Final practice for the 2024 Italian GP got underway in sunny conditions around Monza. The two Sauber cars of Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu were the first to go out on track, but it was Haas’ Kevin Magnussen the first to set a fast lap, with a 1:21.774 on the soft tyres. That was soon…
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…
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…
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…
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 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
