Despite Formula 1’s rules on mask-wearing as a precaution against COVID-19 having been significantly relaxed, Sir Lewis Hamilton has been seen making a return to wearing the protective face piece, leaving many to wonder why. Hamilton has actually contracted COVID-19 twice since the start of the pandemic, with the seven-time World Champion having had to
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George Russell has excelled in his first season at the Mercedes F1 Team, having been the only driver to have finished every race in the top five until his retirement from the British Grand Prix. Russell has managed to incorporate what he learned during his difficult period at Williams Racing, into handling and dealing with
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The ongoing porpoising saga looks set to take centre stage over the summer, after the FIA announced that the new technical directive (TD) won’t be introduced until the Belgian Grand Prix. It was initially announced at the Canadian Grand Prix that the FIA would introduce a system to measure each team’s volume of porpoising, with those who go beyond
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Following on from their third and fourth place finishes at the recent Austrian Grand Prix, the Mercedes F1 Team have revealed the reason as to why George Russell was so much slower than Sir Lewis Hamilton during the race at the Red Bull Ring. Mercedes recovered incredibly in Austria, after both Hamilton and Russell crashed
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has reiterated that he is wary of the threat from Mercedes after their strong performances of late. The race pace of the W13 has looked much improved in recent rounds since the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after which Sir Lewis Hamilton looked in a lot of discomfort due to his
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George Russell has performed remarkably well since joining the Mercedes F1 Team, despite the team’s frustrating first half of the season. Mercedes have struggled with porpoising for the majority of the year so far; however, until the British Grand Prix, Russell was the only driver on the grid to have finished every race in the top five.
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Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has revealed that he had a “flashback” of the high-impact collision between Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen when he overtook the Briton at the 2022 British Grand Prix. Hamilton and Verstappen crashed on the opening lap of the British Grand Prix last year, as the Dutchman hung his Red Bull
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The Mercedes F1 Team recovered a staggering third and fourth-place finish at the Austrian Grand Prix, after almost being forced to miss the weekend due to heavy crashes on Friday. Both Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell crashed during Q3, with Hamilton going off at Turn Seven, and Russell at the final corner. It left
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Former Formula 1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has indicated that it is time for an experienced head to be placed in charge of Formula 1 races, and there would be no one better, in his mind, than Herbie Blash. Blash was recruited to the FIA by Ecclestone following the pair’s tenure together at Brabham, and he
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Jan Lammers, boss of the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort, has assured that there will be cordial conduct from “real” Dutch fans when the circus visits the Netherlands after the summer break. Hamilton was subjected to cheers when he crashed into the wall at the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend, and there were also allegations
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