Lewis Hamilton is the only F1 driver currently without a contract for the 2021 season, with the seven-time World Champion still unable to agree a new deal with the Mercedes F1 Team. Last week, it was reported that Hamilton’s salary demands and “attitude” were holding up negotiations, with Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, unwilling to give
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Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton are yet to ink a new contract which will see them continue to race together in 2021 and beyond, but a breakthrough could be on the horizon according to reports from Italy. Last week, the Rome-based Corriere dello Sport newspaper reported that Daimler, Mercedes’ parent company, had blocked a $50 million
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Lewis Hamilton is now officially a free agent, with his most recent Mercedes contract expiring at the end of 2020 and the seven-time F1 World Champion yet to agree a new deal with the Silver Arrows. Hamilton and Mercedes have previously insisted that there is no reason for them not to continue their journey together,
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Daimler, the parent company of Mercedes and a shareholder of the Silver Arrows, reportedly blocked a new $50 million per year deal that Lewis Hamilton was set to sign during the 2020 F1 season. “In November, when Formula 1 went to Turkey, a contract was ready that meets Hamilton’s requirements: a four-year contract with a
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Despite George Russell finishing the Sakhir GP with Mercedes in P9, many in the F1 paddock were very impressed by his performance, as he was immediately able to match Valtteri Bottas and was on course for victory. Speaking several weeks after the grand prix, 1996 F1 World Champion Damon Hill has said a “star was
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2020 was a difficult year for Valtteri Bottas, with him once again being outperformed by his Mercedes team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, and the Finn almost losing out on second place in the F1 Drivers’ Championship to Max Verstappen. It should be recognised that Bottas suffered an awful lot of bad luck this year, but even on
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Dutch ace Max Verstappen and his management team have insisted that they have no regrets about turning down Mercedes in 2014 despite the Silver Arrows winning every F1 Championship since then. At the time, Verstappen had the option of driving for Red Bull’s sister team, Toro Rosso, in 2015, or taking up a reserve driver
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Red Bull Racing have included Ferrari on their naughty list in a tweet posted on Christmas Eve. The tweeted image shows Santa Clause reading his “nice” and “naughty” lists in some sort of Red Bull facility, and it includes Ferrari on the “naughty” side. READ: Max Verstappen Not Yet On Lewis Hamilton’s Level – Ex-F1
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Seven-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton was recently voted the BBC’s 2020 Sports Personality of the Year, after another successful campaign with Mercedes. However, this season wasn’t without its challenges, with Hamilton contracting COVID-19 late in the season and subsequently being forced to miss the second grand prix in Bahrain. READ: Lewis Hamilton Warns Sergio
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The Sakhir Grand Prix ended in disappointment for George Russell, with a pitstop error and a late slow puncture costing him the win, but his strong drive nevertheless drastically increased his stock in the F1 paddock. Russell led most of the grand prix ahead of his Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas – and despite him ultimately
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