeled the collision as an “absolute racing incident.”
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Lewis Hamilton has disagreed with the FIA’s decision to slap him with a five-second time penalty for colliding with Sergio Perez. The seven-time World Champion received the penalty during Saturday’s sprint race at the Belgian Grand Prix, after he clipped the side of Perez at high-speed. Hamilton and Perez were jostling for position at the
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In the aftermath of the Hungarian Grand Prix, where Lewis Hamilton narrowly missed out on victory, Mercedes principal Toto Wolff has confirmed that the team’s next stage of the W14 upgrade plan will be unveiled at the Belgian Grand Prix. The team is determined to bounce back from missed opportunities in Hungary and get back
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Mercedes’ trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has admitted that Lewis Hamilton’s fourth place finish at the Hungarian Grand Prix last weekend was “disappointing”, given that he started from pole position. Hamilton shocked the paddock and claimed pole position at the Hungaroring, after going three-thousandths of a second quicker than Max Verstappen. Claiming pole ended up
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Lewis Hamilton escaped a potential penalty for the second time this weekend at the Belgian Grand Prix, following an incident with Max Verstappen during the sprint shootout. The incident occurred at Turn 8 of Spa-Francorchamps during SQ1, with Hamilton having been going slowly on the racing line. Verstappen approached very quickly due to being on
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In a dramatic turn of events ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes unveiled what Sky F1’s Ted Kravitz described as a “quite a big upgrade” for their W14 at Spa, leaving McLaren on alert. This update, which comes just before the summer break, includes revised sidepods and cooling inlets, a new low-drag rear wing,
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Lewis Hamilton was “not happy” after the sprint shootout at the Belgian Grand Prix Saturday morning, after being forced to abort his final push lap. Hamilton was forced to abort his final hot lap in SQ3 after being held up by George Russell, who went wide at the opening corner. Russell started his final lap
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In an amusing turn of events at the Belgian Grand Prix, Mercedes driver George Russell found himself jokingly denied entry to the paddock after an electronic barrier seemingly refused to grant him access. While the incident did not pose a serious hindrance to the team, it provided a lighthearted moment amidst their fierce competition against
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Mercedes driver, George Russell, has insisted that the Silver Arrows ‘had more pace’ than McLaren in Budapest at last weekend’s Grand Prix. This assertion comes despite McLaren’s Lando Norris clinching a consecutive second-place finish behind the irrepressible Max Verstappen. Both Russell and his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton missed out on podium spots, coming in sixth
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Lewis Hamilton was delighted to claim a second row start for Sunday’s Belgian Grand Prix, after qualifying fourth. Whilst he qualified fourth, Hamilton will actually start from third following a five-place grid penalty for pole sitter Max Verstappen. The Dutchman was sensationally quick Friday evening, with him having claimed pole by eight-tenths of a second.
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