Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff believes the team is moving in the “right direction” regarding their development, but more must be done before the team gets back to the top of the grid. While Red Bull, McLaren and Ferrari were at the top of the grid in Imola, Wolff believes that they are slowly closing…
George Russell was running in a comfortable sixth place just a few laps out from the chequered flag at the 2024 F1 Emilia Romagna GP, but a late pit stop dropped the Briton behind his seven-time world champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton, as he eventually finished seventh. Although Russell was able to secure the bonus point…
During the Imola Grand Prix, Mercedes refused to grant George Russell his request to regain his position against Lewis Hamilton. Despite Russell’s impressive performance throughout the weekend, the team decided to prioritise the overall strategy over individual battles. Russell, who will continue with Mercedes in 2025, pitted late in the race to secure the bonus…
Fernando Alonso started from pit lane as Aston Martin made changes to his car following a nightmare Saturday for the Spaniard. The top 10 started on mediums, with Perez, Guanyu and Sargeant picking the hards. Pierre Gasly and Fernando Alonso went for softs. Verstappen and Norris got away very evenly but the Dutchman held the…
Lewis Hamilton left qualifying feeling relatively positive as he finished 8th in the Imola qualifying session with a 1:15.504, almost three tenths behind his teammate George Russell who qualified 6th with a 1:15.234. Russell now leads the Grand Prix qualifying head-to-head 6-1 as the seven-time World Champion admitted he could not match the pace of…
George Russell is feeling confident after qualifying in sixth place at Imola for the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix. The British driver’s best lap time was just 0.001s of a second slower than Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz in Q3, a sign of progress for the Brackley-based team. The Mercedes driver feels the newly upgraded W15 is the quickest…
Q1 Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz and George Russell were on mediums to start qualifying. The Brit did pit at the end of his push lap and did not post a time. The Alpine of Esteban Ocon logged a 1:16.645 to kick things off, leading Magnussen, Sargeant, Gasly and Hülkenberg. On the mediums, a 1:16.463 from…
Introduced in 2021, the cost cap obliges all Formula 1 teams to spend a maximum amount of $135m a season. The aim is to help the smaller teams to have a better chance against the bigger ones like Red Bull, Ferrari, and Mercedes. Additionally, a new set of rules was put in place for 2022,…
Mercedes’ George Russell pays homage to the outgoing Lewis Hamilton as he discusses the possibility of partnering a dominant Max Verstappen at Mercedes in the future. With the announcement earlier this year that Lewis Hamilton would leave Mercedes at the end of 2024 following a twelve year stint at the team, rumours of who could…
Both Mercedes cars scored points at the Miami International Autodrome this past Sunday. Lewis Hamilton had his best Sunday of 2024 on the track but the same could not be said for his teammate George Russell who crossed the line P8 having started one place higher up the grid. Russell said post-race “we need to…
