Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher is enticed by the early indicators of George Russell’s competitiveness at Mercedes, but emphasises that the championship is far beyond them at this stage. Amid all-new technical regulations introduced ahead of the 2022 season, Mercedes have visibly struggled in the early stages of the season, and have publicly expressed
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Martin Brundle has no doubt about Sir Lewis Hamilton’s motivation after Mercedes’ rocky start to the 2022 season. As new technical regulations came into force in Formula 1 this year, they gave way to a paradigm shift in the pinnacle of motorsport, as Mercedes’ dominance has seemingly come to an end. The Silver Arrows have
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Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko predicts that Mercedes may be able to get to the bottom of the issues that have plagued them in the early going of 2022, but maintains that he prefers a championship battle with Ferrari. Mercedes and Red Bull spent 2021 battling for title glory while Ferrari, a far cry
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Safety Car restarts have once again become the talk of the town in Formula 1 after Sergio Perez was told to allow Carlos Sainz to pass him in Saudi Arabia. Having began the race in Jeddah on pole, Perez was comfortably leading the pack when he went for the undercut and pitted from the Mediums
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Mercedes have said that Sir Lewis Hamilton did not pit under the late Virtual Safety Car (VSC) in Saudi Arabia because he believed the pitlane was closed. The Briton started the race 15th after a horrible qualifying that saw him knocked out in the first phase, before the incapacity of Mick Schumacher’s destroyed Haas after
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Mercedes driver George Russell says that he and team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton were running different set-ups in Saudi Arabia in a bid to eliminate the issues they have been facing in 2022. Hamilton was shockingly knocked out of the first qualifying phase on Saturday, and revealed afterwards that he had altered his set-up, but described
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Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali has reiterated his belief that the pinnacle of motorsport can act as a catalyst for change in Saudi Arabia after missile strikes jeopardised the event on Friday. F1 headed to Saudi Arabia this weekend in the midst of incremental tensions between themselves and Yemen after their war began in 2015
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There was a slight sense of déjà vu at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix last weekend, as Nicholas Latifi collided with the barrier and turned the race on its head. Sergio Perez had taken pole in Jeddah, and was leading Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc relatively comfortably in the opening stint, maintaining the gap at just
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Having spent five years alongside Sir Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, Valtteri Bottas sees the peculiarity in watching the seven-time champion get knocked out in the first qualifying phase in Saudi Arabia. Hamilton changed his set-up ahead of qualifying in Jeddah, but was eliminated in the first part as he set a lap good enough only
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Following a controversial, tumultuous, scary and exhausting weekend in Jeddah, Sir Lewis Hamilton is relieved to be going home. Missile attacks marred the opening day of the weekend at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with the drivers eventually coming to the decision to race amid a GPDA statement that they were satisfied that everyone in
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