Red Bull team principal Christian Horner believed that Sir Lewis Hamilton’s residual grip compared to the rest of the field was such that he could have pitted onto the Softs before the Safety Car. Hamilton had initially made a tremendous start to go from fifth to third, but was put back to his original position
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Former Formula 1 driver Johnny Herbert believes Sir Lewis Hamilton’s podium at the British Grand Prix will have come as a massive boost to the Mercedes team after their rocky start to 2022. The Silver Arrows have struggled with the ground aerodynamics under the new technical regulations, feeling the impacts of “porpoising” and bouncing, both
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Sir Lewis Hamilton does not believe Mercedes are a million miles away from matching Red Bull and Ferrari after his superb performance at the 2022 British Grand Prix. On raw pace in qualifying, the top two teams in the championship locked out the front two rows for the seventh time this year, but it was
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Sir Lewis Hamilton has detailed the inner strength he felt as a result of losing the title in heart-breaking fashion last season. Hamilton was leading the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix heading into the closing stages when the Williams of Nicholas Latifi caused a Safety Car by crashing, and race director Michael Masi made the controversial
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has described the loophole in the regulations exploited by Red Bull and Ferrari as a “shocker.” Section 13 of the technical regulations prohibits any flexing of the floor or the wooden plank by any more than 2mm. The plank is designed to act as a “skid block” so that teams,
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When the new technical regulations were introduced at the beginning if 2022, both managing director and CEO of Formula 1, Ross Brawn and Stefano Domenicali, predicted that some of the teams would endeavour to find loopholes to exploit. It appears that this may be what has happened in the current legislation, and it surrounds the
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Sir Lewis Hamilton took a swipe at Max Verstappen after his tremendous battle with Charles Leclerc at the British Grand Prix on Sunday. The seven-time champion had an eventful day in Silverstone in front of his home crowd as he got up to third off the start ahead of Leclerc and Sergio Perez, before being
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Lando Norris quipped that he should have more world titles than Sir Lewis Hamilton after their thrilling battle at the start of the 2022 British Grand Prix. Following a red flag period caused by a horrific accident for Zhou Guanyu, Norris and Hamilton crossed swords as they headed down the Wellington straight, and ended up
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The already controversial figure of Bernie Ecclestone has become yet more questionable, after further unexplainable comments. Ecclestone staggeringly said on both ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’ and Talk TV’s ‘Piers Morgan Uncensored’ that he’d “take a bullet” for Vladimir Putin. The former F1 CEO has now said that Sir Lewis Hamilton is “full of rubbish”, and that
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is expected to sit down with FIA President Mohammed ben Sulayem in the coming days to hold more discussions surrounding the controversial jewellery regulation. Race director Niels Wittich has twice written in his race director’s notes this season that drivers are not to wear jewellery or any non-fireproof clothing in the cockpit.
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