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Official: Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team confirms Andrea Kimi Antonelli for 2025 drive

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

Following the stunning news on the first day of February that Lewis Hamilton would be joining Scuderia Ferrari in 2025 on a multi-year deal, Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team has announced that their 18-year-old junior driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli will partner George Russell at the Brackley-based squad next season. Antonelli’s junior formula record has been extremely…

“Right now I don’t have the answers” – George Russell left puzzled by Mercedes’ drop in performance at F1 Dutch GP

Avery McClure8 months ago06 mins

The 2024 F1 Dutch Grand Prix was a confusing weekend for George Russell and his team at Mercedes. Russell was slated for a solid race, looking comfortable in Free Practices and qualifying 4th. He gained a position on McLaren’s Oscar Piastri at the first turn, already in podium position and fighting at the top. As…

Toto Wolff reflects on a challenging F1 Dutch GP for Mercedes: “These cars are sometimes a surprise box”

Chiara Martin8 months ago06 mins

The 2024 Dutch Grand Prix proved to be a challenging race for Mercedes, with the team struggling to replicate the form they had shown in recent races. Despite a promising qualifying session that saw George Russell secure fourth on the grid, race day delivered a disappointing result, with both Mercedes cars finishing outside the top…

F1 | Dutch GP | Race | Norris dominates on Verstappen’s home turf to take thumping win

James O'Connor8 months ago8 months ago07 mins

There was another late change to the grid as Kevin Magnussen started from the pits due to engine component changes. 16 of the 20 drivers started on mediums, with Tsunoda, Hamilton and Bottas on softs. Magnussen began on the hards. Max Verstappen got the perfect launch, with both McLarens struggling off the line with wheelspin….

George Russell expects “a good fight with the McLarens”, after a mixed qualifying session at F1 Dutch GP

Chiara Martin8 months ago8 months ago05 mins

George Russell experienced a challenging qualifying session at the Dutch Grand Prix in Zandvoort. The Mercedes driver’s journey began with difficulties in Q1, where he struggled with sliding and slow corner entries, failing to be inside the top 10 initially. “It was just a relief to get through Q1, in all honesty,” Russell admitted, reflecting…

F1 | Dutch GP | Qualifying | Verstappen splits the McLarens as Norris takes dominant pole at Zandvoort

Fernanda Álvarez8 months ago8 months ago06 mins

Formula 1 resumed activity after the first break of the year to race in Zandvoort. Ahead, a qualifying session that promised emotion thanks to the weather conditions that had already made an appearance in FP3, where an incident by Logan Sargeant (who drove two tires on the wet grass and destroyed the Williams) left the…

“It looks like quite a close battle with the McLarens and Verstappen” — drivers give their assessment after Friday running at F1 Dutch GP

Magdalena Put8 months ago8 months ago010 mins

George Russell topped the timesheets in FP2 ahead of the Dutch Grand Prix, with McLaren’s Oscar Piastri close behind and home hero Max Verstappen rounding out the top five on Friday afternoon. Early running at Zandvoort seems to indicate a three-way battle at the front on race day. The upgraded McLarens look set to continue…

F1 | Dutch GP | FP2 | Russell on top ahead of Piastri and Hamilton as Hulkenberg crashes out

Lucrezia Costa8 months ago06 mins

It’s time for the second practice session of the day in Zandvoort, following the earlier damp one led by Norris. Gasly and Sargeant were the first two drivers back on the much drier track, with Perez signing the first timed lap in 1:13.108s, lowered by his teammate Max Verstappen by over a second. Albon, Tsunoda…

George Russell knew he was “light” before F1 Belgian GP disqualification but change “was too late”

Gabriel Diamante8 months ago8 months ago04 mins

Mercedes F1 driver George Russell was aware he was ‘a little bit light’ ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix, where he was given a post-race disqualification where his car was found to be 1.5kg under the weight limit. The Brackley-based outfit investigated the faults and why Russell got disqualified and found that in tandem with…

Ghiotto on F1 drivers Leclerc, Russell and Norris:”They are on the same level”

Lucrezia Costa9 months ago9 months ago06 mins

The Italian driver has raced against a number of drivers who have now moved forward to Formula 1 in his feeder series career, and especially in the four years he has spent driving in Formula 2, between 2017 and 2020. Three of them have won a race in the 2024 Formula 1 season: Charles Leclerc…