Peter Bonnington and Toto Wolff were both on hand to offer Sir Lewis Hamilton some consolation after issues with his DRS denied him the chance to fight for pole in Hungary. Having been around a second adrift of Ferrari’s pace during practice, the Silver Arrows managed to top Q1 as they showed signs of significant
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Red Bull and Ferrari do not believe that Charles Leclerc’s accident at last weekend’s French Grand Prix was at all related to “porpoising” and bouncing. The phenomenon has appeared this season amid the arrival of the new technical regulations, which have brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics. It meant a complete change to
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Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert took not too kindly to Max Verstappen’s comments about Sir Lewis Hamilton after the pair’s tense rivalry last season. Verstappen and Hamilton went hell for leather last year as they won 18 of the 22 races between them, and there were plenty of controversial moments. They notably came together
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Mercedes have used another of their eight exemptions this season by working on the W13 after hours at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Each team is given eight free passes to break curfew and stay behind late into the night to work on the car, and the Silver Arrows have now used three of theirs. The
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has affirmed that Sebastian Vettel’s announcement of his retirement has not given him any ideas. The 35-year-old confirmed on his new Instagram account on Thursday that he is set to leave Formula 1 at the end of the season and pursue his alternative ambitions, which include environmental sustainability. Vettel walks away with
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Mercedes driver George Russell is “confident” that his fellow drivers feel the same way as he does about the potential health impacts of “porpoising” and bouncing. Ever since pre-season testing, the cars have visibly ad audibly been making heavy contact with the track surface, and this affects the cars’ performance down the straights. Raising the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has warned that Mercedes still have a long road ahead of them if they are to catch Ferrari and Red Bull following their performance at the French Grand Prix. Having looked considerably more competitive in Silverstone and Austria than they had done all season, the Silver Arrows headed to Le Castellet anticipating
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Mercedes’ George Russell has affirmed that his team still have a lot of work to do if they are to make it back to the front of the grid having scored podiums in all of the last five races. The Silver Arrows looked woeful at the start of the season and, at the Emilia Romagna
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Mercedes’ George Russell believes that he is performing well at present, but he is aware that he can be even better, and this is what he is aiming for. Coming into the team to replace 10-time race winner Valtteri Bottas meant that the 24-year-old already had big shoes to fill, but racing alongside a seven-time
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Vice chairman of Ferrari and Enzo Ferrari’s son, Piero, believes that Mercedes are trying to skirt the rules in order to make themselves more competitive, and affirms that his team will fight against it. This comes after the Silver Arrows urged the FIA to look into the technical regulations following the arrival of the “porpoising”
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