Fernando Alonso holds a grudge against his former McLaren team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton, according to Dutch F1 journalist Jack Plooji. The two-time World Champion prevented Hamilton from winning the Hungarian GP earlier this month, with him holding up the Mercedes driver for some 10 laps and ultimately proving pivotal to ensuring his Alpine team-mate, Esteban
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff blaming Max Verstappen fans for booing Sir Lewis Hamilton “makes no sense at all”, Dutch F1 journalist Jack Plooji has said. Hamilton was the subject of booing on several occasions in Budapest, as the race took place hot on the heels of his crash with Verstappen on the opening lap
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Jock Clear, a former Mercedes race engineer, has revealed that he “didn’t get on” with Nico Rosberg. Clear had worked at the Brackley-based team since its BAR days, and he became Rosberg’s race engineer after the team was rebranded Mercedes ahead of the 2010 season. READ: Bottas Says He Can Now Laugh About High-Speed Crash
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Mercedes driver Valtteri Bottas has said that he can now laugh about the high-speed collision he suffered at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The crash occurred as George Russell was trying to overtake Bottas for P9 on the run down to turn one, but the Williams driver lost control of his car after touching
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Jeremy Clarkson has slammed Sir Lewis Hamilton for wrongly accusing Fernando Alonso of cheating during the 2021 Hungarian Grand Prix. Clarkson, who said he thinks Hamilton “needs a smacked bottom”, also hit out at the seven-time World Champion for suggesting he has “long Covid” after he looked fatigued and dizzy during the podium ceremony. READ:
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Sir Lewis Hamilton is a “better” Formula 1 driver than Michael Schumacher was, but Max Verstappen will be even better than the Brit, according to ex-F1 racer Johnny Herbert. In a broad interview about this season’s Championship battle between Verstappen and Hamilton, Herbert said he believes it’s normal for drivers to get better over generations,
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Valtteri Bottas’ post-2021 future at the Mercedes F1 Team is seriously in doubt, with Sir Lewis Hamilton already inking a contract extension and George Russell being strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows. Bottas joined Mercedes following Nico Rosberg’s shock retirement from Formula 1 after he won the 2016 Championship, and the Finn
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Ferrari team principal Mattia Binotto has revealed that he is rooting for Max Verstappen in this year’s Championship battle, as he believes Formula 1 would benefit from a non-Mercedes driver winning a title in the sport’s V6 turbo-hybrid era. Mercedes have won every Drivers’ and Constructors’ Championship since 2014, but Red Bull and the Silver
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Sir Lewis Hamilton was booed on several occasions over the course of the Hungarian Grand Prix weekend, with many Max Verstappen fans feeling that the seven-time World Champion deserved a harsher penalty for the incident involving him and the Dutch ace at Silverstone. British motorsport journalist Tom Clarkson has said he believes the boos weren’t
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Senior Red Bull adviser Dr Helmut Marko has criticised Sir Lewis Hamilton for suggesting that Fernando Alonso defended too aggressively against him in the Hungarian Grand Prix. Hamilton was steadily making his way up the field after a poor tyre call for the restart of the race, but he encountered staunch resistance when he was
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