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Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has stated his Mercedes team did not listen to him in developing their 2023 Formula One car. The Briton told reporters last week that Mercedes were on the wrong track before he…
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Mick Schumacher has joined Mercedes as reserve driver after Ferrari ended its four-year affiliation with him. Schumacher, the son of seven-time world champion and Ferrari legend Michael, was looking for his next move in Formula…
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Max Verstappen became the first ever driver to win 14 races in a Formula One season with an easy triumph at the Mexican Grand Prix. Verstappen, who wrapped up his second world championship at the…
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Lewis Hamilton has confirmed he plans to stay in Formula One beyond the length of his current contract with Mercedes. The seven-time world champion has a deal to race until the end of 2023 but…
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Lewis Hamilton is impressed by the ability of Red Bull’s chief technical officer, Adrian Newey, to consistently oversee the design of front-running Formula One cars. Hamilton went head-to-head with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen for the…
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Max Verstappen ripped through the field from 10th on the grid to take a memorable triumph at an action-packed Hungarian Grand Prix as Ferrari’s title chances took another critical blow. Using a superior strategy to…
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Mercedes have narrowed the gap to Formula One leaders Red Bull and Ferrari and may not be too far from winning again, seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton stated after Sunday’s British Grand Prix. Hamilton finished third at…
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Reigning world champion Max Verstappen has likened Formula One’s Aston Martin safety car to a turtle, saying it was going too slow during its deployment at the Australian Grand Prix. Formula One has two safety cars which alternate at…
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Valtteri Bottas hailed one of the best races of his Formula One career after ending a drought of more than a year with a dominant performance at the Turkish Grand Prix on Sunday. The 32-year-old…
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Lewis Hamilton won his home British Grand Prix for a record-extending eighth time on Sunday despite a 10-second penalty for a controversial first lap collision that sent Red Bull rival Max Verstappen crashing out of…
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Formula One champions Mercedes are fighting against the odds now in their title battle with Red Bull, team boss Toto Wolff stated after Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix dealt a fifth successive defeat. Once-dominant Mercedes started…
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Lewis Hamilton needs a quicker car to take the fight to Formula One leaders Red Bull but the seven times world champion’s Mercedes team made clear on Sunday that no developments were planned. As Red…
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Max Verstappen went to the top of the drivers’ championship with victory at the Monaco Grand Prix after Charles Leclerc, who took pole position in qualifying, failed to make the start of the race. Verstappen’s triumph…
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Lewis Hamilton defeated Max Verstappen in a thrilling duel to gain the Spanish Grand Prix and increase his championship lead over his top rival on Sunday. Verstappen’s Red Bull edged the pole-sitting Hamilton to the…
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Lewis Hamilton fought back to pass both Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen for a brilliant triumph in the Portuguese Grand Prix. The seven-time champion fell to third as Verstappen’s Red Bull overtook him at a…
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McLaren has fired up its new Mercedes Formula One engine for the first time. McLaren and Mercedes have rekindled their former partnership for 2021 and beyond. McLaren ran Renault engines from 2018 until last year.…
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Mercedes has expanded its technical relationship with Williams to include the supply of gearboxes and hydraulics from 2022 onward. Mercedes has supplied the British team with engines since 2014, but will extend the deal next…
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Sergio Perez stated he felt like he was dreaming after claiming an astonishing first Formula One victory at the Sakhir Grand Prix. Having dropped to last position on the first lap after contact with Ferrari’s Charles…
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Williams driver George Russell will substitute Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes for this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix after Hamilton tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday. Williams, which is an engine customer of Mercedes, agreed to release…
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Seven-time Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this weekend’s Sakhir Grand Prix. The Mercedes team said in a statement Tuesday that Hamilton was tested three times last week and returned a negative…
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Lewis Hamilton has indicated that he still has doubts over whether to continue in Formula One next year amid ongoing indecision about the role of Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff beyond the end of this…
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Mercedes boss Toto Wolff considers the double tyre failure it suffered at the British Grand Prix proves why it is wrong to assume his team will walk away with the 2020 championship. Lewis Hamilton managed…
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Lewis Hamilton delivered one of the most crushing triumphs in recent Formula One history – and then called on his under-performing rivals to increase their game so he does not cruise to a seventh world…
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The Austrian Grand Prix was the perfect way for F1 to return after the long hiatus caused by the coronavirus pandemic. What at one point looked like being a fairly routine contest for victory between the…
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Mercedes is targeting to bring some updates for the W11 Formula 1 car to the opening round of the delayed 2020 season in Austria next month. After launching its new W11 car in February, Mercedes…
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Valtteri Bottas says he has been told not to worry about Sebastian Vettel taking his place at Mercedes next year. Bottas has driven for Mercedes since the start of 2017 but, like teammate Lewis Hamilton,…
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Mercedes has arranged two days of private testing for its drivers at Silverstone next week as the team aims to prepare for Formula One’s return to racing next month. Race drivers Valtteri Bottas and Lewis…
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Six times Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton has denied talk of a ‘dream move’ to Ferrari being dashed, saying he was already with his dream team at Mercedes and not seeking to exit. The…
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Four Formula One teams, including world champions Mercedes, are mobilising to help with the production of 20,000 ventilators that will be vital over coming weeks by patients with severe coronavirus symptoms. Mercedes, McLaren, Red Bull…
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Kimi Raikkonen put Alfa Romeo on top of F1’s second day of testing as 2020’s expected frontrunners took a back seat on the timesheet. But Mercedes, Day One’s pacesetters, still made the biggest headlines of…
