Sir Lewis Hamilton has been surpassed by American football player Tom Brady and NBA star Giannis Antetokounmpo in the Forbes list of highest paid athletes for 2022. Having topped the list last year, mixed martial artist and whiskey entrepreneur Conor McGregor has fallen out of the top 10 entirely, while Hamilton’s estimated $82 million a
More
Former Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen says Mercedes had a “strange weekend” in Miami, but it turned into a respectable points haul for the Silver Arrows. Mercedes turned up in Miami with upgrades to the car that were aimed at limiting their “porpoising” struggles and capitalising on the long straights and slow corners at the
More
Sir Lewis Hamilton has not had the easiest start to the 2022 season, but is there really such a massive cause for concern? Hamilton was out-raced for the fourth successive time by George Russell in Miami having also been out-performed all weekend in Imola, at the end of which the 24-year-old picked up a fourth-placed
More
There is little doubt that Valtteri Bottas will be taking a little bit of satisfaction each time he out-performs a Mercedes in his Alfa Romeo this year, but he affirmed in Miami that there are no hard feelings between him and his successor George Russell. In five seasons at Mercedes, Bottas won 10 races and
More
Sir Lewis Hamilton went into detail during the Miami Grand Prix weekend around the issues with trying to get Americans more invested in Formula 1. There have been 57 American drivers on the grid throughout F1’s 72-year history, and two of them – Mario Andretti and Phil Hill – have won the championship. Hill’s 1961
More
Sir Lewis Hamilton says that everyone at Mercedes has been pulling together as they negotiate a tough start to the 2022 season. The re-introduction of ground effect aerodynamics through the new technical regulations has not exactly been kind to the Silver Arrows, and their plenitude of struggles has been epitomised by just two podium finishes,
More
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has highlighted the importance of prominent figures in sport speaking up on world affairs, and wants to push for more diversity in Formula 1. Sir Lewis Hamilton condemned the possible reversal of the landmark Roe vs Wade case in 1973, which gave women the right to get an abortion without
More
The recent Miami Grand Prix was yet another disappointing weekend for Sir Lewis Hamilton, with the British driver finishing behind George Russell for the fourth time this season. The seven-time world champion continues to struggle getting to grips with his Mercedes W13, Hamilton who started the race sixth, failed to make any progress during the
More
Managing partner of the Miami Grand Prix, Tom Garfinkel, has revealed that the teams and drivers generally left a good review of the race, but conceded that the event lost money. Formula 1’s first-ever visit to Miami had been anticipated for years after Sir Lewis Hamilton and Daniel Ricciardo stated in 2017 their desire to
More
Despite their poor start to the 2022 Formula 1 season, Mercedes have insisted they will remain in the sport for a number of years to come. The German team, who have won the Constructors’ Championship eight-years in a row, currently sit third in the standings after five races. Both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell have
More