Haas driver Kevin Magnussen will miss this weekend’s event in Baku after picking up 12 penalty points within a 12-month period, which resulted in an automatic race ban for the Danish driver. He will be replaced by returning ‘super sub’ Ollie Bearman, who is set to join the American team on a permanent basis in…
Mercedes revert to older-spec floor for F1 Azerbaijan GP Ahead of this weekend’s Azerbaijan Grand Prix, Pit Debrief has learned Mercedes will return to the floor they ran pre-sumner break as balance issues have affected the W15 in recent weeks. A tricky start to the season saw the team fail to finish in the top…
Toto Wolff conceded that Mercedes has lost “quite a chunk” of performance since the summer break, following another lacklustre showing at the Italian Grand Prix. After winning three of the last four races before the summer break, Mercedes faced a harsh reality check at the first post-break round in the Netherlands, where their drivers finished…
Mercedes went home on Sunday after failing to step onto the podium yet again at the Italian Grand Prix. While many expected them to be on an upward trajectory after their victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, their performance at Zandvoort and Monza turned out to be mediocre at best. George Russell, in particular, failed…
Mercedes arrived at Monza with a quick car and appeared to be in contention for pole position. While the McLaren drivers successfully locked out the front row, George Russell managed to pip Charles Leclerc by a margin of 0.021 seconds in a closely-contested Italian Grand Prix qualifying session. Set to start from third on the…
Qualifying kicked off in Monza with high expectations on the Mercedes and Ferrari garage after an FP3 in early Saturday morning that saw the team from Brackley leading the session with a 1-2 and Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari with a promising pace ahead of racing in front of the Italian Tifosis. Q1 Maranello’s home drivers went…
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…
