Double world champion Mika Hakkinen was left marvelling at the tremendous efforts of Fernando Alonso during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. At 40 years of age, and for the first time since 2012, Alonso put his car on the front row when he mastered the changing conditions to qualifying second behind Red Bull’s Max Verstappen.
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Double world champion Mika Hakkinen has sided with Mercedes on the “porpoising” and bouncing debate, asserting that safety is paramount. Mercedes’ George Russell and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz have called for action to be taken on the phenomenon brought out by the new technical regulations this year before someone gets hurt. Russell’s team-mate, Sir Lewis Hamilton,
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Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen reckons Sergio Perez was the best overall performer during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, not Sir Lewis Hamilton. Perez started the race in Baku second behind Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc after out-qualifying team-mate Max Verstappen for the third time this year. The Mexican then took the lead into Turn One
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Double F1 world champion Mika Hakkinen affirms that no amount of technical improvements will cover over the “human factors” that cost Ferrari victory in Monaco last weekend. Ferrari have developed an unfortunate reputation for making strategic errors in recent years, and the errors popped again on Sunday when they appeared to panic in changing conditions.
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Former Formula 1 driver Mika Hakkinen says Mercedes had a “strange weekend” in Miami, but it turned into a respectable points haul for the Silver Arrows. Mercedes turned up in Miami with upgrades to the car that were aimed at limiting their “porpoising” struggles and capitalising on the long straights and slow corners at the
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Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen believes that Sir Lewis Hamilton will be struggling to deal with Mercedes’ lack of pace thus far in 2022. Mercedes have made a dire start to the 2022 season. Hamilton and team-mate George Russell have been somewhat fortuitous to pick up a podium a piece, and victories earned
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Double Formula 1 world champion Mika Hakkinen has revealed that he has been impressed with George Russell’s consistency, but maintains that fortune has slightly skewed the perception of relative performance. Russell has adapted well to life at Mercedes since joining from Williams over the winter, out-qualifying team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton once and out-racing him twice.
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Former Formula 1 driver Gerhard Berger has indicated that he does not believe Max Verstappen would have won the championship last year were it not for his belligerence on track, as Sir Lewis Hamilton had the faster car. Verstappen came together on multiple occasions with title rival Hamilton as they battled it out for the
MoreMika Hakkinen has described Sir Lewis Hamilton as a “sensitive person,” and warns that he could therefore end up feeling antagonised by the presence of George Russell. Russell is the sixth team-mate that Hamilton has had since the beginning of his Formula 1 career in 2007, and his relationships with them have proven a mixed
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