George Russell says he won the Las Vegas GP with an "exceptional" opening stint having started from pole position. On a day dominated by tyres the Mercedes driver opened up a lead and was able to stop later than his main rivals. He stayed in front throughout, and was...
Lewis Hamilton was left stranded in 10th on the grid for the Las Vegas GP after his previously quick Mercedes W15 “started snapping away” in the crucial Q3 session. Having been fast throughout practice Hamilton was second to team mate George Russell in Q1, and then...
George Russell says that his pole position at the Las Vegas GP came as “a real surprise” for his Mercedes Formula 1 team – and he’s at a loss to explain why the W15 is so competitive on the street track. Between them Russell and team mate Lewis Hamilton topped every...
Toto Wolff says that a three-year title drought for Mercedes will not overshadow the earlier successes achieved by the team during the Lewis Hamilton era. The Brackley team won seven drivers’ championships from 2014 to 2020, with Hamilton earning six of them and Nico...
Fred Vasseur says that Ferrari didn’t want to “fight” the FIA on the clampdown on skid blocks contained in a recent technical directive. The Italian outfit was one of several teams that has had to make changes to meet the clarification issued by the FIA, and which...
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained how a lack of time led to a tyre pressure offence and double fine at the Formula 1 Sao Paulo GP. Both cars were reported to the stewards for having the pressures adjusted when the tyres were fitted...
George Russell believes he would have finished at least second in the Sao Paulo GP had Mercedes not disagreed with him and called him in for a tyre change under the VSC. Russell referenced the successful tyre strategy that he called from the cockpit at the Belgian GP,...
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff has confirmed that the recent run of major accidents has impacted the cost cap so severely that the team has stopped the flow of development updates. Kimi Antonelli crashed in FP1 in Monza and then George Russell had offs in both...
George Russell admits that a collapsed front wing cost him lap time and made it “tricky to hold on” in front of his Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in the Mexico City GP. Hamilton got ahead of Russell at the start, but Russell later repassed. However the wing was...
Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and George Russell showed how to do it when they enjoyed a clean fight for position in the Formula 1 Mexico City GP, and while the rules of engagement are different for team mates, they had been told that they were free to race....
Lewis Hamilton was left confused as the behaviour of his Mercedes W15 changed from FP3 to qualifying in Mexico City, leaving him sixth on the grid for Sunday’s race. Having given his car to Kimi Antonelli for FP1 on Friday Hamilton noted after FP2 that he needed “more...
Kimi Antonelli says he “learned the lesson” after his heavy crash in FP1 at Monza and took a different approach when he returned to the cockpit of the Formula 1 Mercedes W15 in Mexico City on Friday. Antonelli crashed right at the start of his first public outing on...
Lewis Hamilton has stuck with the updated Mercedes W15 floor in Mexico, leaving team mate George Russell with the older spec that he raced in the US GP. The team only had two floors in Austin, and Russell damaged his when he crashed heavily in Q3. Having qualified...
Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff insists that the latest floor upgrade for the W15 was not the cause of the issues experienced by the drivers in Austin. George Russell crashed heavily in Q3, while in the race Lewis Hamilton had a rare spin and became stuck in a...
Mercedes Formula 1 driver George Russell says that FIA stewards must “apply common sense when needed” after he was one of several drivers to be penalised for driving offences over the US GP weekend. Russell was given a five-second penalty in Sunday’s main race for...
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has called the situation surrounding the controversial Red Bull ride height adjustment device “outrageous” – and questioned why it was needed on the car. The FIA’s Nikolas Tombazis has made it clear that the matter is closed and that no...
