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...
George Russell said he "paid the price" for a lack of performance by pushing too hard and crashing in qualifying in Austin. Russell went off in Q3, ending the second runs of the rest of the field and leaving himself in sixth place on the grid. He admitted that the car...
Lewis Hamilton will start the US GP from 19th on the grid after a disastrous Q1 session saw him fail to progress and beat only Sauber driver Zhou Guanyu. Hamilton’s day was compromised by a broken front suspension element that hampered him in the sprint and left him...
The last update package for the Mercedes W15 appeared to give the team a boost in Austin when George Russell qualified second for the sprint, despite setting his time early and leaving himself vulnerable to being beaten. However Lewis Hamilton was caught out by a...
Mercedes Formula 1 team technical director James Allison admits that the strategy deployed on Lewis Hamilton’s car in the Singapore GP was “a clear mistake.” Hamilton was the only frontrunner to start on the soft rather than medium tyres, with the general idea that...
