George Russell enjoyed a sensational first season at Mercedes, with the 24-year-old having ended the year above team-mate Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers’ Championship, a feat only Jenson Button and Nico Rosberg can boast about. However, whilst Russell’s 2022 campaign was a largely successful one, the British driver did play a crucial role in the biggest crash
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Mick Schumacher has undoubtedly the most famous surname in motorsport history, one which understandably comes with a daunting level of pressure. Mick’s father is, of course, seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher, who is regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all-time by many. Michael was an unbelievable talent that saw Germany have some of the biggest Grand
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Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he felt more “internal strength” in 2022 than “many other years”, with Mercedes having endured their toughest season of the hybrid era to-date. The seven-time World Champion is used to fighting for pole positions and victories on a Grand Prix basis, let alone third row starts and top-five finishes. Nobody
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With major changes to Formula 1’s rules and regulations coming in effect at the beginning of the 2022 season, teams were given the opportunity to be creative and design a car different from the rest in an attempt to gain an advantage. Some cars sported creative sidepod designs during some runs in pre-season testing and
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has hailed his nephew’s move to Mercedes as a “great opportunity”, especially as a racing seat at the Germans could open up in the near future. Mick Schumacher’s move to Mercedes comes after Haas opted not to renew the 23-year-old’s contract, with the Americans preferring the experienced Nico Hulkenberg over
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Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will go head-to-head once again, if the seven-time World Champion wants to achieve his “dream” and retire from Formula 1 as World Champion. The 37-year-old has achieved everything that a driver could dream of, with the Brit having claimed more wins and pole positions than any other driver in the
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While many teams expected Mercedes to come out in 2022 under the new regulations firing on all cylinders, the team struggled massively to find the right design pathway for the W13. Not only was their car significantly off the pace compared to Red Bull and Ferrari, the W13 suffered with a severe porpoising problem which
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Former Mercedes vice-president Norbert Haug has admitted that Formula 1 has become a “tragedy” in Germany, that “every motorsport enthusiast can only be ashamed of”, with the nation having not hosted a race since 2020. Despite not having been on the calendar for the last three years officially, the Nurburgring was used during the first
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When Alex Albon fell ill before the Grand Prix in Monza earlier this year, all attention was switched to substitute driver Nyck de Vries, who had been waiting for his chance in Formula 1 since winning the Formula 2 championship in 2019. The temporary Williams driver jumped into the cockpit of Albon’s car at very
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Ex-Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher has said that his nephew Mick Schumacher could replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2024, if George Russell beats the seven-time World Champion once again. In his first season at the Silver Arrows, Russell became just the third team-mate of Hamilton’s to finish above him in the Drivers’ Championship, a
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