Mercedes «hasn’t felt good» in Hungary’s high temperatures
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes has resumed its current struggles in hot weather, labelling his Friday Hungarian Grand Prix practice sessions as «not a good day» as the team seeks to find a solution. Despite its recent success which has yielded two consecutive victories in Austria and at Silverstone, Mercedes expected to struggle in the hot […]
The wider significance of Mercedes’ back-to-back F1 wins
Lewis Hamilton was pretty open about the emotional importance of his British Grand Prix triumph after 945 days without a Formula 1 victory. While the ghosts of Abu Dhabi 2021 may never truly be banished, at least the fear of never winning again following all the controversy of that evening has been laid to rest. […]
How Mercedes has shielded Antonelli from F1 media glare
Mercedes is enacting a plan to manage the media frenzy surrounding its Formula 1 junior Andrea Kimi Antonelli, which will advance whether or not he’s promoted from F2 for 2025. Antonelli’s career has famously progressed at considerable pace, while the 17-year-old Italian’s close relationship with Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff after joining the manufacturer’s junior […]
Cooling or suspension revision? The Mercedes car nose panel tweak
Lewis Hamilton’s victory in Formula 1’s British Grand Prix proved that Mercedes finally appears to be properly back in the game. For where George Russell’s triumph in Austria owed much to the race leaders crashing out, Hamilton’s Silverstone win was one based on pure pace – where it could be argued the W15 was the […]
Russell felt on «verge of getting knocked out» before British GP pole
George Russell feared he was set for an early Formula 1 qualifying elimination before securing pole for the British Grand Prix, and felt his car came alive in Q3. Both Mercedes drivers had brief flirtations with the elimination zone across the opening phases of qualifying at Silverstone, but managed to haul themselves into the final […]
Mercedes F1 car is «at its max» right now and only likes one set-up
Lewis Hamilton says Mercedes’ «peaky» 2024 Formula 1 car is running at its «maximum» performance level without more upgrades and only responds to one set-up. Hamilton finished third in Sunday’s 2024 Spanish Grand Prix – 17.8s behind winner Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Lando Norris following closely for McLaren and with the polesitter feeling he […]
Mercedes calls in police over anonymous Hamilton F1 sabotage email
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has revealed that the police are involved in investigating the source of an anonymous email accusing the team of trying to deliberately sabotage Lewis Hamilton’s car. An anonymous email, sent to the same list of F1 and media representatives who were forwarded alleged WhatsApp messages involving Christian Horner earlier this year, […]
Silverstone needs to stop F1 ticket prices rising too much
Lewis Hamilton says that Silverstone needs to ensure its Formula 1 ticket pricing strategy does not get out of hand, citing rising living costs as British Grand Prix prices rise. The Silverstone race is yet to sell out its full capacity ahead of July’s event, having achieved a total attendance of 480,000 last year across […]
How Mercedes tamed its troublesome W15 F1 car
Mercedes started the season with a W15 that proved a tricky beast for both Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. With the team having no immediate answer about how best to get its car to perform in both high and low-speed corners, much of the early season effort was in getting to the bottom of the […]