Earlier this week, we explored if Lando Norris might be the better option for Red Bull than Sergio Perez and Pierre Gasly, but could George Russell’s name be thrown into the mix as well? Russell signed for Mercedes over the winter to replace the departing Valtteri Bottas having scored points four times for the struggling
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Venturi Formula E team principal and wife of Toto Wolff, Susie, has heaped praise onto seven-time world champion Sir Lewis Hamilton. Wolff and the 37-year-old formed a relationship that dates back to 20 years ago when they were both kart racing, and Susie has spoken of her “admiration and respect” for the Mercedes star. Speaking
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After the release of the latest season of Netflix’s Drive to Survive docuseries, AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly is the latest Formula 1 driver to air his criticism. While the Netflix show has become a huge hit to help F1 reach a new market of fans, showrunners have felt backlash from the drivers and others in the
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Former Formula 1 driver David Coulthard has told Sir Lewis Hamilton and George Russell that they need to play an instrumental role in turning Mercedes’ fortunes around this season. The Silver Arrows have made a dire start to 2022 having endured a difficult pre-season test in Bahrain, and the low ride height cultivated by the
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Reports suggest that Red Bull will save 0.25 seconds per lap as a result of the weight-saving measures that they will introduce ahead of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix. Red Bull have appeared to have the edge over Ferrari on the straights in the early going of the 2022 season, but the Scuderia have shown
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Toto Wolff has insisted that he does not wish to pin the blame for Mercedes’ lack of performance solely on one aspect of the car, affirming that there are multiple areas of weakness. Mercedes have been on the back foot since the beginning of 2022 pre-season testing. The Silver Arrows looked off the pace in
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Romain Grosjean has revealed that his private test with Mercedes is “still on the cards” after Toto Wolff reached out to him following his crash in 2020. After 179 race starts in Formula 1 with Renault, Lotus and Haas, the Frenchman was set to bow out at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix over a year
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has declared himself impressed with the performance of George Russell in the early going in 2022, and hopes to give him and Sir Lewis Hamilton a competitive car as soon as possible. Russell was signed over the winter from Williams to replace Alfa Romeo-bound Valtteri Bottas having been a part
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Toto Wolff laments that the outlook for his Mercedes team looks fairly dire at the moment, but he is determined to put in the hours and climb back to the top of the tree as soon as possible. Mercedes have struggled enormously with the new technical regulations, and have looked especially caught out by the
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Dr Helmut Marko has fired a jibe at Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez, despite the Mexican outqualifying Max Verstappen at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix. Charles Leclerc has beaten Carlos Sainz in both the qualifying and race battle in each of the opening two rounds of the season in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, while
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