Mercedes might look back on the Mexican Grand Prix with regret, after the Germans blew any chance of victory following a poor strategy for both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton. The Silver Arrows had looked fast all weekend at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez, with Russell having topped FP2 and FP3, and with Hamilton topping Q1
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Max Verstappen pulled a rabbit out of a hat again during qualifying this weekend, delivering a blistering lap in Q3 to take pole position ahead of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. The Mercedes has looked impressive over the practice sessions in Mexico, setting some seriously competitive lap times compared to their rivals, with the low
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Chatter has run rife in the paddock in recent weeks surrounding Red Bull’s ‘cashgate’ scandal, with the team having been rumoured to have breached last year’s budget cap since before the Singapore Grand Prix. The team have now been fined $7m and given a 10% reduction in wind tunnel time for next year and while
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With Red Bull being found guilty of a minor breach of the 2021 budget cap, the team have been fined $7m and given a 10% reduction in aerodynamic testing time for next year. The reduction in testing time especially will hurt Red Bull, with the championship winners already set to receive less time than their
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There is never a day without controversy in Formula 1, with Friday having been yet further proof of that ahead of the Mexican Grand Prix. Following on from their announcement the day after the Japanese Grand Prix that Red Bull had breached the budget cap, the FIA finally informed the world on what their punishment
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The Formula 1 world sets its eyes on Mexico this weekend for the 2022 Mexican Grand Prix, where fans are hoping for a strong showing from local hero Sergio Perez. Although Red Bull have dominated the latter part of the season, Lewis Hamilton pushed Max Verstappen right until the end last weekend in Austin and
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For someone who is currently a Formula 1 reserve driver, Nyck de Vries has been seen on-track an awful lot in 2022, with his time amongst the field set to extend this weekend at the Mexican Grand Prix. The Mercedes reserve driver will replace George Russell in FP1 at the Mexican Grand Prix this weekend,
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Lewis Hamilton isn’t looking set to be turning his back on Mercedes anytime soon, with the seven-time World Champion having informed the media ahead of this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix that himself and the Germans are “going to do another deal”. The Stevenage-born driver’s current deal is set to expire at the end of next
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Mercedes rocked up to the Circuit of the Americas meaning business, with a whole host of upgrades for the W13 in attendance, but not all of them made it on to the car for race day. One part that never made it onto the track was their new front wing, after the FIA raised concerns
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Toto Wolff and Red Bull are not a pair that you would put together without some degree of friction and resent, however, when delivering a heartfelt tribute to the late Dietrich Mateschitz, the Mercedes team boss revealed this used to be far from the case. Wolff revealed that he had a strong relationship with Mateschitz
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