Unlike the 2023 season where one team was dominating the whole campaign, the 2024 season has three contenders for the Constructors’ Championship: Red Bull, Ferrari and McLaren. Using a Mercedes engine, McLaren has 5 podiums and a win this season, compared to Mercedes’s 0 rostrum appearances. The Brackley-based team has not been able to close…
Monaco is definitely among the most illustrious Formula 1 races on the calendar due to its prestigious history as a Triple Crown race, as well as its past winners and the luxurious surrounding atmosphere. However, as a racing event it lacks a bit of on track action on Sunday, with the number of overtakes completed…
Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix may have been a predictable procession for many but what may not have been predicted is a potential rift starting to build at Mercedes. Lewis Hamilton has voiced his concern over being treated differently to teammate George Russell. However, Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff insists that Lewis Hamilton has every…
Starting 5th on the streets of Monte Carlo, Russell was the leading driver to start on hard tyres as the Ferraris and McLarens started on the medium compound. Behind him in 6th and 7th, Verstappen and Hamilton also started on the hards. On lap one when Sainz had a puncture from contact with Piastri, Russell…
Mercedes’ team principal Toto Wolff admits discussions on the pit wall led to Hamilton receiving “confusing” messages during the pit stop phase. With the Monaco Grand Prix proving to be a somewhat processional affair following a first lap red flag, allowing all running drivers to change tyres and fulfil the two compound regulation, it was…
Everything was falling into place for Hamilton in the Free Practices of the Monaco Grand Prix with a P1, P2 and P3 for the Brit. Hamilton entered the Qualifying session with a 1.11.528, putting him P3 on the timing sheets for Q1. Half a tenth separating him from the top of the sheets taken by…
George Russell ended Friday’s second free practice session early, after struggling with his steering wheel throughout the session. Russell, who ended FP2 in tenth position, after an optimistic third-place finish in FP1, stated that the team decided to call the car in early to try to determine the cause of the severe shaking that he…
Second practice got underway with cloudy skies and rain threatening. The Haas of Kevin Magnussen logged a 1:16.766 to kick things off on mediums. Max Verstappen was the first driver into the 1:13s as a 1:13.775 on hards put him 0.3s clear of Lewis Hamilton. Leclerc beat that soon afterwards by 0.371s as he continued…
It has been a struggle for Mercedes from the start of the new regulations to produce a car to their standard with only one win to their name from the 2022 season till now. However Hamilton feels that the W15 will be a change as he explains how uncomfortable the W13 and W14 felt in…
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has admitted to focusing too much attention on their highly rated protege, Andrea Kimi Antonelli. The Italian is the most talked about young driver and has enjoyed a glittering career on his way to Formula 2. Antonelli won Italian F4 and FRECA before skipping FIA F3 to race at the…
