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Hamilton admits it’s “incredibly satisfying” to “actually compete with McLaren and Red Bull” as he completes Mercedes 1-2 on home soil at F1 British GP

Magdalena Put6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton had a strong showing in qualifying on home soil at Silverstone, completing a Mercedes 1-2. “It was a great session,” Hamilton confirmed. “Probably the best session that we’ve had as a team. Just had the real pace to be able to actually compete with the McLarens and the Red Bulls, which I think…

“These conditions really got the car into a perfect window” — Russell reflects on his F1 British GP pole lap

Magdalena Put6 months ago6 months ago011 mins

George Russell secured pole position ahead of the British Grand Prix, leading a Mercedes 1-2 ahead of McLaren’s Lando Norris and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Russell, fresh off his win in Austria last week and buoyed by the support from the home crowd, claimed his second pole in four races, shading Lewis Hamilton by 0.171s….

F1 | British GP | Qualifying | Russell leads Mercedes 1-2 in Silverstone; Verstappen P4 as Perez goes out in Q1

Nicolas Lopes6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Q1 After a rain-hit FP3 session and some more rain in between the sessions, the start of qualifying for the British GP saw the sun come out between the clouds, but the track was still damp from the earlier weather. Most drivers headed out on the green-walled intermediate tyres in the damp circuit. But Valtteri…

F1 | British GP | FP3 | Russell tops a wet session ahead of Hamilton and Norris

Marika Petracca6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Last free practice session before this afternoon’s qualifying for the British Grand Prix – home of quite a few drivers – and weather certainly does not look like we are in the middle of the summer: grey sky, raindrops and only 11 degrees. On Friday it was Lando Norris who topped both FP1 and FP2…

F1 | British GP | FP2 | Norris leads a McLaren 1-2 at Silverstone

Lucrezia Costa6 months ago04 mins

Cars are back on track again at Silverstone following the earlier, fragmented session. Leclerc’s Ferrari is the first car out on track, whereas Ocon posts the first time in 1:28.998s on mediums, with the best first lap attempt put in by Verstappen in 1:27.831s, ahead of Lando Norris and George Russell. Magnussen, Gasly, Perez and…

Hamilton refutes Stella’s comparison linking F1 Austrian GP incident to any of his own altercations with the Dutchman: “I don’t agree with it”

Evan Roberts6 months ago04 mins

Last weekend’s big talking point in Austria, was an incident that saw a collision on lap 64, between title contenders Lando Norris and Max Verstappen, that took both drivers out of contention for the win, handing victory to Hamilton’s teammate George Russell. Verstappen received a 10-second penalty for the contact, which did not go down…

Hamilton: 2024 is “not feeling massively different” compared to previous two seasons following difficult F1 Austrian GP

James O'Connor6 months ago6 months ago05 mins

Lewis Hamilton’s tricky season continued as he finished P4 in the Austrian Grand Prix last Sunday. The Brit looked a shade behind teammate George Russell from Sprint qualifying onwards, and floor damage in the Grand Prix itself harmed his chances of getting on the podium. The 39-year-old passed Sainz off track at turn 1 and…

Toto Wolff “will be forever ashamed” for his poorly timed motivational comment in F1 Austrian GP

Ewout Albrecht6 months ago6 months ago09 mins

Coming off a pole and podiums in Montreal and Barcelona, things were looking good for Mercedes, but to add another win to the team’s record so soon was quite unexpected for Toto Wolff, who saw George Russell take the top step in Spielberg after Max Verstappen and Lando Norris collided in a scrap for the…

“It takes two to tango” — Wolff on Verstappen and Norris incident during F1 Austrian Grand Prix

Ryan McGahey6 months ago6 months ago04 mins

Toto Wolff reflects on an action packed Austrian Grand Prix and the heavily discussed incident which allowed Russell to nab the team’s first victory of the 2024 season. The Austrian Grand Prix will go down as one to remember for the Mercedes team, with George Russell nabbing the team’s first victory since Brazil in 2022….

Mercedes “riding a bit of a wave at the moment” following shock F1 Austrian GP victory — Russell

Rachel Stephens6 months ago6 months ago06 mins

In an incredible turn of events at the Austrian Grand Prix, George Russell took home his second career victory. The race, changed entirely by a dramatic collision between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, resulted in the victory getting handed to the Mercedes driver. The dramatic collision between Verstappen and Norris opened the door for the…