Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff acknowledges that the battle between Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell can often be “heated,” but they are aware of the ultimate team goal. Russell entered the 2022 season full of grit, determination and a steely attitude having moved over from Williams, and he has used every bit of that
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Nelson Piquet is facing civil charges in Brazil after he was caught racially abusing Sir Lewis Hamilton last year. In November, Piquet was analysing an incident between Hamilton and Max Verstappen at the 2021 British Grand Prix, after which the Dutchman was sent spinning off into the barrier and out of the race. While the
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Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc tends to agree with Mercedes’ George Russell on the issue of the presence of two race directors in Formula 1. Michael Masi was removed as race director after the controversial season finale in 2021 that saw Max Verstappen overtake Sir Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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Max Verstappen has called for fans to have more respect after he and Sir Lewis Hamilton both received hostile treatment in the last two races. Verstappen and Hamilton were involved in a massive title battle in 2021 that was filled with controversy and tension, and it sparked an intense rivalry between their respective sets of
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Alfa Romeo’s Valtteri Bottas feels happier at Alfa Romeo now than he did when he drove for Mercedes after stepping out of Sir Lewis Hamilton’s shadow. Bottas joined Mercedes from Williams in 2017 after the shock retirement of 2016 champion Nico Rosberg, and the Finn won three races in his first season with the Silver
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George Russell recovered incredibly well at the Austrian Grand Prix, after an early 5-second time penalty saw his hopes of a top five finish appear to vanish. Russell, who started 4th, made a great start to the race and battled with Carlos Sainz and Sergio Pérez. However, drama struck at the famous Turn 4, as
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Reports have emerged of yet more racist abuse being thrown at Sir Lewis Hamilton by Max Verstappen fans at last weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix. What started as an entertaining, if a little controversial, rivalry between Hamilton and Verstappen last year has descended into personal, abusive and abhorrent behaviour from some of their almost cultist supporters,
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George Russell recovered from a first-lap collision with Sergio Pérez to finish in 4th place at the Austrian Grand Prix, after initially losing a “second a lap” due to the incident. Russell made an excellent start to the race, and was involved in an opening lap battle with Pérez and Carlos Sainz. However, it all
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McLaren’s Daniel Ricciardo has asked fans to consider drivers’ wellbeing before booing them or cheering their crashes after Sir Lewis Hamilton’s accident in Austria was met with celebrations. Hamilton lost the rear of his Mercedes during Friday’s qualifying session in Spielberg, going off at Turn Seven and heading straight into the barrier. Rapturous applause and
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New information has surfaced as to the skids on the floors of some of the cars amid the “porpoising” and bouncing technical directive debate. Mercedes’ drivers, Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell, have been struggling both physically and in terms of performance due to the aerodynamic phenomenon that comes with the new ground effect aerodynamics,
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