The FIA have released a new regulation that aims to look after the drivers’ welfare amid the brutal bouncing that has plagued some of the teams this year. Both Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have called for action in recent weeks over the “porpoising” and bouncing on the cars under the new technical
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has no immediate plans to discuss a future seat with Pierre Gasly as the Frenchman looks to tie up his future beyond the end of next year. Gasly has impressed immensely since his return to Red Bull’s junior team AlphaTauri, and his P5 last weekend in Baku was the epitome
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Mercedes may have to sacrifice some of their results in 2022 by working on their design ideas for next years machine, according to a report by the Italian edition of Motorsport.com. The new technical regulations introduced this year brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics, which had previously been banned for 40 years. Mercedes
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff does not believe that Sir Lewis Hamilton has lost any of his pace since the end of the 2021 season. Hamilton was cruelly denied an eighth world title last year on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix following a controversial Safety Car restart by now former race
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Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has conceded that the Silver Arrows were too aggressive with their set-up in Baku, leading to severe back pain for Sir Lewis Hamilton. Having perceivably sorted their “porpoising” issue in Spain a few weeks ago, Mercedes felt able to adjust the setup and run the cars lower to the ground
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David Coulthard has made an amusing video remixing former Red Bull team-mate and Channel 4 colleague Mark Webber’s scream from the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2021. Max Verstappen had caused a red flag in Baku last year when he suffered a puncture late on while leading, and the subsequent collision with the barrier on the
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Mercedes driver George Russell has rallied the troops after his third podium of the season in Baku last weekend. The 24-year-old qualified fifth after Ferrari and Red Bull locked out the front two rows for the sixth time this season, but he capitalised on reliability woes for the Ferrari pair of Charles Leclerc and Carlos
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Mercedes chief strategist James Vowles has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton had taken such a beating in Baku that his back felt numb at the end. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell suffered from a lot of bottoming out in Azerbaijan last weekend as a lot of cars began to feel the impact of the long
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When George Russell signed for the Mercedes F1 Team for 2022, everybody knew that the former Williams Racing driver would be the future of the German team; eventually ending up as the team’s number one driver. However, has Russell already taken the team leader role from Sir Lewis Hamilton, after just eight races? Nobody could’ve
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Former Mercedes Motorsport vice president Norbert Haug has warned his old team that their bouncing problems are unlikely to be solved purely by tweaking the regulations. The new technical regulations in Formula 1 this year saw the reintroduction of ground effect aerodynamics, which had previously been banned for 40 years. The subsequent changes to the
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