Mercedes had some big decisions to make over the winter break, with the team needing to drastically improve their performance after finishing third in the 2022 constructors’ championship. The Silver Arrows decided to stick with their zero sidepod concept despite Ferrari and Red Bull proving in 2022 that their more detailed designs led to high
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Over the winter break, all of the talk was about Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes contract, with the Brit promising to extend his current deal towards the end of last season. Despite both Hamilton and his Mercedes boss Toto Wolff claiming that a deal was pretty much certain, the 2023 season has now started and the Brit
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Despite having used his LGBTQ+ inspired helmet at the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix without any issues from the FIA, Lewis Hamilton has still hit out at the governing body for taking the sport “in the wrong direction”. One of the biggest stories of the off-season was the FIA’s range of updates to the International Sporting
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Mercedes’ 2022 was an absolute nightmare, with the team misunderstanding parts of the new regulations and creating a W13 riddled with issues. The Silver Arrows ended up finishing third in the constructors’ championship and were expected to make huge strides forward during the winter break to become a competitive team once again. Surprisingly, the team
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Mercedes’ social media admin has potentially responded to comments made by former Silver Arrows driver Valtteri Bottas, with the Finnish driver having revealed that his mullet would’ve been banned at the Brackley-based team. Comments from the Alfa Romeo driver began to circulate last weekend, where he revealed that he was a “bit more restricted” in regard
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Sky Sports F1 presenter Simon Lazenby believes retirement is not “imminent at all” for seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton, whose future at Mercedes has been massively questioned following the Silver Arrows’ disappointing start to the 2023 season. After entering 2023 on the back of their worst season since the start of the turbo-hybrid era, Mercedes
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Mercedes were expected to come flying out of the blocks this season, having spent the majority of last year battling with an uncompetitive W13. The Silver Arrows have however already admitted that they have made a huge mistake by sticking with the concept that caused them so many issues last season. The team believed that
MoreLast year, Mercedes’ third place finish in the championship with only a single win to their name seemed like an absolute disaster, but it could get even worse this season. Having chosen to stick with their zero sidepod approach this season, Mercedes now look to be the fourth fastest team on the grid, slipping behind
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The Bahrain Grand Prix was business as usual for Red Bull, who locked out the front row in qualifying before going on to achieve a one-two in the race. While many expected Mercedes and Ferrari to be scrapping it out of the podium places, it was actually the Aston Martin of Fernando Alonso that finished
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Since moving to Alfa Romeo at the start of last season, Valtteri Bottas has certainly let his hair down, quite literally! The Finn unveiled a new hairstyle during the recent winter break, with the former Mercedes driver having ditched his traditional look, for a mullet. Many expected him to ditch the extravagant design before the
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