The Williams F1 Team have said they are waiting on Mercedes to make a decision on George Russell’s future before finalising their 2022 driver line-up. Russell has been strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows for next season, and Valtteri Bottas is reportedly being considered by Williams as his replacement. READ: Wolff Confident
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he believes Valtteri Bottas and George Russell will have great options with “challenger” teams next year should they miss out on a Silver Arrows seat. Russell looks likely to replace Bottas at Mercedes, and it has been speculated that the Finnish driver could switch seats with the young
MoreRed Bull team principal Christian Horner has said they no longer have to rely on being “tactically shrewd” to win races. Prior to 2021, the Milton Keynes-based team had roughly the second or third fastest car over the course of Formula 1’s V6 turbo-hybrid era, but this season they have been the pacesetters at a
MoreValtteri Bottas has opened up on what it was like joining Mercedes as Nico Rosberg’s replacement, just after the German won the 2016 World Championship. Rosberg’s decision to quit motorsport after triumphing over Sir Lewis Hamilton in that season’s title fight shocked the world of Formula 1 and handed Bottas a golden opportunity. READ: 2021
MoreRed Bull team principal Christian Horner has speculated that his team have been less impacted by F1’s recently introduced budget cap than Mercedes. The sport adopted a budget cap for the first time in its history this year, with each team prohibited from spending more than $145 million this campaign, though certain expenses, such as
MoreMcLaren were surprised to be very close to the front-runners at some of the races contested so far this season, Andrea Stella, the team’s racing director, has admitted. The Woking-based racing outfit finished third in last year’s Constructors’ Championship, but they only had the fourth or fifth most-competitive car at most tracks. READ: Ricciardo Could
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that they let Valtteri Bottas down in this year’s Monaco Grand Prix. The Finn was running in P2 when he came in for what should have been a routine pitstop, but the attempted tyre change ultimately forced him to retire from the grand prix after a wheel nut
MorePartnering Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell at Mercedes could be a costly mistake, former F1 racer John Watson has warned. Russell has been strongly linked with a move to the Silver Arrows for 2022, and it has been speculated that Bottas could effectively switch seats with him and return to Williams. READ: Wolff Confident
MoreWilliams driver George Russell has said he is ready to join Mercedes and fight for wins and World Championships. The young Brit has a great chance of replacing Valtteri Bottas at the Silver Arrows next year, but Mercedes have insisted that they are yet to make a decision on who they want to run alongside
MoreMercedes team principal Toto Wolff has admitted that he got “triggered” by Red Bull at the 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix. In Baku, Wolff branded Red Bull team boss Christian Horner a “windbag” as tensions mounted between the two rivals over the Silver Arrows’ complaint that they were breaking F1’s rules on flexible wings. READ: Wolff
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