Lewis Hamilton channelled his inner Sebastian Vettel ahead of pre-season testing getting underway, with the seven-time World Champion and former team-mate Valtteri Bottas having been spotted taking a look inside the cockpit of Red Bull’s RB19. Similar to what Vettel did in the past, Hamilton and Bottas were seen peering over the side of Max
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It has been reported by an unnamed Mercedes source that Red Bull are entering the forthcoming season with the ability to run the RB19 “ten millimetres lower than everybody else”, with the Germans being unable to lower their car to the same height as the Austrians as their “underbody would break”. It appears that engineering genius Adrian
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Pre-season testing results should always be taken with a pinch of salt, as different run plans, fuel loads and tyre compounds lead to all sorts of varied lap times. It is almost impossible to ignore the progress of Aston Martin however, with Fernando Alonso and Felipe Drugovich, with the latter standing in for the injured
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton is “super determined” ahead of the 2023 season, despite a difficult few days of testing. Without taking testing into consideration, Hamilton still enters the forthcoming season on the back of his worst campaign at the pinnacle of motorsport, where he failed to
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The 2022 season was a disaster for Mercedes, as the team’s design for the W13 simply was not the best way to tackle the major regulation changes. Mercedes have admitted that the misinterpreted the physics surrounding the new regulations and ultimately this condemned them to a third-place finish in the constructors’ championship as Ferrari and
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Having a strong relationship with your race engineer is key to success in Formula 1, with champions such as Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen having worked with the current race engineers, Peter Bonnington and Gianpiero Lambiase, for a number of years. Bonnington has been working with Hamilton ever since he signed for Mercedes, with the
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Mercedes started the new era of Formula 1 poorly last year, as the team were haunted by a porpoising issue and lack of performance which saw them struggle to even lay a glove on Ferrari and Red Bull. Towards the end of the season, upgrades applied to the W13 saw it become more competitive, with
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In what was an incredibly emotional podcast appearance, seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has revealed that he’s “going to speak” on matters of importance despite the FIA ban on political statements, “whether people like it or not”. The 38-year-old’s comments came on a recent appearance on the new ‘The Fast and The Curious’ podcast, where the 103-time
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Ahead of this weekend’s season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix, it has been announced that Mercedes have partnered up with a former major sponsor of Ferrari – Snapdragon. The Italians and Snapdragon went their separate ways at the conclusion of last season, with the deal having been worth $25 million, according to RacingNews365. The addition of Snapdragon
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Ahead of the forthcoming campaign where Mercedes must bounce back, the Germans are seemingly in panic mode following a nightmare second day at the official pre-season test in Bahrain, where several issues were experienced. The Silver Arrows actually made a strong start to the test at the Bahrain International Circuit and enjoyed a positive opening
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