After much speculation, Mick Schumacher has finally been announced as Mercedes’ reserve driver for 2023, following his departure from Haas at the end of the 2022 season. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff expressed his intent of wanting to bring Schumacher into the Silver Arrows fold, from the moment Nico Hulkenberg was declared as the German’s replacement
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George Russell adjusted to life at Mercedes superbly in 2022, despite the team having given both himself and Lewis Hamilton a truly dreadful car. Russell to his credit, though, got the most out of the package, with some wondering if his experience of driving for Williams benefited his ability to extract ultimate performance from an
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Lewis Hamilton has been the face of Formula 1 for over a decade now, as the 37-year-old has reached highs that most would see as unachievable, with seven world championships and counting. The Stevenage-born driver loves the glitz and the glamour that comes with being one of the most successful drivers in Formula 1, often
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Despite clearly being a confident individual, George Russell would never have expected to walk into Mercedes and beat seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton in his debut season. The former Williams driver flew out the blocks in 2022 with a struggling Mercedes, picking up a flurry of podium finishes and consistently finishing in the top five.
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Mercedes have spent the last five years operating with a clear number one and number two driver, with Lewis Hamilton being the priority of their driver pairing. Valtteri Bottas was unfortunately not the calibre of driver able to beat the 37-year-old over the course of a whole season, leading Mercedes to deploy the Finn in
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Coming into 2022, Mercedes had won eight constructors’ championships in a row and with good reason. The Silver Arrows have consistently churned out title winning cars since the major regulation changes in 2014, often baffling fans with their ever-impressive feats of engineering. The W11 in 2020 is commonly known amongst fans as one of the
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With his resignation from Ferrari having been announced to the world, FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem thanked Mattia Binotto “for his contribution as the F1 Commission’s delegate” at Wednesday’s meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Bologna. Attending the meeting is believed to have been one of Binotto’s final jobs, before departing the Maranello-based
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With the 2022 season completed and truly in the past, the winter break presents an opportunity to consider things that could happen in the near future, with almost anything these days being plausible in Formula 1. Based on that, could Charles Leclerc or Lando Norris replace Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes once the seven-time World Champion
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Winning races has typically come easily for Mercedes during the hybrid era, with the Silver Arrows having claimed well over a hundred wins since 2014. Despite their experience of winning, though, nothing could prepare them for how emotional winning a race in 2022 would be, following all their difficulties. This season was like no other
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Seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton has been quick to thank his side for what must have been an incredibly emotional day for the Hamilton family, as his brother Nicolas Hamilton got to drive an F1 simulator. Hamilton’s brother is also a very successful racing driver and is a competitor in the British Touring Car Championship,
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