Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has highlighted the “extraordinary inflation” and soaring energy bills as reasons for wanting to increase the budget cap. The budget was set at circa $140 million this season, down $5 million from last year, and this is allocated to development, damage repair, transport of freight and more. There is therefore
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is targeting the British Grand Prix as the race where he hopes the Silver Arrows can finally begin to challenge Red Bull and Ferrari for victories. Mercedes have been on the back foot for the majority of the season under the new technical regulations, and they have struggled to figure out how
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Mercedes trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin is not altogether optimistic that the Azerbaijan Grand Prix this weekend will yield many more fruits than the Monaco Grand Prix last time out. Having scored a podium through George Russell in Spain, the Silver Arrows struggled in Monaco as they tried to get the car to work around the
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With a Red Bull seat in 2024 now seemingly off the table, Mercedes may show an interest in signing Pierre Gasly as Sir Lewis Hamilton’s replacement, according to Mirror journalist Daniel Moxon. Gasly’s career in the pinnacle of motorsport started off brilliantly, impressing at the back end of the 2017 season alongside Carlos Sainz and
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Nyck de Vries is possibly the most speculated driver at the moment, with the rumours building that he is set to replace Nicholas Latifi at Williams Racing. It has even been rumoured that de Vries could fill Sir Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes seat, should the Brit decide to retire from Formula 1 amid the Silver Arrows’
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FIA president Mohammed ben Sulayem has not ruled out the possibility of introducing more of a pragmatic approach to training the stewards in Formula 1 after multiple complaints in recent months. Former race director Michael Masi was removed from his role ahead of the 2022 season following the extremely controversial end to 2021 that saw
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2022 hasn’t started at all how the Mercedes F1 Team would’ve envisaged, with them sitting third in the constructors’ championship after seven rounds. The eight-time defending World Champions have struggled getting to grips with the new regulations, specifically their porpoising issue on the W13. The Spanish Grand Prix, however, appeared to be a turning point
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The future of defending Formula E World Champion Nyck de Vries is one of mass speculation at the moment, with the Dutchman rumoured to be replacing Nicholas Latifi at Williams Racing. Latifi is currently under immense pressure, with the Canadian having underwhelmed in recent months. Latifi’s future became even more uncertain at the recent Spanish
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has dismissed suggestions that the “porpoising” issue that plagued the Silver Arrows in the early part of the year affected their cars in Monaco. The new technical regulations in 2022 saw a return to ground effect aerodynamics and, as such, lower ride heights were necessitated. The “porpoising” phenomenon that emerged
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Racing driver Tom Coronel believes that Toto Wolff will have an ideal replacement in reserve driver Nyck de Vries should Sir Lewis Hamilton leave Formula 1 in the coming years. De Vries won eight races in three years with a combination Rapax, Prema and ART, winning the title in 2019. The Dutchman had previously been
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