George Russell has admitted ahead of this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix that Mercedes aren’t “really thinking” about a fight for second with Aston Martin and Ferrari, with their “sights being set on Red Bull”. Since introducing their new concept at the Monaco Grand Prix, the Silver Arrows have certainly been a team on the rise.
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After being highly critical of the W14 in the opening rounds of the season, Lewis Hamilton has been significantly happier since the introduction of the new concept. Mercedes introduced a new concept of the W14 at the Monaco Grand Prix, which saw the side scrap their questionable ‘zero sidepods’. Since switching concepts, the Silver Arrows
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2023 has certainly been a much better season for Lewis Hamilton already than 2022 was, a year which saw the seven-time World Champion beaten in the Drivers’ Championship by George Russell. Hamilton’s frustration with the W13 was visible to the world, with that frustration having somewhat carried over into the start of this season. Mercedes
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According to Spanish sports journalist Pip Estrada, Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz has recently been playing Cupid, by introducing Lewis Hamilton to Shakira. It’s been rumoured recently that Hamilton and the Colombian pop icon have started dating, with Sainz having been the person who kickstarted the entire thing. It’s to Estrada’s understanding that Sainz introduced Shakira to
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that his engineering group have told him that they aren’t “convinced” about Red Bull’s floor, following claims over how it’s a thing of “beauty”. The Silver Arrows have had a chance to analyse Red Bull’s floor following Sergio Perez’s crash at the Monaco Grand Prix, which has turned
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed how well reserve driver Mick Schumacher performed last week on his debut for the team, after completing a Pirelli tyre test. Schumacher drove the W14 for the first-time last Wednesday at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, with the German having reportedly “enjoyed the experience”. Most of his work this
MoreGeorge Russell has jokingly been offered a football trial at boyhood club King’s Lynn FC, after the Briton revealed that he’d love to play for the side. The King’s Lynn-born driver recently admitted that he would’ve loved to have started a football career at his local club, if he had never become a Formula 1
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has insisted this week that Lewis Hamilton will be signing a new contract “soon”, with the Austrian having revealed that it’s a matter of “days” not “weeks” until it’s announced. Hamilton’s future has been one of the biggest talking points so far this season, mostly due to reports that Ferrari
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Following recent rumours linking pop icon Shakira to seven-time World Champion Lewis Hamilton, the Colombian’s net worth has come into discussion, given how similar it is to the Mercedes driver’s. Hamilton is comfortably one of the best-paid drivers on the Formula 1 grid; however, he’s behind reigning World Champion Max Verstappen when it comes to
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Williams team principal James Vowles has admitted that being a customer team in Formula 1 is less than ideal, with those buying engines from another team usually occupying the lower places in the Constructors’ Championship. Williams are, of course, a customer Mercedes team, meaning that the Grove-based outfit purchase engines and gearboxes from the German
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