With Williams now filling their vacant team principal position with Mercedes strategy director James Vowles, only Alfa Romeo are yet to appoint a new boss for 2023. Vowles appointment came out of the blue this week, leaving Mercedes without a strategy director with only weeks to go until pre-season begins in Bahrain. Despite losing a
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The last two Formula 1 season have been heartbreaking for Lewis Hamilton, as the Brit has been unable to win a record breaking eighth world championship. 2021 saw a controversial call from race director Michael Masi essentially hand the title to Max Verstappen as the season finale in Abu Dhabi and then Hamilton was not
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Alfa Romeo driver Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he’s been living life “fully” again, with the Finn feeling like he’s been allowed to have fun, a sensation he believed he wasn’t “allowed” to have at Mercedes. Bottas enjoyed a solid first season with the Hinwil-based outfit, following his move to Alfa Romeo at the start of 2022
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Since it was announced that Jost Capito was set to depart Williams at the end of last season, fans of the team have been forced to wait until earlier this week for a replacement to be announced. The team have now announced that they have impressively managed to lure James Vowles from Mercedes to fill
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has confirmed that Lewis Hamilton’s contract extension remains a “topic that we will tackle over the winter”, with news on the seven-time World Champion’s speculated extension having gone quiet during December. Despite 2022 being Mercedes’ worst of the hybrid era and Hamilton’s worst of his career, the duo remains very
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As a result of his woeful 2022 campaign, Lewis Hamilton is set to pay almost half of Max Verstappen’s entry fee for 2023, with a driver’s entry fee being calculated based on the points they scored in the previous season. 2022 was a challenging year for Hamilton and for Mercedes, with the seven-time World Champion
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliot has revealed that the Silver Arrows were “surprised” that no other team had discovered a “loophole” with the new aerodynamic regulations last season, with the Germans having designed the ‘zero sidepods’ as a result of it. Whilst the Brackley-based team knew that they’d be the only team with a ‘zero-pod’ design
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The quality and potential of George Russell has never been in doubt ever since the Brit was given a Mercedes cameo back in 2020 in Sakhir. Standing in for Lewis Hamilton, who was suffering with COVID-19, Russell was clearly the most impressive driver on track and would have picked up the first win of his
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has hailed the team’s former chief strategist, James Vowles, as a “highly valued member”, following Williams’ announcement that Vowles has moved to the Grove-based team to become their new team principal. Williams have been searching for a new boss following the shock departure of Jost Capito, who announced his exit
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Lewis Hamilton has had a tough time in Formula 1 since he won his record equalling seventh world championship title in 2020. A controversial safety car procedure saw the Brit miss out on a record breaking eighth world title on the final lap of the 2021 season, a heartbreak that Hamilton has claimed that is
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