With roughly seven weeks to go until the 2021 F1 season gets underway in Bahrain, Sir Lewis Hamilton is still technically a free agent as he is yet to ink a new deal with the Mercedes F1 Team. Last month, it was reported that numerous stumbling blocks, including the Brit’s demands for a pay rise
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A former F1 racer has said he believes Max Verstappen would be faster than Sir Lewis Hamilton if they were Mercedes team-mates, but the seven-time World Champion would nevertheless have a chance of beating the Dutch ace over the course of a season. Speaking to Formula1News.co.uk on Friday, ex-F1 driver Marc Surer said: “I think
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Daimler, the parent company of the Mercedes auto-maker and the Mercedes F1 Team, has announced that it will be renamed Mercedes-Benz by the end of 2021 and will list its truck arm under a separate entity. As news of this planned restructuring broke, Daimler’s share price jumped almost nine percent, approaching its two-year high. READ:
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McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has called on Formula One to agree a driver salary cap to help make “racing teams more sustainable”, in line with the other steps being taken to achieve this goal. Speaking this week, Brown said: “I think all the team bosses supported putting in a driver salary cap. READ: Lewis
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Last month, amid mounting speculation about why Sir Lewis Hamilton and the Mercedes F1 Team are yet to ink a new deal for 2021, a source at the Silver Arrows told Formula1News.co.uk that reports that the seven-time World Champion might leave the team are “fake news.” “Any suggestion that Lewis won’t be with us this
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With just two months until the 2021 F1 season gets underway in Bahrain, Sir Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes are still yet to ink a deal. Hamilton’s contract expired at the end of 2020, and the delay in him signing an extension with the Silver Arrows has prompted speculation about his future at the team. READ:
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McLaren driver Lando Norris sparked criticism from some F1 fans in October after he downplayed Sir Lewis Hamilton’s success with Mercedes. Specifically, when asked for his thoughts on Hamilton breaking Michael Schumacher’s grand prix win record at the Portuguese Grand Prix, Norris said: READ: Jordan King On Racing In Different Championships & Making A Potential
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2020 was undoubtedly a difficult campaign for four-time World Champion Sebastian Vettel, but the German has a great opportunity to remind the F1 world what he’s capable of at Aston Martin Racing next season. A number of pundits and members of the paddock have already tipped Vettel to succeed with his new team – and
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84 percent of F1 fans believe that Mercedes should replace Sir Lewis Hamilton with George Russell for the upcoming season, which is set to get underway in around two months. READ: Karun Chandhok On Making It To F1, Life After Racing & The Future Of The Sport That’s according to a poll by Formula1News.co.uk which
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The 2021 F1 season-opener is set to take place in Bahrain in just over two months, and Sir Lewis Hamilton is yet to ink a new deal with the Mercedes F1 Team. This has led to mounting speculation in recent weeks, with reports suggesting Mercedes and Hamilton are at loggerheads over the length of his
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