Valtteri Bottas has been discussing the mental hardship he went through while at Mercedes, and reveals that he almost walked away at the end of 2018. Bottas was promoted as a last-minute replacement for the retiring Nico Rosberg ahead of the 2017 season, and he would partner Sir Lewis Hamilton, who was eager to win
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Former Formula 1 driver Jolyon Palmer reckons that the FIA are taking a harsher view on car damage now than they did last year, as evidenced by Kevin Magnussen’s pit stop in Canada. Magnussen started the Canadian Grand Prix fifth behind the Mercedes of Sir Lewis Hamilton, and the pair found themselves going side-by-side into
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Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised the technical directive introduced by the FIA during last weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes drivers George Russell and Sir Lewis Hamilton both endured physically demanding races in Baku due to the bouncing issue which is caused by the low ride height of the ground effect-based cars. Having
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Mercedes technical director Mike Elliott has confirmed that the Silver Arrows will be installing upgrades onto their W13 for next weekend’s British Grand Prix. The Silver Arrows have been inconsistent so far in 2022, with their misbehaving car working well at some circuits, but horribly at others as they endeavour to put a stop to
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Haas driver Kevin Magnussen has revealed that Alpine’s Esteban Ocon joked with him about exaggerating his damage to gain a position at the Canadian Grand Prix. Magnussen had started the race in fifth ahead of team-mate Mick Schumacher and Ocon, and behind the Mercedes of Sir Lewis Hamilton. The Dane went side-by-side with Hamilton into
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Triple world champion Sir Jackie Stewart believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton should consider retiring from Formula 1 amid Mercedes’ tough start to the 2022 season. Hamilton has scored just two podiums in an underperforming Mercedes car, which has been suffering from “porpoising” and bouncing all year. The consequence of that has been severe discomfort and
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff believes that the Silverstone circuit may be kinder to his team than Monaco, Baku and Montreal, but warns that they cannot rest on their laurels. Monaco and Baku are entirely made up of streets and public roads, while the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal is made up partly of public
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Under the aerodynamic testing regulations [ATR], the FIA have given Mercedes 10 percent more testing time than they had in the first half of the 2022 season. ATR is a sliding scale of wind time and computational fluid dynamics [CFD] items that teams are allowed, with the front-running team getting the least, and last-placed team
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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has shown little sympathy with any drivers who are not “comfortable” racing under the new technical regulations. This year saw the return of ground effect aerodynamics to the cars, which are aimed at allowing cars to follow more easily and improve the racing spectacle. While it has been successful
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto was left confused as to the speed of Mercedes’ turnaround of an additional floor stay ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix. The FIA passed a technical directive (TD) ahead of the weekend that was designed to limit “porpoising” and bouncing for safety reasons. It came after Mercedes pair Sir Lewis
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