Lewis Hamilton is expected to sign a two-year contract extension with Mercedes for 2024 and 2025, after team principal Toto Wolff seemingly informed a Sky Junior of the driver’s new deal. Hamilton’s future with Mercedes has been an ongoing saga so far this season, with Wolff having revealed over a month ago that a new
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In a surprising turn of events, Toto Wolff, the team principal of Mercedes, has hinted at the real reason behind Daniel Ricciardo’s promotion to an F1 seat, suggesting that Red Bull is using him as a ‘benchmark’ to evaluate the potential of the Australian driver taking over from Sergio Perez. The move, however, resulted in
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According to Formu1a.uno, Mercedes are set to lose performance director Loic Serra to Ferrari at the end of his contract. Ferrari are currently on the hunt for multiple high-profile employees, after several members of staff left Maranello since the arrival of new team principal Frederic Vasseur. The Italians have already lost former head of concept
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has been impressed by how “robust” the FIA have been whilst investigating last season’s financial submissions, which are set to be released shortly. It’s that time of the year again when speculation over the budget cap starts, and whether any sides have breached the $135 million limit. It’s been rumoured
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Lewis Hamilton has disclosed that the announcement of his new contract with Mercedes might not come until the end of the 2023 season as negotiations between the two parties continue. Despite his clear intention to stay with the team beyond 2023, the details of the contract are still being worked out. Hamilton has been unwavering
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Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has responded to Toto Wolff’s recent comments, where the Mercedes boss likened Red Bull’s RB19 car to making its competitors look like “F2 cars” after Max Verstappen’s dominant victory at the Hungarian Grand Prix. Horner emphasised the team’s focus on every detail and their commitment to race performance, leading
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2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg is confused as to why it’s taking Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes so long to announce a new contract, with the German having “no idea where they are at”. Hamilton is very much expected to remain at the Silver Arrows beyond 2023, with his current contract set to expire
MoreDuring the Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff sparked rumours by allegedly whispering details of Lewis Hamilton’s new contract extension to a young F1 junior reporter from Sky Germany. While Wolff refrained from making a public announcement, the junior reporter claimed that Hamilton would be signing a two-year extension with the team. If
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Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff admitted that the new qualifying format at the Hungarian Grand Prix was “weird”, just a few hours before Lewis Hamilton claimed a shock pole position. Following the cancellation of the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, a new qualifying format which was going to be trialled at Imola was instead trialled at
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In a frustrating turn of events during the qualifying session for the Hungarian Grand Prix, Mercedes offered an apology to George Russell after a costly error left him languishing in 18th place on the Formula One grid. The mishap occurred as a consequence of the new tyre format introduced to reduce the number of tyres
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