George Russell has enjoyed an incredible first season with Mercedes, despite the Silver Arrows having been relatively weak in 2022. It’s been an extremely challenging year for Mercedes, as they’ve had to watch on as Red Bull have streaked away in both the Drivers’ and the Constructors’ Championships. The German’s eight-year run of winning the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc had a brilliant exchange on Instagram after the Monegasque posted a picture of himself in an ice chamber. Leclerc was undergoing cryotherapy, a medical practice that is proven to speed up the process of tissue healing. It is particularly useful for muscular injuries, as well as post-workout therapy, increasing
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Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, understands why the engine penalty system is in place, but he would like to try and find better ways of policing power unit usage. Each driver is allowed three engines per season, and there are limits to how many of each component they are allowed to use too. The first
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Red Bull team principal, Christian Horner, has claimed that Max Verstappen was in Sir Lewis Hamilton’s head during their 2021 title battle. The pair tussled race after race for the world championship last year, and there were several bones of contention throughout the campaign. Crashes in Silverstone, Monza and Jeddah marred what had been a
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Mercedes’ head of trackside engineering, Andrew Shovlin, has admitted that Red Bull have the ‘best’ sidepod design this season; however, he expects that to change next season following another rule adjustment. Red Bull have been completely dominant this season; the Austrian side have claimed 12 victories and have amounted an uncatchable 139-point lead in the
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas has revealed that he was occasionally overruled by simulation numbers during his time at Mercedes. The Finn joined the eight-time champions alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton in 2017, and he spent five years with them, winning 10 races in the process. He played an integral role in the Silver Arrows’ championship successes,
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Mercedes’ George Russell cannot explain exactly where the Silver Arrows are lacking in qualifying, but he has one or two working theories. Russell has finished ahead of where he started 12 times this year, while team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton has done the same 13 times. Part of this qualifying deficit has been down to a
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has hit out at Sir Lewis Hamilton for not “recognising Max’s ability” during their titanic 2021 title battle, which as well-known ended under extremely controversial circumstances at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last year. Verstappen overtook Hamilton on the final lap of the 2021 season finale to claim his
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Valtteri Bottas is currently “really, really enjoying” his first season away from Mercedes with Alfa Romeo, with the Finnish driver admitting that his new team have a more “human” approach. Bottas replaced 2016 F1 World Champion Nico Rosberg in 2017, after the German shocked the paddock with his immediate retirement following his title glory. There
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has faced a disappointing 2022 season, which comes on the back of his agonising title defeat in the “manipulated” 2021 season finale. Had the rules at Abu Dhabi been followed, then perhaps Hamilton would be much more open to the possibility of retiring soon, especially as he’d be an unprecedented eight-time World
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