Mercedes is still trying to figure out why George Russell had more energy deployment issues at Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix despite tweaking his driving style, after he kept losing time to his team-mate on the straights.Russell’s side of the Mercedes garage has been mystified by a lack of energy Read more
What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago at Spa-Francorchamps, a teary-eyed Kimi Antonelli struggled to maintain his composure in the media pen, amid an ordeal of a sprint weekend where he was twice out in Q1 and finished both races well down the order.Now, Antonelli is Italy’s second-most Read more
Toto Wolff admitted that Mercedes has the strongest Formula 1 power unit, which has sparked interest from Red Bull, as the ADUO monitoring comes into the spotlight again.One of the major political hot topics of the new F1 era has been ADUO when the FIA revealed Red Bull-Ford Powertrains was considered Read more
The last thing that a Formula 1 aerodynamicist wants is to see their car dangling precariously from a crane – beyond the implication of their driver being rendered unable to take further part in the session.F1 teams like to keep their floor designs secret, since this is the part of Read more
The mechanic hit by Lewis Hamilton during Formula 1’s Belgian Grand Prix pitstop escaped without injury, Ferrari confirmed, with the team fined 30,000 euro for an unsafe release.Hamilton came in under a virtual safety car on lap 20 to serve his only pitstop as well as a five-second hold for Read more
Ferrari has been summoned to visit the Formula 1 stewards’ office following Lewis Hamilton’s apparent unsafe release during the Belgian Grand Prix, in which he knocked down a mechanic as he left his pitbox.In his lap 20 pitstop under the virtual safety car, Hamilton had just served a five-second penalty Read more
Charles Leclerc avoided a penalty for a clash with Oscar Piastri during the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix after the stewards judged the Ferrari driver didn’t deliberately instigate the contact.On lap eight of the Spa-Francorchamps race, Leclerc and Piastri were battling for third place down the Kemmel Straight and into Les Combes. Read more
Both Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari team boss, Frederic Vasseur, profoundly disagree with the five-second penalty he received for a collision with George Russell’s Mercedes on the opening lap of the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix.“I think it’s mega harsh,” said Vasseur after the race. “If you have a look on the Read more
Kimi Antonelli put a pass on Charles Leclerc to secure victory at the Belgian Grand Prix, as his Mercedes Formula 1 team-mate George Russell retired on the opening lap after contact with Lewis Hamilton.Aside from the briefest of stints in the lead from fellow front-row starter Max Verstappen, who took the Read more
Well, at least Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell no longer needs to engage the services of a professional art forger.On Thursday at Spa, he described having to emulate his team-mate’s driving style, rather than follow his own instincts, in these terms: “It’s like if somebody asked you to draw Read more