Sir Lewis Hamilton has rubbished reports that he and George Russell haven’t spoken to one another since the 2020 Sakhir Grand Prix, which saw the young Brit fill in for the seven-time World Champion after he had tested positive for COVID-19. Russell impressed many in the paddock that weekend, as he looked set to win
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Valtteri Bottas has put his Mercedes GTS up for sale, leading to fresh speculation about his future at the Silver Arrows. Bottas, who is now in his fifth season with the Mercedes F1 Team, is looking to sell the car for €190,000, according to his advert on a Finnish classifieds website. READ: ‘That’s Basically A
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has pinpointed the source of Valtteri Bottas’ difficulty to battle Sir Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen in the opening four rounds of the 2021 F1 Championship. The Finn is currently third in the Drivers’ Standings on 47 points, 44 points adrift of Championship leader Hamilton. READ: Wrong For ‘Russian Kid’
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Williams driver George Russell could replace Valtteri Bottas at Mercedes before the end of the 2021 season, the Daily Mail reported this week, citing a Silver Arrows source. The Finn took pole position last time out in Portugal, but he didn’t have the pace to match his Mercedes team-mate Sir Lewis Hamilton and he lost
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Christian Horner has said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff should mind his own business after the Austrian suggested that the VW Group may partner Red Bull in the coming years. Wolff made the remarks after it was recently announced that Red Bull had poached a senior Mercedes engineer for their newly formed powertrains division, which
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has said he is searching for a suitable replacement so he can step back from “this madness.” It has long been speculated that Wolff has been looking to walk away from his current position despite him purchasing a one-third stake in the Mercedes F1 Team in December – and the
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Williams driver George Russell has said he believes Max Verstappen and Charles Leclerc will be Formula 1’s biggest talents in the future – and the young Brit is open to going toe-to-toe with them, even as a team-mate. With Sir Lewis Hamilton considering retiring from F1 at the end of the season – and with
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Former F1 racer Jacques Villeneuve has said he doesn’t understand why Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff criticised George Russell for trying to overtake Valtteri Bottas at the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The pair collided as Russell had a run on Bottas down the start-finish straight and tried to overtake him on the approach to
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Renault have poked fun at Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Williams driver George Russell following the Austrian jokingly threatening to demote the young Brit to the Renault Clio Cup after his high-impact shunt with Valtteri Bottas at Imola. The pair collided on lap 32 of the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, and Russell clearly
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Senior Red Bull advisor Dr Helmut Marko has said Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff should consider the silver lining of the high-speed crash between Valtteri Bottas and George Russell during the 2021 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. The pair collided near Tamburello, triggering a multi-impact crash which ended both of their races and led to an
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